U.S. - Information - 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	72,749	15.7%	4.3%	1.5%	3,434,234	92.9%	83.5%	73.3%
	2007	75,686	14.4%	3.9%	1.4%	3,399,313	92.7%	83.7%	74.2%
	2006	74,952	14.9%	4.0%	1.4%	3,396,246	92.6%	83.2%	73.7%
	2005	75,261	15.0%	4.0%	1.5%	3,402,599	92.7%	83.3%	73.8%
	2004	75,271	15.3%	4.1%	1.5%	3,472,427	92.8%	83.3%	73.8%
	2003	75,786	15.6%	4.2%	1.6%	3,599,902	93.0%	83.7%	74.4%
	2002	77,605	14.6%	3.9%	1.4%	3,536,120	92.6%	83.6%	74.4%
	2001	77,459	15.9%	4.2%	1.5%	3,754,698	92.8%	83.3%	73.5%
	2000	79,565	15.4%	4.0%	1.4%	3,545,731	92.3%	82.1%	71.9%
	1999	77,052	14.8%	3.8%	1.3%	3,234,530	91.8%	81.7%	71.8%
	1998	75,299	14.9%	3.8%	1.3%	3,142,024	91.6%	81.4%	71.3%

Information by State
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More data	State	Firms by employment size of enterprise				Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
		Total	20 +	100 +	500 +	Total	20 +	100 +	500 +
	United States	75,299	14.9%	3.8%	1.3%	3,142,024	91.6%	81.4%	71.3%
	Alabama	883	25.9%	13.6%	9.2%	36,874	91.4%	81.0%	70.5%
	Alaska	231	19.9%	8.2%	4.8%	5,385	83.1%	66.7%	50.8%
	Arizona	1,342	23.6%	14.1%	9.9%	47,195	91.5%	82.0%	73.6%
	Arkansas	548	25.0%	12.6%	9.3%	20,125	89.6%	78.8%	73.0%
	California	13,758	15.8%	5.6%	2.6%	474,931	91.5%	80.7%	69.7%
	Colorado	1,950	23.9%	13.5%	8.6%	80,254	92.6%	84.4%	75.7%
	Connecticut	1,182	26.1%	13.8%	8.8%	46,666	91.9%	79.8%	67.4%
	Delaware	212	27.8%	18.4%	14.6%	8,394	93.1%	85.8%	78.0%
	District of Columbia	514	34.2%	23.0%	15.8%	23,766	94.4%	87.3%	70.9%
	Florida	4,394	15.9%	8.3%	4.9%	147,343	91.4%	83.4%	74.6%
	Georgia	2,289	24.4%	13.8%	8.3%	106,316	93.7%	85.7%	77.4%
	Hawaii	310	25.2%	16.5%	13.9%	8,241	86.9%	77.2%	73.2%
	Idaho	374	28.1%	17.1%	13.9%	9,299	85.1%	70.6%	61.1%
	Illinois	3,395	24.9%	13.0%	7.7%	131,167	92.0%	81.6%	70.5%
	Indiana	1,220	28.5%	14.8%	10.3%	45,647	91.4%	77.8%	67.3%
	Iowa	946	24.3%	12.8%	8.4%	35,788	89.3%	79.4%	68.5%
	Kansas	845	24.9%	13.7%	9.6%	33,132	90.9%	81.3%	70.8%
	Kentucky	808	27.5%	15.2%	11.0%	27,037	89.5%	77.4%	67.2%
	Louisiana	727	28.5%	15.7%	11.0%	27,124	90.8%	79.2%	68.6%
	Maine	474	21.5%	9.9%	5.9%	10,125	84.5%	65.4%	43.2%
	Maryland	1,506	25.6%	13.8%	8.4%	58,601	92.8%	83.0%	71.6%
	Massachusetts	2,487	26.5%	12.6%	7.4%	112,938	92.7%	81.3%	69.5%
	Michigan	2,076	25.0%	12.4%	8.0%	93,069	92.6%	82.9%	76.1%
	Minnesota	1,774	24.4%	12.2%	7.8%	57,912	89.2%	76.1%	62.7%
	Mississippi	503	25.4%	15.1%	11.3%	15,677	87.6%	74.5%	61.5%
	Missouri	1,506	24.6%	12.3%	8.3%	77,339	93.1%	84.4%	76.3%
	Montana	371	19.4%	11.3%	8.4%	7,170	79.4%	65.8%	58.0%
	Nebraska	533	28.0%	16.1%	11.1%	30,353	93.3%	85.9%	77.1%
	Nevada	658	19.9%	11.1%	7.9%	11,990	85.5%	69.5%	60.5%
	New Hampshire	561	25.5%	15.0%	8.9%	12,458	84.8%	67.4%	43.1%
	New Jersey	2,559	20.8%	10.4%	6.2%	125,347	94.0%	86.9%	78.3%
	New Mexico	536	23.9%	14.6%	11.2%	13,281	86.7%	74.5%	65.6%
	New York	7,442	17.5%	6.6%	3.5%	260,631	91.4%	80.3%	70.5%
	North Carolina	1,666	22.1%	11.3%	8.0%	62,599	91.4%	81.5%	72.6%
	North Dakota	245	30.6%	16.3%	11.4%	7,950	87.7%	72.2%	57.5%
	Ohio	2,082	25.7%	13.4%	9.1%	106,174	93.1%	84.1%	75.7%
	Oklahoma	827	24.1%	14.1%	9.9%	31,596	90.9%	82.8%	73.2%
	Oregon	1,187	23.3%	12.3%	7.3%	32,621	87.7%	74.2%	57.8%
	Pennsylvania	2,806	24.1%	11.5%	6.6%	122,066	92.1%	81.7%	69.8%
	Rhode Island	280	26.8%	15.0%	11.1%	10,114	92.1%	79.3%	73.8%
	South Carolina	683	25.2%	15.4%	11.3%	27,099	90.5%	81.7%	68.9%
	South Dakota	311	24.8%	11.9%	7.7%	6,953	82.9%	62.2%	43.6%
	Tennessee	1,502	22.3%	11.9%	7.9%	45,808	89.2%	77.0%	66.6%
	Texas	4,900	21.1%	9.7%	5.5%	222,773	92.7%	83.7%	75.9%
	Utah	757	25.5%	15.1%	10.8%	26,323	90.5%	79.1%	67.6%
	Vermont	401	20.7%	9.5%	6.7%	6,306	77.9%	57.2%	41.4%
	Virginia	2,063	25.5%	14.4%	8.5%	101,531	93.4%	85.1%	74.7%
	Washington	1,861	23.4%	12.2%	7.8%	67,316	90.8%	80.8%	71.2%
	West Virginia	364	26.1%	14.6%	10.2%	12,303	88.6%	78.2%	67.6%
	Wisconsin	1,233	26.0%	11.7%	7.6%	47,290	90.3%	76.7%	64.5%
	Wyoming	204	29.4%	11.8%	9.8%	3,627	79.4%	44.8%	36.8%

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U.S. - Information by Subsector
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Industry detail	NAICS code	Industry title (with link to definition)	Firms by employment size of enterprise				Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
			Total	20 +	100 +	500 +	Total	20 +	100 +	500 +
	51	Information	75,299	14.9%	3.8%	1.3%	3,142,024	91.6%	81.4%	71.3%
	511	Publishing industries	27,726	18.0%	5.0%	1.8%	1,011,110	89.5%	75.6%	60.7%
	512	Motion picture & sound recording industries	18,596	7.7%	1.7%	0.7%	281,713	81.6%	67.5%	57.1%
	513	Broadcasting & telecommunications	17,151	19.0%	5.0%	1.7%	1,462,701	95.4%	89.1%	82.7%
	514	Information services & data processing services	12,211	15.8%	5.3%	2.5%	386,500	89.8%	77.5%	65.7%

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U.S. - Information by Industry
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More data	NAICS code	Industry title (with link to definition)				Firms by employment size of enterprise				Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
						Total	20 +	100 +	500 +	Total	20 +	100 +	500 +
	511	Publishing industries				27,726	18.0%	5.0%	1.8%	1,011,110	89.5%	75.6%	60.7%
	5111		Newspaper, periodical, book, & database publishers			18,338	17.0%	4.7%	1.6%	727,918	90.3%	78.2%	65.0%
	51111			Newspaper publishers		6,616	20.0%	5.5%	1.9%	401,373	92.8%	83.7%	72.7%
	51112			Periodical publishers		5,719	15.6%	5.1%	2.1%	131,949	84.0%	66.2%	47.8%
	51113			Book publishers		2,552	17.3%	6.2%	2.8%	90,454	91.2%	78.5%	65.4%
	51114			Database & directory publishers		1,139	19.8%	7.6%	3.8%	38,024	88.5%	74.4%	56.8%
	51119			Other publishers		2,536	18.1%	6.5%	3.4%	66,118	87.0%	70.5%	56.3%
	511191				Greeting card publishers	93	34.4%	18.3%	7.5%	19,764	98.6%	95.4%	84.5%
	511199				All other publishers	2,443	17.5%	6.0%	3.2%	46,354	82.0%	59.8%	44.3%
	5112		Software publishers			9,426	20.3%	6.1%	2.5%	283,192	87.5%	68.9%	49.7%
More data	NAICS code	Industry title (with link to definition)				Firms by employment size of enterprise				Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
						Total	20 +	100 +	500 +	Total	20 +	100 +	500 +
	512	Motion picture & sound recording industries				18,596	7.7%	1.7%	0.7%	281,713	81.6%	67.5%	57.1%
	5121		Motion picture & video industries			15,628	8.1%	1.8%	0.7%	255,239	82.8%	69.1%	58.7%
	51211			Motion picture & video production		9,529	4.9%	1.3%	0.7%	63,336	67.1%	47.6%	35.3%
	51212			Motion picture & video distribution		629	12.9%	5.1%	3.5%	26,900	92.1%	84.8%	81.2%
	51213			Motion picture & video exhibition		2,301	20.3%	4.0%	1.4%	132,412	92.2%	82.6%	73.8%
	512131				Motion picture theaters (except drive-ins)	2,044	22.4%	4.5%	1.6%	130,511	92.5%	D	74.2%
	512132				Drive-in motion picture theaters	284	10.9%	4.9%	2.8%	1,901	72.8%	D	45.0%
	51219			Postproduction & other motion picture & video industries		3,210	8.9%	2.0%	0.7%	32,591	67.9%	43.4%	24.3%
	512191				Teleproduction & other postproduction services	2,882	8.9%	1.9%	0.7%	28,266	66.9%	41.3%	22.5%
	512199				Other motion picture & video industries	338	12.1%	5.3%	2.4%	4,325	73.9%	56.9%	36.4%
	5122		Sound recording industries			2,981	6.1%	1.6%	0.8%	26,474	70.0%	51.9%	42.2%
	51221			Record production		279	3.2%	0.4%	0.4%	1,073	31.1%	D	D
	51222			Integrated record production/distribution		264	12.9%	4.9%	3.0%	6,970	88.5%	75.2%	69.4%
	51223			Music publishers		692	8.8%	3.0%	1.6%	5,185	68.7%	D	D
	51224			Sound recording studios		1,410	4.5%	0.9%	0.4%	10,699	63.1%	D	D
	51229			Other sound recording industries		345	6.7%	2.6%	1.4%	2,547	67.8%	50.8%	20.3%
More data	NAICS code	Industry title (with link to definition)				Firms by employment size of enterprise				Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
						Total	20 +	100 +	500 +	Total	20 +	100 +	500 +
	513	Broadcasting & telecommunications				17,151	19.0%	5.0%	1.7%	1,462,701	95.4%	89.1%	82.7%
	5131		Radio & television broadcasting			6,335	24.6%	5.6%	2.1%	242,981	87.1%	69.0%	56.0%
	51311			Radio broadcasting		5,293	22.0%	3.9%	1.5%	114,255	75.1%	46.6%	33.0%
	513111				Radio networks	247	27.9%	11.3%	6.1%	6,376	85.7%	64.5%	49.7%
	513112				Radio stations	5,069	22.1%	3.9%	1.5%	107,879	74.5%	45.6%	32.0%
	51312			Television broadcasting		1,107	41.2%	18.6%	8.3%	128,726	97.8%	88.9%	76.5%
	5132		Cable networks & program distribution			1,831	21.1%	9.7%	4.6%	178,721	96.5%	92.1%	83.2%
	51321			Cable networks		349	30.9%	18.3%	11.2%	32,480	96.9%	91.9%	78.6%
	51322			Cable & other program distribution		1,516	20.6%	9.6%	4.7%	146,241	96.5%	92.2%	84.2%
	5133		Telecommunications			9,106	15.6%	4.5%	1.6%	1,040,999	97.2%	93.3%	88.9%
	51331			Wired telecommunications carriers		3,037	22.2%	6.6%	2.3%	818,245	98.8%	96.5%	94.0%
	51332			Wireless telecommunications carriers (except satellite)		3,356	12.0%	3.8%	1.8%	162,430	93.5%	87.2%	81.1%
	513321				Paging	1,914	11.0%	3.7%	2.1%	70,043	91.6%	84.1%	79.3%
	513322				Cellular & other wireless telecommunications	1,475	15.3%	5.9%	2.8%	92,387	94.9%	89.5%	82.4%
	51333			Telecommunications resellers		1,664	17.5%	5.9%	2.0%	41,232	87.9%	68.4%	42.0%
	51334			Satellite telecommunications		418	23.7%	10.5%	5.7%	11,818	87.1%	67.8%	36.3%
	51339			Other telecommunications		740	7.8%	3.6%	2.0%	7,274	73.7%	56.6%	40.3%
More data	NAICS code	Industry title (with link to definition)				Firms by employment size of enterprise				Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
						Total	20 +	100 +	500 +	Total	20 +	100 +	500 +
	514	Information services & data processing services				12,211	15.8%	5.3%	2.5%	386,500	89.8%	77.5%	65.7%
	5141		Information services			7,485	12.4%	3.6%	1.8%	118,974	78.6%	58.9%	44.0%
	51411			News syndicates		285	22.5%	12.6%	8.1%	9,920	92.8%	83.3%	62.3%
	51412			Libraries & archives		2,027	11.5%	1.5%	0.5%	24,111	67.2%	37.0%	22.7%
	51419			Other information services		5,184	12.3%	4.0%	2.1%	84,943	80.2%	62.3%	48.0%
	514191				On-line information services	4,915	12.0%	3.8%	2.1%	78,792	79.6%	61.4%	48.1%
	514199				All other information services	277	20.6%	11.2%	5.1%	6,151	88.1%	73.9%	45.8%
	5142		Data processing services			4,756	21.8%	8.5%	4.2%	267,526	94.8%	85.7%	75.4%

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Last modified: July 13 2011   Questions?