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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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2123 | Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying | 5,738 | 19,125,586 | 3,847,184 | 95,166 | |
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21232 | Sand, gravel, clay, and refractory mining | 2,911 | 6,757,820 | 1,433,399 | 36,267 | |
| 212321 | Construction sand and gravel mining | 2,612 | 4,502,331 | 1,061,160 | 26,845 | ||
| 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 | |
| 2123 | Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying | 9,547 | 19,412,568 | 3,809 | 39.9 | 286,982 | 1.5 | 5,738 | 19,125,586 | |
| 21232 | Sand, gravel, clay, and refractory mining | N | N | N | N | N | N | 2,911 | 6,757,820 | |
| 212321 | Construction sand and gravel mining | N | N | N | N | N | N | 2,612 | 4,502,331 | |
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) operating commercial grade (i.e., construction) sand and gravel pits; (2) dredging for commercial grade sand and gravel; and (3) washing, screening, or otherwise preparing commercial grade sand and gravel.
Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in mining industrial grade sand are classified in U.S. Industry 212322, Industrial Sand Mining.
NAICS
212321, Construction sand and gravel mining,
is comparable between 2002 and 1997.
In comparisons with data before 1997, 1997 NAICS 212321 is comparable to SIC 1442. 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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| 212321 | Construction sand & gravel mining | 2002 | 2,610 | 4,505,536 | 1,061,008 | 26,831 | ||||||||
| 1997 | 2,367 | 3,471,094 | 905,254 | 26,837 | ||||||||||
| % change | 10.3 | 29.8 | 17.2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||
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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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| 212321 | Construction sand & gravel mining | 4,627,581 | 100.00 | |
| 21232132 | Construction gravel (washed, screened, or otherwise treated) | 1,340,424 | 28.97 | |
| 21232131 | Construction sand (washed, screened, or otherwise treated) | 1,153,103 | 24.92 | |
| 21232111 | Construction sand & gravel (run of pit or bank) | 432,950 | 9.36 | |
| -Other | 1,701,104 | 36.76 |
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