1997 Economic Census: NAICS 31-33

Economic Census:
NAICS 31-33
Manufacturing

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Indus-
try
Detail NAICS
code NAICS Title
(and link to definition) Estab-
lish-
ments Value of shipments
($1,000) Annual
payroll
($1,000) Paid
employees

31-33 Manufacturing 362,829 3,834,700,920 569,808,845 16,805,127

311 Food mfg 26,302 421,737,017 38,366,240 1,466,956

312 Beverage & tobacco product mfg 2,727 96,971,368 6,735,295 175,711

313 Textile mills 4,694 58,707,401 10,058,482 391,899

314 Textile product mills 7,899 31,051,835 5,088,653 235,441

315 Apparel mfg 16,989 68,018,116 12,582,352 710,796

316 Leather & allied product mfg 1,861 10,876,510 1,832,341 85,115

321 Wood product mfg 17,367 88,470,180 14,319,193 570,034

322 Paper mfg 5,868 150,295,890 22,311,971 574,274

323 Printing & related support activities 42,863 97,485,138 26,022,991 834,404

324 Petroleum & coal products mfg 2,146 177,393,098 5,546,082 107,625

325 Chemical mfg 13,474 415,616,508 39,835,717 882,645

326 Plastics & rubber products mfg 16,821 159,161,346 29,804,904 1,023,060

327 Nonmetallic mineral product mfg 16,310 86,464,708 16,172,049 501,471

331 Primary metal mfg 5,059 168,117,728 23,811,233 605,085

332 Fabricated metal product mfg 62,384 242,813,453 56,631,583 1,763,772

333 Machinery mfg 30,599 270,687,165 53,012,226 1,420,512

334 Computer & electronic product mfg 17,435 439,381,300 72,483,848 1,691,146

335 Electrical equipment, appliance, & component mfg 6,930 112,116,267 18,972,741 593,802

336 Transportation equipment mfg 12,887 575,306,996 79,616,518 1,842,315

337 Furniture & related product mfg 20,738 64,299,098 14,986,222 603,668

339 Miscellaneous mfg 31,476 99,729,798 21,618,204 725,396

NAICS code	NAICS Title (and link to definition)	Estab- lish- ments	Value of shipments ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees
31-33	Manufacturing	362,829	3,834,700,920	569,808,845	16,805,127
311	Food mfg	26,302	421,737,017	38,366,240	1,466,956
312	Beverage & tobacco product mfg	2,727	96,971,368	6,735,295	175,711
313	Textile mills	4,694	58,707,401	10,058,482	391,899
314	Textile product mills	7,899	31,051,835	5,088,653	235,441
315	Apparel mfg	16,989	68,018,116	12,582,352	710,796
316	Leather & allied product mfg	1,861	10,876,510	1,832,341	85,115
321	Wood product mfg	17,367	88,470,180	14,319,193	570,034
322	Paper mfg	5,868	150,295,890	22,311,971	574,274
323	Printing & related support activities	42,863	97,485,138	26,022,991	834,404
324	Petroleum & coal products mfg	2,146	177,393,098	5,546,082	107,625
325	Chemical mfg	13,474	415,616,508	39,835,717	882,645
326	Plastics & rubber products mfg	16,821	159,161,346	29,804,904	1,023,060
327	Nonmetallic mineral product mfg	16,310	86,464,708	16,172,049	501,471
331	Primary metal mfg	5,059	168,117,728	23,811,233	605,085
332	Fabricated metal product mfg	62,384	242,813,453	56,631,583	1,763,772
333	Machinery mfg	30,599	270,687,165	53,012,226	1,420,512
334	Computer & electronic product mfg	17,435	439,381,300	72,483,848	1,691,146
335	Electrical equipment, appliance, & component mfg	6,930	112,116,267	18,972,741	593,802
336	Transportation equipment mfg	12,887	575,306,996	79,616,518	1,842,315
337	Furniture & related product mfg	20,738	64,299,098	14,986,222	603,668
339	Miscellaneous mfg	31,476	99,729,798	21,618,204	725,396

Table includes only establishments with payroll.

NAICS Sector: 31-33 Manufacturing . The Manufacturing sector comprises establishments engaged in the mechanical, physical, or chemical transformation of materials, substances, or components into new products. The assembling of component parts of manufactured products is considered manufacturing, except in cases where the activity is appropriately classified in Sector 23, Construction.

Establishments in the Manufacturing sector are often described as plants, factories, or mills and characteristically use power-driven machines and materials-handling equipment. However, establishments that transform materials or substances into new products by hand or in the worker's home and those engaged in selling to the general public products made on the same premises from which they are sold, such as bakeries, candy stores, and custom tailors, may also be included in this sector. Manufacturing establishments may process materials or may contract with other establishments to process their materials for them. Both types of establishments are included in manufacturing.

The materials, substances, or components transformed by manufacturing establishments are raw materials that are products of agriculture, forestry, fishing, mining, or quarrying as well as products of other manufacturing establishments. The materials used may be purchased directly from producers, obtained through customary trade channels, or secured without recourse to the market by transferring the product from one establishment to another, under the same ownership.

The new product of a manufacturing establishment may be finished in the sense that it is ready for utilization or consumption, or it may be semifinished to become an input for an establishment engaged in further manufacturing. For example, the product of the alumina refinery is the input used in the primary production of aluminum; primary aluminum is the input to an aluminum wire drawing plant; and aluminum wire is the input for a fabricated wire product manufacturing establishment.

The subsectors in the Manufacturing sector generally reflect distinct production processes related to material inputs, production equipment, and employee skills. In the machinery area, where assembling is a key activity, parts and accessories for manufactured products are classified in the industry of the finished manufactured item when they are made for separate sale. For example, a replacement refrigerator door would be classified with refrigerators and an attachment for a piece of metal working machinery would be classified with metal working machinery. However, components, input from other manufacturing establishments, are classified based on the production function of the component manufacturer. For example, electronic components are classified in Subsector 334, Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing and stampings are classified in Subsector 332, Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing.

Manufacturing establishments often perform one or more activities that are classified outside the Manufacturing sector of NAICS. For instance, almost all manufacturing has some captive research and development or administrative operations, such as accounting, payroll, or management. These captive services are treated the same as captive manufacturing activities. When the services are provided by separate establishments, they are classified to the NAICS sector where such services are primary, not in manufacturing.

The boundaries of manufacturing and the other sectors of the classification system can be somewhat blurry. The establishments in the manufacturing sector are engaged in the transformation of materials into new products. Their output is a new product. However, the definition of what constitutes a new product can be somewhat subjective. As clarification, the following activities are considered manufacturing in NAICS: milk bottling and pasteurizing; water bottling and processing; fresh fish packaging (oyster shucking, fish filleting); apparel jobbing (assigning of materials to contract factories or shops for fabrication or other contract operations) as well as contracting on materials owned by others; printing and related activities; ready-mixed concrete production; leather converting; grinding of lenses to prescription; wood preserving; electroplating, plating, metal heat treating, and polishing for the trade; lapidary work for the trade; fabricating signs and advertising displays; rebuilding or remanufacturing machinery (i.e., automotive parts); ship repair and renovation; machine shops; and tire retreading.

Conversely, there are activities that are sometimes considered manufacturing, but which for NAICS are classified in another sector (i.e., not classified as manufacturing). They include:

Logging, classified in Sector 11, Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting is considered a harvesting operation;

The beneficiating of ores and other minerals, classified in Sector 21, Mining, is considered part of the activity of mining;

The construction of structures and fabricating operations performed at the site of construction by contractors, is classified in Sector 23, Construction;

Establishments engaged in breaking of bulk and redistribution in smaller lots, including packaging, repackaging, or bottling products, such as liquors or chemicals; the customized assembly of computers; sorting of scrap; mixing paints to customer order; and cutting metals to customer order, classified in Sector 42, Wholesale Trade or Sector 44-45, Retail Trade, produce a modified version of the same product, not a new product; and

Publishing and the combined activity of publishing and printing, classified in Sector 51, Information, perform the transformation of information into a product where as the value of the product to the consumer lies in the information content, not in the format in which it is distributed (i.e., the book or software diskette).

Geographic Distribution -- Manufacturing : 1997

Data for the Manufacturing sector are published for the U.S., states with 100 or more employees, metropolitan areas with 250 or more employees, and counties and cities with 500 or more employees. Counts of establishments are also published for ZIP Codes.

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Other
Indus-
tries State Estab-
lish-
ments Value of shipments
($1,000) Value of shipments
% of
U.S. Annual
payroll
($1,000) Paid
employees

United States 362,829 3,834,700,920 100.00 569,808,845 16,805,127

California 49,418 379,612,443 9.90 65,762,848 1,809,667

Texas 21,808 297,657,003 7.76 32,760,820 959,665

Ohio 17,974 241,902,924 6.31 35,950,500 984,201

Michigan 16,045 214,900,655 5.60 34,418,934 833,429

Illinois 17,953 200,019,991 5.22 31,837,943 887,350

Pennsylvania 17,128 172,193,216 4.49 27,641,293 826,521

North Carolina 11,306 161,900,477 4.22 21,297,913 773,548

New York 23,908 146,720,195 3.83 26,515,818 785,891

Indiana 9,303 142,270,702 3.71 22,121,447 625,692

Georgia 9,083 124,526,834 3.25 15,534,058 533,830

Wisconsin 9,936 117,382,992 3.06 18,766,395 562,479

Tennessee 7,407 98,503,080 2.57 14,351,915 483,823

New Jersey 11,812 97,060,800 2.53 15,430,197 409,788

Missouri 7,497 93,115,478 2.43 11,647,050 371,448

Kentucky 4,218 86,636,107 2.26 9,198,091 288,405

Virginia 5,986 83,814,009 2.19 11,557,793 370,595

Louisiana 3,545 80,423,978 2.10 6,054,513 165,777

Washington 7,801 78,852,486 2.06 13,004,063 328,511

Massachusetts 9,554 77,876,576 2.03 16,378,989 417,135

Florida 15,992 77,477,510 2.02 13,185,078 433,149

Minnesota 8,091 76,244,894 1.99 13,126,112 382,530

South Carolina 4,450 70,797,020 1.85 10,369,419 346,142

Alabama 5,444 67,970,076 1.77 10,187,756 352,618

Iowa 3,749 62,413,687 1.63 7,573,258 235,880

Oregon 5,768 47,665,990 1.24 7,095,286 213,111

Connecticut 5,844 46,938,210 1.22 10,452,076 252,330

Kansas 3,309 46,296,431 1.21 6,532,458 193,742

Arkansas 3,316 45,185,963 1.18 5,778,437 230,153

Arizona 4,917 43,030,348 1.12 6,753,601 193,616

Colorado 5,480 40,012,820 1.04 6,176,805 173,069

Mississippi 3,008 39,658,260 1.03 5,599,392 227,800

Oklahoma 4,087 37,453,197 0.98 4,963,236 164,060

Maryland 3,996 36,505,948 0.95 5,840,454 163,992

Nebraska 1,960 27,859,177 0.73 3,040,509 106,690

Utah 2,860 24,014,379 0.63 3,726,130 119,140

New Hampshire 2,328 19,813,107 0.52 3,361,445 98,934

West Virginia 1,505 18,293,309 0.48 2,460,697 72,813

New Mexico 1,593 17,906,091 0.47 1,135,818 39,664

Idaho 1,647 16,952,872 0.44 2,099,750 66,184

Maine 1,812 14,097,609 0.37 2,591,070 82,288

Delaware 675 13,397,302 0.35 1,474,267 41,084

South Dakota 888 12,305,468 0.32 1,162,575 46,539

Rhode Island 2,535 10,482,011 0.27 2,288,614 75,599

Vermont 1,226 7,803,041 0.20 1,459,605 42,533

Nevada 1,615 6,361,782 0.17 1,178,047 37,849

North Dakota 704 5,115,890 0.13 604,752 21,956

Montana 1,160 4,866,279 0.13 560,115 19,611

Alaska 488 3,304,952 0.09 331,193 10,770

Hawaii 921 3,192,532 0.08 405,045 15,109

Wyoming 503 2,955,070 0.08 256,382 8,448

District of Columbia 200 320,234 0.01 101,108 2,858

State	Estab- lish- ments	Value of shipments ($1,000)	Value of shipments % of U.S.	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees
United States	362,829	3,834,700,920	100.00	569,808,845	16,805,127
California	49,418	379,612,443	9.90	65,762,848	1,809,667
Texas	21,808	297,657,003	7.76	32,760,820	959,665
Ohio	17,974	241,902,924	6.31	35,950,500	984,201
Michigan	16,045	214,900,655	5.60	34,418,934	833,429
Illinois	17,953	200,019,991	5.22	31,837,943	887,350
Pennsylvania	17,128	172,193,216	4.49	27,641,293	826,521
North Carolina	11,306	161,900,477	4.22	21,297,913	773,548
New York	23,908	146,720,195	3.83	26,515,818	785,891
Indiana	9,303	142,270,702	3.71	22,121,447	625,692
Georgia	9,083	124,526,834	3.25	15,534,058	533,830
Wisconsin	9,936	117,382,992	3.06	18,766,395	562,479
Tennessee	7,407	98,503,080	2.57	14,351,915	483,823
New Jersey	11,812	97,060,800	2.53	15,430,197	409,788
Missouri	7,497	93,115,478	2.43	11,647,050	371,448
Kentucky	4,218	86,636,107	2.26	9,198,091	288,405
Virginia	5,986	83,814,009	2.19	11,557,793	370,595
Louisiana	3,545	80,423,978	2.10	6,054,513	165,777
Washington	7,801	78,852,486	2.06	13,004,063	328,511
Massachusetts	9,554	77,876,576	2.03	16,378,989	417,135
Florida	15,992	77,477,510	2.02	13,185,078	433,149
Minnesota	8,091	76,244,894	1.99	13,126,112	382,530
South Carolina	4,450	70,797,020	1.85	10,369,419	346,142
Alabama	5,444	67,970,076	1.77	10,187,756	352,618
Iowa	3,749	62,413,687	1.63	7,573,258	235,880
Oregon	5,768	47,665,990	1.24	7,095,286	213,111
Connecticut	5,844	46,938,210	1.22	10,452,076	252,330
Kansas	3,309	46,296,431	1.21	6,532,458	193,742
Arkansas	3,316	45,185,963	1.18	5,778,437	230,153
Arizona	4,917	43,030,348	1.12	6,753,601	193,616
Colorado	5,480	40,012,820	1.04	6,176,805	173,069
Mississippi	3,008	39,658,260	1.03	5,599,392	227,800
Oklahoma	4,087	37,453,197	0.98	4,963,236	164,060
Maryland	3,996	36,505,948	0.95	5,840,454	163,992
Nebraska	1,960	27,859,177	0.73	3,040,509	106,690
Utah	2,860	24,014,379	0.63	3,726,130	119,140
New Hampshire	2,328	19,813,107	0.52	3,361,445	98,934
West Virginia	1,505	18,293,309	0.48	2,460,697	72,813
New Mexico	1,593	17,906,091	0.47	1,135,818	39,664
Idaho	1,647	16,952,872	0.44	2,099,750	66,184
Maine	1,812	14,097,609	0.37	2,591,070	82,288
Delaware	675	13,397,302	0.35	1,474,267	41,084
South Dakota	888	12,305,468	0.32	1,162,575	46,539
Rhode Island	2,535	10,482,011	0.27	2,288,614	75,599
Vermont	1,226	7,803,041	0.20	1,459,605	42,533
Nevada	1,615	6,361,782	0.17	1,178,047	37,849
North Dakota	704	5,115,890	0.13	604,752	21,956
Montana	1,160	4,866,279	0.13	560,115	19,611
Alaska	488	3,304,952	0.09	331,193	10,770
Hawaii	921	3,192,532	0.08	405,045	15,109
Wyoming	503	2,955,070	0.08	256,382	8,448
District of Columbia	200	320,234	0.01	101,108	2,858

D = Withheld to avoid disclosure; N = Not available

Other Data from the 1997 Economic Census

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EC97M- Industry Series Preliminary data including detailed characteristics, establishment size, and product detail

EC97M31S-GS General Summary Detailed statistics, employment size of establishments, method of inventory valuation, and legal form of organization for manufacturing and its subsectors; summaries by industry , state, and metro area.

EC97M31S-PS Product Summary Shipments by detailed product category for 1997 and 1992, without regard to the industry where produced

EC97M31S-MS Material Summary Detailed cost of materials consumed in manufacturing for 1997 and 1992, by industry.

EC97M31S-CR Concentration Ratios Summary Share of shipments and value added accounted for by the 4, 8, 20, and 50 largest companies in each of the 3-, 4-, 5-, and 6-digit NAICS industries for 1997

EC97X-CS3 Bridge Between NAICS and SIC (national only) Defines comparability of individual industries.

EC97X-CS2 Comparative Statistics (U.S. and states) 1997 and 1992 data side by side on a comparable SIC basis

EC97X-CS4 Nonemployer Statistics (U.S., states, counties, metros) Nonemployers account for 45 % of establishments and .3 % of receipts in this sector, but are excluded from the reports above.

Series number	Title	Contents
EC97M-	Industry Series	Preliminary data including detailed characteristics, establishment size, and product detail
EC97M31S-GS	General Summary	Detailed statistics, employment size of establishments, method of inventory valuation, and legal form of organization for manufacturing and its subsectors; summaries by industry , state, and metro area.
EC97M31S-PS	Product Summary	Shipments by detailed product category for 1997 and 1992, without regard to the industry where produced
EC97M31S-MS	Material Summary	Detailed cost of materials consumed in manufacturing for 1997 and 1992, by industry.
EC97M31S-CR	Concentration Ratios Summary	Share of shipments and value added accounted for by the 4, 8, 20, and 50 largest companies in each of the 3-, 4-, 5-, and 6-digit NAICS industries for 1997
EC97X-CS3	Bridge Between NAICS and SIC (national only)	Defines comparability of individual industries.
EC97X-CS2	Comparative Statistics (U.S. and states)	1997 and 1992 data side by side on a comparable SIC basis
EC97X-CS4	Nonemployer Statistics (U.S., states, counties, metros)	Nonemployers account for 45 % of establishments and .3 % of receipts in this sector, but are excluded from the reports above.

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Hypertext Tables Title (with link to data) Frequency Smallest Geography Contents

Annual Capital Expenditures Survey Annual U.S. Capital expenditures for structures and equipment for companies with paid employees

Annual Survey of Manufactures Annual State Detailed national statistics for the industry; 7-digit product classes; general statistics for states

County Business Patterns Annual County, metro area, ZIP Employees; payroll; number of establishments by employment size of establishment

E-Commerce Statistics Annual U.S. Total sales and e-commerce sales, receipts or value of shipments

Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders Monthly U.S. Value of shipments, inventories, new orders and unfilled orders

Monthly Trade Inventory and Sales Monthly U.S. Monthly ...

Nonemployer Statistics Annual State, metro area, county Number of establishments and sales of firms with no paid employees

Quarterly Financial Report Quarterly U.S. Income, retained earnings, balance sheets, and related financial and operating ratios for the domestic operations of manufacturing corporations with assets over $250,000, and corporations in the mining and trade areas with over $50 million.

Statistics of U.S. Businesses Annual State, metro area Number of firms, employees, payroll, and revenue by employment-size of the enterprise

Title (with link to data)	Frequency	Smallest Geography	Contents
Annual Capital Expenditures Survey	Annual	U.S.	Capital expenditures for structures and equipment for companies with paid employees
Annual Survey of Manufactures	Annual	State	Detailed national statistics for the industry; 7-digit product classes; general statistics for states
County Business Patterns	Annual	County, metro area, ZIP	Employees; payroll; number of establishments by employment size of establishment
E-Commerce Statistics	Annual	U.S.	Total sales and e-commerce sales, receipts or value of shipments
Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders	Monthly	U.S.	Value of shipments, inventories, new orders and unfilled orders
Monthly Trade Inventory and Sales	Monthly	U.S.	Monthly ...
Nonemployer Statistics	Annual	State, metro area, county	Number of establishments and sales of firms with no paid employees
Quarterly Financial Report	Quarterly	U.S.	Income, retained earnings, balance sheets, and related financial and operating ratios for the domestic operations of manufacturing corporations with assets over $250,000, and corporations in the mining and trade areas with over $50 million.
Statistics of U.S. Businesses	Annual	State, metro area	Number of firms, employees, payroll, and revenue by employment-size of the enterprise

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