1997 Economic Census:
Comparative Statistics for Tennessee
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 221 271 -18.5 701,305 539,295 30.0 4,473 4,230 5.7 136,579 106,552 28.2
Construction industries 11,124 9,270 20.0 16,992,684 9,594,282 77.1 118,094 89,768 31.6 3,322,234 1,965,588 69.0
Manufacturing 7,699 7,403 4.0 99,789,023 76,397,466 30.6 495,760 485,288 2.2 14,679,651 11,989,052 22.4
Transportation, communications, and utilities %% ** 5,869 4,658 26.0 15,151,641 10,790,966 40.4 111,487 87,988 26.7 3,540,051 2,392,947 47.9
Wholesale trade 9,673 9,341 3.6 85,925,887 59,681,975 44.0 135,432 115,416 17.3 4,351,058 3,063,926 42.0
Retail trade 32,139 30,582 5.1 52,750,245 37,508,350 40.6 457,976 368,010 24.4 5,927,923 4,230,785 40.1
Financial, insurance, and real estate industries 12,215 10,192 19.8 N 23,151,652 N 123,091 101,213 21.6 4,247,723 2,716,264 56.4
Service industries Taxable 36,914 31,953 15.5 31,225,566 20,409,744 53.0 487,855 362,436 34.6 12,005,081 7,581,117 58.4
Exempt 3,948 3,544 11.4 9,764,641 7,549,283 29.3 148,001 138,814 6.6 3,783,763 3,028,240 24.9
Auxiliaries 1,209 951 27.1 578,224 N N 89,684 55,008 63.0 3,718,535 2,056,765 80.8
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