Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 1999:
Information United States |
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By detailed employment size | By year | By state | By industry |
Employment size of enterprise | Firms |
Estab- lish- ments |
Paid employees |
Annual payroll ($1,000) |
---|---|---|---|---|
All firms | 77,052 | 126,510 | 3,234,530 | 170,282,356 |
Firms with no employees (as of March 12) | 13,053 | 13,148 | 0 | 1,661,773 |
Firms with 1 to 4 employees | 31,572 | 31,642 | 64,422 | 2,805,283 |
Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 12,096 | 12,220 | 79,793 | 2,648,689 |
Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 8,954 | 9,276 | 120,692 | 4,284,898 |
Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 8,439 | 10,247 | 325,823 | 13,688,908 |
Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 1,923 | 5,462 | 322,761 | 16,431,139 |
Firms with 500 employees or more | 1,015 | 44,515 | 2,321,039 | 128,761,666 |
Firms with 500 to 999 employees | 341 | 2,504 | 150,577 | 9,178,712 |
Firms with 1,000 to 1,499 employees | 135 | 1,734 | 88,422 | 4,973,446 |
Firms with 1,500 to 2,499 employees | 110 | 1,770 | 95,124 | 5,838,142 |
Firms with 2,500 employees or more | 429 | 38,507 | 1,986,916 | 108,771,366 |
Firms with 2,500 to 4,999 employees | 132 | 2,403 | 182,472 | 10,195,590 |
Firms with 5,000 to 9,999 employees | 96 | 4,349 | 203,450 | 7,133,726 |
Firms with 10,000 employees or more | 201 | 31,755 | 1,600,994 | 91,442,050 |
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Year | Firms by employment size of enterprise | Paid employees by employment size of enterprise | ||||||
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Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | ||
2006 | 74,952 | 14.9% | 4.0% | 1.4% | 3,396,246 | 92.6% | 83.2% | 73.7% | |
2005 | 75,261 | 15.0% | 4.0% | 1.5% | 3,402,599 | 92.7% | 83.3% | 73.8% | |
2004 | 75,271 | 15.3% | 4.1% | 1.5% | 3,472,427 | 92.8% | 83.3% | 73.8% | |
2003 | 75,786 | 15.6% | 4.2% | 1.6% | 3,599,902 | 93.0% | 83.7% | 74.4% | |
2002 | 77,605 | 14.6% | 3.9% | 1.4% | 3,536,120 | 92.6% | 83.6% | 74.4% | |
2001 | 77,459 | 15.9% | 4.2% | 1.5% | 3,754,698 | 92.8% | 83.3% | 73.5% | |
2000 | 79,565 | 15.4% | 4.0% | 1.4% | 3,545,731 | 92.3% | 82.1% | 71.9% | |
1999 | 77,052 | 14.8% | 3.8% | 1.3% | 3,234,530 | 91.8% | 81.7% | 71.8% | |
1998 | 75,299 | 14.9% | 3.8% | 1.3% | 3,142,024 | 91.6% | 81.4% | 71.3% |
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Last modified: December 16 2003
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Introductory text includes scope and methodology.
Table includes only establishments with payroll.
Nonemployers are shown separately.
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State
Firms by
employment size of enterprise
Paid employees by
employment size of enterprise
Total 20 +
100 + 500 +
Total 20 +
100 + 500 +
United States
77,052
14.8% 3.8%
1.3%
3,234,530
91.8%
81.7%
71.8%
Alabama
853
26.6% 15.0%
9.8%
38,279
91.8%
83.0%
72.1%
Alaska
230
22.2% 10.0%
6.5%
5,882
85.5%
69.7%
53.3%
Arizona
1,340
25.5% 15.4%
11.2%
50,630
92.7%
83.4%
76.2%
Arkansas
556
24.5% 12.6%
9.5%
21,478
90.2%
80.1%
74.2%
California
14,397
15.4% 5.7%
2.6%
470,149
91.1%
79.8%
68.1%
Colorado
1,969
24.1% 14.1%
9.3%
86,752
93.4%
86.0%
76.6%
Connecticut
1,199
25.8% 13.3%
9.2%
48,013
92.5%
80.1%
70.2%
Delaware
237
28.7% 19.0%
17.3%
8,068
92.8%
83.7%
75.7%
District of Columbia
530
35.7% 22.8%
15.5%
24,045
94.7%
86.2%
72.5%
Florida
4,618
15.2% 8.1%
4.8%
155,751
91.8%
84.3%
75.4%
Georgia
2,345
24.0% 13.5%
8.1%
115,618
94.0%
85.9%
78.5%
Hawaii
309
25.9% 16.8%
13.9%
8,026
87.4%
77.0%
72.4%
Idaho
382
32.7% 18.8%
16.0%
10,482
88.3%
71.6%
63.8%
Illinois
3,443
24.5% 13.1%
7.9%
132,972
92.1%
81.9%
70.8%
Indiana
1,240
27.3% 14.7%
10.1%
45,107
91.1%
78.3%
66.4%
Iowa
940
25.0% 13.5%
9.9%
38,877
90.1%
80.8%
72.5%
Kansas
847
25.0% 15.3%
11.6%
36,554
91.5%
83.7%
75.4%
Kentucky
820
26.3% 15.0%
10.7%
28,091
89.6%
78.0%
67.1%
Louisiana
736
27.6% 15.9%
11.1%
27,575
91.1%
80.7%
70.9%
Maine
475
20.6% 10.3%
6.3%
10,077
83.5%
65.8%
38.5%
Maryland
1,570
24.1% 13.7%
8.9%
62,145
92.8%
83.6%
70.5%
Massachusetts
2,579
26.6% 12.5%
7.4%
115,593
93.0%
81.3%
69.5%
Michigan
2,052
25.2% 12.4%
8.3%
93,828
93.1%
83.5%
76.6%
Minnesota
1,772
23.7% 11.3%
8.1%
57,654
89.8%
76.4%
66.1%
Mississippi
478
28.7% 17.4%
12.6%
15,192
87.7%
73.0%
62.5%
Missouri
1,493
25.5% 13.3%
8.7%
77,072
93.2%
84.9%
76.8%
Montana
369
19.8% 11.4%
8.7%
7,676
81.3%
68.9%
58.9%
Nebraska
528
28.2% 17.0%
11.7%
29,029
93.2%
85.8%
76.7%
Nevada
693
18.5% 11.5%
9.1%
15,508
86.7%
75.8%
71.5%
New Hampshire
561
26.2% 14.8%
8.9%
13,421
85.9%
68.4%
41.8%
New Jersey
2,619
21.0% 10.8%
6.8%
121,049
93.5%
85.8%
76.8%
New Mexico
534
25.8% 16.5%
13.1%
14,105
88.0%
75.4%
66.7%
New York
7,706
17.5% 6.7%
3.6%
277,571
91.7%
80.9%
70.9%
North Carolina
1,720
23.1% 11.7%
8.4%
66,617
91.5%
81.0%
71.2%
North Dakota
256
30.5% 16.4%
12.5%
8,085
88.2%
71.8%
57.4%
Ohio
2,106
24.3% 12.4%
8.9%
111,096
93.4%
85.0%
77.7%
Oklahoma
836
24.0% 14.0%
10.6%
31,788
91.0%
82.2%
73.4%
Oregon
1,189
23.6% 13.0%
8.0%
33,946
88.5%
75.8%
57.7%
Pennsylvania
2,834
24.1% 11.7%
6.9%
128,182
92.3%
82.0%
71.1%
Rhode Island
281
28.5% 15.7%
12.1%
9,896
91.5%
78.5%
72.1%
South Carolina
708
23.6% 15.1%
11.6%
28,650
91.5%
83.5%
73.3%
South Dakota
296
27.4% 13.2%
8.4%
6,988
84.5%
65.9%
50.6%
Tennessee
1,525
22.0% 11.6%
8.1%
45,862
88.9%
76.8%
67.9%
Texas
4,974
20.5% 9.9%
5.6%
223,049
92.5%
84.0%
76.2%
Utah
773
25.4% 15.7%
11.6%
26,506
91.0%
80.9%
67.1%
Vermont
393
21.4% 9.2%
6.4%
6,527
79.5%
56.0%
42.1%
Virginia
2,119
24.5% 13.4%
8.6%
109,090
93.7%
85.8%
76.7%
Washington
1,911
24.3% 12.6%
8.6%
71,134
91.6%
80.4%
71.4%
West Virginia
357
25.8% 16.5%
12.3%
12,430
89.3%
81.3%
69.6%
Wisconsin
1,225
25.4% 12.6%
8.5%
48,569
90.6%
79.3%
68.1%
Wyoming
217
28.6% 12.0%
10.1%
3,846
80.9%
47.9%
39.6%
Introductory text includes scope and methodology.
Table includes only establishments with payroll.
Nonemployers are shown separately.
For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure
Industry
detail
NAICS
code
Industry title
(with link to definition)
Firms by
employment size of enterprise
Paid employees by
employment size of enterprise
Total 20 +
100 + 500 +
Total 20 +
100 + 500 +
 
51
Information
77,052
14.8% 3.8%
1.3%
3,234,530
91.8%
81.7%
71.8%
511
Publishing industries
26,464
18.5% 5.3%
1.9%
1,004,697
89.9%
76.1%
61.3%
512
Motion picture & sound recording industries
18,497
7.7% 1.7%
0.7%
293,369
82.0%
68.0%
57.8%
513
Broadcasting & telecommunications
17,628
18.6% 4.9%
1.8%
1,504,242
95.5%
89.5%
83.4%
514
Information services & data processing services
14,851
14.5% 4.8%
2.3%
432,222
89.9%
77.3%
65.1%
Introductory text includes scope and methodology.
Table includes only establishments with payroll.
Nonemployers are shown separately.
For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure
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data
NAICS
code
Industry title
(with link to definition)
Firms by
employment size of enterprise
Paid employees by
employment size of enterprise
Total 20 +
100 + 500 +
Total 20 +
100 + 500 +
511
Publishing industries
26,464
18.5% 5.3%
1.9%
1,004,697
89.9%
76.1%
61.3%
5111
Newspaper, periodical, book, & database publishers
17,540
17.0% 4.8%
1.6%
700,034
90.3%
78.3%
64.9%
51111
Newspaper publishers
6,415
19.8% 5.4%
2.0%
393,543
92.8%
83.6%
73.3%
51112
Periodical publishers
5,465
15.9% 5.3%
2.2%
126,824
84.0%
66.4%
47.4%
51113
Book publishers
2,495
17.2% 6.3%
2.8%
81,391
90.4%
77.0%
61.9%
51114
Database & directory publishers
849
21.6% 10.5%
5.2%
31,665
90.6%
79.6%
57.1%
51119
Other publishers
2,533
17.5% 6.1%
3.0%
66,611
87.2%
70.8%
55.8%
511191
Greeting card publishers
95
29.5% 13.7%
4.2%
18,158
98.4%
94.9%
83.4%
511199
All other publishers
2,438
17.0% 5.8%
3.0%
48,453
83.0%
61.8%
45.5%
5112
Software publishers
8,961
21.8% 6.6%
2.8%
304,663
89.1%
70.9%
53.2%
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NAICS
code
Industry title
(with link to definition)
Firms by
employment size of enterprise
Paid employees by
employment size of enterprise
Total 20 +
100 + 500 +
Total 20 +
100 + 500 +
512
Motion picture & sound recording industries
18,497
7.7% 1.7%
0.7%
293,369
82.0%
68.0%
57.8%
5121
Motion picture & video industries
15,434
8.1% 1.8%
0.7%
270,164
83.7%
70.4%
60.4%
51211
Motion picture & video production
9,581
5.2% 1.3%
0.6%
72,505
70.0%
49.5%
39.2%
51212
Motion picture & video distribution
579
13.5% 5.9%
3.8%
27,669
93.1%
87.7%
83.5%
51213
Motion picture & video exhibition
2,240
19.7% 4.3%
1.4%
137,137
92.6%
83.9%
75.4%
512131
Motion picture theaters (except drive-ins)
1,999
21.5% 4.8%
1.6%
135,208
92.8%
84.4%
75.8%
512132
Drive-in motion picture theaters
271
12.5% 4.8%
2.2%
1,929
73.8%
53.0%
45.2%
51219
Postproduction & other motion picture & video industries
3,079
9.0% 2.0%
0.7%
32,853
68.7%
45.4%
25.2%
512191
Teleproduction & other postproduction services
2,757
8.9% 2.0%
0.7%
28,490
67.5%
43.3%
21.4%
512199
Other motion picture & video industries
330
12.4% 4.2%
2.4%
4,363
76.5%
59.0%
50.1%
5122
Sound recording industries
3,077
6.2% 1.5%
0.7%
23,205
62.9%
40.8%
28.0%
51221
Record production
271
4.1% 0.7%
0.7%
1,042
36.3%
D
D
51222
Integrated record production/distribution
263
11.8% 4.2%
2.7%
6,705
89.0%
76.0%
67.3%
51223
Music publishers
671
8.6% 3.1%
1.8%
5,229
68.3%
42.8%
22.1%
51224
Sound recording studios
1,539
5.0% 0.7%
0.3%
7,250
36.5%
6.1%
0.6%
51229
Other sound recording industries
343
7.0% 2.9%
1.5%
2,979
68.3%
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data
NAICS
code
Industry title
(with link to definition)
Firms by
employment size of enterprise
Paid employees by
employment size of enterprise
Total 20 +
100 + 500 +
Total 20 +
100 + 500 +
513
Broadcasting & telecommunications
17,628
18.6% 4.9%
1.8%
1,504,242
95.5%
89.5%
83.4%
5131
Radio & television broadcasting
6,146
24.4% 5.7%
2.2%
250,271
88.2%
71.6%
59.1%
51311
Radio broadcasting
5,086
21.7% 4.0%
1.6%
123,469
78.7%
53.9%
41.5%
513111
Radio networks
268
30.6% 12.3%
6.3%
8,644
90.6%
73.4%
56.9%
513112
Radio stations
4,842
21.6% 3.8%
1.5%
114,825
77.8%
52.4%
40.3%
51312
Television broadcasting
1,119
40.4% 18.2%
7.8%
126,802
97.5%
88.9%
76.3%
5132
Cable networks & program distribution
1,855
19.7% 8.4%
4.6%
182,119
96.5%
92.1%
86.2%
51321
Cable networks
373
29.2% 16.1%
10.2%
33,171
96.7%
91.1%
78.7%
51322
Cable & other program distribution
1,513
19.0% 8.2%
5.0%
148,948
96.4%
92.4%
87.9%
5133
Telecommunications
9,749
15.6% 4.6%
1.7%
1,071,852
97.1%
93.2%
88.5%
51331
Wired telecommunications carriers
3,188
22.6% 6.6%
2.5%
815,662
98.7%
96.2%
93.6%
51332
Wireless telecommunications carriers (except satellite)
3,597
12.3% 3.7%
1.9%
186,048
93.9%
87.9%
82.3%
513321
Paging
2,042
11.0% 3.4%
1.9%
71,248
91.1%
83.4%
77.6%
513322
Cellular & other wireless telecommunications
1,583
15.5% 5.8%
3.0%
114,800
95.6%
90.7%
85.3%
51333
Telecommunications resellers
1,709
16.8% 6.8%
2.4%
43,600
88.1%
72.0%
43.9%
51334
Satellite telecommunications
474
20.7% 10.5%
5.9%
17,608
91.8%
80.4%
60.0%
51339
Other telecommunications
888
8.8% 3.6%
1.8%
8,934
73.3%
54.7%
28.2%
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NAICS
code
Industry title
(with link to definition)
Firms by
employment size of enterprise
Paid employees by
employment size of enterprise
Total 20 +
100 + 500 +
Total 20 +
100 + 500 +
514
Information services & data processing services
14,851
14.5% 4.8%
2.3%
432,222
89.9%
77.3%
65.1%
5141
Information services
10,005
11.5% 3.3%
1.6%
149,238
80.1%
60.0%
43.4%
51411
News syndicates
324
22.2% 11.4%
8.3%
11,363
93.1%
81.7%
66.8%
51412
Libraries & archives
2,298
12.4% 1.7%
0.5%
31,031
70.5%
41.2%
24.2%
51419
Other information services
7,397
10.9% 3.6%
1.8%
106,844
81.5%
63.1%
46.5%
514191
On-line information services
7,099
10.7% 3.4%
1.7%
98,875
80.8%
61.8%
45.4%
514199
All other information services
309
18.1% 12.0%
6.5%
7,969
90.3%
79.5%
60.0%
5142
Data processing services
4,879
21.4% 8.5%
4.2%
282,984
95.0%
86.5%
76.5%
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