Kauffman Index 2015: A Multilayered Portrait of Entrepreneurship in America

The numbers in the new 2015 Kauffman Index reveal a multilayered portrait of entrepreneurship in America right now.  Here are five of the trends.

1. Opportunity versus necessity
2. Startup density
3. Still a man's world?
4. Race, ethnicity, and immigration
5. Age matters, and so does education, but not the way you think

In the case of Still a Man's World, the trend is not so positive for women:

The preponderance (63.2%) of newly minted entrepreneurs were men, while only 36.8% of women started their own venture in the most recent year. The number of female entrepreneurs is close to the 20-year low of 36.3% from the 2008 Index. For comparison, there was more equity between genders in 1996 than there is now.

• Men: 1996 56.3%, 2014: 63.2%
• Women: 1996:43.7%, 2014: 36.8%

Learn more:  The State of the American Entrepreneur in 2015