Establishments, Employees, and Payroll, by Industry statistics

[5,701 represents 5,701,000. Beginning 1990, data are based on the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC). Prior to 1990, data are based on the 1972 SIC].


	Establishments (1,000)					Establishments (1,000)					Establishments (1,000)			Employees (1,000)					Employees (1,000)					Employees (1,000)			Annual payroll ($bil)					Annual payroll ($bil)					Annual payroll ($bil)
Industry
	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997

All industries ¹	5,701	5,807	5,937	6,019	6,107	6,176	6,201	6,318	6,403	6,509	6,613	6,739	6,895	81,111	83,379	85,484	87,882	91,631	93,476	92,302	92,801	94,789	96,733	100,335	102,199	105,299	1,513	1,608	1,724	1,860	1,990	2,104	2,145	2,272	2,363	2,488	2,666	2,849	3,048

Agricultural services ²	64	68	76	74	79	85	91	97	100	104	108	113	117	380	412	438	462	489	531	544	594	588	586	630	664	727	5	6	6	7	8	9	9	10	10	11	12	13	15
Mining	37	35	33	31	30	30	30	29	29	28	27	27	27	943	847	725	735	711	723	717	651	608	608	627	574	586	28	24	23	25	25	27	26	26	25	25	26	26	28
Construction	476	492	558	534	547	578	578	589	598	621	634	658	667	4,480	4,651	4,884	4,939	5,036	5,239	4,671	4,500	4,524	4,709	5,039	5,207	5,513	98	104	113	122	127	132	123	122	125	137	147	161	176
Manufacturing	358	355	371	363	363	378	374	387	387	387	390	393	393	19,429	19,139	19,003	19,262	19,492	19,173	18,383	18,162	18,183	18,098	18,613	18,558	18,633	458	468	484	514	533	544	545	563	576	598	631	660	689
Transportation ³	203	210	228	221	228	235	245	259	267	276	285	295	301	4,809	4,893	5,107	5,270	5,418	5,592	5,584	5,517	5,622	5,714	5,924	6,057	6,247	123	128	138	147	154	166	169	175	182	191	201	212	226
Wholesale trade	438	440	466	462	460	476	478	492	509	512	518	531	530	5,624	5,725	5,820	5,981	6,153	6,328	6,219	6,094	6,258	6,366	6,606	6,665	6,810	130	138	146	160	170	181	183	191	201	210	227	240	256
Retail trade	1,407	1,441	1,516	1,473	1,495	1,530	1,547	1,564	1,552	1,564	1,568	1,579	1,589	16,851	17,550	18,417	18,802	19,335	19,815	19,600	19,672	19,777	20,320	21,085	21,487	22,003	178	192	205	216	229	242	247	259	265	282	300	318	330
Finance and insurance ⁴	488	504	536	518	529	545	577	597	609	617	628	650	677	6,005	6,372	6,727	6,660	6,802	6,956	6,860	6,906	6,905	7,002	6,998	7,194	7,367	132	150	170	177	184	197	200	221	232	239	256	285	313
Services	1,712	1,811	1,980	1,938	1,977	2,059	2,142	2,218	2,289	2,342	2,386	2,461	2,544	21,549	22,878	24,140	25,143	27,339	28,800	29,575	30,654	32,259	33,253	34,707	35,750	37,380	346	381	433	478	544	599	639	704	746	794	864	933	1,014

1 Includes nonclassifiable establishments not shown separately.
2 Includes forestry and fisheries.
3 Includes other public utilities.
4 Includes real estate.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, annual.

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COUNTY BUSINESS PATTERNS

INTRODUCTION

County Business Patterns is an annual series that provides subnational economic data by industry. The series is useful for studying the economic activity of small areas; analyzing economic changes over time; and as a benchmark for statistical series, surveys, and databases between economic censuses. The series serves various business uses such as analyzing market potential, measuring the effectiveness of sales and advertising programs, setting sales quotas, and developing budgets. The data are also used by government agencies for administration and planning.

Most of the Nation's economic activity is covered in this series. Data are excluded for self-employed persons, domestic service workers, railroad employees, agricultural production workers, most government employees, and employees on ocean-borne vessels or in foreign countries. Data are provided by industry in the following economic divisions: agricultural services, forestry, and fishing; mining; construction; manufacturing; transportation and public utilities; wholesale trade; retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. Data are tabulated by industry as defined in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual: 1987.

This series has been published annually since 1964 and at irregular intervals dating back to 1946. The comparability of data over time may be affected by definitional changes in establishments, activity status, and industrial classifications. For more details on these changes, see the section "Comparability With Other Data."

SOURCES OF DATA

County Business Patterns basic data items are extracted from the Business Register, a file of all known single and multiestablishment companies maintained and updated by the Bureau of the Census. The annual Company Organization Survey provides individual establishment data for multiestablishment companies. Data for single-establishment companies are obtained from various Census Bureau programs, such as the Annual Survey of Manufactures and Current Business Surveys, as well as from administrative records of the Internal Revenue Service and the Social Security Administration. * DEFINITIONS OF BASIC DATA ITEMS

Establishments

An establishment is a single physical location at which business is conducted or services or industrial operations are performed. It is not necessarily identical with a company or enterprise, which may consist of one or more establishments. When two or more activities are carried on at a single location under a single ownership, all activities generally are grouped together as a single establishment. The entire establishment is classified on the basis of its major activity and all data are included in that classification.

Administrative and auxiliary establishments primarily manage, administer, service, or support the activities of other establishments of the same company rather than the establishments of other companies or the general public. Data for these establishments are shown separately by industry division.

Establishment-size designations are determined by paid employment in the mid-March pay period. The size group "1 to 4" includes establishments that did not report any paid employees in the mid-March pay period but paid wages to at least one employee at some time during the year.

Establishment counts represent the number of locations with paid employees any time during the year. This series excludes governmental establishments except for liquor stores (SIC 592), wholesale liquor establishments (SIC 518), depository institutions (SIC 60), federal and federally-sponsored credit agencies (SIC 611), and hospitals (SIC 806).

Payroll

Total payroll includes all forms of compensation, such as salaries, wages, reported tips, commissions, bonuses, vacation allowances, sick-leave pay, employee contributions to qualified pension plans, and the value of taxable fringe benefits. For corporations, it includes amounts paid to officers and executives; for unincorporated businesses, it does not include profit or other compensation of proprietors or partners. Payroll is reported before deductions for Social Security, income tax, insurance, union dues, etc. First-quarter payroll consists of payroll during the January-to-March quarter.

Mid-March Employment

Paid employment consists of full- and part-time employees, including salaried officers and executives of corporations, who are on the payroll in the pay period including March 12. Included are employees on paid sick leave, holidays, and vacations; not included are proprietors and partners of unincorporated businesses.

INDUSTRY AND GEOGRAPHY CLASSIFICATIONS

The quinquennial economic censuses are the primary source for industry and geography classifications. The annual Company Organization Survey, Annual Survey of Manufactures, Current Business Surveys, and other Census Bureau programs provide regular updates.

Industry Classification

Additional sources for assigning industry classifications are the Social Security Administration, the Internal Revenue Service, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. These sources provide industry classification information for new businesses and businesses not canvassed in the Census Bureau programs. Establishments without sufficient industry information are tabulated in the "unclassified establishments" group.

In a few instances, the most detailed industry classifications for which data are shown represent a combination of more detailed SIC industries. The data for these establishments are included in the tabulations at a broader industry level. For this reason, the sum of industry components published in this series may not equal the total shown.

The industry titles used throughout this series are the short SIC titles; complete descriptions are contained in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual: 1987.

Geography Classification

Most geography codes are derived from the physical location address reported in Census Bureau programs. The Internal Revenue Service provides supplemental address information. Those employers without a fixed location within a state (or of unknown county location) are included under a "statewide" classification at the end of the county tables. This incomplete detail causes only slight understatement of county employment. The independent cities in Virginia, and the cities of Baltimore, MD; Carson City, NV; and St. Louis, MO, are treated as separate counties.

COMPARABILITY WITH OTHER DATA

Earlier County Business Patterns

The comparability of data with previous County Business Patterns series may be affected by the following definitional changes:

* the change from a "reporting unit" concept to establishment based data in 1974 * the change in definition of "active" establishments in 1983 * the change in industrial classification definitions, the most recent occurring in 1988

1992 Economic Census

In comparing the employment and payroll shown in this series with economic censuses data, the user should bear in mind that definitional and coverage differences may affect the direct comparison of data items. The definitions are detailed in the introductory texts of the appropriate publications.

The economic census present data reported for individual establishments; whereas, County Business Patterns are based primarily on administrative records and data reported from current surveys. While every effort is made to resolve significant differences for the same establishment, differences are known to exist.

DATA WITHHELD FROM PUBLICATION

In accordance with U.S. Code, Title 13, Section 9, no data are published that would disclose the operations of an individual employer. However, the number of establishments in an industry classification and the distribution of these establishments by employment-size class are not considered to be disclosures, and so this information may be released even though other information is withheld from publications.

RELIABILITY OF DATA

All data are tabulated from universe files and are not subject to sampling errors. However, the data are subject to nonsampling errors. Nonsampling errors can be attributed to many sources: inability to identify all cases in the universe; definition and classification difficulties; differences in interpretation of questions; errors in recording or coding the data obtained; and estimation of employers who reported too late to be included in the tabulations and for records with missing or misreported data.

The accuracy of the data is determined by the joint effects of the various nonsampling errors. No direct measurement of these effects has been obtained; however, precautionary steps were taken in all phases of collection, processing, and tabulation to minimize the effects of nonsampling errors.

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These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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