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Economic Census

The Economic Census profiles American business every 5 years, from the national to the local level.

In 2002, there were nearly 25 million business establishments in the U.S. Over 7 million of these had paid employees, and accounted for 96.5 percent of business receipts. These are the businesses that are included in most Economic Census reports. In addition, there were over 17 million businesses with no payroll, mostly self-employed persons. Data on these nonemployers are included in Nonemployer Statistics and the Survey of Business Owners only.

2007 Economic Census results will be published during 2009 and 2010. For more information see the new 2007 Economic Census main page.

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2002 Reports by Series :

2002 Reports by State (drill-down and PDFs)   

2002 Reports by Sector (drill-down and PDFs)


American FactFinder American FactFinder provides Economic Census data within 4 weeks of availability in PDF. An Introduction to AFF goes step-by-step through use of 2002 Economic Census data.
2002 Economic Census DVD-ROMs: With the release of Disc 1Z, ZIP Code Statistics, all 2002 Economic Census data are available on DVD-ROM. 2002 Economic Census CD-ROM
Other information for data users
Industry Statistics Sampler Drill down to Industry Statistics Sampler

(includes state ranking and samples or links to all census and survey sources for an industry)

Drill-down tables: 2002

Businesses with paid employees:
drill down for 1997 data by NAICS 2002 data by NAICS - U.S., states, counties, cities, and metro areas
drill down for 1997 data by NAICS Comparative Statistics, 2002 and 1997 - U.S. and states
drill down to Bridge Between NAICS2002 and NAICS1997 Bridge Between 2002 NAICS and 1997 NAICS - national only
drill down to Industry Ratios Industry Ratios - national only
drill down to State Rankings Top-Ranked States by Industry  
drill down to Industry Snapshots Industry Snapshots - with US x state maps
Businesses without/with paid employees:
drill down for 1997 data by NAICS 2002 Nonemployer Statistics - U.S., states, counties, and metro areas

Drill-down tables: 1997
(conventions)
Businesses with paid employees:
drill down for 1997 data by NAICS 1997 data by NAICS - U.S., states, counties, and metro areas
Drill-down to ZIP Code data   - ZIP Code Statistics - U.S., states, ZIP Codes
drill down to 1997 and 1992 by SIC 1997 and 1992 by SIC  - U.S. and states
drill down to Bridge Between NAICS and SIC Bridge Between NAICS and SIC - national only
Businesses with/without paid employees:
Drill down to Nonemployer Statistics Nonemployer Statistics (by NAICS) - U.S., states, counties, and metro areas
Drill down to minority- and women-owned businesses Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses (by SIC) - U.S., states, counties, places and metro areas
The main 1997 Economic Census page provides access to additional reports.