SIC 27:   Printing and publishing - 4-digit SIC to 6-digit NAICS
Includes only establishments with payroll. Introductory text includes scope and methodology. Figures to the left of NAICS codes indicate the percent of NAICS receipts represented by this part; and link to Table 1 where other parts of the NAICS are shown. links to 1997 and 1992 Comparative Statistics for whole SICs.

SIC	NAICS	Pt	Description		Establish- ments	Value of Shipments ($1,000)	Paid employees	Annual payroll ($1,000)
271			Newspapers		8,773	41,433,090	400,818	11,729,887
2711			Newspapers		8,773	41,433,090	400,818	11,729,887
	511110		Newspaper publishers		8,773	41,433,090	400,818	11,729,887
SIC	NAICS	Pt	Description		Establish- ments	Value of Shipments ($1,000)	Paid employees	Annual payroll ($1,000)
272			Periodicals		6,331	29,972,538	137,865	5,997,490
2721			Periodicals		6,331	29,972,538	137,865	5,997,490
	511120		Periodical publishers		6,331	29,972,538	137,865	5,997,490
SIC	NAICS	Pt	Description		Establish- ments	Value of Shipments ($1,000)	Paid employees	Annual payroll ($1,000)
273			Books		3,693	28,504,375	141,039	5,240,274
2731			Book publishing		2,948	22,976,675	91,935	3,707,839
	511130		Book publishers		2,689	22,676,105	90,170	3,655,695
22% of	512230	20	Music publishers (pt)		259	300,570	1,765	52,144
2732			Book printing		745	5,527,700	49,104	1,532,435
	323117		Book printing		745	5,527,700	49,104	1,532,435
SIC	NAICS	Pt	Description		Establish- ments	Value of Shipments ($1,000)	Paid employees	Annual payroll ($1,000)
274			Miscellaneous publishing		3,435	16,507,914	78,627	2,626,149
2741			Miscellaneous publishing		3,435	16,507,914	78,627	2,626,149
88% of	511140	10	Database & directory publishers (pt)		830	10,776,279	33,113	1,342,004
	511199		All other publishers		2,494	5,636,247	44,944	1,262,980
7% of	512230	10	Music publishers (pt)		111	95,388	570	21,165
SIC	NAICS	Pt	Description		Establish- ments	Value of Shipments ($1,000)	Paid employees	Annual payroll ($1,000)
275			Commercial printing		34,000	69,857,814	595,792	18,841,288
2752			Commercial printing, lithographic		26,623	53,719,367	461,374	14,790,863
100% of	323110	10	Commercial lithographic printing (pt)		18,595	50,151,029	414,762	13,709,324
86% of	323114	10	Quick printing (pt)		8,028	3,568,338	46,612	1,081,539
2754			Commercial printing, gravure		453	3,923,991	23,260	809,114
100% of	323111	10	Commercial gravure printing (pt)		453	3,923,991	23,260	809,114
2759			Commercial printing, n.e.c.		6,924	12,214,456	111,158	3,241,311
100% of	323112	10	Commercial flexographic printing (pt)		909	4,702,377	30,588	1,032,287
50% of	323113	20	Commercial screen printing (pt)		1,971	3,270,664	37,898	1,003,444
14% of	323114	20	Quick printing (pt)		233	595,366	5,846	177,494
	323115		Digital printing		387	405,975	4,201	122,919
99% of	323119	10	Other commercial printing (pt)		3,424	3,240,074	32,625	905,167
SIC	NAICS	Pt	Description		Establish- ments	Value of Shipments ($1,000)	Paid employees	Annual payroll ($1,000)
276			Manifold business forms		922	7,737,653	40,823	1,295,718
2761			Manifold business forms		922	7,737,653	40,823	1,295,718
80% of	323116	10	Manifold business form printing (pt)		922	7,737,653	40,823	1,295,718
SIC	NAICS	Pt	Description		Establish- ments	Value of Shipments ($1,000)	Paid employees	Annual payroll ($1,000)
277			Greeting cards		152	5,470,559	21,883	667,444
2771			Greeting cards		152	5,470,559	21,883	667,444
0% of	323110	20	Commercial lithographic printing (pt)		28	38,035	355	9,697
0% of	323111	20	Commercial gravure printing (pt)		0	0	0	0
0% of	323112	20	Commercial flexographic printing (pt)		0	0	0	0
0% of	323113	30	Commercial screen printing (pt)		3	10,645	90	3,487
1% of	323119	20	Other commercial printing (pt)		10	26,792	391	10,214
	511191		Greeting card publishers		111	5,395,087	21,047	644,046
SIC	NAICS	Pt	Description		Establish- ments	Value of Shipments ($1,000)	Paid employees	Annual payroll ($1,000)
278			Blankbooks and bookbinding		1,704	6,427,964	64,755	1,665,871
2782			Blankbooks & looseleaf binders		419	4,467,477	33,406	905,903
20% of	323116	20	Manifold business form printing (pt)		118	1,893,005	15,608	396,564
	323118		Blankbook, looseleaf binder, & device mfg		301	2,574,472	17,798	509,339
2789			Bookbinding & related work		1,285	1,960,487	31,349	759,968
	323121		Tradebinding & related work		1,285	1,960,487	31,349	759,968
SIC	NAICS	Pt	Description		Establish- ments	Value of Shipments ($1,000)	Paid employees	Annual payroll ($1,000)
279			Printing trade services		3,345	5,008,614	52,697	2,028,246
2791			Typesetting		2,069	2,345,594	27,755	985,408
47% of	323122	10	Prepress services (pt)		2,069	2,345,594	27,755	985,408
2796			Platemaking services		1,276	2,663,020	24,942	1,042,838
53% of	323122	20	Prepress services (pt)		1,276	2,663,020	24,942	1,042,838

N=Comparable data not available D=Withheld to avoid disclosure

=sum of NAICS parts listed below the symbol   links to Comparative Statistics for 1992 and 1997

	(Bridge complete.)	Comparable	SIC derivable from NAICS data.
	(Drawbridge slightly open.)	Almost comparable	Sales or receipts from NAICS are within 3% of SIC sales or receipts.
	(Drawbridge open.)	Not comparable	SIC sales or receipts cannot be estimated within 3% from NAICS data.

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