1997 Economic Census:
Comparative Statistics for Maine
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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tail		 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 21 22 -4.5 4,946 6,587 -24.9 76 65 16.9 1,485 1,407 5.5
Construction industries 4,198 3,993 5.1 D 2,017,339 N 24,902 21,445 16.1 D 453,040 N
Manufacturing 2,384 2,174 9.7 15,184,255 11,601,437 30.9 88,327 90,184 -2.1 2,755,677 2,407,801 14.4
Transportation, communications, and utilities %% ** 1,988 1,677 18.5 3,700,710 3,117,031 18.7 20,364 18,540 9.8 615,598 501,696 22.7
Wholesale trade 2,084 1,974 5.6 7,956,976 6,520,526 22.0 23,360 21,880 6.8 694,494 540,945 28.4
Retail trade 9,528 9,270 2.8 13,275,829 10,286,757 29.1 102,614 90,051 14.0 1,418,745 1,119,644 26.7
Financial, insurance, and real estate industries 2,816 2,528 11.4 N 4,870,870 N 26,289 23,928 9.9 906,349 672,831 34.7
Service industries Taxable 10,316 8,987 14.8 5,340,913 3,597,330 48.5 87,636 68,058 28.8 2,001,440 1,367,117 46.4
Exempt 1,883 1,678 12.2 2,998,185 2,068,342 45.0 53,225 44,951 18.4 1,235,681 956,037 29.3
Auxiliaries 182 144 26.4 22,356 N N 8,532 7,011 21.7 285,975 216,421 32.1
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