1997 Nonemployer Statistics
Information

United States
Includes only firms subject to federal income tax. Nonemployers are businesses with no paid employees. Introductory text includes scope and methodology. More detail is available for employers. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
NAICS
code		 Description All taxable firms Nonemployers Employers
Establish-
ments		 Receipts
($1,000)		 Establish-
ments		 Receipts
($1,000)		 Establish-
ments		 Revenue
($1,000)
51 Information 288,500 628,980,843 174,025 5,766,989 114,475 623,213,854
511 Publishing industries 79,614 180,433,633 45,718 1,398,210 33,896 179,035,423
512 Motion picture & sound recording industries 71,016 57,858,008 48,812 1,932,475 22,204 55,925,533
5121 Motion picture & video industries 61,893 46,517,738 42,624 1,732,086 19,269 44,785,652
5122 Sound recording industries 9,123 11,340,270 6,188 200,389 2,935 11,139,881
513 Broadcasting & telecommunications 80,486 347,675,585 37,006 1,359,899 43,480 346,315,686
514 Information services & data processing services 57,384 43,013,617 42,489 1,076,405 14,895 41,937,212
5141 Information services 26,722 11,639,502 19,415 538,935 7,307 11,100,567
5142 Data processing services 30,662 31,374,115 23,074 537,470 7,588 30,836,645
D Withheld to avoid disclosure;   N Not available; S Withheld because data do not meet publication standards;   W Wholesale receipts for nonemployers are not comparable to wholesale sales for employers;   X Industry not in scope of Economic Census for employers;   t Total does not include employer data for out-of-scope industries;   r revised subsequent to initial publication

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Source: 1997 Economic Census:   Nonemployer Statistics and Geographic Area Series (for employers)

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