MOTENZA JOURNAL — RESEARCH BRIEF

Public evidence page: https://motenza.com/research/us-business-geography
Original source: U.S. Census Bureau
Publisher of the joined research framework: Motenza Editorial / Motenza Holding LLC

Coverage: 1000 selected city profiles, 50 states and the District of Columbia, 538 distinct mapped county areas.
Reference periods: Census Vintage 2025 city population; 2023 County Business Patterns employer establishments.
Download: https://motenza.com/data/city-profiles.csv

Reproducible methods: annual population change uses same-vintage estimates; industry share uses the corresponding whole-county denominator; county observations are deduplicated by FIPS for cross-city comparisons.

Limits: not a complete census of US cities; employer establishments are operating locations, not unique companies; nonemployers excluded; county figures are not city-only counts; no claim of loan demand or current program intake.

Suggested reporting angles: why city population and county business counts should not be conflated; how duplicated county geography can distort city comparisons; preparing an address-specific funding plan from primary evidence.

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