1997 Economic Census:
Comparative Statistics for Mississippi
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 377 N N 655,738 799,891 -18.0 4,170 N N 117,437 N N
Construction industries 4,746 3,938 20.5 6,040,116 3,221,008 87.5 47,242 34,553 36.7 1,144,991 649,627 76.3
Manufacturing 3,729 3,674 1.5 40,608,792 32,846,290 23.6 234,764 235,114 -0.1 5,745,062 4,940,529 16.3
Transportation, communications, and utilities %% ** 3,649 2,968 22.9 8,011,288 6,359,795 26.0 46,325 41,635 11.3 1,448,856 1,130,536 28.2
Wholesale trade 3,881 3,868 0.3 20,072,266 15,814,624 26.9 43,026 39,934 7.7 1,163,509 914,165 27.3
Retail trade 15,786 15,285 3.3 20,923,871 14,780,984 41.6 194,483 151,005 28.8 2,257,567 1,596,928 41.4
Financial, insurance, and real estate industries 5,521 5,149 7.2 N 6,839,971 N 39,365 36,933 6.6 1,102,195 831,598 32.5
Service industries Taxable 14,781 12,767 15.8 10,660,675 5,487,296 94.3 179,905 108,222 66.2 3,855,275 1,991,132 93.6
Exempt 1,703 1,642 3.7 4,552,671 2,961,428 53.7 74,373 60,941 22.0 1,743,295 1,218,814 43.0
Auxiliaries 335 291 15.1 35,573 N N 14,119 11,734 20.3 469,982 304,415 54.4
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