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NAICS 624
Social assistance

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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.
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Detail

NAICS
code
Description Estab-
lish-
ments
Receipts
($1,000)
Annual
payroll
($1,000)
Paid
employees
Go to this NAICS 62 Health care & social assistance Total 704,526 1,207,299,734 495,845,829 15,052,255
Exempt 136,478 617,930,865 254,027,235 8,027,333
Taxable 568,048 589,368,869 241,818,594 7,024,922
  624 Social assistance Total 139,752 91,454,799 36,376,408 2,122,503
Exempt 81,445 72,485,099 27,594,459 1,511,175
Taxable 58,307 18,969,700 8,781,949 611,328
Go to this NAICS 6241 Individual & family services Total 49,618 44,645,659 17,720,342 907,796
Exempt 38,731 39,607,774 15,472,988 768,586
Taxable 10,887 5,037,885 2,247,354 139,210
Go to this NAICS 6242 Community food & housing/emergency & other relief services Total 12,481 14,005,774 3,275,523 145,929
Exempt 12,133 13,923,572 3,250,281 144,498
Taxable 348 82,202 25,242 1,431
Go to this NAICS 6243 Vocational rehabilitation services Total 8,526 11,031,411 4,877,050 317,045
Exempt 6,350 9,195,260 4,066,886 283,655
Taxable 2,176 1,836,151 810,164 33,390
Go to this NAICS 6244 Child day care services Total 69,127 21,771,955 10,503,493 751,733
Exempt 24,231 9,758,493 4,804,304 314,436
Taxable 44,896 12,013,462 5,699,189 437,297

 

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
Receipts ($1,000)
Number % of all $1,000 % of all
62 Health care & social assistance 2,024,963 631,637,167 1,456,915 71.9 42,268,298 6.7 568,048 589,368,869
624 Social assistance 775,412 27,640,096 717,105 92.5 8,670,396 31.4 58,307 18,969,700
6241 Individual & family services 96,191 6,424,357 85,304 88.7 1,386,472 21.6 10,887 5,037,885
6242 Community food & housing/emergency & other relief services 4,713 149,239 4,365 92.6 67,037 44.9 348 82,202
6243 Vocational rehabilitation services 10,665 2,011,588 8,489 79.6 175,437 8.7 2,176 1,836,151
6244 Child day care services 663,843 19,054,912 618,947 93.2 7,041,450 37.0 44,896 12,013,462

 

Definition: NAICS 624   Social assistance

Industries in the Social Assistance subsector provide a wide variety of social assistance services directly to their clients. These services do not include residential or accommodation services, except on a short stay basis.

 

Historical comparability

Not Comparable   NAICS 624, Social assistance, is not directly comparable between 2002 and 1997. 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.



In the following table, both 1997 and 2002 data are classified by 1997 NAICS, so that the two years are comparable.

 

Comparative Statistics: 2002 and 1997

Data are in current dollars and have not been adjusted for inflation. Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, non-sampling error, and confidentiality protection. "% change" rows show percent change between 1997 and 2002.
1997
NAICS
code
1997 NAICS Description Year Establishments Receipts ($1,000) Annual payroll ($1,000) Paid employees
624 Social assistance 2002 144,339 95,047,054 37,891,789 2,213,480
1997 126,428 57,355,412 24,394,131 1,744,204
% change 14.2 65.7 55.3 26.9

 

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Geographic Distribution -- Social assistance: 2002

Data for the Health care & social assistance sector are published for the U.S., states, metropolitan areas, counties, places, and ZIP Codes.


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.
Other
Indus-
tries
Description Estab-
lish-
ments
Receipts
($1,000)
Receipts
% of
U.S.
Receipts
per capita
($)
Annual
payroll
($1,000)
Paid
employees
See other industries in this state United States Total 139,752 91,454,799 100.00 317 36,376,408 2,122,503
See other industries in this state California Total 15,706 12,729,731 13.92 363 4,422,455 215,174
See other industries in this state New York Total 9,363 8,994,056 9.83 469 4,201,531 205,923
See other industries in this state Texas Total 8,706 4,691,428 5.13 216 1,877,527 129,634
See other industries in this state Pennsylvania Total 6,241 4,170,197 4.56 338 1,776,396 103,370
See other industries in this state Florida Total 6,579 4,008,195 4.38 240 1,554,048 92,142
See other industries in this state Illinois Total 5,306 3,956,885 4.33 314 1,732,862 95,447
See other industries in this state Massachusetts Total 3,949 3,468,271 3.79 539 1,440,087 71,793
See other industries in this state Virginia Total 3,220 3,453,566 3.78 474 860,096 48,096
See other industries in this state Ohio Total 4,740 3,282,256 3.59 288 1,354,633 87,001
See other industries in this state Michigan Total 4,714 3,189,905 3.49 318 1,088,135 66,449
See other industries in this state New Jersey Total 3,625 2,403,477 2.63 280 1,066,421 59,166
See other industries in this state Georgia Total 3,549 2,379,517 2.60 277 811,903 51,039
See other industries in this state Maryland Total 2,553 2,351,627 2.57 432 815,158 43,095
See other industries in this state Minnesota Total 3,130 2,234,191 2.44 445 922,267 54,536
See other industries in this state Washington Total 4,167 2,117,174 2.31 349 909,504 50,320
See other industries in this state North Carolina Total 4,331 2,005,665 2.19 241 834,482 52,809
See other industries in this state Wisconsin Total 3,401 1,868,799 2.04 344 854,903 54,400
See other industries in this state Connecticut Total 1,991 1,819,601 1.99 526 614,696 33,001
See other industries in this state Indiana Total 2,963 1,633,281 1.79 265 667,605 42,094
See other industries in this state Missouri Total 3,178 1,595,549 1.74 281 647,518 47,130
See other industries in this state Arizona Total 1,855 1,375,458 1.50 253 516,851 31,189
See other industries in this state Colorado Total 2,220 1,232,856 1.35 274 521,045 30,973
See other industries in this state Tennessee Total 2,756 1,147,631 1.25 198 508,452 33,691
See other industries in this state Oregon Total 1,960 1,109,648 1.21 315 370,381 21,496
See other industries in this state District of Columbia Total 666 1,068,582 1.17 1,846 338,643 13,176
See other industries in this state Alabama Total 2,017 940,638 1.03 210 355,927 24,691
See other industries in this state Kentucky Total 2,007 932,631 1.02 228 397,203 28,732
See other industries in this state Louisiana Total 2,248 890,105 0.97 199 403,914 32,114
See other industries in this state Kansas Total 1,740 881,327 0.96 325 340,534 23,439
See other industries in this state Oklahoma Total 2,011 820,825 0.90 235 346,061 25,031
See other industries in this state Maine Total 1,217 717,170 0.78 553 310,923 16,843
See other industries in this state South Carolina Total 1,909 703,052 0.77 171 309,105 23,103
See other industries in this state Iowa Total 1,830 684,720 0.75 233 316,644 23,912
See other industries in this state Arkansas Total 1,441 606,999 0.66 224 264,841 19,681
See other industries in this state New Hampshire Total 925 549,347 0.60 431 220,859 13,698
See other industries in this state Mississippi Total 1,343 531,724 0.58 186 209,368 17,413
See other industries in this state New Mexico Total 898 513,164 0.56 277 227,880 14,753
See other industries in this state West Virginia Total 945 468,456 0.51 260 214,369 16,890
See other industries in this state Alaska Total 454 456,861 0.50 713 189,120 7,498
See other industries in this state Hawaii Total 580 420,975 0.46 341 179,561 9,841
See other industries in this state Nebraska Total 1,149 418,481 0.46 242 184,406 12,486
See other industries in this state Nevada Total 656 395,085 0.43 182 167,434 10,826
See other industries in this state Rhode Island Total 565 381,960 0.42 357 183,250 10,574
See other industries in this state Utah Total 697 320,551 0.35 138 134,546 8,846
See other industries in this state Montana Total 880 284,024 0.31 312 123,874 9,608
See other industries in this state Delaware Total 504 262,412 0.29 326 121,873 7,041
See other industries in this state Idaho Total 814 237,816 0.26 177 117,367 8,458
See other industries in this state Vermont Total 606 237,803 0.26 386 106,755 5,733
See other industries in this state South Dakota Total 603 182,945 0.20 241 87,056 6,481
See other industries in this state North Dakota Total 429 172,939 0.19 273 79,989 6,345
See other industries in this state Wyoming Total 413 148,520 0.16 298 73,295 5,198

 

Products Lines for Social assistance
Product
code
Product description Sales of
this line
($000)
Percent of
industry sales
(%)
Graph
30000 Industry total 91,454,799 100.00
30390 Payt-chdcare/csel/cmty food/temp shelt/rehab/rel soc prov ind/fam 50,549,747 55.27
39700 Contributions, gifts, & grants: Government 20,003,600 21.87
39710 Contributions, gifts, & grants: Private 13,640,356 14.91
-Other 7,261,096 7.94

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Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Social assistance
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Series number Title Link to AFF or Drill-down
tables
Contents Geography
link to PDF EC02-00C-BDG Bridge Between NAICS 2002 and NAICS 1997 Link to drill-down tables Relationships between NAICS 1997 and NAICS 2002 for those industries redefined US
link to PDF EC02-00C-COMP Comparative Statistics Link to drill-down tables 2002 and 1997 data side by side on a comparable NAICS 1997 basis US, states
link to PDF EC02-62SL-LS Product Lines Link to data in AFF Product Lines by Kind of Business US, states
link to PDF EC02-62SS-SZ Establishment and Firm Size Link to data in AFF Receipts/Revenue Size of Establishments US
Link to data in AFF Employment Size of Establishments US
Link to data in AFF Single Unit & Multiunit Firms US
Link to data in AFF Receipts/Revenue Size of Firms US
Link to data in AFF Employment Size of Firms US
Link to data in AFF Concentration by Largest Firms US
Link to data in AFF Legal Form of Organization US
link to PDF EC02-62SX-SB Miscellaneous Subjects Link to data in AFF Transferred Contributions for Firms Exempt from Federal Income Tax US, states
Link to data in AFF Grants & other Payments for Firms Exempt from Federal Income Tax US, states
link to PDF EC02-62I-04 Industry Series   Preliminary data now superseded US
link to PDF BE02-00I-1 Business Expenses Link to data in AFF Sales & Operating Expenses by Kind of Business (1997 NAICS Basis) US
Link to data in AFF Relative Standard Errors for Sales & Operating Expenses by Kind of Business (1997 NAICS Basis) US
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PDF EC02-62A Geographic Area Series Link
to data in AFF Summary Statistics US, states, counties, metros
link to PDF SB02-00A Survey of Business Owners Link
to data in AFF Business Ownership by Gender, Hispanic or Latino Origin, and Race US
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Data from the Other Census Bureau Programs -- NAICS 624
Hypertext Tables Title (with link to data) Frequency Contents Geography
  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
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industry Nonemployer Statistics Annual Number of establishments and sales of firms with no paid employees US, states, metro areas, counties
  Service Annual Survey: Health Care and Social Assistance Services Annual Estimated Revenue for Employer and Nonemployer Firms US
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industry 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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