[By the numbers].

• Position: STATE [OF THE STATE] - Home based businesses - Brief article

6,701--Home-based businesses operating in Arapahoe, Douglas and Jefferson counties combined. The three counties have a total of 523,732 households.

1,786--New businesses started in Arapahoe, Douglas and Jefferson counties combined in 2008.

5.8%--Percent that skier visits were down between Jan. 1 and Feb. 28 compared with the same period a year ago at Colorado's 22 resorts. However, visits for that period were up slightly compared to the five-year average, which includes three years that were the highest on record.

0.8%--Colorado's job growth rate for 2008, revised from a 1.1 percent preliminary estimate. Job growth nationally was-0.4% percent.

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