1997 Economic Census:
Comparative Statistics for Colorado
1987 SIC Basis
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. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, and definitions of symbols.
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tail		 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 908 N N 3,585,768 3,421,369 4.8 12,311 N N 524,541 N N
Construction industries 14,152 9,704 45.8 19,138,626 10,715,384 78.6 122,733 83,784 46.5 3,728,242 2,045,952 82.2
Manufacturing 5,681 5,170 9.9 41,931,225 29,231,347 43.4 186,156 174,007 7.0 6,634,727 5,501,571 20.6
Transportation, communications, and utilities %% ** 4,861 3,880 25.3 20,024,860 10,525,964 90.2 107,532 74,358 44.6 4,102,332 2,386,760 71.9
Wholesale trade 8,532 7,554 12.9 63,481,099 46,871,508 35.4 101,918 84,006 21.3 3,658,671 2,478,231 47.6
Retail trade 26,130 22,921 14.0 42,188,444 28,532,646 47.9 366,950 283,457 29.5 5,183,681 3,488,242 48.6
Financial, insurance, and real estate industries 13,640 10,509 29.8 N 20,342,234 N 119,331 98,968 20.6 4,392,917 2,841,353 54.6
Service industries Taxable 40,871 32,878 24.3 34,286,545 18,809,993 82.3 457,757 319,052 43.5 12,523,870 7,183,126 74.4
Exempt 3,806 3,331 14.3 7,902,505 6,300,619 25.4 112,788 104,379 8.1 2,935,920 2,401,154 22.3
Auxiliaries 922 871 5.9 288,302 N N 43,878 38,536 13.9 1,923,045 1,434,714 34.0
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

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Source: 1997 Economic Census, Comparative Statistics   Questions?
Last revised: March 01, 2004