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NAICS 8122
Death care services

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Employers Nonemployers Compare to '97 States Products, Size, etc.
 
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.
Indus-
try
Detail
NAICS
code		 Description Estab-
lish-
ments		 Receipts
($1,000)		 Annual
payroll
($1,000)		 Paid
employees
Go to this NAICS 81 Other services (except public administration) Total 537,576 307,049,461 82,954,939 3,475,310
Exempt 105,514 116,523,311 24,928,801 893,399
Taxable 432,062 190,526,150 58,026,138 2,581,911
Go to this NAICS 812 Personal & laundry services Taxable 201,019 72,220,404 22,908,300 1,296,540
  8122 Death care services Taxable 22,477 14,279,878 3,829,630 148,195
Go to this NAICS 81221 Funeral homes & funeral services Taxable 16,217 11,049,102 2,792,353 106,263
Go to this NAICS 81222 Cemeteries & crematories Taxable 6,260 3,230,776 1,037,277 41,932

 

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
81 Other services (except public administration) 2,891,471 250,993,770 2,459,409 85.1 60,467,620 24.1 432,062 190,526,150
812 Personal & laundry services 1,843,132 107,347,210 1,642,113 89.1 35,126,806 32.7 201,019 72,220,404
8122 Death care services 36,577 15,026,137 14,100 38.5 746,259 5.0 22,477 14,279,878
81221 Funeral homes & funeral services 27,751 11,710,083 11,534 41.6 660,981 5.6 16,217 11,049,102
81222 Cemeteries & crematories 8,826 3,316,054 2,566 29.1 85,278 2.6 6,260 3,230,776

 

Definition: NAICS 8122   Death care services

This industry group includes establishments classified in the following Industries: 81221, Funeral Homes and Funeral Services and 81222, Cemeteries and Crematories.

 

Historical comparability

Comparable   NAICS 8122, Death care services, is comparable between 2002 and 1997.

In comparisons with data before 1997, 1997 NAICS 8122 corresponds to the sum of multiple SIC codes. See the Bridge Between 1997 NAICS and 1987 SIC.

 

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
8122 Death care services 2002 22,477 14,279,878 3,829,630 148,195
1997 23,015 12,620,644 3,518,730 164,823
% change -2.3 13.1 8.8 -10.1

 

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Geographic Distribution -- Death care services: 2002

Data for the Other services (except public administration) 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.
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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 22,477 14,279,878 100.00 50 3,829,630 148,195
See other industries in this state California Total 1,021 1,191,549 8.34 34 319,345 11,291
See other industries in this state New York Total 1,699 1,061,215 7.43 55 302,088 8,577
See other industries in this state Texas Total 1,375 1,025,414 7.18 47 237,143 10,954
See other industries in this state Pennsylvania Total 1,618 792,674 5.55 64 214,479 8,342
See other industries in this state Illinois Total 1,183 770,590 5.40 61 213,534 6,910
See other industries in this state Florida Total 884 766,223 5.37 46 174,788 8,046
See other industries in this state Ohio Total 1,241 726,984 5.09 64 207,349 8,048
See other industries in this state Michigan Total 776 539,131 3.78 54 157,458 6,145
See other industries in this state New Jersey Total 649 517,874 3.63 60 143,946 4,003
See other industries in this state North Carolina Total 656 422,728 2.96 51 118,389 4,848
See other industries in this state Missouri Total 631 397,890 2.79 70 95,155 4,095
See other industries in this state Virginia Total 529 372,405 2.61 51 98,091 4,283
See other industries in this state Indiana Total 702 370,941 2.60 60 105,301 4,366
See other industries in this state Massachusetts Total 579 358,707 2.51 56 102,471 2,924
See other industries in this state Georgia Total 601 351,740 2.46 41 88,284 3,991
See other industries in this state Tennessee Total 518 323,847 2.27 56 90,835 3,641
See other industries in this state Kentucky Total 510 298,826 2.09 73 74,339 2,980
See other industries in this state Wisconsin Total 578 278,896 1.95 51 76,599 2,570
See other industries in this state Maryland Total 330 278,617 1.95 51 78,685 2,970
See other industries in this state Louisiana Total 341 251,152 1.76 56 68,118 2,962
See other industries in this state Alabama Total 439 241,049 1.69 54 57,830 3,017
See other industries in this state South Carolina Total 381 222,758 1.56 54 61,176 2,710
See other industries in this state Minnesota Total 448 222,101 1.56 44 59,669 2,132
See other industries in this state Connecticut Total 320 206,096 1.44 60 62,238 1,813
See other industries in this state Iowa Total 516 197,444 1.38 67 51,427 2,280
See other industries in this state Oklahoma Total 356 187,746 1.31 54 50,664 2,344
See other industries in this state Washington Total 268 177,348 1.24 29 54,212 2,043
See other industries in this state Arizona Total 180 151,596 1.06 28 40,489 1,800
See other industries in this state Kansas Total 350 151,276 1.06 56 40,059 1,814
See other industries in this state West Virginia Total 348 147,953 1.04 82 42,190 1,936
See other industries in this state Mississippi Total 294 142,612 1.00 50 38,567 1,758
See other industries in this state Arkansas Total 279 142,050 0.99 52 39,679 1,743
See other industries in this state Colorado Total 186 124,188 0.87 28 29,644 1,485
See other industries in this state Oregon Total 214 105,515 0.74 30 29,249 1,149
See other industries in this state Nebraska Total 227 96,722 0.68 56 24,497 1,090
See other industries in this state Utah Total 81 77,136 0.54 33 19,538 774
See other industries in this state Rhode Island Total 117 72,048 0.50 67 18,871 693
See other industries in this state Maine Total 158 60,092 0.42 46 16,044 657
See other industries in this state Hawaii Total 35 56,064 0.39 45 17,057 632
See other industries in this state New Mexico Total 97 51,687 0.36 28 14,928 682
See other industries in this state Delaware Total 66 43,861 0.31 54 13,459 438
See other industries in this state Idaho Total 92 43,671 0.31 32 9,562 384
See other industries in this state Nevada Total 58 42,367 0.30 20 15,060 457
See other industries in this state South Dakota Total 97 38,775 0.27 51 9,210 387
See other industries in this state North Dakota Total 100 37,950 0.27 60 9,102 410
See other industries in this state New Hampshire Total 86 36,743 0.26 29 10,244 347
See other industries in this state Montana Total 90 33,225 0.23 36 8,654 397
See other industries in this state District of Columbia Total 27 24,557 0.17 42 7,415 256
See other industries in this state Vermont Total 94 23,021 0.16 37 5,668 232
See other industries in this state Wyoming Total 36 17,846 0.12 36 4,645 246
See other industries in this state Alaska Total 16 7,904 0.06 12 2,186 90

 

Products Lines for Death care services
Product
code 		Product description Sales of
this line
($000)		 Percent of
industry sales
(%)		 Graph
30000 Industry total 14,279,878 100.00
30862 Fees from funeral services 6,379,142 44.67
30863 Merch sold by this est as part of funeral serv, incl caskets 4,123,891 28.88
30864 Sales of burial plots 1,281,673 8.98
30861 Repayments of cash advances for funeral services 758,914 5.31
-Other 1,736,258 12.16

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Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Death care services
Link
to pdf 		Series number Title Link to AFF or Drill-down
tables		 Contents Geography
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 EC02-81SL-LS Product Lines Link to data in AFF Product Lines by Kind of Business US, states
link to PDF EC02-81SS-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 EC02-81I-02 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
link to PDF EC02-81A Geographic Area Series Link to data in AFF Summary Statistics US, states, counties, metros
Link to data in AFF Enterprise Support Statistics US
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Data from the Other Census Bureau Programs -- NAICS 8122
Hypertext Tables Title (with link to data) Frequency Contents Geography
  County Business Patterns Annual Employees; payroll; number of establishments by employment size of establishment US, states, metro areas, counties
Link to table for this industry Nonemployer Statistics Annual Number of establishments and sales of firms with no paid employees US, states, metro areas, counties
  Service Annual Survey: Other Services Annual Estimated revenue for employer and nonemployer firms US
Link to table for this 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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Source: 2002 Economic Census   Questions?