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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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31-33 | Manufacturing | 350,828 | 3,916,136,712 | 576,170,541 | 14,699,536 | |
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311 | Food mfg | 27,915 | 458,786,540 | 45,519,634 | 1,506,932 | |
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3119 | Other food mfg | 3,835 | 57,047,787 | 5,299,214 | 160,885 | |
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31199 | All other food mfg | 2,269 | 14,998,366 | 2,036,059 | 69,469 | |
| 311991 | Perishable prepared food mfg | 615 | 5,324,735 | 859,448 | 31,966 | ||
| 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 | ||||||||||
| 31-33 | Manufacturing | 641,208 | 3,929,538,352 | 290,380 | 45.3 | 13,401,640 | 0.3 | 350,828 | 3,916,136,712 | |
| 311 | Food mfg | 48,008 | 459,659,876 | 20,093 | 41.9 | 873,336 | 0.2 | 27,915 | 458,786,540 | |
| 3119 | Other food mfg | 9,037 | 57,271,898 | 5,202 | 57.6 | 224,111 | 0.4 | 3,835 | 57,047,787 | |
| 31199 | All other food mfg | N | N | N | N | N | N | 2,269 | 14,998,366 | |
| 311991 | Perishable prepared food mfg | N | N | N | N | N | N | 615 | 5,324,735 | |
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing perishable prepared foods, such as salads, sandwiches, prepared meals, fresh pizza, fresh pasta, and peeled or cut vegetables.
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2002 NAICS code |
1997 NAICS code |
Pt. | Description |
Estab- lish- ments |
Value of shipments |
Annual payroll ($1,000) |
Paid employees |
Link to SIC (1997 data) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ($1,000) | (Pct) | ||||||||
| 311991 | ![]() |
Perishable prepared food mfg | 617 | 5,470,274 | 100.0 | 870,263 | 32,261 | ||
| 3% of | 311823 | Dry pasta manufacturing (pt) | 11 | 40,138 | 0.7 | 9,438 | 278 |
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| all of | 311991 | Perishable prepared food manufacturing | 598 | 5,338,380 | 97.6 | 845,543 | 31,351 |
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| 1% of | 311999 | All other miscellaneous food manufacturing (pt) | 8 | 91,756 | 1.7 | 15,282 | 632 |
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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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| 311823 | Dry pasta mfg | 2002 | 197 | 1,269,574 | 130,633 | 3,297 | ||||||||
| 1997 | 266 | 1,766,528 | 174,460 | 6,063 | ||||||||||
| % change | -25.9 | -28.1 | -25.1 | -45.6 | ||||||||||
| 311991 | Perishable prepared food mfg | 2002 | 598 | 5,338,380 | 845,543 | 31,351 | ||||||||
| 1997 | 443 | 2,730,103 | 461,355 | 20,732 | ||||||||||
| % change | 35.0 | 95.5 | 83.3 | 51.2 | ||||||||||
| 311999 | All other miscellaneous food mfg | 2002 | 1,670 | 9,808,917 | 1,175,290 | 37,129 | ||||||||
| 1997 | 856 | 7,991,522 | 939,633 | 36,154 | ||||||||||
| % change | 95.1 | 22.7 | 25.1 | 2.7 | ||||||||||
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Data for manufacturing industries are published for the U.S., states with 100+ employees, metropolitan areas with 250+ employees, and counties and cities with 500+ employees. Counts of establishments are also published for ZIP Codes.









































| Product code | Product description | Value of shipments of this line ($000) |
Percent of industry value (%) |
Graph |
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| 311991 | Perishable prepared food manufacturing | 5,417,579 | 100.00 | |
| 31199101 | Salads, except frozen or canned, sold in bulk or packages | 1,136,833 | 20.98 | |
| 31199107 | Other perishable prepared foods | 1,086,297 | 20.05 | |
| 31199103 | Vegetables/potatoes, peeled/cut for the trade (bulk/packages) | 925,551 | 17.08 | |
| 31199105 | Prepared meals, not frozen or canned, sold in bulk/packages | 777,955 | 14.36 | |
| 31199102 | Sandwiches, made from bread, exc. frozen/canned, bulk/pkgs. | 182,753 | 3.37 | |
| -Other | 1,308,190 | 24.15 |
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