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[[File:RelativeTechnologyEstablishments_Vermont.PNG|right|500px]] I processed the data so that each state's establishments and employment are relative to their year 2000 levels. The establishments' data makes it clear that the Vermont Science and Technology Plan's numbers are patently absurd. They show Vermont with a growth rate of 59% from 2010 to 2020, which is more than 2.6 times the fastest growth rate achieved by the fastest-growing state (Delaware) over the same period.   Vermont's actual establishments' growth rate was -4% for this period (ranking 28th), which was below the median (-3%) and well below the mean (-2%). The technology establishments and employment peaked for the entire US during the dot-com boom and then fell precipitously until around 2010, since when they have stabilized into a more gentle decline. Only three jurisdictions have had a growth of more than 10% over the last decade - Washington D.C., Nevada, and Delaware. And America's three most productive states, California, Texas and New York, which account for almost a third of American GDP and a quarter of its population, all experienced mild to moderate declines.