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Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 1998:
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
United States
By detailed employment size By year
 
U.S. - Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools by Employment Size of Enterprise
Introductory text includes scope and methodology. Table includes only establishments with payroll. Nonemployers are shown separately. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
Employment size of enterprise Firms Estab-
lish-
ments		 Paid
employees		 Annual
payroll
($1,000)
All firms 2,366 2,946 1,260,468 30,127,844
Firms with no employees (as of March 12) 81 81 0 16,204
Firms with 1 to 4 employees 415 415 859 23,528
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 174 174 1,133 26,899
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 165 175 2,303 55,317
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 373 389 19,160 401,633
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 545 592 141,803 2,839,864
Firms with 500 employees or more 613 1,120 1,095,210 26,764,399
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

 

 

U.S. - Colleges and universities - by Year
Introductory text includes scope and methodology. Table includes only establishments with payroll. Nonemployers are shown separately. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
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data		 Year Firms by employment size of enterprise Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
link to 2008 detail 2008 2,424 65.4% 50.6% 30.7% 1,622,296 99.7% 98.7% 91.0%
link to 2007 detail 2007 2,456 64.7% 49.8% 30.0% 1,572,333 99.7% 98.6% 90.7%
link to 2006 detail 2006 2,361 66.2% 51.2% 30.7% 1,534,226 99.7% 98.6% 90.3%
link to 2005 detail 2005 2,384 66.1% 50.8% 29.9% 1,508,355 99.7% 98.6% 90.0%
link to 2004 detail 2004 2,479 64.1% 48.8% 28.2% 1,497,201 99.7% 98.5% 89.5%
link to 2003 detail 2003 2,568 62.9% 47.2% 26.1% 1,435,661 99.7% 98.3% 88.5%
link to 2002 detail 2002 2,593 62.2% 47.2% 25.5% 1,403,085 99.7% 98.3% 88.0%
link to 2001 detail 2001 2,454 64.0% 48.9% 26.5% 1,357,358 99.7% 98.3% 87.8%
link to 2000 detail 2000 2,448 63.7% 48.4% 26.1% 1,332,535 99.7% 98.3% 87.4%
link to 1999 detail 1999 2,394 64.8% 48.7% 26.1% 1,301,801 99.7% 98.2% 87.2%
link to 1998 detail 1998 2,366 64.7% 48.9% 25.9% 1,260,468 99.7% 98.1% 86.9%


All-sector table By detailed employment size By year Data in formats for downloading

Source: Statistics of U.S. Businesses

Last modified: July 13 2011   Questions?