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Indus- try Detail |
NAICS code |
NAICS Title (and link to definition) |
Estab- lish- ments |
Value of shipments
($1,000) |
Annual payroll ($1,000) |
Paid employees |
|
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21 | Mining | 25,000 | 173,985,314 | 20,798,257 | 509,006 | ||
211 | Oil & gas extraction | 8,312 | 102,834,003 | 5,510,560 | 110,881 | ||
212 | Mining (except oil & gas) | 7,348 | 51,252,625 | 9,421,600 | 229,319 | ||
213 | Support activities for mining | 9,340 | 19,898,686 | 5,866,097 | 168,806 |
Table includes only establishments with payroll.
NAICS
Sector: 21 Mining
.
The Mining sector comprises establishments that extract naturally
occurring mineral solids, such as coal and ores; liquid minerals, such
as crude petroleum; and gases, such as natural gas. The term mining is
used in the broad sense to include quarrying, well operations,
beneficiating (e.g., crushing, screening, washing, and flotation), and
other preparation customarily performed at the mine site, or as a part
of mining activity.
The Mining sector distinguishes two basic activities: mine operation
and mining support activities. Mine operation includes establishments
operating mines, quarries, or oil and gas wells on their own account or
for others on a contract or fee basis. Mining support activities
include establishments that perform exploration (except geophysical
surveying) and/or other mining services on a contract or fee basis.
Establishments in the Mining sector are grouped and classified
according to the natural resource mined or to be mined. Industries
include establishments that develop the mine site, extract the natural
resources, and /or those that beneficiate (i.e., prepare) the mineral
mined. Beneficiation is the process whereby the extracted material is
reduced to particles that can be separated into mineral and waste, the
former suitable for further processing or direct use. The operations
that take place in beneficiation are primarily mechanical, such as
grinding, washing, magnetic separation, and centrifugal separation. In
contrast, manufacturing operations primarily use chemical and
electrochemical processes, such as electrolysis and distillation.
However some treatments, such as heat treatments, take place in both
the beneficiation and the manufacturing (i.e., smelting/refining)
stages. The range of preparation activities varies by mineral and the
purity of any given ore deposit. While some minerals, such as petroleum
and natural gas, require little or no preparation, others are washed
and screened, while yet others, such as gold and silver, can be
transformed into bullion before leaving the mine site.
Mining, beneficiating, and manufacturing activities often occur in a
single location. Separate receipts will be collected for these
activities whenever possible. When receipts cannot be broken out
between mining and manufacturing, establishments that mine or quarry
nonmetallic minerals, beneficiate the nonmetallic minerals into more
finished manufactured products are classified based on the primary
activity of the establishment. A mine that manufactures a small amount
of finished products will be classified in Sector 21, Mining. An
establishment that mines whose primary output is a more finished
manufactured product will be classified in Sector 31-33, Manufacturing.
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Other Indus- tries |
State | Estab- lish- ments |
Value of shipments
($1,000) |
Value of shipments % of U.S. |
Annual payroll ($1,000) |
Paid employees |
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
United States | 25,000 | 173,985,314 | 100.00 | 20,798,257 | 509,006 | ||
Texas | 6,412 | 41,712,672 | 23.97 | 4,333,593 | 105,492 | ||
Louisiana | 1,608 | 27,309,828 | 15.70 | 2,302,325 | 52,816 | ||
California | 910 | 10,488,459 | 6.03 | 944,705 | 22,110 | ||
Alaska | 141 | 10,091,230 | 5.80 | 672,190 | 10,137 | ||
Wyoming | 669 | 7,345,118 | 4.22 | 722,868 | 15,436 | ||
New Mexico | 606 | 7,298,990 | 4.20 | 573,699 | 14,600 | ||
Oklahoma | 2,271 | 7,282,303 | 4.19 | 967,290 | 25,976 | ||
West Virginia | 766 | 6,333,463 | 3.64 | 1,042,187 | 23,927 | ||
All Offshore Areas | 41 | 5,411,684 | 3.11 | 454,936 | 11,135 | ||
Kentucky | 691 | 5,324,568 | 3.06 | 832,468 | 22,400 | ||
Colorado | 885 | 3,578,228 | 2.06 | 522,374 | 12,263 | ||
Pennsylvania | 914 | 3,513,149 | 2.02 | 676,663 | 17,522 | ||
Nevada | 250 | 3,232,844 | 1.86 | 625,808 | 14,035 | ||
Kansas | 1,026 | 3,224,911 | 1.85 | 244,526 | 7,998 | ||
Arizona | 206 | 3,068,897 | 1.76 | 510,000 | 12,889 | ||
Utah | 316 | 2,439,505 | 1.40 | 334,886 | 8,134 | ||
Virginia | 417 | 2,348,022 | 1.35 | 429,463 | 11,711 | ||
Alabama | 291 | 2,239,945 | 1.29 | 370,711 | 9,066 | ||
Ohio | 828 | 2,156,080 | 1.24 | 453,648 | 11,997 | ||
Illinois | 650 | 1,999,460 | 1.15 | 437,469 | 10,798 | ||
Minnesota | 145 | 1,739,355 | 1.00 | 347,686 | 7,154 | ||
Michigan | 445 | 1,576,964 | 0.91 | 270,831 | 6,687 | ||
Georgia | 205 | 1,441,860 | 0.83 | 233,362 | 6,354 | ||
Florida | 225 | 1,437,805 | 0.83 | 248,626 | 6,688 | ||
Montana | 294 | 1,297,707 | 0.75 | 216,251 | 5,328 | ||
North Dakota | 227 | 1,183,086 | 0.68 | 176,283 | 4,098 | ||
Indiana | 347 | 1,085,458 | 0.62 | 241,279 | 6,007 | ||
Arkansas | 307 | 793,742 | 0.46 | 97,936 | 3,250 | ||
North Carolina | 171 | 743,581 | 0.43 | 117,903 | 3,231 | ||
Tennessee | 221 | 701,305 | 0.40 | 136,579 | 4,473 | ||
Missouri | 306 | 685,945 | 0.39 | 146,321 | 4,561 | ||
Mississippi | 368 | 644,659 | 0.37 | 114,977 | 4,096 | ||
New York | 359 | 608,978 | 0.35 | 142,426 | 3,879 | ||
Washington | 154 | 487,880 | 0.28 | 114,324 | 2,890 | ||
Idaho | 118 | 449,008 | 0.26 | 117,563 | 3,021 | ||
Wisconsin | 147 | 397,491 | 0.23 | 92,070 | 2,304 | ||
Maryland | 93 | 351,407 | 0.20 | 64,402 | 1,771 | ||
New Jersey | 95 | 310,690 | 0.18 | 84,161 | 1,864 | ||
Iowa | 177 | 287,431 | 0.17 | 55,440 | 1,700 | ||
South Dakota | 67 | 256,216 | 0.15 | 66,713 | 1,837 | ||
South Carolina | 74 | 237,345 | 0.14 | 44,448 | 1,388 | ||
Oregon | 134 | 221,193 | 0.13 | 61,387 | 1,739 | ||
Massachusetts | 72 | 153,347 | 0.09 | 41,808 | 1,063 | ||
Connecticut | 62 | 133,409 | 0.08 | 26,722 | 626 | ||
Nebraska | 150 | 131,674 | 0.08 | 31,055 | 1,078 | ||
Vermont | 52 | 90,637 | 0.05 | 22,184 | 658 | ||
New Hampshire | 32 | 69,122 | 0.04 | 18,327 | 396 | ||
Hawaii | 7 | 33,288 | 0.02 | 5,555 | 120 | ||
Delaware & D.C. combined total | 11 | 17,377 | 0.01 | 3,725 | 107 | ||
Delaware & D.C. combined total | 11 | 17,377 | 0.01 | 3,725 | 107 | ||
Rhode Island | 16 | 16,516 | 0.01 | 4,619 | 120 | ||
Maine | 21 | 4,946 | 1,485 | 76 |
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure; N = Not available
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Source: 1997 Economic Census
Last revised: December 02 2004
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