State	Establishments		Sales ($1,000)		Paid employees		Annual payroll ($1,000)
	1997	% chg	1997	% chg	1997	% chg	1997	% chg
South Dakota	5,752	3.3	9,872,544	93.3	66,008	14.8	761,528	32.2
Nevada	9,002	20.0	19,019,702	64.7	137,171	38.2	2,224,801	56.4
Utah	10,509	14.5	20,110,336	62.5	167,441	32.6	2,170,334	56.7
Arizona	23,469	9.9	44,916,454	53.0	363,999	26.3	5,130,701	49.3
North Carolina	46,815	6.0	74,507,525	50.3	628,124	23.7	8,174,994	43.7
Idaho	7,998	14.4	11,510,569	49.0	93,090	25.9	1,233,031	45.8
Georgia	44,037	7.6	74,096,020	48.4	630,376	23.8	8,458,918	45.6
Colorado	26,130	14.0	42,188,444	47.9	366,950	29.5	5,183,681	48.6
New Hampshire	8,776	2.1	16,264,348	46.5	117,518	21.0	1,687,429	33.8
Nebraska	11,268	-0.9	16,350,932	41.9	149,478	13.1	1,799,417	37.6
Mississippi	15,786	3.3	20,923,871	41.6	194,483	28.8	2,257,567	41.4
South Carolina	24,572	7.6	34,912,588	41.1	328,850	24.6	3,934,406	38.3
Oregon	20,920	6.9	34,066,578	40.9	274,347	21.0	4,001,005	39.3
Tennessee	32,139	5.1	52,750,245	40.6	457,976	24.4	5,927,923	40.1
Texas	102,185	3.8	183,274,112	40.2	1,464,183	19.0	20,061,530	36.7
Indiana	34,398	2.8	59,181,921	39.7	516,853	16.9	6,483,600	35.9
New Mexico	10,176	9.3	15,585,757	38.2	135,164	20.3	1,787,439	38.1
Arkansas	15,980	7.5	21,903,527	37.5	189,643	24.7	2,241,624	37.3
Missouri	32,757	1.8	52,001,235	37.1	451,894	15.4	5,990,982	35.8
Minnesota	28,378	2.4	48,814,277	37.0	419,310	12.7	5,423,993	33.3
Kentucky	22,349	1.2	34,364,705	36.0	315,734	20.9	3,843,736	37.1
Ohio	63,662	0.1	107,417,375	35.9	971,264	15.9	12,234,786	32.2
North Dakota	4,810	0.4	6,382,015	35.9	59,130	14.3	682,581	32.7
Alabama	25,586	6.3	37,614,376	35.6	342,835	27.1	4,039,301	35.2
Michigan	55,276	1.4	96,836,422	35.4	796,730	12.7	10,728,469	31.0
Virginia	38,588	3.3	64,575,911	34.4	555,088	17.0	7,513,550	30.6
United States	1,561,195	2.3	2,545,881,473	34.4	21,165,862	15.0	290,525,257	30.4
Louisiana	23,558	4.0	37,222,865	33.9	333,931	15.6	4,089,854	32.1
Florida	89,744	2.4	158,693,907	33.6	1,274,403	15.6	17,477,577	31.6
Oklahoma	19,710	1.4	28,306,597	33.4	251,502	19.0	3,021,070	31.1
Wisconsin	32,260	1.0	51,066,574	33.2	453,927	12.1	5,636,864	29.6
Alaska	4,090	10.8	6,598,019	32.4	46,235	17.1	837,287	24.8
Delaware	5,040	3.6	8,555,393	31.8	69,887	16.1	980,593	28.6
Iowa	19,647	-0.4	26,283,470	31.7	250,724	10.9	2,985,443	29.6
Kansas	16,629	2.3	23,080,403	31.4	214,819	15.6	2,651,788	31.1
Massachusetts	38,975	1.3	62,533,487	31.2	522,783	11.3	7,533,875	25.9
West Virginia	10,652	1.6	14,639,608	30.8	129,956	16.0	1,580,346	30.8
Illinois	65,254	0.7	111,805,925	30.4	931,248	10.1	12,998,071	29.0
New Jersey	49,551	1.9	81,672,814	29.4	585,436	12.1	9,316,914	22.4
Connecticut	20,606	-1.9	35,832,852	29.1	264,497	9.8	4,263,558	23.1
Maine	9,528	2.8	13,275,829	29.1	102,614	14.0	1,418,745	26.7
Pennsylvania	70,702	-1.3	113,092,636	28.8	940,957	9.2	12,505,713	24.5
Maryland	27,422	-1.9	48,297,830	28.4	404,802	10.4	5,916,600	23.2
Montana	7,387	8.5	8,014,759	28.3	75,840	17.8	919,324	31.8
Vermont	5,277	2.2	6,018,347	27.1	52,529	14.5	716,044	27.1
New York	109,098	-1.5	148,865,467	25.2	1,181,372	8.5	18,094,333	21.7
Rhode Island	6,474	1.0	8,207,824	21.9	75,777	12.6	1,001,897	19.4
Hawaii	7,722	-1.1	12,837,212	14.1	110,892	0.4	1,670,323	12.8
California	159,385	-1.7	D	N	(100,000+)	N	D	N
District of Columbia	3,645	-5.3	D	N	(25k-49999)	N	D	N
Washington	33,512	5.8	D	N	(100,000+)	N	D	N
Wyoming	4,009	7.0	D	N	(25k-49999)	N	D	N

N=Comparable data not available D=Withheld to avoid disclosure

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Source: 1997 Economic Census, Comparative Statistics

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