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NAICS 813910
Business associations

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Definition	Data from the Economic Census					Annual data
	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.
NAICS code	Description		Estab- lish- ments	Receipts ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees

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
813	Religious/grantmaking/civic/professional & similar org	Exempt	105,514	116,523,311	24,928,801	893,399
8139	Business/professional/labor/political & similar organizations	Exempt	46,761	43,509,350	12,237,761	331,851
81391	Business associations	Exempt	17,330	17,293,914	5,342,498	122,090
813910	Business associations	Exempt	17,330	17,293,914	5,342,498	122,090

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)
		Establish- ments	Receipts ($1,000)	Number	% of all	$1,000	% of all	Establish- ments	Receipts ($1,000)

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

Definition: NAICS 813910 Business associations

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in promoting the business interests of their members. These establishments may conduct research on new products and services; develop market statistics; sponsor quality and certification standards; lobby public officials; or publish newsletters, books, or periodicals for distribution to their members.

Cross-References.

Establishments owned by their members but organized to perform a specific business function, such as common marketing of crops, joint advertising, or buying cooperatives, are classified according to their primary activity;

Establishments primarily engaged in promoting the professional interests of their members and the profession as a whole are classified in Industry 813920, Professional Organizations;
Establishments primarily engaged in promoting the interests of organized labor and union employees, such as trade unions, are classified in Industry 813930, Labor Unions and Similar Labor Organizations; and
Establishments primarily engaged in lobbying public officials (i.e., lobbyists) are classified in Industry 541820, Public Relations Agencies.

Historical comparability

NAICS 813910, Business associations, is comparable between 2002 and 1997.

In comparisons with data before 1997, 1997 NAICS 813910 is nearly comparable to SIC 8611. 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

813910	Business associations	2002	17,331	17,293,974	5,342,530	122,092
		1997	16,928	14,858,701	4,179,872	116,084
		% change	2.4	16.4	27.8	5.2

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Geographic Distribution -- Business associations: 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-
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Description

Estab-
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ments

Receipts
($1,000)

Receipts
% of
U.S.

Receipts
per capita
($)

Annual
payroll
($1,000)

Paid
employees

United States

Total

17,330

17,293,914

100.00

5,342,498

122,090

District of Columbia

Total

510

2,671,521

15.45

4,615

890,103

15,168

Virginia

Total

669

1,622,723

9.38

223

515,772

8,967

California

Total

1,490

1,534,421

8.87

507,424

11,192

Illinois

Total

872

1,525,201

8.82

121

407,799

8,013

New York

Total

830

1,052,927

6.09

313,996

7,425

Texas

Total

1,255

854,773

4.94

269,672

6,746

New Jersey

Total

316

520,491

3.01

120,455

2,308

Florida

Total

757

475,611

2.75

133,518

3,728

Michigan

Total

534

425,829

2.46

123,121

3,139

Missouri

Total

379

408,400

2.36

133,349

3,341

Ohio

Total

614

406,565

2.35

139,957

3,541

Georgia

Total

517

393,914

2.28

108,928

2,699

Colorado

Total

356

373,468

2.16

82,412

1,969

Pennsylvania

Total

526

370,512

2.14

123,306

3,171

Massachusetts

Total

325

319,441

1.85

101,524

2,138

Minnesota

Total

417

305,835

1.77

83,067

2,327

Wisconsin

Total

409

304,384

1.76

99,065

2,750

Maryland

Total

256

298,084

1.72

86,611

1,907

Tennessee

Total

365

286,246

1.66

111,920

2,697

North Carolina

Total

489

276,646

1.60

93,887

2,681

Washington

Total

375

226,216

1.31

77,482

1,989

Iowa

Total

345

212,621

1.23

52,712

1,721

Connecticut

Total

166

188,179

1.09

81,592

1,760

Indiana

Total

411

187,925

1.09

60,319

1,799

Oregon

Total

284

165,993

0.96

50,479

1,437

Arizona

Total

220

150,433

0.87

46,392

1,465

Kansas

Total

331

142,843

0.83

49,379

1,476

Kentucky

Total

271

139,811

0.81

44,512

1,237

Louisiana

Total

272

137,127

0.79

45,126

1,538

Alabama

Total

237

135,039

0.78

38,975

1,043

Oklahoma

Total

234

134,964

0.78

34,498

1,059

South Carolina

Total

227

128,928

0.75

43,283

1,224

Mississippi

Total

238

91,278

0.53

25,729

857

Arkansas

Total

238

89,122

0.52

29,324

880

Maine

Total

131

63,176

0.37

18,446

595

Nevada

Total

60,299

0.35

17,021

445

Nebraska

Total

161

57,492

0.33

18,162

627

Utah

Total

56,863

0.33

14,759

508

New Mexico

Total

109

46,760

0.27

15,508

476

New Hampshire

Total

102

44,951

0.26

15,396

391

Alaska

Total

42,962

0.25

10,502

314

North Dakota

Total

41,174

0.24

12,461

452

Idaho

Total

110

40,718

0.24

12,803

420

South Dakota

Total

40,492

0.23

13,587

501

Hawaii

Total

35,939

0.21

11,280

299

Vermont

Total

34,460

0.20

9,593

318

Montana

Total

112

33,512

0.19

10,674

427

Delaware

Total

32,401

0.19

11,066

260

West Virginia

Total

29,566

0.17

10,295

302

Rhode Island

Total

27,283

0.16

9,089

246

Wyoming

Total

14,830

0.09

5,307

214

Products Lines for Business associations
Product code	Product description	Sales of this line ($000)	Percent of industry sales (%)
30000	Industry total	17,293,914	100.00
30400	Membership dues	8,169,173	47.24
30920	Fees from seminars, conventions, conferences, etc.	3,246,535	18.77
39700	Contributions, gifts, & grants: Government	828,484	4.79
	-Other	5,049,722	29.20

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Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Business associations
Series number	Title	Contents	Geography
EC02-00C-COMP	Comparative Statistics	2002 and 1997 data side by side on a comparable NAICS 1997 basis	US, states
EC02-81SL-LS	Product Lines	Product Lines by Kind of Business	US, states
EC02-81SS-SZ	Establishment and Firm Size	Receipts/Revenue Size of Establishments	US
		Employment Size of Establishments	US
		Single Unit & Multiunit Firms	US
		Receipts/Revenue Size of Firms	US
		Employment Size of Firms	US
		Concentration by Largest Firms	US
EC02-81SX-SB	Miscellaneous Subjects	Transferred Contributions for Religious/Grantmaking/Civic/Professional & Similar Organizations	US, states
EC02-81SX-SB	Miscellaneous Subjects	Grants & Other Payments for Religious/Grantmaking/Civic/Professional and Similar Organizations	US, states
EC02-81I-03	Industry Series	Preliminary data now superseded	US
EC02-81A	Geographic Area Series	Summary Statistics	US, states, counties, metros

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Data from the Other Census Bureau Programs -- NAICS 813910
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
	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