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Information - by subsector

Data based on Geographic Area Series reports. Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Nonemployers are shown separately. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, non-sampling error, and confidentiality protection. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.

D = Withheld to avoid disclosing data of individual companies; data are included in higher level totals; N = Not available; Q = Receipts not collected at this level of detail for multiestablishment f
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NAICS
code
Description Estab-
lish-
ments
Revenue
($1,000)
Annual
payroll
($1,000)
Paid
employees
  51 Information 3,888 N 7,258,735 124,642
511 Publishing industries (except Internet) 1,247 11,568,154 3,656,867 52,435
512 Motion picture & sound recording industries 409 N 103,605 4,005
515 Broadcasting (except Internet) 184 1,213,300 343,390 5,849
516 Internet publishing & broadcasting 79 346,937 155,058 2,345
517 Telecommunications 1,316 N 1,813,150 39,761
518 Internet service providers, web search portals, & data processing 529 3,057,478 1,137,797 18,541
519 Other information services 124 157,758 48,868 1,706

 

 

Information - by industry

Data based on Geographic Area Series reports. Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Nonemployers are shown separately. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, non-sampling error, and confidentiality protection. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.

D = Withheld to avoid disclosing data of individual companies; data are included in higher level totals; N = Not available; Q = Receipts not collected at this level of detail for multiestablishment f

NAICS
code
Description Estab-
lish-
ments
Revenue
($1,000)
Annual
payroll
($1,000)
Paid
employees
511 Publishing industries (except Internet) 1,247 11,568,154 3,656,867 52,435
5111 Newspaper, periodical, book, & directory publishers 652 4,775,967 1,228,673 24,304
51111 Newspaper publishers 180 1,777,121 554,750 12,793
51112 Periodical publishers 236 1,260,350 311,240 5,193
51113 Book publishers 179 1,563,640 305,609 5,186
51114 Directory & mailing list publishers 35 150,841 48,238 922
51119 Other publishers 22 24,015 8,836 210
511191 Greeting card publishers 5 D D (20-99)
511199 All other publishers 17 D D (100-249)
5112 Software publishers 595 6,792,187 2,428,194 28,131

NAICS
code
Description Estab-
lish-
ments
Revenue
($1,000)
Annual
payroll
($1,000)
Paid
employees
512 Motion picture & sound recording industries 409 N 103,605 4,005
5121 Motion picture & video industries 348 N 93,483 3,712
51211 Motion picture & video production 193 Q 50,619 990
51212 Motion picture & video distribution 10 Q 3,982 69
51213 Motion picture & video exhibition 106 265,520 31,746 2,506
512131 Motion picture theaters (except drive-ins) 103 264,873 31,642 2,506
512132 Drive-in motion picture theaters 3 647 104 0
51219 Postproduction & other motion picture & video industries 39 21,789 7,136 147
512191 Teleproduction & other postproduction services 32 20,566 6,911 138
512199 Other motion picture & video industries 7 1,223 225 9
5122 Sound recording industries 61 N 10,122 293
51221 Record production 1 D D (1-19)
51222 Integrated record production/distribution 13 Q 3,331 70
51223 Music publishers 4 D D (1-19)
51224 Sound recording studios 29 11,497 3,512 120
51229 Other sound recording industries 14 8,679 2,671 83
5122902 Producers of taped radio programs 3 D D (1-19)
5122909 All other sound recording industries 11 D D (20-99)

NAICS
code
Description Estab-
lish-
ments
Revenue
($1,000)
Annual
payroll
($1,000)
Paid
employees
515 Broadcasting (except Internet) 184 1,213,300 343,390 5,849
5151 Radio & television broadcasting 144 1,007,714 316,862 5,317
51511 Radio broadcasting 103 358,646 134,907 2,277
515111 Radio networks 11 18,657 6,239 74
515112 Radio stations 92 339,989 128,668 2,203
51512 Television broadcasting 41 649,068 181,955 3,040
5152 Cable & other subscription programming 40 205,586 26,528 532

NAICS
code
Description Estab-
lish-
ments
Revenue
($1,000)
Annual
payroll
($1,000)
Paid
employees
516 Internet publishing & broadcasting 79 346,937 155,058 2,345

NAICS
code
Description Estab-
lish-
ments
Revenue
($1,000)
Annual
payroll
($1,000)
Paid
employees
517 Telecommunications 1,316 N 1,813,150 39,761
5171 Wired telecommunications carriers 717 Q 1,032,204 20,434
5172 Wireless telecommunications carriers (except satellite) 182 Q 333,645 6,058
517211 Paging 29 Q 36,700 1,000
517212 Cellular & other wireless telecommunications 153 Q 296,945 5,058
5173 Telecommunications resellers 55 247,075 54,655 856
5174 Satellite telecommunications 10 107,280 28,623 391
5175 Cable & other program distribution 319 Q 325,682 11,272
5179 Other telecommunications 33 114,526 38,341 750

NAICS
code
Description Estab-
lish-
ments
Revenue
($1,000)
Annual
payroll
($1,000)
Paid
employees
518 Internet service providers, web search portals, & data processing 529 3,057,478 1,137,797 18,541
5181 Internet service providers & web search portals 118 1,182,553 242,370 3,244
518111 Internet service providers 98 934,670 188,181 2,516
518112 Web search portals 20 247,883 54,189 728
5182 Data processing, hosting, & related services 411 1,874,925 895,427 15,297

NAICS
code
Description Estab-
lish-
ments
Revenue
($1,000)
Annual
payroll
($1,000)
Paid
employees
519 Other information services 124 157,758 48,868 1,706
51911 News syndicates 12 61,590 16,714 490
51912 Libraries & archives 102 64,465 26,810 1,065
51919 All other information services 10 31,703 5,344 151


Source: 2002 Economic Census, Geographic Area Series   Questions?
Last revised: July 11, 2005