U.S. - Food manufacturing - by Year
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More data	Year	Firms by employment size of enterprise				Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
		Total	20 +	100 +	500 +	Total	20 +	100 +	500 +
	2008	21,501	27.9%	8.8%	2.7%	1,467,458	93.9%	82.7%	67.0%
	2007	21,591	27.4%	8.5%	2.6%	1,439,266	93.8%	82.4%	66.6%
	2006	21,170	28.1%	8.8%	2.6%	1,458,738	94.0%	82.8%	66.6%
	2005	21,510	27.9%	8.7%	2.6%	1,469,730	93.9%	82.7%	66.9%
	2004	22,320	27.2%	8.4%	2.5%	1,482,261	93.9%	82.5%	66.8%
	2003	22,833	26.8%	8.2%	2.4%	1,495,998	93.8%	82.5%	66.9%
	2002	21,384	26.8%	8.4%	2.6%	1,443,766	94.1%	83.2%	68.1%
	2001	22,437	26.0%	8.0%	2.5%	1,470,146	93.9%	82.8%	68.0%
	2000	22,037	26.5%	8.3%	2.6%	1,468,254	94.0%	82.9%	67.9%
	1999	22,332	26.1%	8.2%	2.6%	1,464,354	93.9%	82.8%	67.8%
	1998	23,203	25.7%	8.1%	2.5%	1,464,439	93.4%	82.3%	67.3%

Food mfg by State
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State	Firms by employment size of enterprise				Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
	Total	20 +	100 +	500 +	Total	20 +	100 +	500 +
United States	23,203	25.7%	8.1%	2.5%	1,464,439	93.4%	82.3%	67.3%
Alabama	250	40.0%	26.8%	18.0%	34,715	97.8%	93.8%	85.7%
Alaska	117	28.2%	16.2%	12.0%	8,989	D	D	79.7%
Arizona	254	26.0%	12.6%	9.8%	8,964	87.1%	71.3%	61.4%
Arkansas	232	39.2%	27.2%	19.4%	51,155	98.6%	96.5%	91.1%
California	3,294	32.1%	11.7%	4.5%	147,749	91.7%	74.0%	50.8%
Colorado	388	28.4%	12.4%	7.5%	18,171	92.2%	79.7%	66.2%
Connecticut	302	26.2%	8.6%	4.3%	8,891	83.7%	60.9%	43.5%
Delaware	67	37.3%	20.9%	13.4%	9,428	97.1%	92.8%	82.1%
District of Columbia	15	40.0%	20.0%	0.0%	(250-499)	D	D	D
Florida	884	22.6%	10.2%	5.2%	36,768	90.1%	77.2%	61.6%
Georgia	470	38.9%	24.5%	17.0%	60,098	97.6%	92.4%	84.1%
Hawaii	233	26.6%	8.6%	3.9%	6,285	D	D	D
Idaho	158	38.6%	25.3%	13.3%	16,171	97.0%	92.7%	70.8%
Illinois	1,208	34.9%	16.4%	8.7%	83,275	94.3%	83.5%	65.9%
Indiana	426	39.0%	22.1%	15.3%	33,209	95.1%	86.7%	75.2%
Iowa	373	40.2%	25.2%	15.0%	46,300	97.4%	92.8%	81.9%
Kansas	280	37.9%	21.1%	13.6%	30,736	97.0%	91.7%	84.9%
Kentucky	254	41.3%	25.6%	16.9%	20,359	96.2%	89.0%	75.6%
Louisiana	380	38.2%	14.7%	8.2%	17,482	92.3%	68.4%	48.6%
Maine	187	24.1%	11.8%	7.0%	6,334	87.5%	75.5%	50.6%
Maryland	327	35.5%	19.9%	11.3%	17,045	92.5%	80.1%	65.1%
Massachusetts	754	29.0%	8.5%	4.2%	21,589	84.3%	55.7%	32.3%
Michigan	861	28.0%	10.9%	6.2%	32,544	89.8%	73.4%	56.3%
Minnesota	576	35.8%	20.3%	12.7%	42,868	94.6%	86.6%	68.2%
Mississippi	183	37.2%	22.4%	14.2%	26,709	97.4%	93.0%	84.7%
Missouri	477	32.7%	18.4%	13.4%	38,318	95.7%	89.2%	83.0%
Montana	162	16.7%	7.4%	6.2%	2,207	D	D	49.8%
Nebraska	263	36.5%	23.2%	15.6%	34,302	97.5%	92.8%	85.7%
Nevada	98	33.7%	16.3%	10.2%	3,049	90.2%	70.3%	49.4%
New Hampshire	102	24.5%	6.9%	3.9%	2,210	81.9%	58.1%	35.9%
New Jersey	1,026	25.6%	10.9%	4.8%	29,817	86.0%	66.4%	39.5%
New Mexico	132	31.1%	15.9%	9.1%	4,072	87.2%	71.4%	41.7%
New York	2,199	18.1%	6.0%	2.8%	48,813	80.5%	59.9%	37.2%
North Carolina	462	40.3%	20.6%	12.8%	52,585	96.9%	90.4%	82.4%
North Dakota	112	34.8%	17.9%	9.8%	5,412	93.0%	79.1%	47.3%
Ohio	875	34.3%	16.2%	9.3%	49,658	93.1%	81.8%	66.9%
Oklahoma	229	32.8%	21.0%	14.8%	14,562	94.9%	87.2%	76.0%
Oregon	439	32.8%	16.6%	8.2%	19,737	91.8%	75.4%	50.0%
Pennsylvania	1,303	33.2%	13.7%	6.8%	76,573	93.0%	80.2%	61.6%
Rhode Island	149	22.8%	4.7%	2.0%	2,818	76.3%	30.2%	5.0%
South Carolina	181	35.9%	22.7%	16.0%	15,757	96.4%	90.8%	85.4%
South Dakota	99	34.3%	22.2%	18.2%	8,051	96.4%	88.7%	82.4%
Tennessee	313	39.3%	25.2%	18.8%	36,284	97.2%	92.1%	84.9%
Texas	1,482	27.1%	12.8%	6.4%	86,328	93.4%	83.7%	68.7%
Utah	237	40.5%	16.5%	7.6%	12,026	92.4%	73.8%	46.0%
Vermont	153	27.5%	8.5%	5.9%	3,779	82.8%	55.0%	32.7%
Virginia	390	35.4%	18.2%	11.8%	34,765	95.7%	89.1%	80.2%
Washington	706	32.9%	13.7%	7.6%	33,617	92.8%	76.5%	60.2%
West Virginia	100	20.0%	11.0%	8.0%	5,260	91.7%	D	D
Wisconsin	832	39.9%	19.1%	10.3%	57,607	94.0%	82.1%	65.4%
Wyoming	55	14.5%	9.1%	7.3%	(500-999)	D	D	D

D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

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Source: Statistics of U.S. Businesses

Last modified: July 13 2011   Questions?