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1997 Economic Census:
Comparative Statistics for United States
1987 SIC Basis |
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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.
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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 |
25,251
| 29,497
| -14.4
| 174,519,541
| 162,095,421
| 7.7
| 512,016
| 534,661
| -4.2
| 20,906,916
| 18,556,307
| 12.7
|
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Construction industries |
639,482
| 572,851
| 11.6
| 834,794,940
| 539,084,657
| 54.9
| 5,567,052
| 4,668,280
| 19.3
| 170,962,019
| 117,729,651
| 45.2
|
|
Manufacturing |
377,776
| 370,912
| 1.9
| 3,958,050,434
| 3,004,722,841
| 31.7
| 17,557,008
| 16,948,942
| 3.6
| 595,685,786
| 494,108,853
| 20.6
|
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Transportation, communications, and utilities %%
** |
293,575
| N
| N
| 1,143,936,913
| N
| N
| 5,689,138
| N
| N
| 199,706,592
| N
| N
|
|
Wholesale trade |
521,127
| 495,457
| 5.2
| 4,235,400,325
| 3,238,520,447
| 30.8
| 6,509,333
| 5,791,264
| 12.4
| 234,516,934
| 173,272,138
| 35.3
|
|
Retail trade |
1,561,195
| 1,526,215
| 2.3
| 2,545,881,473
| 1,894,880,209
| 34.4
| 21,165,862
| 18,407,453
| 15.0
| 290,525,257
| 222,867,879
| 30.4
|
|
Financial, insurance, and real estate industries |
661,388
| 585,580
| 12.9
| 2,474,943,634
| 1,831,526,517
| 35.1
| 7,314,321
| 6,509,591
| 12.4
| 308,154,498
| 211,568,784
| 45.7
|
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Service industries |
Taxable |
2,077,666
| 1,825,435
| 13.8
| 1,843,791,887
| 1,202,613,010
| 53.3
| 25,278,399
| 19,290,352
| 31.0
| 688,873,138
| 452,697,484
| 52.2
|
| Exempt |
224,980
| 208,911
| 7.7
| 569,583,863
| 446,255,642
| 27.6
| 8,563,199
| 8,108,944
| 5.6
| 224,131,319
| 186,672,492
| 20.1
|
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Auxiliaries |
48,193
| 47,250
| 2.0
| 41,251,786
| N
| N
| 3,284,068
| 3,229,693
| 1.7
| 178,200,533
| 137,084,011
| 30.0
|
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
Source: 1997 Economic Census, Comparative Statistics
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Last revised: March 01, 2004
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