How many home offices exist in the United States and what is the
growth trend? This could come in the form of something like: There are
xx households or homes and x% of them have home offices and the # of
home offices is growing at x% a year. These offices should be
"dedicated" spaces. In other words, I'm not as interested in someone
that has a desk with a computer on it that sits in the recreation
room. I'd like it to be a dedicated, separate home office space.

Dear Rpoel,

In 2005, there were 34.9 million home-office households and the 
number of home-office households is expected to rise... at a faster
rate than the growth rate for households in general.

Excerpt:

?According to the IDC, a provider of technology intelligence, market
data and industry analysis, almost one in three households in America
have some form of home office. ?In 2005, there were 34.9 million
home-office households,? said Merle Sandler, senior research analyst
for the SMB and home-office programs. ?The number of home-office
households is expected to rise... at a faster rate than the growth
rate for households in general.? Home-office households include
income-generating home offices that IT independents use on a part-time
or a full-time basis.?

Associated Content: April 2006
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/26646/home_office_design_creating_professional.html


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?Nationally, there are approximately 30 million home offices, and the
number is growing at 10% per year.?

Bplans.com
http://www.bplans.com/spv/3015/5.cfm


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?30 million home offices in the U.S., says Sandler, co-author of IDC's
U.S. Home Office Forecast 2005-2009"

OEM Connect - Strategic Guidance - Market Analysis
http://www.triangle-publishing.com/archive/microsoft/MayMarketAnalysis.pdf


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 ?IDC estimates that there are about 34.1 million home offices today,
of which 14.2 million are independent, self-employed individuals not
associated with a larger business.?

Cisco
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/netsol/ns3/netbr09186a00801932fc.html


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??there are between 34.3 million and 36.6 million home office
households in the United States alone. These include income-generating
home offices (18.8 million to 20.3 million) with the rest being made
up of corporate telecommuter households.

Home Business
http://www.homebusiness.com/ahba/

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??34.3 million and 36.6 million home office households in the United States.?

August 11, 2005
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/08/11/151816.php


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Search terms used: 
?million home offices?

I hope the information provided is helpful!

Best regards,
Bobbie7

Thank you! Your answer was fast and thorough and also provided a large
number of sources with each source being well documented. If you are
looking for a nother $25 I have another question on ths size of the
residential furniture market:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=728098

Thanks again!