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 Advance Nonemployer Statistics, Table 1
Summary and Legal Form of Organization for the United States

Data based on the 2002 Nonemployer Statistics. Includes only firms subject to federal income tax. Table 2 compares nonemployers with employers; Table 3 shows change from 1997 to 2002. Introductory text includes scope and methodology, non-sampling error, and confidentiality protection. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
NAICS
Code 		Description Nonemployers
Establish-
ments 		Receipts
($1,000)
52 Finance and insurance
All Establishments 660,292 44,139,094
Individual Proprietorships 528,598 32,958,795
Corporations 54,576 5,004,448
Partnerships 77,118 6,175,851
522 Credit intermediation and related activities
All Establishments 66,003 3,796,434
Individual Proprietorships 48,591 1,820,857
Corporations 11,333 1,257,735
Partnerships 6,079 717,842
5221 Depository credit intermediation
All Establishments 6,370 223,696
Individual Proprietorships 5,808 154,680
Corporations 376 48,873
Partnerships 186 20,143
5222 Nondepository credit intermediation
All Establishments 22,890 1,845,292
Individual Proprietorships 9,262 321,921
Corporations 8,727 963,014
Partnerships 4,901 560,357
5223 Activities related to credit intermediation
All Establishments 36,743 1,727,446
Individual Proprietorships 33,521 1,344,256
Corporations 2,230 245,848
Partnerships 992 137,342
523 Securities, commodity contracts, other financial investments, and related activities
All Establishments 240,507 24,171,561
Individual Proprietorships 151,682 17,711,334
Corporations 22,264 1,617,503
Partnerships 66,561 4,842,724
5231 Securities and commodity contracts intermediation and brokerage
All Establishments 32,048 5,432,563
Individual Proprietorships 26,595 4,882,974
Corporations 2,946 305,455
Partnerships 2,507 244,134
52311 Investment banking and securities dealing
All Establishments 6,980 1,896,937
Individual Proprietorships 4,375 1,690,230
Corporations 1,005 79,837
Partnerships 1,600 126,870
52312 Securities brokerage
All Establishments 20,266 2,832,989
Individual Proprietorships 18,308 2,588,376
Corporations 1,368 159,803
Partnerships 590 84,810
52313 Commodity contracts dealing
All Establishments 1,289 201,402
Individual Proprietorships 955 170,524
Corporations 168 17,425
Partnerships 166 13,453
52314 Commodity contracts brokerage
All Establishments 3,513 501,235
Individual Proprietorships 2,957 433,844
Corporations 405 48,390
Partnerships 151 19,001
5232 Securities and commodity exchanges
All Establishments 1,751 867,086
Individual Proprietorships 1,406 841,604
Corporations 133 11,019
Partnerships 212 14,463
52321 Securities and commodity exchanges
All Establishments 1,751 867,086
Individual Proprietorships 1,406 841,604
Corporations 133 11,019
Partnerships 212 14,463
5239 Other financial investment activities
All Establishments 206,708 17,871,912
Individual Proprietorships 123,681 11,986,756
Corporations 19,185 1,301,029
Partnerships 63,842 4,584,127
524 Insurance carriers and related activities
All Establishments 353,782 16,171,099
Individual Proprietorships 328,325 13,426,604
Corporations 20,979 2,129,210
Partnerships 4,478 615,285
5241 Insurance carriers
All Establishments 544 54,529
Individual Proprietorships S S
Corporations 457 41,891
Partnerships 81 12,614
5242 Agencies, brokerages, and other insurance related activities
All Establishments 353,238 16,116,570
Individual Proprietorships 328,319 13,426,580
Corporations 20,522 2,087,319
Partnerships 4,397 602,671
52421 Insurance agencies and brokerages
All Establishments 246,516 12,356,611
Individual Proprietorships 228,048 10,345,879
Corporations 15,541 1,601,415
Partnerships 2,927 409,317
52429 Other insurance related activities
All Establishments 106,722 3,759,959
Individual Proprietorships 100,271 3,080,701
Corporations 4,981 485,904
Partnerships 1,470 193,354
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The data in this table are based on the 2002 Nonemployer Statistics. These data aresubject to nonsampling error due to nonresponse, coverage problems, misreporting, and processing error. Data users who create their own estimates using data from this report should cite the Census Bureau as the source of the originaldata only. For more information, see the introductory text

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Nonemployer Statistics

Data released: May 21, 2004

Page display revised: December 15, 2004