1997 Nonemployer Statistics
Manufacturing

United States
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.
NAICS
code		 Description All taxable firms Nonemployers Employers
Establish-
ments		 Receipts
($1,000)		 Establish-
ments		 Receipts
($1,000)		 Establish-
ments		 Value of
Shipments
($1,000)
31-33 Manufacturing 666,609 3,854,380,535 302,856 12,319,130 363,753 3,842,061,405
311 Food mfg 47,114 424,794,692 20,753 815,969 26,361 423,978,723
3111 Animal food mfg 2,142 27,963,991 440 28,203 1,702 27,935,788
3112 Grain & oilseed milling 1,179 52,164,338 285 21,024 894 52,143,314
3113 Sugar & confectionery product mfg 3,746 24,381,148 2,003 55,066 1,743 24,326,082
3114 Fruit & vegetable preserving & specialty food mfg 4,441 47,047,185 2,651 85,588 1,790 46,961,597
3115 Dairy product mfg 2,257 59,044,597 419 24,056 1,838 59,020,541
3116 Meat product mfg 4,686 113,912,666 1,284 54,995 3,402 113,857,671
3117 Seafood product preparation & packaging 1,206 7,011,901 362 33,115 844 6,978,786
3118 Bakeries & tortilla mfg 19,513 44,136,413 8,256 312,714 11,257 43,823,699
3119 Other food mfg 7,944 49,132,453 5,053 201,208 2,891 48,931,245
312 Beverage & tobacco product mfg 4,404 97,223,796 1,675 99,220 2,729 97,124,576
313 Textile mills 5,327 58,836,313 621 32,044 4,706 58,804,269
314 Textile product mills 10,912 31,241,803 3,006 133,811 7,906 31,107,992
315 Apparel mfg 43,052 69,197,165 25,987 768,601 17,065 68,428,564
316 Leather & allied product mfg 5,919 11,008,549 4,049 109,078 1,870 10,899,471
3161 Leather & hide tanning & finishing 994 3,385,375 636 18,623 358 3,366,752
3162 Footwear mfg 788 4,445,643 358 14,034 430 4,431,609
3169 Other leather & allied product mfg 4,137 3,177,531 3,055 76,421 1,082 3,101,110
321 Wood product mfg 49,699 90,445,941 32,288 1,234,378 17,411 89,211,563
322 Paper mfg 8,192 150,741,857 2,296 106,422 5,896 150,635,435
323 Printing & related support activities 78,075 99,411,283 35,159 1,466,298 42,916 97,944,985
324 Petroleum & coal products mfg 3,032 176,280,325 877 63,066 2,155 176,217,259
325 Chemical mfg 17,783 419,893,977 4,270 276,533 13,513 419,617,444
3251 Basic chemical mfg 2,938 115,180,102 514 45,110 2,424 115,134,992
3252 Resin, syn rubber, & artificial & syn fibers & filaments mfg 1,018 63,657,264 240 17,788 778 63,639,476
3253 Pesticide, fertilizer, & other agricultural chemical mfg 1,350 24,302,531 437 36,018 913 24,266,513
3254 Pharmaceutical & medicine mfg 2,248 93,337,135 481 38,288 1,767 93,298,847
3255 Paint, coating, & adhesive mfg 3,051 26,639,996 860 45,446 2,191 26,594,550
3256 Soap, cleaning compound, & toilet preparation mfg 3,241 57,543,707 767 36,389 2,474 57,507,318
3259 Other chemical product mfg 3,937 39,233,242 971 57,494 2,966 39,175,748
326 Plastics & rubber products mfg 21,913 160,600,495 5,037 282,763 16,876 160,317,732
327 Nonmetallic mineral product mfg 29,724 87,371,744 13,339 361,534 16,385 87,010,210
3271 Clay product & refractory mfg 8,543 9,203,604 6,568 114,200 1,975 9,089,404
3272 Glass & glass product mfg 6,319 22,875,792 4,052 113,267 2,267 22,762,525
3273 Cement & concrete product mfg 10,406 35,087,639 1,189 70,015 9,217 35,017,624
3274 Lime & gypsum product mfg 396 5,620,126 35 1,252 361 5,618,874
3279 Other nonmetallic mineral product mfg 4,060 14,584,583 1,495 62,800 2,565 14,521,783
331 Primary metal mfg 8,510 170,382,244 3,415 193,540 5,095 170,188,704
332 Fabricated metal product mfg 95,485 244,855,792 32,984 1,601,300 62,501 243,254,492
333 Machinery mfg 50,680 271,323,656 20,015 966,499 30,665 270,357,157
334 Computer & electronic product mfg 24,811 438,617,388 7,346 408,193 17,465 438,209,195
335 Electrical equipment, appliance, & component mfg 15,002 112,185,604 8,056 375,897 6,946 111,809,707
336 Transportation equipment mfg 15,605 572,199,639 2,625 220,005 12,980 571,979,634
337 Furniture & related product mfg 37,529 64,584,318 16,771 644,778 20,758 63,939,540
339 Miscellaneous mfg 93,841 103,183,954 62,287 2,159,201 31,554 101,024,753
3391 Medical equipment & supplies mfg 14,930 45,837,452 2,228 163,980 12,702 45,673,472
3399 Other miscellaneous mfg 78,911 57,346,502 60,059 1,995,221 18,852 55,351,281
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

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

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