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NAICS 31-33
Manufacturing

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Definition	Data from the Economic Census					Annual, quarterly, monthly data
	Employers	Nonemployers	Compare to '97	States	Products, Size, etc.

Employers: 2002
Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Nonemployers are shown below. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, non-sampling error, and confidentiality protection. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
NAICS code	Description	Estab- lish- ments	Value of shipments ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees

31-33	Manufacturing	350,828	3,916,136,712	576,170,541	14,699,536
311	Food mfg	27,915	458,786,540	45,519,634	1,506,932
312	Beverage & tobacco product mfg	3,025	105,714,263	6,923,024	160,305
313	Textile mills	3,932	45,652,142	7,666,079	269,064
314	Textile product mills	7,304	32,273,047	4,759,988	183,333
315	Apparel mfg	13,038	44,521,126	7,454,143	343,450
316	Leather & allied product mfg	1,522	6,254,100	1,160,833	44,543
321	Wood product mfg	17,202	89,085,026	16,054,554	540,565
322	Paper mfg	5,520	153,766,022	21,497,243	491,436
323	Printing & related support activities	37,538	95,726,203	25,627,770	715,777
324	Petroleum & coal products mfg	2,262	215,312,899	6,151,468	102,836
325	Chemical mfg	13,476	460,424,786	44,556,764	852,297
326	Plastics & rubber products mfg	15,529	174,369,289	32,619,736	983,757
327	Nonmetallic mineral product mfg	16,706	95,261,480	17,929,311	483,161
331	Primary metal mfg	5,194	139,343,112	21,399,636	490,417
332	Fabricated metal product mfg	62,219	247,059,502	57,534,861	1,574,827
333	Machinery mfg	28,306	252,476,407	49,838,051	1,172,889
334	Computer & electronic product mfg	15,910	358,414,047	64,562,501	1,262,063
335	Electrical equipment, appliance, & component mfg	6,499	102,879,191	18,082,952	494,370
336	Transportation equipment mfg	12,639	636,758,285	82,067,852	1,676,198
337	Furniture & related product mfg	22,523	75,964,713	17,400,405	595,915
339	Miscellaneous mfg	32,569	126,094,532	27,363,736	755,401

Nonemployers: 2002
Data based on 2002 Nonemployer Statistics. Table includes only firms subject to federal income tax. Nonemployers are businesses with no paid employees. Introductory text includes scope and methodology. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
NAICS code	NAICS Title	All firms		Nonemployers				Employers
		Establish- ments	Receipts ($1,000)	Establishments		Receipts		Establish- ments	Value of shipments ($1,000)
		Establish- ments	Receipts ($1,000)	Number	% of all	$1,000	% of all	Establish- ments	Value of shipments ($1,000)

31-33	Manufacturing	641,208	3,929,538,352	290,380	45.3	13,401,640	0.3	350,828	3,916,136,712
311	Food mfg	48,008	459,659,876	20,093	41.9	873,336	0.2	27,915	458,786,540
312	Beverage & tobacco product mfg	4,631	105,849,732	1,606	34.7	135,469	0.1	3,025	105,714,263
313	Textile mills	5,687	45,694,757	1,755	30.9	42,615	0.1	3,932	45,652,142
314	Textile product mills	9,697	32,369,774	2,393	24.7	96,727	0.3	7,304	32,273,047
315	Apparel mfg	40,805	45,377,875	27,767	68.0	856,749	1.9	13,038	44,521,126
316	Leather & allied product mfg	5,552	6,389,128	4,030	72.6	135,028	2.1	1,522	6,254,100
321	Wood product mfg	43,922	90,251,781	26,720	60.8	1,166,755	1.3	17,202	89,085,026
322	Paper mfg	6,972	153,838,196	1,452	20.8	72,174	0.0	5,520	153,766,022
323	Printing & related support activities	65,735	97,210,626	28,197	42.9	1,484,423	1.5	37,538	95,726,203
324	Petroleum & coal products mfg	3,557	215,390,655	1,295	36.4	77,756	0.0	2,262	215,312,899
325	Chemical mfg	20,608	460,834,842	7,132	34.6	410,056	0.1	13,476	460,424,786
326	Plastics & rubber products mfg	20,980	174,719,387	5,451	26.0	350,098	0.2	15,529	174,369,289
327	Nonmetallic mineral product mfg	27,514	95,620,951	10,808	39.3	359,471	0.4	16,706	95,261,480
331	Primary metal mfg	9,143	139,589,347	3,949	43.2	246,235	0.2	5,194	139,343,112
332	Fabricated metal product mfg	97,882	249,004,469	35,663	36.4	1,944,967	0.8	62,219	247,059,502
333	Machinery mfg	41,507	253,246,542	13,201	31.8	770,135	0.3	28,306	252,476,407
334	Computer & electronic product mfg	23,266	358,829,101	7,356	31.6	415,054	0.1	15,910	358,414,047
335	Electrical equipment, appliance, & component mfg	13,166	103,230,818	6,667	50.6	351,627	0.3	6,499	102,879,191
336	Transportation equipment mfg	17,018	637,072,271	4,379	25.7	313,986	0.0	12,639	636,758,285
337	Furniture & related product mfg	39,838	76,725,183	17,315	43.5	760,470	1.0	22,523	75,964,713
339	Miscellaneous mfg	95,720	128,633,041	63,151	66.0	2,538,509	2.0	32,569	126,094,532

Definition: NAICS 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: 1.

Logging, classified in Sector 11, Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting is considered a harvesting operation; 2. The beneficiating of ores and other minerals, classified in Sector 21, Mining, is considered part of the activity of mining; 3. The construction of structures and fabricating operations performed at the site of construction by contractors, is classified in Sector 23, Construction; 4. 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 5.

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).

Historical comparability

Almost Comparable NAICS 31-33, Manufacturing, is close, but not quite comparable between 2002 and 1997. See the Bridge Between 2002 NAICS and 1997 NAICS for changes to constituent industries.

In comparisons with data before 1997, 1997 NAICS 31-33 is nearly comparable to SIC . See the Bridge Between 1997 NAICS and 1987 SIC.

In the following table, both 1997 and 2002 data are classified by 1997 NAICS, so that the two years are comparable.

Comparative Statistics: 2002 and 1997

Data are in current dollars and have not been adjusted for inflation. Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, non-sampling error, and confidentiality protection. "% change" rows show percent change between 1997 and 2002.
1997 NAICS code	1997 NAICS Description	Year	Establishments	Value of shipments ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees

31-33	Manufacturing	2002	350,728	3,914,719,163	575,165,127	14,664,385
		1997	362,829	3,834,700,920	569,808,845	16,805,127
		% change	-3.3	2.1	0.9	-12.7

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Geographic Distribution -- Manufacturing: 2002

Data for manufacturing industries are published for the U.S., states with 100+ employees, metropolitan areas with 250+ employees, and counties and cities with 500+ employees. Counts of establishments are also published for ZIP Codes.

Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Nonemployers are shown above. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, non-sampling error, and confidentiality protection. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.

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Description

Estab-
lish-
ments

Value of shipments
($1,000)

Value of shipments
% of
U.S.

Value of shipments
per capita
($)

Annual
payroll
($1,000)

Paid
employees

United States

350,828

3,916,136,712

100.00

13,592

576,170,541

14,699,536

California

48,473

378,454,294

9.66

10,805

66,408,969

1,616,289

Texas

21,446

310,743,683

7.93

14,279

34,094,491

855,303

Ohio

17,491

242,884,764

6.20

21,279

35,298,752

868,679

Michigan

15,191

221,421,638

5.65

22,058

33,168,564

736,165

Illinois

16,859

188,222,486

4.81

14,944

29,838,276

741,754

Pennsylvania

16,661

181,309,256

4.63

14,715

27,510,766

715,186

Indiana

9,223

160,924,309

4.11

26,147

22,852,682

565,559

North Carolina

10,763

156,909,393

4.01

18,874

20,653,125

623,521

New York

21,065

147,402,586

3.76

7,690

25,390,968

641,742

Georgia

8,805

126,166,158

3.22

14,674

15,720,820

452,834

Wisconsin

9,914

124,649,845

3.18

22,920

19,331,297

503,147

Tennessee

6,947

109,285,149

2.79

18,880

14,840,454

411,984

New Jersey

10,653

96,229,119

2.46

11,219

15,752,976

368,015

Missouri

7,207

92,475,502

2.36

16,280

12,453,642

319,761

Louisiana

3,523

89,545,364

2.29

20,030

6,425,628

150,360

Kentucky

4,283

88,513,497

2.26

21,647

10,077,029

263,202

Virginia

5,909

83,952,547

2.14

11,523

11,632,963

311,787

South Carolina

4,455

80,976,390

2.07

19,745

10,594,414

289,672

Minnesota

8,136

80,499,482

2.06

16,021

14,059,229

351,188

Washington

7,535

79,303,026

2.03

13,064

11,163,873

265,010

Florida

15,201

78,463,816

2.00

4,703

14,079,987

377,092

Massachusetts

8,858

77,976,318

1.99

12,125

15,571,473

349,148

Alabama

5,119

66,686,220

1.70

14,893

9,744,347

284,127

Iowa

3,804

65,042,043

1.66

22,159

8,125,864

222,968

Kansas

3,218

50,897,796

1.30

18,748

6,877,335

177,825

Arkansas

3,185

46,723,576

1.19

17,265

6,309,251

210,394

Oregon

5,597

45,864,552

1.17

13,017

7,173,223

184,151

Connecticut

5,383

44,990,361

1.15

13,011

9,872,570

214,721

Arizona

4,935

41,910,739

1.07

7,697

7,080,603

168,155

Oklahoma

4,027

39,924,050

1.02

11,445

5,355,937

149,983

Mississippi

2,796

38,276,054

0.98

13,369

5,476,928

182,822

Maryland

3,999

36,344,562

0.93

6,679

6,475,210

151,307

Colorado

5,349

34,661,204

0.89

7,702

6,323,772

148,831

Nebraska

1,975

30,607,855

0.78

17,723

3,385,632

103,011

Utah

3,061

25,104,045

0.64

10,793

4,003,961

110,007

West Virginia

1,480

18,911,332

0.48

10,482

2,586,956

67,319

Delaware

705

16,417,927

0.42

20,380

1,564,801

37,287

New Hampshire

2,213

15,235,144

0.39

11,959

3,421,148

83,545

Idaho

1,814

15,174,196

0.39

11,288

2,192,645

61,538

Maine

1,880

13,851,915

0.35

10,681

2,627,814

67,738

Rhode Island

2,131

10,758,058

0.27

10,068

2,294,561

62,285

South Dakota

926

10,710,187

0.27

14,087

1,096,775

37,019

New Mexico

1,587

10,168,130

0.26

5,480

1,241,383

33,085

Vermont

1,176

9,661,516

0.25

15,678

1,757,617

43,827

Nevada

1,764

8,466,212

0.22

3,903

1,642,783

42,503

North Dakota

724

6,856,654

0.18

10,821

757,012

23,370

Montana

1,234

4,987,577

0.13

5,479

638,834

18,582

Wyoming

560

4,061,516

0.10

8,140

364,592

9,608

Alaska

513

3,828,233

0.10

5,977

361,214

10,909

Hawaii

929

3,460,199

0.09

2,806

421,269

13,200

District of Columbia

146

246,237

0.01

425

76,126

2,021

Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Manufacturing
Series number	Title	Contents	Geography
EC02-00C-BDG	Bridge Between NAICS 2002 and NAICS 1997	Relationships between NAICS 1997 and NAICS 2002 for those industries redefined	US
EC02-00C-COMP	Comparative Statistics	2002 and 1997 data side by side on a comparable NAICS 1997 basis	US, states
EC02-31SG-1	General Summary	Industry Statistics for Industry Groups & Industries	US
		Industry Statistics by Subsectors for Selected States	US, states
		Detailed Statistics by Subsector	US
		Industry Statistics for Subsectors by Employment Size	US
		Industry Statistics	US, states
		Industry Statistics for Metropolitan Areas	US, states, metros
		Detailed Statistics	US, states
		Method of Inventory Valuation by Subsector	US
		Inventories With LIFO Valulation by Subsector	US
		Industry Statistics for Subsectors by Legal Form of Organization	US
EC02-31A	Geographic Area Series	Industry Statistics for the States, Metropolitan & Micropolitan Statistical Areas, Counties, and Places	States
EC02-31A	Geographic Area Series	Detailed Statistics for the State	States
SB02-00A	Survey of Business Owners	Business Ownership by Gender, Hispanic or Latino Origin, and Race	US

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Data from the Other Census Bureau Programs -- NAICS 31-33
Title (with link to data)	Frequency	Contents	Geography
Annual Capital Expenditures Survey	Annual	Capital expenditures for structures and equipment for companies with paid employees	US
Annual Survey of Manufactures: Geographic Area Series	Annual	General statistics for states (click AFF icon, select "ASM: GAS: Stats for All Mfg by State", then filter rows to this industry)	US, states
Annual Survey of Manufactures: Statistics for Industry Groups and Industries	Annual	Detailed national statistics for the industry (click AFF icon, select "ASM: GS: Stats for Ind Groups & Ind", then filter rows to this industry)	US
Annual Survey of Manufactures: Value of Product Shipments	Annual	National statistics for 7-digit product classes (click AFF icon, select "ASM: VPS: Val of Shps for Product Classes", then filter rows to desired products	US
County Business Patterns	Annual	Employees; payroll; number of establishments by employment size of establishment	US, states, metro areas, counties
E-Commerce Statistics	Annual	Total sales and e-commerce sales, receipts or value of shipments	US
Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders	Monthly	Value of shipments, inventories, new orders and unfilled orders	US
Monthly Trade Inventory and Sales	Monthly	Sales, inventories, and inventory/sales ratios	US
Nonemployer Statistics	Annual	Number of establishments and sales of firms with no paid employees	US, states, metro areas, counties
Profile of U.S. Exporting Companies	Annual	Number of exporters and value of exports by employment size of company for the U.S.; number of exporting companies by state	U.S., states
Quarterly Financial Report	Quarterly	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.	US
Statistics of U.S. Businesses	Annual	Number of firms, employees, payroll, (and revenue, for 2002 only) by employment-size of the enterprise	US, states, metro areas

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Industry Statistics Sampler NAICS 31-33 Manufacturing

Definition: NAICS 31-33 Manufacturing

Historical comparability

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