1997 Economic Census:
Comparative Statistics for Iowa
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 177 170 4.1 287,431 219,846 30.7 1,700 1,772 -4.1 55,440 45,143 22.8
Construction industries 7,822 6,707 16.6 8,013,465 5,232,618 53.1 (50k-99999) 49,212 N 1,723,041 1,115,416 54.5
Manufacturing 3,934 3,798 3.6 63,640,436 46,363,751 37.3 244,994 221,927 10.4 7,849,890 6,195,620 26.7
Transportation, communications, and utilities %% ** 4,637 4,002 15.9 10,662,026 7,874,478 35.4 61,007 53,806 13.4 1,791,260 1,344,971 33.2
Wholesale trade 6,755 6,971 -3.1 38,422,230 29,420,132 30.6 75,462 69,367 8.8 2,118,459 1,639,133 29.2
Retail trade 19,647 19,732 -0.4 26,283,470 19,959,786 31.7 250,724 226,109 10.9 2,985,443 2,304,395 29.6
Financial, insurance, and real estate industries 7,670 6,931 10.7 N 16,524,806 N 82,571 70,663 16.9 2,749,916 1,843,152 49.2
Service industries Taxable 19,560 17,774 10.0 12,056,850 7,710,939 56.4 210,117 162,530 29.3 4,375,569 2,899,453 50.9
Exempt 3,960 3,743 5.8 6,323,541 4,656,362 35.8 131,688 120,818 9.0 2,624,752 2,065,312 27.1
Auxiliaries 463 459 0.9 764,618 N N 19,372 20,204 -4.1 981,363 640,648 53.2
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