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| Employers | Nonemployers | Compare to '97 | States | Products, Size, etc. | ||
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NAICS code |
Description |
Estab- lish- ments |
Value of shipments
($1,000) |
Annual payroll ($1,000) |
Paid employees |
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21 | Mining | 24,087 | 182,911,093 | 21,173,895 | 477,840 | |
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212 | Mining, except oil and gas | 7,253 | 47,728,025 | 9,009,343 | 197,061 | |
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2122 | Metal ore mining | 325 | 8,011,042 | 1,443,659 | 27,317 | |
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21221 | Iron ore mining | 24 | 1,770,163 | 283,972 | 5,183 | |
| 212210 | Iron ore mining | 24 | 1,770,163 | 283,972 | 5,183 | ||
| NAICS code |
NAICS Title |
All firms | Nonemployers | Employers | ||||||
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Establish- ments |
Receipts ($1,000) | Establishments | Receipts |
Establish- ments |
Value of shipments ($1,000) | |||||
| Number | % of all | $1,000 | % of all | |||||||
| N = Not available | ||||||||||
| 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 | |
| 2122 | Metal ore mining | 1,128 | 8,034,289 | 803 | 71.2 | 23,247 | 0.3 | 325 | 8,011,042 | |
| 21221 | Iron ore mining | N | N | N | N | N | N | 24 | 1,770,163 | |
| 212210 | Iron ore mining | N | N | N | N | N | N | 24 | 1,770,163 | |
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) developing mine sites, mining, and/or beneficiating (i.e., preparing) iron ores and manganiferous ores valued chiefly for their iron content and/or (2) producing sinter iron ore (except iron ore produced in iron and steel mills) and other iron ore agglomerates.
Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing pig iron ore are classified in U.S. Industry 331111, Iron and Steel Mills.
NAICS
212210, Iron ore mining,
is comparable between 2002 and 1997.
In comparisons with data before 1997, 1997 NAICS 212210 is comparable to SIC 1011. See the Bridge Between 1997 NAICS and 1987 SIC.
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1997 NAICS code |
1997 NAICS Description | Year | Establishments | Value of shipments ($1,000) | Annual payroll ($1,000) | Paid employees | ||||||||
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| 212210 | Iron ore mining | 2002 | 24 | 1,770,163 | 283,972 | 5,183 | ||||||||
| 1997 | 32 | 1,937,749 | 393,921 | 7,920 | ||||||||||
| % change | -25.0 | -8.6 | -27.9 | -34.6 | ||||||||||
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Data for the Mining sector are published for the U.S.and states.









| Product code | Product description | Value of shipments of this line ($000) |
Percent of industry value (%) |
Graph |
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| 212210 | Iron ore mining | 1,770,163 | 100.00 | |
| 212210 | Iron ore mining | 1,768,893 | 99.93 | |
| 21221031 | Iron ore concentrates & agglomerates | 1,680,304 | 94.92 | |
| 21221031 | Iron ore concentrates & agglomerates | 1,680,304 | 94.92 | |
| 21221011 | Crude iron ore | 80,190 | 4.53 | |
| 21221011 | Crude iron ore | 77,482 | 4.38 | |
| -Other | -1,748,117 | -98.75 |
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