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Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 1998:
Social assistance
United States
By detailed employment size By year By state
 
U.S. - Social assistance 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 94,365 124,579 1,753,492 25,679,732
Firms with no employees (as of March 12) 7,920 7,946 0 200,628
Firms with 1 to 4 employees 36,058 36,104 75,356 1,025,225
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 17,157 17,267 115,189 1,528,397
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 15,138 15,741 205,754 2,762,270
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 13,927 21,438 516,387 7,849,899
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 3,534 16,636 509,770 7,865,187
Firms with 500 employees or more 631 9,447 331,036 4,448,126
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

 

 

U.S. - Social assistance - 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 115,531 22.2% 5.3% 1.0% 2,616,342 81.2% 52.9% 24.0%
link to 2007 detail 2007 113,068 21.6% 4.9% 0.9% 2,459,657 80.7% 51.8% 23.3%
link to 2006 detail 2006 112,083 21.3% 4.9% 0.9% 2,404,403 80.3% 51.4% 22.5%
link to 2005 detail 2005 111,439 20.5% 4.8% 0.8% 2,321,402 79.9% 51.6% 22.3%
link to 2004 detail 2004 108,785 20.4% 4.7% 0.8% 2,228,951 79.5% 51.0% 21.8%
link to 2003 detail 2003 106,239 20.4% 4.8% 0.8% 2,188,670 79.6% 51.3% 22.0%
link to 2002 detail 2002 102,620 20.4% 4.8% 0.8% 2,090,743 79.5% 51.1% 21.3%
link to 2001 detail 2001 98,286 20.8% 4.9% 0.8% 2,041,633 79.6% 50.9% 21.1%
link to 2000 detail 2000 96,080 20.5% 4.8% 0.8% 1,935,699 79.0% 49.8% 20.3%
link to 1999 detail 1999 93,854 20.0% 4.7% 0.7% 1,830,338 78.2% 48.9% 19.5%
link to 1998 detail 1998 94,365 19.2% 4.4% 0.7% 1,753,492 77.4% 48.0% 18.9%

 

 

Social assistance by State
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.
State Firms by employment size of enterprise Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
United States 94,365 19.2% 4.4% 0.7% 1,753,492 77.4% 48.0% 18.9%
Alabama 1,500 16.2% 3.0% 0.9% 18,571 61.3% 26.4% 8.1%
Alaska 349 20.1% 5.2% 1.7% 6,061 D D 10.8%
Arizona 1,229 24.7% 6.6% 2.0% 26,077 D 48.8% 22.0%
Arkansas 980 18.3% 5.4% 1.6% 17,921 D D D
California 9,862 17.8% 4.5% 0.7% 168,269 78.3% 49.4% 17.4%
Colorado 1,552 19.3% 4.9% 1.4% 24,963 D D D
Connecticut 1,501 23.4% 7.1% 1.4% 28,436 D D 9.4%
Delaware 384 24.0% 8.6% 4.2% 6,554 D D D
District of Columbia 454 30.2% 10.4% 5.1% 10,630 82.2% 53.2% 32.2%
Florida 4,545 18.1% 4.4% 1.0% 76,851 71.8% 44.0% 19.3%
Georgia 2,531 21.8% 4.0% 1.4% 44,492 74.8% 40.4% 20.0%
Hawaii 275 30.9% 10.2% 2.5% 7,175 D D D
Idaho 596 12.9% 3.7% 1.0% 6,151 D 29.1% 3.9%
Illinois 3,521 23.6% 6.8% 1.5% 84,621 D D 26.2%
Indiana 2,137 18.3% 5.5% 1.1% 36,153 77.8% 51.0% 12.5%
Iowa 1,320 19.5% 6.7% 1.6% 22,309 D D D
Kansas 1,157 17.5% 5.7% 1.8% 20,107 D D 21.5%
Kentucky 1,323 19.1% 5.7% 1.7% 23,447 D D D
Louisiana 1,743 16.2% 4.3% 1.6% 26,815 69.5% 42.2% 18.7%
Maine 813 16.4% 6.6% 2.1% 12,885 D D D
Maryland 1,693 23.9% 6.7% 1.9% 36,000 81.2% 51.5% 20.0%
Massachusetts 2,476 26.2% 8.6% 2.1% 61,158 82.8% 55.7% 21.2%
Michigan 3,491 15.9% 4.7% 1.2% 56,235 78.0% 50.7% 18.4%
Minnesota 2,140 20.7% 6.2% 1.5% 45,982 D D D
Mississippi 976 11.3% 4.4% 1.6% 12,253 D D 24.8%
Missouri 2,245 19.1% 5.3% 0.8% 39,598 D D 11.3%
Montana 663 11.6% 3.6% 0.9% 7,191 D D D
Nebraska 852 14.3% 5.2% 1.6% 11,462 D D D
Nevada 456 23.2% 6.4% 3.1% 7,882 D D D
New Hampshire 755 17.9% 6.1% 2.5% 12,017 D D D
New Jersey 2,436 23.4% 5.1% 1.2% 49,123 D D 16.8%
New Mexico 611 22.4% 5.2% 2.3% 11,455 77.4% 41.0% 13.7%
New York 5,799 26.0% 7.8% 1.8% 159,811 D D 27.6%
North Carolina 3,142 18.0% 3.3% 0.7% 43,467 66.4% 30.9% 9.1%
North Dakota 402 19.4% 6.7% 1.2% (5000-9999) D D D
Ohio 3,171 26.1% 6.2% 1.5% 75,097 81.3% 49.5% 22.3%
Oklahoma 1,403 16.9% 4.3% 1.4% 20,853 D 38.3% 14.9%
Oregon 1,394 18.4% 5.7% 1.3% 21,842 76.6% D D
Pennsylvania 3,981 23.7% 6.5% 1.5% 89,834 80.8% 52.4% 21.9%
Rhode Island 450 24.2% 9.8% 2.2% 9,309 78.8% 54.3% 9.2%
South Carolina 1,398 15.5% 3.6% 1.1% 18,928 64.0% D D
South Dakota 422 15.6% 6.4% 2.4% (5000-9999) D D D
Tennessee 2,099 16.6% 3.8% 1.4% 27,857 D D 11.6%
Texas 6,034 19.7% 2.9% 0.8% 98,762 71.2% 35.0% 18.8%
Utah 564 21.5% 4.6% 2.3% 9,104 74.2% D 18.4%
Vermont 476 11.3% 3.2% 0.6% (5000-9999) D D D
Virginia 2,225 21.3% 5.2% 1.8% 39,074 76.5% 43.7% 18.4%
Washington 2,950 15.0% 3.5% 0.9% 41,364 75.1% 44.9% 17.2%
West Virginia 578 26.0% 9.2% 1.4% 12,800 D D 4.6%
Wisconsin 2,084 22.1% 6.0% 1.4% 43,295 D D 16.1%
Wyoming 320 18.8% 6.6% 1.9% 5,163 D 49.5% 11.3%
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

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Source: Statistics of U.S. Businesses

Last modified: July 13 2011   Questions?