1997 Economic Census
Nonemployer Statistics

United States

Click to participate in our Customer Satisfaction Survey

Includes only firms subject to federal income tax. Nonemployers are businesses with no paid employees. Introductory text includes scope and methodology. More detail is available for employers. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
More
data		 NAICS
code		 Description All taxable firms Nonemployers Employers
Establish-
ments		 Receipts
($1,000)		 Establish-
ments		 Receipts
($1,000)		 Establish-
ments		 Receipts
($1,000)
  00 All industries X X 15,439,609 586,315,756 X X
11 Forestry, fishing & huntings, & ag support services (113-115) X X 239,857 8,533,365 X X
21 Mining 117,240 178,953,105 92,240 4,964,327 25,000 173,988,778
22 Utilities 31,406 412,228,182 15,893 514,855 15,513 411,713,327
23 Construction 2,546,680 945,682,437 1,890,246 87,101,391 656,434 858,581,046
31-33 Manufacturing 666,609 3,854,380,535 302,856 12,319,130 363,753 3,842,061,405
42 Wholesale trade 859,328 W 405,858 30,759,272 453,470 4,059,657,778
44-45 Retail trade 2,949,786 2,530,304,425 1,831,339 69,418,413 1,118,447 2,460,886,012
48-49 Transportation & warehousing %% ** 823,908 347,672,767 645,883 29,427,723 178,025 318,245,044
51 Information 288,500 628,980,843 174,025 5,766,989 114,475 623,213,854
52 Finance & insurance 1,074,360 2,234,736,808 679,157 36,965,525 395,203 2,197,771,283
53 Real estate & rental & leasing 1,684,976 342,621,148 1,396,703 101,703,592 288,273 240,917,556
54 Professional, scientific, & technical services t 3,265,160 t 660,707,290 2,649,855 81,165,151 615,305 579,542,139
56 Administrative & support & waste management & remediation serv t 1,168,621 t 312,911,837 892,228 16,975,487 276,393 295,936,350
61 Educational services 268,937 17,731,370 235,154 2,798,052 33,783 14,933,318
62 Health care & social assistance 1,698,979 449,805,517 1,167,910 31,203,310 531,069 418,602,207
71 Arts, entertainment, & recreation 772,981 99,454,526 693,345 14,366,062 79,636 85,088,464
72 Accommodation & foodservices 736,073 359,433,747 191,005 9,034,553 545,068 350,399,194
81 Other services (except public administration) t 2,357,005 t 206,331,889 1,936,055 43,298,559 420,950 163,033,330
D Withheld to avoid disclosure;   N Not available; S Withheld because data do not meet publication standards;   W Wholesale receipts for nonemployers are not comparable to wholesale sales for employers;   X Industry not in scope of Economic Census for employers;   t Total does not include employer data for out-of-scope industries;   r revised subsequent to initial publication

Top Data in formats for downloading
Publication (page images) (U.S. and state data only)

Source: 1997 Economic Census:   Nonemployer Statistics and Geographic Area Series (for employers)

Last modified: 1/17/02   Questions?