U.S. - Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction - 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	21,288	16.5%	4.7%	1.6%	629,271	88.3%	73.1%	57.4%
	2007	20,682	18.5%	5.1%	1.7%	700,887	89.7%	74.3%	59.7%
	2006	20,583	16.3%	4.4%	1.6%	554,333	87.0%	70.3%	55.9%
	2005	19,406	16.0%	4.2%	1.6%	497,272	86.4%	69.3%	55.8%
	2004	18,605	16.0%	4.2%	1.7%	470,280	86.2%	69.0%	55.1%
	2003	18,210	15.6%	4.3%	1.7%	454,550	85.9%	69.2%	55.8%
	2002	18,475	15.6%	4.3%	1.7%	465,775	86.0%	69.5%	56.1%
	2001	19,340	15.5%	4.1%	1.7%	485,565	86.2%	69.4%	55.8%
	2000	18,756	15.3%	4.2%	1.8%	456,128	85.8%	69.0%	56.0%
	1999	18,828	15.1%	4.2%	1.8%	456,645	86.0%	69.6%	57.1%
	1998	19,831	15.9%	4.2%	1.7%	497,849	86.1%	68.8%	56.0%

Mining 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	18,828	15.1%	4.2%	1.8%	456,645	86.0%	69.6%	57.1%
	Alabama	213	41.8%	23.9%	16.4%	7,947	91.9%	77.0%	67.9%
	Alaska	111	47.7%	32.4%	23.4%	8,246	97.7%	91.7%	77.3%
	Arizona	181	30.4%	12.2%	8.8%	12,027	95.6%	86.9%	83.4%
	Arkansas	245	26.1%	15.1%	11.8%	3,046	78.1%	D	47.2%
	California	736	26.4%	12.6%	8.2%	19,489	87.6%	70.8%	57.2%
	Colorado	849	18.5%	10.1%	6.5%	11,621	80.2%	62.5%	45.2%
	Connecticut	63	14.3%	3.2%	3.2%	680	60.1%	D	D
	Delaware	14	21.4%	14.3%	7.1%	(100-249)	D	D	D
	District of Columbia	3	66.7%	66.7%	33.3%	(1-19)	D	D	D
	Florida	199	30.2%	17.6%	13.1%	6,741	92.4%	80.2%	67.1%
	Georgia	140	28.6%	20.7%	18.6%	6,888	91.7%	D	82.7%
	Hawaii	10	40.0%	40.0%	20.0%	(20-99)	D	D	D
	Idaho	103	23.3%	15.5%	10.7%	2,277	82.8%	71.0%	43.7%
	Illinois	500	14.0%	8.0%	5.2%	9,465	82.7%	73.5%	58.4%
	Indiana	223	26.9%	15.2%	9.9%	6,014	85.7%	71.8%	53.5%
	Iowa	75	37.3%	13.3%	5.3%	1,804	D	D	D
	Kansas	840	12.3%	5.2%	3.6%	6,003	58.7%	32.9%	21.1%
	Kentucky	498	39.4%	12.9%	6.4%	20,798	93.0%	68.4%	49.3%
	Louisiana	1,190	25.6%	11.8%	7.4%	44,053	91.7%	79.7%	66.8%
	Maine	23	21.7%	13.0%	8.7%	(20-99)	D	D	D
	Maryland	87	37.9%	14.9%	10.3%	1,831	D	D	D
	Massachusetts	86	29.1%	10.5%	4.7%	1,080	65.9%	D	D
	Michigan	415	21.9%	8.9%	6.0%	6,788	81.7%	59.1%	47.0%
	Minnesota	136	16.2%	11.8%	8.8%	6,876	94.1%	D	90.8%
	Mississippi	308	23.7%	14.3%	9.7%	3,901	74.2%	D	D
	Missouri	202	30.2%	14.4%	8.4%	4,475	85.8%	66.9%	41.8%
	Montana	259	19.7%	12.4%	7.7%	4,553	86.2%	78.4%	58.4%
	Nebraska	110	15.5%	7.3%	4.5%	(500-999)	D	D	D
	Nevada	199	34.7%	18.1%	10.6%	12,013	95.4%	87.4%	76.1%
	New Hampshire	42	19.0%	11.9%	4.8%	495	79.2%	D	D
	New Jersey	101	35.6%	16.8%	11.9%	2,189	86.8%	57.6%	38.9%
	New Mexico	516	31.0%	14.9%	10.9%	11,945	88.4%	71.4%	63.7%
	New York	290	19.3%	10.0%	5.2%	3,523	72.8%	53.0%	37.0%
	North Carolina	112	31.3%	18.8%	13.4%	3,521	86.7%	74.2%	64.3%
	North Dakota	189	23.3%	13.8%	9.5%	3,583	83.3%	75.1%	61.2%
	Ohio	665	19.4%	8.1%	4.4%	11,252	D	D	D
	Oklahoma	1,982	11.9%	5.0%	3.2%	22,495	73.9%	54.5%	43.8%
	Oregon	129	24.0%	6.2%	4.7%	1,924	D	D	32.8%
	Pennsylvania	764	22.8%	8.9%	5.1%	17,102	83.5%	60.4%	38.8%
	Rhode Island	27	18.5%	3.7%	3.7%	(100-249)	D	D	D
	South Carolina	49	51.0%	28.6%	28.6%	(1000-2499)	D	D	D
	South Dakota	48	31.3%	20.8%	8.3%	(1000-2499)	D	D	D
	Tennessee	149	39.6%	17.4%	13.4%	4,151	D	D	53.9%
	Texas	5,355	12.9%	4.4%	2.6%	102,337	83.5%	67.8%	57.6%
	Utah	263	32.3%	19.4%	14.8%	7,526	89.1%	77.3%	65.8%
	Vermont	52	19.2%	5.8%	3.8%	(500-999)	D	D	D
	Virginia	285	44.9%	16.5%	9.8%	10,332	91.0%	61.7%	42.4%
	Washington	167	26.9%	13.2%	9.0%	3,064	81.4%	58.2%	50.8%
	West Virginia	580	26.2%	9.1%	5.3%	20,256	90.6%	72.0%	59.6%
	Wisconsin	144	30.6%	15.3%	9.7%	2,462	77.7%	52.5%	33.7%
	Wyoming	547	23.2%	13.2%	9.5%	15,157	89.2%	79.8%	72.4%

D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

U.S. - Mining 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 +
	21	Mining	18,828	15.1%	4.2%	1.8%	456,645	86.0%	69.6%	57.1%
	211	Oil & gas extraction	6,345	7.9%	3.0%	1.6%	90,012	78.7%	66.3%	54.5%
	212	Mining (except oil & gas)	4,830	29.2%	9.3%	4.1%	215,949	91.5%	75.5%	62.2%
	213	Support activities for mining	7,771	13.3%	3.0%	1.3%	150,684	82.4%	63.2%	51.2%

D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

U.S. - Mining 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 +
	211	Oil & gas extraction				6,345	7.9%	3.0%	1.6%	90,012	78.7%	66.3%	54.5%
	211111				Crude petroleum & natural gas extraction	6,286	7.6%	2.7%	1.5%	80,013	76.2%	62.6%	50.2%
	211112				Natural gas liquid extraction	92	64.1%	53.3%	41.3%	9,999	98.7%	95.5%	89.2%
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 +
	212	Mining (except oil & gas)				4,830	29.2%	9.3%	4.1%	215,949	91.5%	75.5%	62.2%
	2121		Coal mining			948	43.2%	12.0%	4.9%	76,381	95.8%	80.1%	65.9%
	212111				Bituminous coal & lignite surface mining	542	42.1%	14.9%	7.0%	33,042	94.6%	D	D
	212112				Bituminous coal underground mining	392	53.1%	15.8%	7.4%	42,366	97.2%	84.0%	71.9%
	212113				Anthracite mining	54	22.2%	7.4%	3.7%	973	75.4%	D	D
	2122		Metal ore mining			409	19.6%	12.0%	7.6%	39,928	97.3%	94.7%	86.1%
	21221			Iron ore mining		31	29.0%	22.6%	19.4%	7,982	D	D	97.0%
	21222			Gold ore & silver ore mining		264	15.5%	8.3%	4.2%	13,805	94.9%	90.6%	76.1%
	212221				Gold ore mining	254	15.7%	8.3%	4.3%	(10k-24999)	D	D	D
	212222				Silver ore mining	12	25.0%	16.7%	8.3%	(500-999)	D	D	D
	21223			Copper, nickel, lead, & zinc mining		53	34.0%	24.5%	18.9%	14,376	99.2%	98.1%	92.2%
	212231				Lead ore & zinc ore mining	21	38.1%	28.6%	23.8%	2,088	98.5%	D	D
	212234				Copper ore & nickel ore mining	33	33.3%	24.2%	18.2%	12,288	99.3%	D	D
	21229			Other metal ore mining		69	29.0%	18.8%	14.5%	3,765	D	D	76.5%
	212291				Uranium-radium-vanadium ore mining	20	55.0%	30.0%	25.0%	725	D	D	57.5%
	212299				All other metal ore mining	50	20.0%	14.0%	10.0%	3,040	D	D	81.1%
	2123		Nonmetallic mineral mining & quarrying			3,501	27.0%	8.9%	4.0%	99,640	85.9%	64.3%	49.9%
	21231			Stone mining & quarrying		1,312	34.1%	12.4%	6.3%	46,053	88.1%	66.6%	50.4%
	212311				Dimension stone mining & quarrying	219	12.8%	2.7%	1.8%	2,169	D	D	28.3%
	212312				Crushed & broken limestone mining & quarrying	645	44.5%	18.6%	9.9%	28,068	90.3%	69.2%	50.1%
	212313				Crushed & broken granite mining & quarrying	115	48.7%	27.8%	18.3%	7,188	D	D	74.6%
	212319				Other crushed & broken stone mining & quarrying	391	34.0%	14.3%	8.2%	8,628	81.7%	53.6%	36.8%
	21232			Sand, gravel, clay, ceramic & refractory minerals mng & quarrying		2,027	24.8%	8.6%	4.3%	37,985	79.4%	52.9%	39.1%
	212321				Construction sand & gravel mining	1,843	23.4%	7.7%	3.3%	27,665	73.7%	42.2%	24.8%
	212322				Industrial sand mining	79	35.4%	12.7%	11.4%	2,779	D	D	69.2%
	212324				Kaolin & ball clay mining	23	82.6%	60.9%	60.9%	3,913	D	93.0%	93.0%
	212325				Clay & ceramic & refractory minerals mining	102	43.1%	27.5%	20.6%	3,628	D	D	66.6%
	21239			Other nonmetallic mineral mining & quarrying		271	37.6%	21.8%	14.0%	15,602	95.3%	85.0%	74.5%
	212391				Potash, soda, & borate mineral mining	17	70.6%	64.7%	52.9%	5,060	D	D	96.4%
	212392				Phosphate rock mining	13	84.6%	76.9%	61.5%	3,610	D	D	D
	212393				Other chemical & fertilizer mineral mining	46	37.0%	17.4%	13.0%	2,032	94.4%	D	D
	212399				All other nonmetallic mineral mining	203	34.5%	18.7%	11.3%	4,900	87.8%	63.9%	43.1%
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 +
	213	Support activities for mining				7,771	13.3%	3.0%	1.3%	150,684	82.4%	63.2%	51.2%
	213111				Drilling oil & gas wells	1,281	16.9%	5.1%	2.3%	37,244	89.4%	72.8%	59.5%
	213112				Support activities for oil & gas operations	5,973	12.0%	2.6%	1.1%	103,545	79.9%	61.2%	51.1%
	213113				Support activities for coal mining	274	27.7%	9.1%	4.7%	5,456	82.8%	47.5%	17.9%
	213114				Support activities for metal mining	148	19.6%	8.1%	4.7%	2,266	81.2%	55.3%	26.8%
	213115				Support activities for nonmetallic minerals (except fuels)	134	23.1%	6.7%	3.0%	2,173	76.2%	42.2%	20.5%

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