State	Establishments		Receipts ($1,000)		Paid employees		Annual payroll ($1,000)
	1997	% chg	1997	% chg	1997	% chg	1997	% chg
Mississippi	14,781	15.8	10,660,675	94.3	179,905	66.2	3,855,275	93.6
South Carolina	25,349	17.9	20,635,494	88.8	325,235	39.6	7,380,548	69.7
Colorado	40,871	24.3	34,286,545	82.3	457,757	43.5	12,523,870	74.4
Delaware	6,006	13.3	5,141,411	82.1	70,912	30.9	1,903,778	62.7
Washington	46,202	17.0	37,604,349	75.3	461,505	30.0	13,253,812	63.8
Arizona	35,277	22.9	28,864,397	73.7	488,055	63.1	11,106,296	78.5
North Carolina	52,222	23.6	37,729,870	70.3	607,654	43.0	14,283,142	69.8
Oregon	27,468	17.8	17,910,150	68.0	275,689	41.1	6,690,289	68.8
Nebraska	12,630	11.9	9,746,159	67.2	157,646	31.1	3,663,195	60.0
Georgia	57,434	22.5	51,436,453	67.0	755,082	50.5	19,541,575	71.3
Virginia	53,890	17.4	55,699,728	65.7	716,667	36.3	21,415,115	63.0
Utah	15,000	28.2	12,233,112	63.3	207,939	50.1	4,680,897	75.5
Minnesota	37,594	21.3	30,489,747	62.5	468,166	34.1	11,925,851	58.1
North Dakota	4,560	8.0	2,543,573	61.4	46,358	42.3	943,973	53.3
Kentucky	23,987	14.4	16,666,966	60.6	279,646	32.7	5,898,883	52.7
Idaho	9,222	26.9	5,506,289	60.1	88,434	39.2	2,038,895	56.3
Texas	143,006	15.7	135,616,651	60.0	1,968,608	37.6	52,412,361	61.8
Wisconsin	36,188	13.2	24,660,249	58.3	416,814	31.6	9,557,053	51.8
Indiana	38,836	12.6	27,451,336	56.4	455,626	28.5	10,402,214	54.3
Iowa	19,560	10.0	12,056,850	56.4	210,117	29.3	4,375,569	50.9
Louisiana	30,455	12.3	25,112,448	56.3	391,385	32.0	8,758,084	48.1
Kansas	19,341	14.2	13,095,658	54.8	220,599	36.2	5,000,164	57.8
Arkansas	16,021	14.3	9,292,134	54.7	174,209	30.5	3,633,922	61.5
Illinois	91,748	15.0	89,604,909	54.7	1,150,231	27.5	33,542,945	51.9
Michigan	69,034	12.6	54,177,927	54.2	819,080	33.4	22,254,086	56.7
Missouri	40,064	10.2	31,361,754	54.2	478,052	28.0	11,786,494	53.1
Nevada	14,130	31.2	25,459,043	53.5	351,412	37.2	8,534,541	57.2
United States	2,077,666	13.8	1,843,791,887	53.3	25,278,399	31.0	688,873,138	52.2
Massachusetts	53,392	14.7	59,619,241	53.1	703,699	29.0	23,414,817	55.0
Tennessee	36,914	15.5	31,225,566	53.0	487,855	34.6	12,005,081	58.4
Florida	138,956	15.8	113,230,011	52.3	1,745,657	37.0	42,934,184	55.2
Oklahoma	24,148	13.9	14,414,226	50.0	259,359	32.1	5,491,544	50.8
Montana	8,324	21.0	3,283,738	49.5	59,464	35.1	1,131,361	56.7
New Hampshire	10,928	18.2	6,891,262	49.4	109,929	32.6	2,892,133	57.2
Maryland	42,330	14.9	40,050,875	48.7	557,370	33.2	16,348,105	51.9
Connecticut	29,434	7.2	28,367,270	48.5	348,287	27.8	10,967,404	45.2
Maine	10,316	14.8	5,340,913	48.5	87,636	28.8	2,001,440	46.4
South Dakota	5,677	17.2	2,655,345	48.3	48,237	40.0	941,726	59.2
California	262,174	7.2	294,178,094	48.3	3,285,881	24.2	102,894,027	43.3
Wyoming	4,845	17.1	2,012,731	45.4	33,771	27.6	645,479	47.9
Ohio	77,002	10.1	58,945,593	44.3	950,157	25.3	23,350,605	44.7
New York	145,612	8.9	147,920,576	43.6	1,582,735	17.7	52,238,947	37.4
Pennsylvania	85,488	9.8	70,881,373	43.5	978,912	22.8	27,644,027	47.5
Alabama	26,576	15.6	19,417,250	42.3	319,408	28.6	7,660,797	48.4
Rhode Island	8,296	8.5	5,176,184	41.3	84,785	31.6	2,034,627	44.0
Vermont	5,836	16.1	2,745,721	41.1	46,922	26.4	952,644	50.4
West Virginia	10,676	12.4	6,248,808	39.9	106,642	27.1	2,265,430	43.8
New Jersey	75,780	15.0	70,211,335	39.7	833,102	24.2	26,407,488	42.9
New Mexico	12,347	15.8	8,626,946	39.3	135,537	21.6	3,273,538	40.4
District of Columbia	7,765	5.3	15,305,259	36.2	130,661	8.3	5,779,482	34.4
Alaska	5,233	17.5	3,204,653	34.5	38,822	21.7	1,133,062	28.1
Hawaii	8,741	3.2	8,795,040	20.6	120,784	2.4	3,102,362	16.9

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Source: 1997 Economic Census, Comparative Statistics

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