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Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 1999:
Mining (except oil & gas)
United States
By detailed employment size By year By state
 
U.S. - Mining (except oil & gas) 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 4,830 7,280 215,949 9,625,175
Firms with no employees (as of March 12) 502 502 0 49,146
Firms with 1 to 4 employees 1,388 1,392 3,037 100,259
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 792 794 5,264 165,781
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 739 756 10,017 339,807
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 962 1,210 34,580 1,264,046
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 249 644 28,637 1,181,733
Firms with 500 employees or more 198 1,982 134,414 6,524,403
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

 

 

U.S. - Mining (except oil and gas) - 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 4,372 27.0% 9.7% 3.8% 205,652 91.8% 78.7% 63.6%
link to 2007 detail 2007 4,465 29.2% 9.8% 3.8% 218,044 92.0% 77.3% 63.1%
link to 2006 detail 2006 4,571 28.7% 9.5% 3.8% 205,349 91.4% 76.0% 60.8%
link to 2005 detail 2005 4,537 28.2% 9.0% 3.7% 196,940 91.0% 75.2% 60.5%
link to 2004 detail 2004 4,487 28.3% 9.1% 3.9% 189,747 90.9% 74.5% 59.6%
link to 2003 detail 2003 4,485 27.7% 9.2% 3.9% 184,423 90.6% 74.4% 60.4%
link to 2002 detail 2002 4,669 27.4% 9.3% 4.0% 194,174 90.6% 75.0% 60.2%
link to 2001 detail 2001 4,794 27.3% 9.0% 3.9% 200,735 90.8% 74.9% 60.4%
link to 2000 detail 2000 4,761 28.4% 9.4% 4.1% 204,329 90.7% 74.8% 60.1%
link to 1999 detail 1999 4,830 29.2% 9.3% 4.1% 215,949 91.5% 75.5% 62.2%
link to 1998 detail 1998 4,925 29.6% 9.6% 4.0% 225,309 91.4% 75.5% 62.0%

 

 

Mining (except oil & gas) 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 4,830 29.2% 9.3% 4.1% 215,949 91.5% 75.5% 62.2%
Alabama 114 40.4% 20.2% 15.8% 6,355 93.3% 80.2% 74.9%
Alaska 46 23.9% 15.2% 8.7% (1000-2499) D D D
Arizona 129 31.0% 13.2% 9.3% 11,537 D D 85.1%
Arkansas 67 35.8% 22.4% 17.9% 1,652 88.7% 72.5% 57.1%
California 265 37.4% 20.0% 12.5% 7,989 89.5% 72.4% 55.3%
Colorado 162 27.2% 15.4% 10.5% 4,385 88.8% 73.1% 55.9%
Connecticut 49 16.3% 4.1% 4.1% (500-999) D D D
Delaware 8 37.5% 25.0% 12.5% (100-249) D D D
District of Columbia 1 100.0%100.0% 100.0% (1-19) D D D
Florida 116 44.8% 25.9% 19.0% (5000-9999) D D D
Georgia 104 33.7% 24.0% 22.1% 6,431 D D 87.5%
Hawaii 8 25.0% 25.0% 12.5% (20-99) D D D
Idaho 83 24.1% 15.7% 10.8% (1000-2499) D D D
Illinois 156 34.0% 20.5% 12.8% 7,589 91.3% D 69.7%
Indiana 116 40.5% 24.1% 14.7% 5,095 D D 56.6%
Iowa 64 42.2% 14.1% 4.7% (1000-2499) D D D
Kansas 70 27.1% 10.0% 5.7% 1,352 D D 25.4%
Kentucky 294 54.8% 17.7% 7.8% 18,575 D D 50.9%
Louisiana 57 35.1% 22.8% 17.5% 1,519 D D 56.4%
Maine 19 21.1% 10.5% 5.3% (20-99) D D D
Maryland 70 42.9% 17.1% 11.4% (1000-2499) D D D
Massachusetts 69 33.3% 10.1% 4.3% (1000-2499) D D D
Michigan 159 26.4% 10.7% 7.5% 3,844 87.2% 67.0% 64.7%
Minnesota 107 17.8% 14.0% 10.3% 6,777 94.9% D D
Mississippi 48 41.7% 25.0% 18.8% 1,040 83.7% D D
Missouri 156 34.6% 17.3% 9.6% 4,233 D D D
Montana 65 26.2% 21.5% 13.8% 3,116 96.4% 94.3% 68.2%
Nebraska 57 19.3% 8.8% 7.0% (500-999) D D D
Nevada 123 39.0% 23.6% 13.8% 10,876 D D 82.7%
New Hampshire 33 18.2% 12.1% 3.0% (250-499) D D D
New Jersey 69 44.9% 18.8% 11.6% 2,024 D 59.5% 39.3%
New Mexico 54 44.4% 33.3% 27.8% 4,283 96.5% 93.2% 88.7%
New York 206 21.4% 9.7% 5.3% 3,041 76.4% 54.7% 37.6%
North Carolina 89 36.0% 22.5% 15.7% 3,366 88.6% D D
North Dakota 26 42.3% 26.9% 19.2% 1,530 D D 58.8%
Ohio 225 36.9% 16.4% 9.3% 7,883 88.1% 68.0% 48.4%
Oklahoma 80 40.0% 20.0% 12.5% 2,156 87.4% 59.8% 48.7%
Oregon 106 26.4% 6.6% 4.7% (1000-2499) D D D
Pennsylvania 416 28.4% 10.6% 5.5% 13,083 88.4% 66.8% 45.5%
Rhode Island 22 22.7% 4.5% 4.5% (100-249) D D D
South Carolina 42 57.1% 33.3% 33.3% (1000-2499) D D D
South Dakota 32 34.4% 21.9% 9.4% (1000-2499) D D D
Tennessee 97 51.5% 20.6% 16.5% 3,875 D D D
Texas 237 32.5% 16.0% 12.7% 8,609 89.1% 70.8% 61.5%
Utah 61 50.8% 24.6% 16.4% 4,867 96.8% 84.8% 69.8%
Vermont 51 19.6% 5.9% 3.9% (500-999) D D D
Virginia 196 51.0% 18.4% 10.7% 9,149 92.6% 66.1% 44.7%
Washington 120 30.8% 13.3% 9.2% 2,563 82.1% D D
West Virginia 209 47.4% 14.8% 8.6% 15,783 95.9% 80.0% 69.4%
Wisconsin 127 31.5% 15.7% 9.4% (1000-2499) D D D
Wyoming 42 57.1% 45.2% 42.9% 7,921 D D 95.7%
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

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

Source: Statistics of U.S. Businesses

Last modified: July 13 2011   Questions?