1997 Economic Census: Comparative Statistics for Rhode Island 1987 SIC Basis

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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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SIC de- 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		16	18	-11.1	16,516	16,069	2.8	120	131	-8.4	4,619	3,617	27.7
	Construction industries		2,940	2,866	2.6	D	1,849,955	N	16,820	13,981	20.3	542,662	359,207	51.1
	Manufacturing		2,506	2,630	-4.7	10,709,098	9,579,837	11.8	78,452	84,546	-7.2	2,381,199	2,191,694	8.6
	Transportation, communications, and utilities %% **		959	787	21.9	D	2,184,942	N	(10k-24999)	12,775	N	D	375,806	N
	Wholesale trade		1,802	1,771	1.8	7,991,515	6,648,064	20.2	20,487	19,538	4.9	687,749	551,316	24.7
	Retail trade		6,474	6,412	1.0	8,207,824	6,734,282	21.9	75,777	67,276	12.6	1,001,897	838,878	19.4
	Financial, insurance, and real estate industries		2,155	1,905	13.1	N	6,429,178	N	26,944	27,518	-2.1	932,248	763,902	22.0
	Service industries	Taxable	8,296	7,649	8.5	5,176,184	3,663,632	41.3	84,785	64,411	31.6	2,034,627	1,412,840	44.0
		Exempt	1,175	1,130	4.0	3,048,973	2,216,597	37.6	43,216	42,748	1.1	1,227,272	1,002,775	22.4
	Auxiliaries		110	119	-7.6	D	N	N	8,630	8,817	-2.1	399,097	367,815	8.5

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: July 13, 2011