Historical Statistics of the United States Millennial Edition Online

			Ch414	Ch415
			Business	Nonbusiness
Row	Year		Number	Number
1	1948		4,973	13,537
2	1949		6,877	19,144
3	1950		8,352	25,040
4	1951		7,387	27,806
5	1952		6,542	28,331

6	1953		6,772	33,315
7	1954		8,888	44,248
8	1955		9,185	50,219
9	1956		9,478	52,608
10	1957		10,144	63,617

11	1958		11,404	80,264
12	1959		11,729	88,943
13	1960		12,284	97,750
14	1961		15,241	131,402
15	1962		15,655	132,125

16	1963		16,302	139,191
17	1964		16,510	155,209
18	1965		16,910	163,413
19	1966		16,430	175,924
20	1967		16,600	191,729

21	1968		16,545	181,266
22	1969		15,430	169,500
23	1970		16,197	178,202
24	1971		19,103	182,249
25	1972		18,132	164,737

26	1973		17,490	155,707
27	1974		20,746	168,767
28	1975		30,130	224,354
29	1976		35,201	211,348
30	1977		32,189	182,210

31	1978		30,528	172,423
32	1979		29,500	196,976
33	1980	¹	46,071	314,886
34	1981		66,333	452,730
35	1982		77,725	450,086

36	1983		95,572	440,025
37	1984		62,170	282,105
38	1985		66,651	297,885
39	1986		76,281	401,575
40	1987		88,278	473,000

41	1988		68,501	526,066
42	1989		62,534	580,459
43	1990		64,689	660,796
44	1991		69,193	811,206
45	1992		72,650	899,840

46	1993		66,428	852,306
47	1994		56,748	788,509
48	1995		51,288	806,816
49	1996		52,938	989,172
50	1997		53,993	1,263,006

51	1998		50,202	1,379,249