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| Employers | Nonemployers | Compare to '97 | States | Products, Size, etc. | ||
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NAICS code |
Description |
Estab- lish- ments |
Receipts
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Annual payroll ($1,000) |
Paid employees |
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51 | Information | 137,678 | 891,845,956 | 194,670,163 | 3,736,061 | |
| 518 | Internet service providers, web search portals, & data processing | 18,589 | 74,507,785 | 25,718,584 | 514,046 | ||
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5181 | Internet service providers & web search portals | 4,820 | 21,418,640 | 4,451,406 | 79,770 | |
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5182 | Data processing, hosting, & related services | 13,769 | 53,089,145 | 21,267,178 | 434,276 | |
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| 51 | Information | 370,376 | 899,396,034 | 232,698 | 62.8 | 7,550,078 | 0.8 | 137,678 | 891,845,956 | |
| 518 | Internet service providers, web search portals, & data processing | 52,657 | 75,422,743 | 34,068 | 64.7 | 914,958 | 1.2 | 18,589 | 74,507,785 | |
| 5181 | Internet service providers & web search portals | 10,788 | 21,584,674 | 5,968 | 55.3 | 166,034 | 0.8 | 4,820 | 21,418,640 | |
| 5182 | Data processing, hosting, & related services | 41,869 | 53,838,069 | 28,100 | 67.1 | 748,924 | 1.4 | 13,769 | 53,089,145 | |
Industries in the Internet Service Providers, Web Search Portals, and Data Processing Services subsector group establishments that provide: (1) access to the Internet; (2) search facilities for the Internet; and (3) data processing, hosting, and related services. The industry groups (Internet Service Providers and Web Search Portals, Data Processing Hosting, and Related Services) are based on differences in the processes used to access information and process information. The Internet Service Providers and Web Search Portals industry group includes establishments that are providing access to the Internet or aiding in navigation on the Internet. The Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services industry group includes establishments that process data. These establishments can transform data, prepare data for dissemination, or place data or content on the Internet for others. In addition, the shared use of computer resources is included in the Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services industry group.
Establishments that are publishing exclusively on the Internet are included in Subsector 516, Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and establishments that are retailing goods using the Internet are included in Sector 44-45, Retail Trade.
NAICS
518, Internet service providers, web search portals, and data processing services,
is not comparable to 1997 NAICS 514 .
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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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 (%) |
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| 30000 | Industry total | 74,507,785 | 100.00 |  |
| 35550 | Internet access services | 13,957,549 | 18.73 | |
| 35300 | Business process management services | 12,753,701 | 17.12 | |
| 35400 | Data management services | 6,256,009 | 8.40 | |
| 35250 | Application service provisioning | 5,644,769 | 7.58 | |
| 35450 | Info technology (IT) infrastructure (computer) & netwk mgt serv | 4,662,998 | 6.26 | |
| 35500 | Information technology (IT) technical support services | 4,427,723 | 5.94 | |
| -Other | 26,805,036 | 35.98 | |
For more product detail, see the AFF links below for Product Lines
| Link to pdf | Series number | Title | Link to AFF or Drill-down tables |
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EC02-00C-BDG | Bridge Between NAICS 2002 and NAICS 1997 |
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Relationships between NAICS 1997 and NAICS 2002 for those industries redefined | US |
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EC02-00C-COMP | Comparative Statistics |
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2002 and 1997 data side by side on a comparable NAICS 1997 basis | US, states |
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EC02-51SL-LS | Product Lines |
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Product Lines by Kind of Business | US, states |
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EC02-51SS-SZ | Establishment and Firm Size |
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Receipts Size of Establishments | US |
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Employment Size of Establishments | US | |||
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Single Unit & Multiunit Firms | US | |||
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Receipts Size of Firms | US | |||
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Employment Size of Firms | US | |||
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Concentration by Largest Firms | US | |||
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Legal Form of Organization | US | |||
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EC02-51SX-SB | Miscellaneous Subjects |
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Exported Services by Selected Kind of Business | US, states |
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EC02-51I-12 | Industry Series | Preliminary data now superseded | US | |
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EC02-51A | Geographic Area Series |
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Summary Statistics | US, states, counties, metros |
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Enterprise Support Statistics | US | |||
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SB02-00A | Survey of Business Owners |
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Business Ownership by Gender, Hispanic or Latino Origin, and Race | US |
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| Hypertext Tables | Title (with link to data) | Frequency | Contents | Geography |
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| County Business Patterns | Annual | Employees; payroll; number of establishments by employment size of establishment | US, states, metro areas, counties | |
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| Nonemployer Statistics | Annual | Number of establishments and sales of firms with no paid employees | US, states, metro areas, counties |
| Service Annual Survey: Information Sector Services | Annual | Estimated revenue for employer and nonemployer firms | US | |
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| 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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