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| Definition | Data from the Economic Census | Annual, quarterly data | ||||
| Employers | Nonemployers | Compare to '97 | States | Products, Size, etc. | ||
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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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517 | Telecommunications | 49,275 | 411,644,543 | 72,181,547 | 1,440,141 | |
| 5175 | Cable & other program distribution | 6,288 | 57,708,708 | 8,553,052 | 256,015 | ||
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51751 | Cable & other program distribution | 6,288 | 57,708,708 | 8,553,052 | 256,015 | |
| 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 | |
| 517 | Telecommunications | 71,417 | 412,622,155 | 22,142 | 31.0 | 977,612 | 0.2 | 49,275 | 411,644,543 | |
| 5175 | Cable & other program distribution | N | N | N | N | N | N | 6,288 | 57,708,708 | |
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged as third-party distribution systems for broadcast programming. The establishments of this industry deliver visual, aural, or textual programming received from cable networks, local television stations, or radio networks to consumers via cable or direct-to-home satellite systems on a subscription or fee basis. These establishments do not generally originate programming material.
Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--
NAICS
5175, Cable and other program distribution,
is comparable to 1997 NAICS 51322 Cable & other program distribution.
See the Bridge Between 2002 NAICS and 1997 NAICS for changes to constituent industries.
For comparisons with data before 1997, 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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| 51322 | Cable & other program distribution | 2002 | 6,289 | 57,706,354 | 8,552,722 | 255,965 | ||||||||
| 1997 | 4,185 | 34,999,969 | 4,792,975 | 147,863 | ||||||||||
| % change | 50.3 | 64.9 | 78.4 | 73.1 | ||||||||||
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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 | 57,708,708 | 100.00 | |
| 32381 | Multichan prog dist serv:Basic prog pkg, incl startup & recon fee | 36,335,028 | 62.96 | |
| 32382 | Multichannel programming dist serv: Premium programming package | 5,354,740 | 9.28 | |
| 35552 | Internet access services: Broadband | 4,491,832 | 7.78 | |
| -Other | 11,527,108 | 19.97 |
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| Hypertext Tables | Title (with link to data) | Frequency | Contents | Geography |
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| Annual Capital Expenditures Survey | Annual | Capital expenditures for structures and equipment for companies with paid employees | US | |
| County Business Patterns | Annual | Employees; payroll; number of establishments by employment size of establishment | US, states, metro areas, counties | |
| Quarterly Services Survey: Information Sector Services | Quarterly | Estimated revenue for employer firms | US | |
| 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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