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2002 and earlier Economic Censuses

The economic census is conducted every 5 years. The button at the right provides links to all tables for this industry from the 2002 Economic Census in the American FactFinder (AFF) system. For earlier statistics, see the discussion in historical data from the economic census.

Historical comparability

For 2002 to 2007 changes to NAICS 3342, Communications equipment manufacturing, see the NAICS correspondence tables and the Bridge Between 2007 NAICS and 2002 NAICS: Table 1 and Table 2.

  2002 NAICS 3342, Communications equipment manufacturing, is close, but not quite comparable between 2002 and 1997. See the Bridge Between 2002 NAICS and 1997 NAICS for changes to constituent industries.

In comparisons with data before 1997, 1997 NAICS 3342 is nearly comparable to SIC 366. 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	Value of shipments ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees
3342	Communications equipment mfg	2002	2,142	66,142,719	10,693,096	198,650
		1997	2,308	82,852,421	13,826,630	294,865
		% change	-7.2	-20.2	-22.7	-32.6