Industry Statistics Sampler
NAICS 5111
Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers

Definition: NAICS 5111   Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers

This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in publishing newspapers, magazines, other periodicals, books, directories and mailing lists, and other works, such as calendars, greeting cards, and maps. These works are characterized by the intellectual creativity required in their development and are usually protected by copyright. Publishers distribute or arrange for the distribution of these works.

Publishing establishments may create the works in-house, contract for, purchase, or compile works that were originally created by others. These works may be published in one or more formats, such as print and/or electronic form, including proprietary electronic networks. Establishments in this industry may print, reproduce, or offer direct access to the works themselves or may arrange with others to carry out such functions.

Historical comparability

Products Lines for Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers

Product code	Product description	Sales of this line ($000)	Percent of industry sales (%)	Graph
30000	Industry total	138,710,52	100.00
31060	Newspapers - Print - Sale of ad space: General newspapers	29,690,397	21.40
31600	Periodicals - Print - Sale of ad space: Gen interest periodicals	14,753,881	10.64
31850	Directories - Print - Sale of advertising space	13,543,655	9.76
31510	Periodicals - Print - Subs & sales: Gen interest periodicals	10,794,505	7.78
31000	Newspapers - Print - Subscriptions & sales: General newspapers	10,202,196	7.36
31210	Books - Print: Textbooks	8,031,040	5.79
31250	Books - Print: Adult trade books	7,006,458	5.05
	-Other	44,688,389	32.22

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Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers

Link to pdf	Series number	Title	Link to AFF or Drill-down tables	Contents	Geography
	EC02-00C-BDG	Bridge Between NAICS 2002 and NAICS 1997		Relationships between NAICS 1997 and NAICS 2002 for those industries redefined	US
	EC02-00C-COMP	Comparative Statistics		2002 and 1997 data side by side on a comparable NAICS 1997 basis	US, states
	EC02-51SL-LS	Product Lines		Product Lines by Kind of Business	US, states
	EC02-51SS-SZ	Establishment and Firm Size		Receipts Size of Establishments	US
	Employment Size of Establishments	US
	Single Unit & Multiunit Firms	US
	Receipts Size of Firms	US
	Employment Size of Firms	US
	Concentration by Largest Firms	US
	Legal Form of Organization	US
	EC02-51SX-SB	Miscellaneous Subjects		Exported Services by Selected Kind of Business	US, states
	End of Year Inventories by Category: 2002 & 2001	US
	Inventories with LIFO Valuation: 2002 & 2001	US
	BE02-00I-1	Business Expenses		Sales & Operating Expenses by Kind of Business (1997 NAICS Basis)	US
	Relative Standard Errors for Sales & Operating Expenses by Kind of Business (1997 NAICS Basis)	US
	EC02-51A	Geographic Area Series		Summary Statistics	US, states, counties, metros

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