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LEGAL FORM OF ORGANIZATION

All U. S. Firms by Legal Form of Organization: 1992
               
                                  All U.S. Firms                            
Legal form of organization     Firms       Receipts
                            (thous.)       ($mill.)                         
All firms                     19,286     14,071,282                        
  Individual proprietorships  14,599        721,565                        
  Partnerships                 1,090        664,927                          
  Subchapter S corporations    1,564      1,937,707                          
  "C" corporations             2,033     10,747,083                          

"C" CORPORATIONS

"C" corporation data was collected as part of the 1992 Economic Census from a sample (44 thousand) of all non-farm businesses filing any type of 1120 tax form, other than 1120S, for 1992 with receipts of $500 or more.

1992 was the first time "C" corporations were sampled for inclusion in the Survey of Women-Owned Businesses.

"C" Corporations by Major Industry Group: 1992\*

(Detail may not add to total due to rounding.)    
    
                          All firms               Firms with paid employees    
                    |--------------------|---------------------------------------|    
                                Sales and            Sales and              Annual    
                        Firms    Receipts    Firms    Receipts Employ's    Payroll    
    Sector           (number)    ($1,000) (number)    ($1,000) (number)   ($1,000)    
|-------------------|     A           B        C           D        E          F      
ALL FIRMS:
All industries        2033369 10747083380  1656575 10711725449 62951041 1586138978
Ag sv,for,fish & min    22726    15160456    17850    14396895   219646    4219407
Mining industries       16319   140374960    11411   139972710   518071   14993943
Construction industr   199584   296765298   167466   292748140  2340748   66281058
Manufacturing indust   175915  3957859365   159280  3956240279 16477305  495356471
Transp, comm & util     87321   765800315    71488   764050949  4645445  151707104
Wholesale trade        235411  1380465581   206116  1376652192  3319356   90982395
Retail trade           365988  1342496267   333431  1338901287 11975846  154582104
Fin, insur &real est   271620  1860793384   147773  1852399514  8603829  248622774
Service industries     632232   885894766   534475   877266147 13243899  341958768
Industries not class    26253   101472988     7285    99097336  1606896   17434954

WOMEN-OWNED FIRMS:
All industries         517833   931606096   426680   923642991  6965037  153924179
Ag sv,for,fish & min     6006     3121995     4816     2826441    37129     667924
Mining industries        3636     5335255     2427     5155231    36449     879186
Construction industr    49433    44169030    41748    43504594   374803   10061205
Manufacturing indust    39517   274538628    35332   274165956  1502969   42155922
Transp, comm & util     25303    74489884    21724    74091953   653193   16008197
Wholesale trade         58517   179357777    51299   178483405   669207   17170115
Retail trade           114624   117200892   105449   116395407  1129049   15290123
Fin, insur &real est    65130   155143456    36124   153263565   666279   19038467
Service industries     150521    73238149   126120    71466138  1827291   31895653
Industries not class     5146     5011031     1641     4290302    68668     757388

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       \*  Source: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU OF THE CENSUS.    
         (This table is based on the 1987 SIC system.)    


Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Author: Durwin Knutson, Company Statistics. Revised March142008.
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