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1997 Economic Census: |
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.
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SIC
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tail1987 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
1,628
1,721
-5.4
27,456,462
22,353,693
22.8
53,689
42,690
25.8
2,330,377
1,510,216
54.3

Construction industries
7,646
6,404
19.4
11,262,360
7,675,939
46.7
106,314
91,852
15.7
2,983,765
2,106,170
41.7

Manufacturing
4,054
3,909
3.7
81,385,399
61,128,527
33.1
173,489
172,615
0.5
6,259,067
5,157,318
21.4

Transportation, communications, and utilities %%
**
5,617
4,783
17.4
19,654,813
16,926,567
16.1
105,779
92,241
14.7
3,445,825
2,662,623
29.4

Wholesale trade
7,497
7,347
2.0
49,321,765
37,287,195
32.3
87,291
81,251
7.4
2,634,472
1,993,586
32.1

Retail trade
23,558
22,644
4.0
37,222,865
27,806,373
33.9
333,931
288,816
15.6
4,089,854
3,095,546
32.1

Financial, insurance, and real estate industries
10,009
8,765
14.2
N
14,768,304
N
81,495
75,249
8.3
2,461,217
1,842,993
33.5

Service industries
Taxable
30,455
27,119
12.3
25,112,448
16,066,946
56.3
391,385
296,476
32.0
8,758,084
5,912,198
48.1
Exempt
2,838
2,557
11.0
7,092,511
5,587,102
26.9
121,496
110,093
10.4
2,801,431
2,337,735
19.8
Auxiliaries
617
595
3.7
206,727
N
N
19,703
28,086
-29.8
897,219
1,034,638
-13.3
%% 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
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Last revised: July 13, 2011