State	Establishments		Value of Shipments ($1,000)		Paid employees		Annual payroll ($1,000)
	1997	% chg	1997	% chg	1997	% chg	1997	% chg
New Mexico	1,655	4.9	18,147,245	113.8	42,254	9.4	1,203,286	28.7
South Dakota	975	11.4	12,412,102	106.9	48,306	38.2	1,194,187	62.6
Nevada	1,648	36.1	6,673,683	102.3	39,954	48.8	1,241,068	76.3
New Hampshire	2,522	10.2	20,196,331	78.5	102,193	14.4	3,461,347	34.0
Arizona	5,001	7.6	44,093,719	69.5	199,959	18.9	6,957,158	38.6
Idaho	2,090	16.4	17,608,486	66.5	71,274	14.9	2,231,139	40.0
Utah	2,859	15.4	24,348,385	56.2	122,200	20.2	3,801,688	40.6
Oregon	6,923	2.4	50,200,786	55.9	226,715	12.6	7,514,314	34.0
North Dakota	742	12.8	5,196,919	48.6	23,218	26.8	627,982	44.1
Kentucky	4,455	6.5	88,437,375	48.0	296,956	11.7	9,416,025	33.5
Colorado	5,681	9.9	41,931,225	43.4	186,156	7.0	6,634,727	20.6
Texas	22,458	7.5	301,788,258	41.8	985,731	11.0	33,519,948	27.2
Georgia	9,804	4.6	126,678,011	38.9	552,706	6.1	16,051,302	25.5
West Virginia	1,879	7.2	18,545,029	38.4	76,772	1.5	2,528,978	14.0
Minnesota	8,471	10.1	78,725,094	37.4	399,756	15.3	13,759,547	34.1
Iowa	3,934	3.6	63,640,436	37.3	244,994	10.4	7,849,890	26.7
South Carolina	4,966	6.1	71,550,765	37.2	353,858	-0.3	10,552,195	19.3
Michigan	16,190	1.2	218,202,588	37.0	850,368	8.6	34,937,673	28.1
Indiana	9,361	3.7	143,606,930	36.8	637,736	7.6	22,476,650	25.1
Arkansas	4,008	4.9	46,398,118	35.7	239,244	7.5	5,967,308	25.7
Kansas	3,471	3.5	48,611,181	34.7	203,303	11.9	6,772,450	35.4
Wisconsin	10,373	5.8	118,860,895	34.2	575,318	12.2	19,094,326	31.1
Louisiana	4,054	3.7	81,385,399	33.1	173,489	0.5	6,259,067	21.4
Ohio	17,926	1.4	245,502,486	32.9	1,009,620	5.5	36,849,904	21.2
Virginia	6,633	5.4	87,071,056	31.9	387,576	0.4	12,130,687	17.5
Alabama	6,480	3.0	69,694,695	31.9	364,887	0.0	10,497,421	20.5
United States	377,776	1.9	3,958,050,434	31.7	17,557,008	3.6	595,685,786	20.6
Missouri	7,702	1.9	96,452,153	31.2	391,945	4.6	12,300,024	19.9
Maine	2,384	9.7	15,184,255	30.9	88,327	-2.1	2,755,677	14.4
Tennessee	7,699	4.0	99,789,023	30.6	495,760	2.2	14,679,651	22.4
Illinois	17,967	-0.4	205,420,843	29.9	915,860	4.6	32,953,527	23.4
Nebraska	2,039	3.5	28,357,769	29.3	111,098	16.4	3,165,556	36.3
Wyoming	610	7.2	3,032,066	27.8	9,763	8.8	280,185	24.9
Florida	16,304	1.3	82,022,637	27.6	463,791	2.3	14,199,437	17.6
California	49,297	-0.2	390,321,123	27.5	1,867,099	1.1	68,097,248	14.4
North Carolina	11,971	3.8	163,729,870	27.4	789,476	1.0	21,713,029	18.3
Pennsylvania	17,207	-1.9	177,169,793	27.3	857,041	-0.8	28,688,934	16.9
Montana	1,485	8.9	5,222,699	26.3	22,526	5.1	626,561	16.5
Massachusetts	9,733	-0.9	82,603,724	26.2	441,770	-0.7	17,445,834	20.0
Oklahoma	4,210	5.6	37,965,344	25.8	168,926	10.2	5,083,001	22.6
Vermont	1,409	5.7	7,986,254	24.3	44,648	0.8	1,515,461	18.1
Mississippi	3,729	1.5	40,608,792	23.6	234,764	0.1	5,745,062	16.3
Maryland	4,196	-0.6	38,281,223	23.1	174,740	-3.4	6,220,818	8.7
District of Columbia	351	-5.1	2,443,911	22.0	11,906	0.4	569,906	19.9
Connecticut	5,911	-2.3	48,699,736	20.6	262,959	-9.3	10,862,423	7.6
New Jersey	11,530	-9.3	101,328,913	16.8	432,049	-9.7	16,479,211	7.5
Washington	8,812	5.5	82,356,770	13.0	347,549	5.4	13,589,194	22.0
Rhode Island	2,506	-4.7	10,709,098	11.8	78,452	-7.2	2,381,199	8.6
New York	23,997	-7.4	168,162,761	9.7	860,233	-10.0	30,405,687	3.7
Delaware	687	1.5	13,516,996	4.0	41,969	-3.7	1,505,099	10.0
Alaska	588	18.3	3,760,829	3.6	13,402	-13.4	422,169	1.7
Hawaii	893	-10.6	3,416,655	-9.9	16,412	-17.8	470,626	-10.1

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Source: 1997 Economic Census, Comparative Statistics

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