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NAICS 212
Mining (except oil and gas)

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Definition	Data from the Economic Census					Annual, quarterly, monthly data
	Employers	Nonemployers	Compare to '97	States	Products, Size, etc.

Employers: 2002
Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Nonemployers are shown below. 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

21	Mining	24,087	182,911,093	21,173,895	477,840
212	Mining, except oil and gas	7,253	47,728,025	9,009,343	197,061
2121	Coal mining	1,190	20,591,397	3,718,500	74,578
2122	Metal ore mining	325	8,011,042	1,443,659	27,317
2123	Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying	5,738	19,125,586	3,847,184	95,166

Nonemployers: 2002
Data based on 2002 Nonemployer Statistics. Table includes only firms subject to federal income tax. Nonemployers are businesses with no paid employees. Introductory text includes scope and methodology. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
NAICS code	NAICS Title	All firms		Nonemployers				Employers
		Establish- ments	Receipts ($1,000)	Establishments		Receipts		Establish- ments	Value of shipments ($1,000)
		Establish- ments	Receipts ($1,000)	Number	% of all	$1,000	% of all	Establish- ments	Value of shipments ($1,000)

21	Mining	106,796	187,834,649	82,709	77.4	4,923,556	2.6	24,087	182,911,093
212	Mining, except oil and gas	12,517	48,091,309	5,264	42.1	363,284	0.8	7,253	47,728,025
2121	Coal mining	1,842	20,644,452	652	35.4	53,055	0.3	1,190	20,591,397
2122	Metal ore mining	1,128	8,034,289	803	71.2	23,247	0.3	325	8,011,042
2123	Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying	9,547	19,412,568	3,809	39.9	286,982	1.5	5,738	19,125,586

Definition: NAICS 212 Mining (except oil and gas)

Industries in the Mining (except Oil and Gas) subsector primarily engage in mining, mine site development, and beneficiating (i.e., preparing) metallic minerals and nonmetallic minerals, including coal. The term "mining" is used in the broad sense to include ore extraction, quarrying, and beneficiating (e.g., crushing, screening, washing, sizing, concentrating, and flotation), customarily done at the mine site.

Beneficiation is the process whereby the extracted material is reduced to particles which 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, centrifugal separation, and so on. In contrast, manufacturing operations primarily use chemical and electrochemical processes, such as electrolysis, distillation, and so on. However some treatments, such as heat treatments, take place in both stages: 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.

Establishments in the Mining (except Oil and Gas) subsector include those that have complete responsibility for operating mines and quarries (except oil and gas wells) and those that operate mines and quarries (except oil and gas wells) for others on a contract or fee basis. Establishments primarily engaged in providing support services, on a contract or fee basis, required for the mining and quarrying of minerals are classified in Subsector 213, Support Activities for Mining.

Historical comparability

Almost Comparable NAICS 212, Mining (except oil and gas), 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 212 corresponds to the sum of multiple SIC codes. 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.

Comparative Statistics: 2002 and 1997

Data are in current dollars and have not been adjusted for inflation. Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, non-sampling error, and confidentiality protection. "% change" rows show percent change between 1997 and 2002.
1997 NAICS code	1997 NAICS Description	Year	Establishments	Value of shipments ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees

212	Mining (except oil & gas)	2002	7,196	47,149,312	8,922,841	194,743
		1997	7,348	51,252,625	9,421,600	229,319
		% change	-2.1	-8.0	-5.3	-15.1

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Geographic Distribution -- Mining (except oil and gas): 2002

Data for the Mining sector are published for the U.S.and states.

Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Nonemployers are shown above. 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.

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Description

Estab-
lish-
ments

Value of shipments
($1,000)

Value of shipments
% of
U.S.

Value of shipments
per capita
($)

Annual
payroll
($1,000)

Paid
employees

United States

7,253

47,728,025

100.00

166

9,009,343

197,061

West Virginia

266

4,483,137

9.39

2,485

792,473

17,037

Kentucky

389

4,341,234

9.10

1,062

769,550

17,137

Wyoming

2,987,282

6.26

5,987

363,017

7,240

Pennsylvania

525

2,488,305

5.21

202

516,239

11,326

Nevada

115

2,465,440

5.17

1,137

473,451

8,140

California

337

2,140,559

4.48

384,117

7,793

Arizona

136

2,105,903

4.41

387

333,423

8,011

Virginia

261

1,976,578

4.14

271

363,544

8,078

Illinois

251

1,634,445

3.42

130

345,824

6,994

Minnesota

138

1,618,311

3.39

322

276,501

5,294

Texas

388

1,615,195

3.38

346,170

8,217

Georgia

200

1,590,377

3.33

185

244,210

6,183

Ohio

344

1,410,973

2.96

124

319,795

7,739

Florida

170

1,407,362

2.95

231,529

5,428

Indiana

234

1,264,784

2.65

205

254,797

5,217

Colorado

190

1,117,333

2.34

248

221,868

4,484

Alabama

154

1,068,472

2.24

239

257,667

5,549

Utah

1,047,926

2.20

451

188,391

3,736

New Mexico

833,375

1.75

449

199,373

3,932

Michigan

203

830,609

1.74

156,913

3,189

Montana

768,576

1.61

844

169,162

3,129

Missouri

242

677,274

1.42

119

140,977

3,776

New York

298

635,114

1.33

147,637

3,384

Tennessee

172

614,511

1.29

106

108,328

3,013

Alaska

524,586

1.10

819

92,176

1,392

Wisconsin

144

460,397

0.96

105,826

2,344

Washington

134

424,135

0.89

103,360

2,245

Maryland

404,184

0.85

70,817

1,687

North Dakota

378,289

0.79

597

95,587

1,782

Arkansas

342,172

0.72

126

69,426

1,660

Oklahoma

107

336,103

0.70

67,534

1,888

Louisiana

307,155

0.64

62,427

1,619

Oregon

127

254,814

0.53

57,042

1,476

South Carolina

241,489

0.51

43,280

1,231

Idaho

234,129

0.49

174

57,858

1,397

Kansas

186,311

0.39

49,433

1,192

South Dakota

174,750

0.37

230

46,355

1,105

Mississippi

168,354

0.35

30,412

884

Connecticut

149,063

0.31

33,477

700

Nebraska

124,458

0.26

26,811

696

New Hampshire

49,307

0.10

12,007

295

All other states, including those below

647

1,845,254

3.87

380,559

9,442

North Carolina

168

(2500-4999)

Iowa

193

(1000-2499)

Massachusetts

(1000-2499)

New Jersey

(1000-2499)

Vermont

(250-499)

Hawaii

(100-249)

Maine

(100-249)

Rhode Island

(100-249)

Delaware

(20-99)

District of Columbia

(1-19)

Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Mining (except oil and gas)
Series number	Title	Contents	Geography
EC02-00C-BDG	Bridge Between NAICS 2002 and NAICS 1997	Relationships between NAICS 1997 and NAICS 2002 for those industries redefined	US
EC02-00C-COMP	Comparative Statistics	2002 and 1997 data side by side on a comparable NAICS 1997 basis	US, states
EC02-21SA	Location of Mining	Employment Size of Establishments	US, states
EC02-21SG-1	General Summary	Industry Statistics	US
		Industry Statistics for States & Offshore Areas	US, states
		Detailed Statistics by Subsector	US
		Industry Statistics by Employment Size	US
		Industry Statistics by Type of Operation	US
		Inventories With LIFO Valuation by Subsector	US
		Industry Statistics for Subsectors by Legal Form of Organization	US
EC02-21A	Geographic Area Series	Industry Statistics for the State or Offshore Areas	States
SB02-00A	Survey of Business Owners	Business Ownership by Gender, Hispanic or Latino Origin, and Race	US

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Data from the Other Census Bureau Programs -- NAICS 212
Title (with link to data)	Frequency	Contents	Geography
Annual Capital Expenditures Survey	Annual	Capital expenditures for structures and equipment for companies with paid employees	US
CIR MQ325A, Inorganic Chemicals	Quarterly	Includes quantity of production and quantity and value of shipments for selected 10-digit product codes.	US
County Business Patterns	Annual	Employees; payroll; number of establishments by employment size of establishment	US, states, metro areas, counties
Nonemployer Statistics	Annual	Number of establishments and sales of firms with no paid employees	US, states, metro areas, counties
Statistics of U.S. Businesses	Annual	Number of firms, employees, payroll, (and revenue, for 2002 only) by employment-size of the enterprise	US, states, metro areas
U.S. International Trade Statistics	Monthly	Value of exports and imports by country [select 3-digit NAICS]	US