1997 Economic Census:
Information
Pennsylvania
See also 2002 Economic Census data.
 
Information by Subsector
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.
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NAICS
code
Description Estab-
lish-
ments
Revenue
($1,000)
Annual
payroll
($1,000)
Paid
employees
  51 Information 4,168 21,854,537 4,272,766 118,315
511 Publishing industries 1,127 7,669,781 1,786,850 44,615
512 Motion picture & sound recording industries 557 626,166 125,210 6,468
513 Broadcasting & telecommunications 1,643 12,421,940 1,956,146 53,020
514 Information services & data processing services 841 1,136,650 404,560 14,212

 

 

Information by Industry
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.
NAICS
code
Description Estab-
lish-
ments
Revenue
($1,000)
Annual
payroll
($1,000)
Paid
employees
51 Information 4,168 21,854,537 4,272,766 118,315
NAICS
code
Description Estab-
lish-
ments
Revenue
($1,000)
Annual
payroll
($1,000)
Paid
employees
511 Publishing industries 1,127 7,669,781 1,786,850 44,615
5111 Newspaper, periodical, book, & database publishers 731 5,497,460 1,174,161 37,020
51111 Newspaper publishers 282 1,962,887 610,262 20,727
51112 Periodical publishers 203 1,460,636 248,036 6,877
51113 Book publishers 80 1,083,288 157,657 4,165
51114 Database & directory publishers 73 248,992 66,510 1,723
51119 Other publishers 93 741,657 91,696 3,528
511191 Greeting card publishers 4 88,817 12,945 627
511199 All other publishers 89 652,840 78,751 2,901
5112 Software publishers 396 2,172,321 612,689 7,595
NAICS
code
Description Estab-
lish-
ments
Revenue
($1,000)
Annual
payroll
($1,000)
Paid
employees
512 Motion picture & sound recording industries 557 626,166 125,210 6,468
5121 Motion picture & video industries 500 593,198 116,876 6,277
51211 Motion picture & video production 169 217,206 55,741 1,428
5121101 Motion picture production (except for television) 119 100,024 25,633 949
5121102 Motion picture & video production for television 50 117,182 30,108 479
51212 Motion picture & video distribution 14 39,827 11,006 197
5121201 Motion picture film exchanges 10 D D (100-249)
5121202 Film or tape distribution for television 4 D D (20-99)
51213 Motion picture & video exhibition 241 248,397 27,958 4,155
512131 Motion picture theaters (except drive-ins) 212 243,663 27,358 4,125
512132 Drive-in motion picture theaters 29 4,734 600 30
51219 Postproduction & other motion picture & video industries 76 87,768 22,171 497
512191 Teleproduction & other postproduction services 66 84,007 21,198 478
512199 Other motion picture & video industries 10 3,761 973 19
5122 Sound recording industries 57 32,968 8,334 191
51221 Record production 5 D D (1-19)
51222 Integrated record production/distribution 4 D D (1-19)
51223 Music publishers 8 D D (20-99)
51224 Sound recording studios 28 7,422 2,140 75
51229 Other sound recording industries 12 8,834 3,772 31
NAICS
code
Description Estab-
lish-
ments
Revenue
($1,000)
Annual
payroll
($1,000)
Paid
employees
513 Broadcasting & telecommunications 1,643 12,421,940 1,956,146 53,020
5131 Radio & television broadcasting 307 1,288,938 329,665 9,046
51311 Radio broadcasting 251 501,203 168,765 5,277
513111 Radio networks 13 68,099 18,395 343
513112 Radio stations 238 433,104 150,370 4,934
51312 Television broadcasting 56 787,735 160,900 3,769
5132 Cable networks & program distribution 194 2,242,100 238,219 7,253
51321 Cable networks 15 72,756 9,585 314
51322 Cable & other program distribution 179 2,169,344 228,634 6,939
5133 Telecommunications 1,142 8,890,902 1,388,262 36,721
51331 Wired telecommunications carriers 812 7,287,972 1,180,117 30,841
51332 Wireless telecommunications carriers (except satellite) 248 1,281,033 171,865 4,833
513321 Paging 148 450,912 65,155 1,886
513322 Cellular & other wireless telecommunications 100 830,121 106,710 2,947
51333 Telecommunications resellers 52 D D (500-999)
51334 Satellite telecommunications 11 D D (250-499)
51339 Other telecommunications 19 D D (20-99)
NAICS
code
Description Estab-
lish-
ments
Revenue
($1,000)
Annual
payroll
($1,000)
Paid
employees
514 Information services & data processing services 841 1,136,650 404,560 14,212
5141 Information services 556 375,082 126,234 5,938
51411 News syndicates 22 45,109 11,348 298
51412 Libraries & archives 385 129,439 52,756 3,901
51419 Other information services 149 200,534 62,130 1,739
514191 On-line information services 140 191,156 58,271 1,658
514199 All other information services 9 9,378 3,859 81
5142 Data processing services 285 761,568 278,326 8,274
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure; N = Not available

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Source: 1997 Economic Census

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