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In 2013, the number of American businesses without employees per thousand people rose by 0.4 percent to hit a record of 72.72 non-employers for every thousand residents, Census Bureau data reveal. In the same year, average sales at these businesses nudged down by 0.2 percent — about $80 (in 2011 dollars) — to $44,357.
Are rising numbers of non-employers outstripping demand for what they have to sell? Census data from 1997 to 2013 suggest that might be the case.