1997 Economic Census:
Comparative Statistics for Arkansas
1987 SIC Basis
Includes only establishments with payroll. Data are in current dollars and have not been adjusted for inflation. Detail may not add to total because of rounding. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, and definitions of symbols.
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tail		 1987 SIC Description Establishments Sales, receipts, or shipments
($1,000)		 Paid employees Annual payroll
($1,000)
1997 1992 % chg 1997 1992 % chg 1997 1992 % chg 1997 1992 % chg
Mining 307 357 -14.0 793,742 572,865 38.6 3,250 3,258 -0.2 97,936 84,008 16.6
Construction industries 5,321 4,445 19.7 5,031,080 3,360,911 49.7 (25k-49999) 34,057 N D 651,800 N
Manufacturing 4,008 3,819 4.9 46,398,118 34,182,396 35.7 239,244 222,508 7.5 5,967,308 4,748,011 25.7
Transportation, communications, and utilities %% ** 3,580 3,039 17.8 9,559,575 6,914,230 38.3 60,704 48,392 25.4 1,854,003 1,315,882 40.9
Wholesale trade 4,463 4,296 3.9 29,094,166 18,070,271 61.0 48,274 43,879 10.0 1,298,113 989,074 31.2
Retail trade 15,980 14,866 7.5 21,903,527 15,925,313 37.5 189,643 152,019 24.7 2,241,624 1,632,770 37.3
Financial, insurance, and real estate industries 5,338 4,488 18.9 N 6,084,388 N 40,995 35,931 14.1 1,182,840 880,607 34.3
Service industries Taxable 16,021 14,021 14.3 9,292,134 6,006,796 54.7 174,209 133,455 30.5 3,633,922 2,249,575 61.5
Exempt 2,117 1,917 10.4 3,959,052 2,945,889 34.4 72,365 64,426 12.3 1,517,202 1,206,306 25.8
Auxiliaries 398 315 26.3 60,613 N N 26,863 20,092 33.7 968,027 568,576 70.3
N Comparable data not available
%% Data do not include large certificated passenger carriers that report to the Office of Airline Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation
** Railroad transportation and U.S. Postal Service industries are out of scope for the 1997 Economic Census

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Source: 1997 Economic Census, Comparative Statistics   Questions?
Last revised: March 01, 2004