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NAICS code |
Description |
Estab- lish- ments |
Receipts
($1,000) |
Annual payroll ($1,000) |
Paid employees |
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51 | Information | 137,678 | 891,845,956 | 194,670,163 | 3,736,061 | |
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511 | Publishing industries (except Internet) | 32,287 | 242,216,369 | 65,680,724 | 1,089,585 | |
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5111 | Newspaper, periodical, book, & directory publishers | 22,334 | 138,710,521 | 30,745,775 | 732,877 | |
| 51113 | Book publishers | 3,526 | 27,928,786 | 4,966,519 | 97,080 | ||
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511130 | Book publishers | 3,526 | 27,928,786 | 4,966,519 | 97,080 | |
| NAICS code |
NAICS Title |
All firms | Nonemployers | Employers | ||||||
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Establish- ments |
Receipts ($1,000) | Establishments | Receipts |
Establish- ments |
Revenue ($1,000) | |||||
| Number | % of all | $1,000 | % of all | |||||||
| N = Not available | ||||||||||
| 51 | Information | 370,376 | 899,396,034 | 232,698 | 62.8 | 7,550,078 | 0.8 | 137,678 | 891,845,956 | |
| 511 | Publishing industries (except Internet) | 101,683 | 244,196,180 | 69,396 | 68.2 | 1,979,811 | 0.8 | 32,287 | 242,216,369 | |
| 5111 | Newspaper, periodical, book, & directory publishers | N | N | N | N | N | N | 22,334 | 138,710,521 | |
| 51113 | Book publishers | N | N | N | N | N | N | 3,526 | 27,928,786 | |
This industry comprises establishments known as book publishers. Establishments in this industry carry out design, editing, and marketing activities necessary for producing and distributing books. These establishments may publish books in print, electronic, or audio form.
Cross-References.
NAICS
51113, Book publishers,
is not directly comparable between 2002 and 1997.
See the Bridge Between 2002 NAICS and 1997 NAICS for changes to constituent industries.
In comparisons with data before 1997, 1997 NAICS 51113 is nearly comparable to SIC 2731. See the Bridge Between 1997 NAICS and 1987 SIC.
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1997 NAICS code |
1997 NAICS Description | Year | Establishments | Receipts ($1,000) | Annual payroll ($1,000) | Paid employees | ||||||||
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| 51113 | Book publishers | 2002 | 2,740 | 26,958,920 | 4,712,198 | 89,978 | ||||||||
| 1997 | 2,684 | 22,648,251 | 3,642,824 | 89,898 | ||||||||||
| % change | 2.1 | 19.0 | 29.4 | 0.1 | ||||||||||
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Data for the Information sector are published for the U.S., states, metropolitan areas, counties, and places.




















































| Product code | Product description | Sales of this line ($000) |
Percent of industry sales (%) |
Graph |
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| 30000 | Industry total | 27,928,786 | 100.00 | |
| 31210 | Books - Print: Textbooks | 8,031,040 | 28.76 | |
| 31250 | Books - Print: Adult trade books | 6,874,066 | 24.61 | |
| 31240 | Books - Print: Professional, technical & scholarly books | 3,155,191 | 11.30 | |
| 31220 | Books-Print: Child's books, excl color/sticker/water paint bks | 2,896,015 | 10.37 | |
| 31230 | Books - Print: General reference books | 1,676,040 | 6.00 | |
| -Other | 5,296,434 | 18.96 |
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| County Business Patterns | Annual | Employees; payroll; number of establishments by employment size of establishment | US, states, metro areas, counties | |
| Service Annual Survey: Information Sector Services | 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 |
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