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ALASKA 13 Seattle 5.3

2.5

WASHINGTON (15)

OREGON (9) M ONTANA (1) 2.6

I D AHO (3)

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HAWAII WYOMING (1)

8.4 Reno 18.4 Provo N EVADA (4) UTAH (13)

5.7 COLORADO (10) CALIF ORN IA (59)

Santa Barbara 10 13 Los Angeles

Entrepreneurial 10 Orange ARI ZONA (8) County Deserts N EW ME X I CO (2) States with no Inc. 500 companies Alaska Hawaii North Dakota South Dakota Vermont West Virginia

TOP STATE GROWTH TOP STATE GAINS TOP STATE LOSSES 1 Rhode Island (8,767%) 1 Maryland (+10) 1 Georgia (-13) 2 New Jersey (1,916%) 2 Utah (+9) 2 Texas (-11) 3 Washington (1,814%) Washington (+9) 3 Illinois (-9) 4 Florida (1,793%) 4 Michigan (+7) 4 New Jersey (-8) 5 Utah (1,771%) 5 Missouri (+3) 5 Minnesota (-6) Virginia (+3)

Average company growth rate for Compared with the 2002 Inc. 500 Compared with the 2002 Inc. 500 states with 3 or more companies Top 10 Top 10 Top States Top Cities States Cities Per Capita Per Capita 1 California (59) 1 Washington, D.C. (41) 1 Utah (5.7) 1 Provo, Utah (18.4) 2 Texas (36) 2 Boston (23) 2 Maryland (5.2) 2 Trenton, N.J. (11.3) 3 Florida (34) 3 Philadelphia (21) 3 Virginia (4.1) 3 Johnson City, Tenn. (10.4) 4 Virginia (30) 4 Dallas (19) 4 Delaware (3.7) 4 Santa Barbara, Calif. (10) 5 Maryland (28) 5 Chicago (14) 5 Massachusetts (3.3) 5 Reno, Nev. (8.4) New York (28) 6 Atlanta (13) 6 Rhode Island (2.8) 6 Washington, D.C. (8) 7 Pennsylvania (24) Los Angeles (13) 7 Oregon (2.6) 7 Seattle (5.3) 8 Massachusetts (21) Seattle (13) 8 Washington (2.5) 8 Buffalo (5.2) 9 Illinois (18) 9 New York (12) 9 Idaho (2.3) 9 Dallas (5.1) New Jersey (18) 10 Detroit (10) Nebraska (2.3) 10 Ann Arbor, Mich. (5) By number of companies Houston (10) By number of companies per Wilmington, Del. (5) million residents Orange County, Calif. (10) By number of companies per million Metropolitan areas, including residents, for metropolitan areas with surrounding counties, by number at least 250,000 residents and 3 or of companies. Some areas more companies include counties in bordering states

MAINE (1)

N ORTH DAKOTA

M I N NESOTA (8) VERMONT N EW HAMPSH I R E (2)

23 Boston S OUTH DAKOTA WISCONSIN (6) NEW YORK (28) 3.3 Buffalo 5.2 MASSACHUSETTS (21) M I CHI GAN (17) New York 12 2.8 Ann Arbor R H ODE ISLAND (3) 10 CONNECTICUT (5) IOWA (5) 5 PENNSYLVANIA (24) 11.3 Chicago 14 Detroit Trenton 2.3 Philadelphia 21 N EW JE RSEY (18)

OHIO (16) Wilmington N E B RASKA (4) 5 ILLINOIS (18) 3.7 DELAWARE (3) 8 41 INDIANA (8) 5.2 WEST MARYLAND (28) VIRGINIA KANSAS (2) 4.1

MISSOURI (7) KENTUCKY (1) VIR G I N IA (30) Washington, D.C. WASHINGTON, D.C. (2) 10.4 Johnson City NORTH CAROLINA (7)

TEN N E S S EE (11) OKLAHOMA (2)

ARKANSAS (1)

S OUTH CAROLINA (4) 13 ALABAMA (4) Atlanta 5.1 19 M I SSISSIPPI (2) G E ORG IA (14) Dallas AN

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Parkville Progressive Medical Westerville PharmaFab Grand Prairie Pangea Chesterfield Randall Mortgage Services Dublin Quorum Business Solutions Dallas S2Tech Chesterfield RetroBox Columbus Republic State Mortgage Houston Schultz Engineering Services Poplar Bluff Thinsolutions Cleveland Resulté Universal Dallas Socket Internet Columbia Trasys Cincinnati Scooter Store, The New Braunfels WRG Services Willoughby SecureInfo San Antonio MONTANA Software Professionals Irving Commercial Energy of Montana Cut Bank OKLAHOMA Synhrgy HR Technologies Houston Long Wave Oklahoma City Texas Residential Mortgage/Bankers N EW MEXICO TPi Billing Solutions Tulsa Alliance Dallas Dankoff Solar Products Santa Fe Timber Blind and Shutter McKinney Portage Environmental Espanola OREGON Tropical Oasis McKinney Associated Business Systems Portland Y2 Marketing DeSoto N ORTH CAROLINA Cleaner Image Maintenance Clackamas AdminSolutions Charlotte DB Professionals Portland UTAH Campbell Alliance Raleigh Integra Telecom Beaverton 4life Research Sandy Coastal Capital Markets Wilmington ISite Design Portland ATA Services Salt Lake City LTM Havelock Lane Marketing Communications Portland Back to Basics Products Bluffdale Open Software Solutions Greensboro Massini Group Hillsboro Cafe Rio Orem Schoollink Fayetteville Unicru Beaverton Career Step Springville Ultimus Cary Vesta Portland Elite Exteriors Sandy Ikano Communications Salt Lake City NEW HAMPSHIRE PENNSYLVANIA MyFamily.com Provo eCopy Nashua ASI Show, The Trevose Omniture Orem Windmill International Nashua Benecon Group, The Leola SafeHome Security Provo Berks and Beyond Employment Services Stake Center Locating Salt Lake City N EW JERSEY West Reading United Underwriters Insurance Provo Access Communications Summit Blue Angel Technologies Valley Forge Wolf Electronix Orem AmeriQuest Transportation and Logistics Coventry First Fort Washington Resources Cherry Hill Diamond Drugs Indiana VIR G I N IA AnswerNet Network Princeton Direct Data Horsham Adonix Reston Banfe Barrington Earth Sun Moon Trading Co. Grove City AnviCom Vienna Complex Litigation Integrators Tinton Falls Educational Directories Unlimited Chester Argon Engineering Associates Fairfax Entology Bedminster Fiberlink Communications Blue Bell Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group Virginia Beach Floorgraphics Princeton Freedom Medical Exton Atlantic Credit & Finance Roanoke Heartland Payment Systems Princeton GHR Systems Wayne Blue Ridge Numerics Charlottesville Joseph Sheairs Associates Shamong Isa Consulting Blue Bell Bowman Consulting Group Chantilly Marlabs Edison Legal Network Pittsburgh Business Plus Hampton Marlin Leasing Mount Laurel Mindbridge Software Norristown CapTech Ventures Richmond Pride Products Distributors Springfield Noble Fiber Technologies Clarks Summit Carteret Mortgage Centreville Royal Mortgage Princeton Pepperweed Consulting Pittsburgh Cherokee Information Services Arlington Shelko Consulting Ridgewood Refinery Huntingdon Valley CRAssociates Newington StreetGlow Wayne Research Pharmaceutical Services Electronic Consulting Services Reston Technology and Management Associates Galloway Plymouth Meeting Gray Hawk Systems Alexandria Vision Systems Group Somerset Scott Pipitone Design Pittsburgh HealthScribe Sterling Wood Flooring International Delran Service Link Aliquippa iDirect Technologies Reston Timberlane Woodcrafters North Wales Liberty Tax Service Virginia Beach N EW YORK V2 Blue Bell Meridian Knowledge Solutions Chantilly ABCO Maintenance Staten Island V-Span King of Prussia MicroPact Engineering Herndon Advanced Facilities Services International Mid-Atlantic Car Wash Technology Cheektowaga RHODE ISLAND Charlottesville American Pie Syosset Advertising Ventures Providence Milestone Construction Services Sterling Avino Construction E. Northport American Biophysics East Greenwich Milestone Group Arlington C3i New York Heartlab Westerly Momentum Marketing Services Alexandria Creditors Interchange Buffalo Money Clip Magazine Virginia Beach D&D Consulting Albany S OUTH CAROLINA Mythic Entertainment Fairfax E.A. Technologies Hauppauge Advanced Data Services Mount Pleasant Petron Pacific Manassas Execuscribe Rochester Patterson Ventilation Blythewood Preferred Systems Solutions Fairfax Extra Mile Transportation Buffalo Shred First Spartanburg REI Systems Annandale Fetch Logistics Amherst Southern Homes of the Upstate Central Tesoro Virginia Beach Good Home Co., The New York VIPdesk Alexandria IntraLinks New York TEN N ESSEE Intrasphere Technologies New York AccuForce Staffing Services Kingsport WASHINGTON IVCi Hauppauge Automated License Systems Nashville ActiveLight Poulsbo Kaizen Direct Rochester BCS Industries Memphis Áegis Assisted Living Redmond Lloyd Group, The New York Beacon Technologies Nashville Alexander Global Promotions Bellevue LocalNet Williamsville Franklin American Mortgage Franklin Casabyte Renton Managed Care Network Niagara Falls GTS Refreshment Services Kingsport Click Wine Group Seattle Maxons Restorations New York Interactive Solutions Memphis Door to Door Storage Kent Network Outsource New Hyde Park Navarro Research and Engineering Oak Ridge Envision Telephony Seattle New York Staffing Services New York Pro2Serve Oak Ridge Mercury Online Solutions Bainbridge Island Powercom Electrical Services Bronx Stinger Industries Murfreesboro Mosaic Co., The Renton Quotable Cards New York Techni-Glass Surgoinsville PlayNetwork Redmond Rochester MicroSystems Rochester Radiant Research Kirkland Simply Certificates Guilderland TEXAS Randy’s Ring & Pinion Everett TSE Sports & Entertainment New York Adea Solutions Dallas Speakeasy Seattle USAData New York Advanced Health Education Center Houston Topics Entertainment Renton American Ironhorse Motorcycle Fort Worth WCI Seattle N EBRASKA Amerisource Funding Houston C&A Industries Omaha Bridgeway Capital Management Houston WIS CONSIN HKS Medical Information Systems Omaha Burgess Construction Consultants AutoComm Appleton Ho-Chunk Winnebago Richardson Berbee Information Networks Madison Home Instead Senior Care Omaha C&B Services Port Neches Great Lakes Media Technology Mequon Capstone Dallas Print-Tech Madison N EVADA Cardtronics Houston Proven Direct Menomonee Falls Future Computer Technologies Sparks Career Control Group Dallas USA Funding Brookfield Quantum Loyalty Systems Incline Village ConferenceCall.com Carrollton ScripNet Las Vegas Court Reporter’s Clearinghouse Houston WYOMI N G Sierra Design Group Reno Diamond Group, The Dallas Denali Ventures Cheyenne

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