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NAICS 485991
Special needs transportation

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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.
Indus-
try
Detail
NAICS
code		 Description Estab-
lish-
ments		 Revenue
($1,000)		 Annual
payroll
($1,000)		 Paid
employees
Go to this NAICS 48-49 Transportation & warehousing 199,618 382,152,040 115,988,733 3,650,859
Go to this NAICS 485 Transit & ground passenger transportation 17,260 18,849,918 7,675,316 398,383
Go to this NAICS 4859 Other transit & ground passenger transportation 2,975 2,572,494 1,051,785 55,579
Go to this NAICS 48599 Other transit & ground passenger transportation 2,975 2,572,494 1,051,785 55,579
  485991 Special needs transportation 2,051 1,854,756 797,324 41,210

 

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		 Revenue ($1,000)
Number % of all $1,000 % of all
N = Not available
48-49 Transportation & warehousing 1,008,617 422,849,549 808,999 80.2 40,697,509 9.6 199,618 382,152,040
485 Transit & ground passenger transportation 180,129 23,500,586 162,869 90.4 4,650,668 19.8 17,260 18,849,918
4859 Other transit & ground passenger transportation 23,656 3,270,240 20,681 87.4 697,746 21.3 2,975 2,572,494
48599 Other transit & ground passenger transportation 23,656 3,270,240 20,681 87.4 697,746 21.3 2,975 2,572,494
485991 Special needs transportation N N N N N N 2,051 1,854,756

 

Definition: NAICS 485991   Special needs transportation

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing special needs transportation (except to and from school or work) to the infirm, elderly, or handicapped. These establishments may use specially equipped vehicles to provide passenger transportation.

Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--

 

Historical comparability

Comparable   NAICS 485991, Special needs transportation, is comparable between 2002 and 1997.

For comparisons with data before 1997, see the Bridge Between 1997 NAICS and 1987 SIC.

 

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.

(1) Data for NAICS 481111 do not include large certificated passenger carriers that report to the Office of Airline Information, U.S. Department of Transportation.
1997
NAICS
code		 1997 NAICS Description Year Establishments Revenue ($1,000) Annual payroll ($1,000) Paid employees
485991 Special needs transportation 2002 2,051 1,854,756 797,324 41,210
1997 1,789 1,141,413 486,676 31,791
% change 14.6 62.5 63.8 29.6

 

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Geographic Distribution -- Special needs transportation: 2002

Data for the Transportation & warehousing sector are published for the U.S., states and metropolitan areas


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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Indus-
tries		 Description Estab-
lish-
ments		 Revenue
($1,000)		 Revenue
% of
U.S.		 Revenue
per capita
($)		 Annual
payroll
($1,000)		 Paid
employees
See other industries in this state United States 2,051 1,854,756 100.00 6.44 797,324 41,210
See other industries in this state California 219 308,639 16.64 8.81 116,862 5,176
See other industries in this state Pennsylvania 72 151,534 8.17 12.30 64,538 3,827
See other industries in this state Florida 133 89,201 4.81 5.35 35,567 1,637
See other industries in this state Illinois 74 88,980 4.80 7.06 40,222 1,954
See other industries in this state Massachusetts 90 82,515 4.45 12.83 40,913 2,259
See other industries in this state Washington 42 71,734 3.87 11.82 27,418 1,354
See other industries in this state Minnesota 72 60,805 3.28 12.10 28,112 1,378
See other industries in this state Ohio 69 56,073 3.02 4.91 25,880 1,651
See other industries in this state Arizona 36 55,971 3.02 10.28 25,115 1,243
See other industries in this state New Jersey 75 48,892 2.64 5.70 23,271 1,253
See other industries in this state Georgia 61 45,351 2.45 5.27 21,577 1,111
See other industries in this state Wisconsin 98 38,160 2.06 7.02 15,877 949
See other industries in this state Virginia 70 34,194 1.84 4.69 15,438 791
See other industries in this state Missouri 56 32,210 1.74 5.67 15,395 1,058
See other industries in this state Michigan 50 31,698 1.71 3.16 13,570 817
See other industries in this state Colorado 22 31,126 1.68 6.92 13,461 617
See other industries in this state Connecticut 25 24,259 1.31 7.02 10,810 498
See other industries in this state Oregon 51 20,891 1.13 5.93 11,382 605
See other industries in this state Texas 50 19,988 1.08 0.92 10,526 618
See other industries in this state New Mexico 12 12,838 0.69 6.92 5,960 313
See other industries in this state Indiana 27 10,983 0.59 1.78 5,042 436
See other industries in this state Alabama 16 8,844 0.48 1.98 3,968 357
See other industries in this state Louisiana 27 8,160 0.44 1.83 3,261 189
See other industries in this state Iowa 19 8,036 0.43 2.74 3,972 302
See other industries in this state Kansas 23 5,493 0.30 2.02 2,913 188
See other industries in this state Idaho 13 4,814 0.26 3.58 2,369 193
See other industries in this state South Dakota 12 1,906 0.10 2.51 813 82
  All other states, including those below 537 501,461 27.04   213,092 10,354
See other industries in this state     New York 257 D     D (5000-9999)
See other industries in this state     Tennessee 41 D     D (500-999)
See other industries in this state     Kentucky 31 D     D (250-499)
See other industries in this state     Maryland 42 D     D (250-499)
See other industries in this state     North Carolina 44 D     D (250-499)
See other industries in this state     Delaware 8 D     D (100-249)
See other industries in this state     District of Columbia 10 D     D (100-249)
See other industries in this state     Maine 7 D     D (100-249)
See other industries in this state     Mississippi 12 D     D (100-249)
See other industries in this state     Nevada 7 D     D (100-249)
See other industries in this state     South Carolina 12 D     D (100-249)
See other industries in this state     Utah 7 D     D (100-249)
See other industries in this state     Nebraska 6 D     D (20-99)
See other industries in this state     New Hampshire 9 D     D (20-99)
See other industries in this state     North Dakota 8 D     D (20-99)
See other industries in this state     Oklahoma 8 D     D (20-99)

 

Products Lines for Special needs transportation
Product
code 		Product description Sales of
this line
($000)		 Percent of
industry sales
(%)		 Graph
40000 Industry total 1,854,756 100.00
41180 Special needs transportation service 1,742,621 93.95
41010 Bus or other motor vehicle service, transit passenger services 37,910 2.04
41070 School bus service or other motor vehicles for public schools 15,607 0.84
-Other 58,618 3.16

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Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Special needs transportation
Link
to pdf 		Series number Title Link to AFF or Drill-down
tables		 Contents Geography
link to PDF EC02-00C-COMP Comparative Statistics Link to drill-down tables 2002 and 1997 data side by side on a comparable NAICS 1997 basis US, states
link to PDF EC02-48SL-LS Product Lines Link to data in AFF Product Lines by Kind of Business US
link to PDF EC02-48SS-SZ Establishment and Firm Size Link to data in AFF Revenue Size of Establishments US
Link to data in AFF Employment Size of Establishments US
Link to data in AFF Single Unit & Multiunit Firms US
Link to data in AFF Revenue Size of Firms US
Link to data in AFF Employment Size of Firms US
Link to data in AFF Concentration by Largest Firms US
Link to data in AFF Legal Form of Organization US
link to PDF EC02-48A Geographic Area Series Link to data in AFF Summary Statistics US, states, metros
Drill-down iconDown arrows link to tables in "drill-down" format for easy navigation. AFF iconAFF icons link to tables in American FactFinder, which supports further manipulation and downloading. link to PDF PDF symbols link to reports in Portable Document Format (PDF). In order to view these files, you will need the Adobe(R) Acrobat(R) Reader which is available free from the Adobe web site.

 

Data from the Other Census Bureau Programs -- NAICS 485991
Hypertext Tables Title (with link to data) Frequency Contents Geography
  County Business Patterns Annual Employees; payroll; number of establishments by employment size of establishment US, states, metro areas, counties
Link to table for this industry 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
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