The number of small businesses nationwide declined by 300,000 from 11.6 million at the end of 2003 to 11.3 million at the end of last year, according to a study released last week by infoUSA, a mailing list vendor. The state with the largest increase in small businesses from 2000 to 2004: Nevada, which grew 32.9 percent, from 78,203 to 103,925. The largest decrease from 2000 to 2004 occurred in Hawaii, which lost 11.4 percent, from 51,837 to 45,945.
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