1997 Economic Census:
Comparative Statistics for Illinois
1987 SIC Basis

Includes only establishments with payroll. Data are in current dollars and have not been adjusted for inflation. Detail may not add to total because of rounding. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, and definitions of symbols.
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1987 SIC Description Establishments Sales, receipts, or shipments
($1,000)
Paid employees Annual payroll
($1,000)
1997 1992 % chg 1997 1992 % chg 1997 1992 % chg 1997 1992 % chg
Mining 653 816 -20.0 1,999,694 2,943,552 -32.1 10,808 15,847 -31.8 437,522 604,363 -27.6
Construction industries 27,240 24,579 10.8 39,082,063 27,276,270 43.3 (100,000+) 211,951 N D 6,492,735 N
Manufacturing 17,967 18,048 -0.4 205,420,843 158,171,579 29.9 915,860 875,378 4.6 32,953,527 26,700,065 23.4
Transportation, communications, and utilities %% ** 13,511 11,833 14.2 51,664,629 39,560,168 30.6 278,347 250,522 11.1 9,995,630 8,181,603 22.2
Wholesale trade 24,757 24,637 0.5 284,546,480 219,361,442 29.7 357,606 331,906 7.7 14,310,760 10,931,299 30.9
Retail trade 65,254 64,826 0.7 111,805,925 85,765,697 30.4 931,248 846,122 10.1 12,998,071 10,076,429 29.0
Financial, insurance, and real estate industries 31,193 27,279 14.3 N 115,885,258 N 401,132 376,548 6.5 18,277,430 13,259,704 37.8
Service industries Taxable 91,748 79,791 15.0 89,604,909 57,926,563 54.7 1,150,231 901,967 27.5 33,542,945 22,077,457 51.9
Exempt 9,759 8,964 8.9 29,968,384 23,340,947 28.4 431,624 416,968 3.5 11,414,821 9,521,237 19.9
Auxiliaries 2,298 2,403 -4.4 3,972,467 N N 184,608 202,807 -9.0 11,271,052 8,749,361 28.8
N Comparable data not available
%% Data do not include large certificated passenger carriers that report to the Office of Airline Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation
** Railroad transportation and U.S. Postal Service industries are out of scope for the 1997 Economic Census

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Source: 1997 Economic Census, Comparative Statistics   Questions?
Last revised: March 01, 2004