2002 and earlier Economic Censuses
The economic census is conducted every 5 years. The button at the right provides links to all tables for this industry from the 2002 Economic Census in the American FactFinder (AFF) system. For earlier statistics, see the discussion in historical data from the economic census.
Historical comparability
NAICS 21, Mining, is comparable between 2007 and 2002.
2002 NAICS 21, Mining, is close, but not quite comparable between 2002 and 1997. See the Bridge Between 2002 NAICS and 1997 NAICS for changes to constituent industries.
In comparisons with data before 1997, 1997 NAICS 21 is nearly comparable to SIC . See the Bridge Between 1997 NAICS and 1987 SIC.
In the following table, both 1997 and 2002 data are classified by 1997 NAICS, so that the two years are comparable.
1997 NAICS code |
1997 NAICS Description | Year | Establishments | Value of shipments ($1,000) | Annual payroll ($1,000) | Paid employees | |
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21 | Mining | 2002 | 24,284 | 183,673,289 | 21,586,902 | 487,786 | |
1997 | 25,000 | 173,985,314 | 20,798,257 | 509,006 | |||
% change | -2.9 | 5.6 | 3.8 | -4.2 | |||