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NAICS 49311
General warehousing and storage

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Definition	Data from the Economic Census					Annual 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	Revenue ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees

48-49	Transportation & warehousing	199,618	382,152,040	115,988,733	3,650,859
493	Warehousing & storage	12,671	16,547,657	17,183,289	565,533
4931	Warehousing & storage	12,671	16,547,657	17,183,289	565,533
49311	General warehousing & storage	8,420	10,504,957	12,393,961	406,416
493110	General warehousing & storage	8,420	10,504,957	12,393,961	406,416

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)
		Establish- ments	Receipts ($1,000)	Number	% of all	$1,000	% of all	Establish- ments	Revenue ($1,000)
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
493	Warehousing & storage	18,968	16,944,450	6,297	33.2	396,793	2.3	12,671	16,547,657
4931	Warehousing & storage	18,968	16,944,450	6,297	33.2	396,793	2.3	12,671	16,547,657
49311	General warehousing & storage	N	N	N	N	N	N	8,420	10,504,957

Definition: NAICS 49311 General warehousing and storage

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in operating merchandise warehousing and storage facilities. These establishments generally handle goods in containers, such as boxes, barrels, and/or drums, using equipment, such as forklifts, pallets, and racks. They are not specialized in handling bulk products of any particular type, size, or quantity of goods or products.

Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--

Renting or leasing space for self storage--are classified in Industry 531130, Lessors of Miniwarehouses and Self-Storage Units; and
Selling in combination with handling and/or distributing goods to other wholesale or retail establishments--are classified in Sector 42, Wholesale Trade.

Historical comparability

NAICS 49311, General warehousing and storage, is comparable between 2002 and 1997.

In comparisons with data before 1997, 1997 NAICS 49311 corresponds to the sum of multiple SIC codes. See the Bridge Between 1997 NAICS and 1987 SIC.

Comparable statistics are not available between 1997 and 2002.

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Geographic Distribution -- General warehousing and storage: 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

United States

8,420

10,504,957

100.00

12,393,961

406,416

California

973

1,696,462

16.15

1,650,747

42,471

New Jersey

506

851,249

8.10

690,647

23,075

Texas

638

827,788

7.88

880,704

26,353

Illinois

430

586,590

5.58

712,934

21,468

Ohio

419

550,834

5.24

759,779

26,357

Pennsylvania

368

537,421

5.12

673,375

23,469

Georgia

343

470,202

4.48

558,255

19,003

Tennessee

297

440,643

4.19

479,113

18,624

New York

370

409,651

3.90

473,163

16,430

Florida

380

354,193

3.37

427,750

14,528

Missouri

214

316,154

3.01

253,155

8,847

North Carolina

283

275,353

2.62

416,233

14,460

Indiana

200

257,240

2.45

311,689

11,017

Massachusetts

177

251,547

2.39

375,216

12,679

Michigan

238

227,435

2.17

312,166

9,027

Wisconsin

197

219,331

2.09

275,255

11,378

Iowa

188,054

1.79

102,386

3,114

Maryland

142

184,412

1.76

193,520

5,815

Washington

155

174,122

1.66

181,084

5,261

Virginia

171

165,310

1.57

275,135

10,660

Kentucky

145

148,189

1.41

247,284

9,202

South Carolina

171

143,374

1.36

178,401

7,067

Arizona

110

120,136

1.14

234,650

7,810

Louisiana

113

107,839

1.03

93,050

3,308

Connecticut

97,481

0.93

306,752

7,423

Minnesota

103

96,776

0.92

111,206

3,792

Kansas

94,641

0.90

92,258

2,916

Alabama

124

89,048

0.85

157,097

5,456

Oregon

105

81,209

0.77

157,498

4,662

Colorado

105

77,739

0.74

150,158

5,233

Mississippi

74,542

0.71

97,191

3,403

Nevada

64,796

0.62

129,978

5,173

Arkansas

52,705

0.50

58,874

2,213

Oklahoma

35,863

0.34

23,246

934

Utah

28,074

0.27

47,022

2,086

West Virginia

27,061

0.26

26,296

982

Delaware

24,159

0.23

37,282

1,494

Nebraska

19,466

0.19

49,586

2,376

Hawaii

19,035

0.18

17,586

604

Maine

17,915

0.17

61,992

2,401

Idaho

14,356

0.14

17,788

512

New Mexico

13,148

0.13

18,092

727

South Dakota

9,138

0.09

6,271

242

Montana

1,755

0.02

1,080

All other states, including those below

109

62,521

0.60

71,017

2,310

New Hampshire

(500-999)

Rhode Island

(500-999)

Alaska

(250-499)

Vermont

(250-499)

Wyoming

(100-249)

North Dakota

(20-99)

Products Lines for General warehousing and storage
Product code	Product description	Sales of this line ($000)	Percent of industry sales (%)
40000	Industry total	10,504,957	100.00
42030	Contract warehousing and storage	4,503,634	42.87
42040	Public warehousing and storage	2,378,926	22.65
42060	Packing/packaging services related to motor carrier & storage	574,711	5.47
	-Other	3,047,686	29.01

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Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- General warehousing and storage
Series number	Title	Contents	Geography
EC02-00C-COMP	Comparative Statistics	2002 and 1997 data side by side on a comparable NAICS 1997 basis	US, states
EC02-48SL-LS	Product Lines	Product Lines by Kind of Business	US
EC02-48SS-SZ	Establishment and Firm Size	Revenue Size of Establishments	US
		Employment Size of Establishments	US
		Single Unit & Multiunit Firms	US
		Revenue Size of Firms	US
		Employment Size of Firms	US
		Concentration by Largest Firms	US
		Legal Form of Organization	US
EC02-48I-05	Industry Series	Preliminary data now superseded	US
EC02-48A	Geographic Area Series	Summary Statistics	US, states, metros
EC02-48A	Geographic Area Series	Enterprise Support Statistics	US

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Data from the Other Census Bureau Programs -- NAICS 49311
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
Serviced Annual Survey: Truck Transportation, Messenger Services & Warehousing	Annual	Estimated revenue for employer and nonemployer firms	US
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