2002 Economic Census: Mining

U.S. Department of Commerce

Mining - by industry

National data for this sector, based on Industry Series reports, are preliminary and will be superseded by data released in later reports. Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Nonemployers are shown separately. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, non-sampling error, and confidentiality protection. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
NAICS code	Description	Estab- lish- ments	Value of Shipments ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees
D = Withheld to avoid disclosing data of individual companies; data are included in higher level totals
21	Mining	186	2,180,922	354,783	8,563
211	Oil and gas extraction	17	10,073	1,212	34
2111	Oil and gas extraction	17	10,073	1,212	34
21111	Oil and gas extraction	17	10,073	1,212	34
211111	Crude petroleum and natural gas extraction	16	D	D	(20-99)
211112	Natural gas liquid extraction	1	D	D	(1-19)
212	Mining, except oil and gas	134	2,100,776	332,006	7,976
2121	Coal mining	3	D	D	(500-999)
21211	Coal mining	3	D	D	(500-999)
212111	Bituminous coal and lignite surface mining	3	D	D	(500-999)
2122	Metal ore mining	22	D	D	(5000-9999)
21222	Gold ore and silver ore mining	1	D	D	(1-19)
212221	Gold ore mining	1	D	D	(1-19)
21223	Copper, nickel, lead, and zinc mining	20	D	D	(5000-9999)
212234	Copper ore and nickel ore mining	20	D	D	(5000-9999)
21229	Other metal ore mining	1	D	D	(1-19)
212299	All other metal ore mining	1	D	D	(1-19)
2123	Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying	109	219,740	52,076	1,660
21231	Stone mining and quarrying	33	85,945	23,932	737
212311	Dimension stone mining and quarrying	8	16,074	5,227	250
212312	Crushed and broken limestone mining	10	20,163	6,947	231
212313	Crushed and broken granite mining	6	27,883	6,487	107
212319	Other crushed and broken stone mining	9	21,825	5,271	149
21232	Sand, gravel, clay, and refractory mining	63	125,018	26,100	855
212321	Construction sand and gravel mining	59	116,425	24,716	801
212322	Industrial sand mining	1	D	D	(20-99)
212325	Clay, ceramic, and refractory minerals mining	3	D	D	(20-99)
21239	Other nonmetallic mineral mining	13	8,777	2,044	68
212392	Phosphate rock mining	1	D	D	(1-19)
212393	Other chemical and fertilizer mineral mining	1	D	D	(1-19)
212399	All other nonmetallic mineral mining	11	D	D	(20-99)
213	Support activities for mining	35	70,073	21,565	553
2131	Support activities for mining	35	70,073	21,565	553
21311	Support activities for mining	35	70,073	21,565	553
213111	Drilling oil and gas wells	3	D	D	(1-19)
213112	Support activities for oil and gas operations	16	19,294	6,267	201
213113	Support activities for coal mining	3	D	D	(100-249)
213114	Support activities for metal mining	9	28,249	6,101	165
213115	Support activities for nonmetallic minerals	4	D	D	(20-99)

Mining - by industry

National data for this sector, based on Industry Series reports, are preliminary and will be superseded by data released in later reports. Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Nonemployers are shown separately. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, non-sampling error, and confidentiality protection. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.

D = Withheld to avoid disclosing data of individual companies; data are included in higher level totals

NAICS
code

Description

Estab-
lish-
ments

Value of
Shipments
($1,000)

Annual
payroll
($1,000)

Paid
employees

Mining

186

2,180,922

354,783

8,563