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Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 1999:
Heavy construction
United States
By detailed employment size By year By state
 
U.S. - Heavy construction 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-
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ments		 Paid
employees		 Annual
payroll
($1,000)
All firms 38,515 39,556 848,373 35,807,866
Firms with no employees (as of March 12) 4,154 4,154 0 311,518
Firms with 1 to 4 employees 13,038 13,040 28,559 1,072,626
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 7,048 7,053 47,163 1,743,961
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 5,953 5,966 81,143 3,276,545
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 6,845 6,917 272,915 11,472,094
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 1,188 1,400 190,833 8,608,832
Firms with 500 employees or more 289 1,026 227,760 9,322,290
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

 

 

U.S. - Heavy construction - 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 +
  2002 38,610 19.8% 3.7% 0.8% 856,312 82.4% 53.6% 31.2%
link to 2001 detail 2001 39,210 20.8% 3.8% 0.7% 901,207 81.9% 52.7% 30.1%
link to 2000 detail 2000 38,304 22.5% 4.0% 0.8% 900,987 82.9% 51.6% 28.5%
link to 1999 detail 1999 38,515 21.6% 3.8% 0.8% 848,373 81.5% 49.3% 26.8%
link to 1998 detail 1998 39,062 20.7% 3.5% 0.7% 803,944 80.4% 47.8% 25.7%

 

 

Heavy construction 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 38,515 21.6% 3.8% 0.8% 848,373 81.5% 49.3% 26.8%
Alabama 707 25.0% 6.4% 1.4% 15,330 80.5% 45.4% 10.6%
Alaska 248 8.9% 3.6% 2.0% 2,835 68.5% D D
Arizona 545 33.0% 8.3% 2.9% 17,126 87.5% 52.9% 22.4%
Arkansas 501 19.0% 3.6% 0.8% 7,874 72.4% D D
California 3,244 25.7% 4.7% 1.8% 72,648 81.6% 44.7% 26.6%
Colorado 752 25.9% 7.7% 3.2% 20,443 84.8% 58.6% 31.8%
Connecticut 439 15.7% 3.4% 2.1% 12,233 84.2% 68.0% 63.5%
Delaware 93 37.6% 10.8% 4.3% 2,743 86.8% 40.6% 9.2%
District of Columbia 21 81.0% 28.6% 14.3% 1,484 D D D
Florida 2,037 26.0% 5.9% 1.7% 48,295 84.8% 49.9% 20.3%
Georgia 1,326 22.5% 3.7% 1.6% 28,067 80.5% 46.7% 29.4%
Hawaii 107 34.6% 11.2% 3.7% 2,246 78.9% 46.2% 10.0%
Idaho 342 17.5% 2.0% 1.2% 5,157 74.1% D D
Illinois 1,424 18.9% 3.9% 1.3% 22,388 74.6% 38.8% 14.3%
Indiana 774 22.1% 5.6% 2.5% 17,372 80.6% 50.7% 29.1%
Iowa 664 14.2% 2.1% 0.5% 6,586 62.5% 17.9% 0.7%
Kansas 557 25.1% 5.7% 1.8% 13,260 84.3% 51.7% 25.6%
Kentucky 672 22.2% 4.8% 1.3% 10,812 74.8% 31.2% 3.8%
Louisiana 833 31.5% 9.1% 3.1% 46,519 92.5% 75.2% 57.7%
Maine 271 15.9% 3.3% 1.8% 4,467 78.5% 48.2% 37.4%
Maryland 646 26.5% 6.2% 2.2% 14,399 81.2% 47.0% 17.2%
Massachusetts 867 18.9% 4.6% 2.2% 14,006 76.2% 41.1% 20.1%
Michigan 1,140 18.0% 2.8% 1.0% 14,788 69.5% 23.7% 3.5%
Minnesota 911 13.8% 2.5% 0.9% 12,150 72.7% 38.9% 9.4%
Mississippi 521 24.0% 5.6% 1.7% 15,453 86.4% 60.8% 35.3%
Missouri 866 19.3% 3.5% 1.4% 14,748 76.8% 42.6% 25.5%
Montana 263 15.6% 3.4% 0.4% 3,432 73.2% D D
Nebraska 374 15.8% 3.2% 1.3% 6,231 75.0% 47.2% 28.8%
Nevada 272 33.5% 9.9% 3.3% 9,540 89.9% 61.8% 26.3%
New Hampshire 233 15.9% 1.7% 0.9% 3,457 71.2% D D
New Jersey 1,000 17.5% 4.3% 1.7% 16,131 73.1% 40.8% 19.0%
New Mexico 208 38.0% 11.5% 1.9% 8,308 91.2% 60.9% 22.0%
New York 1,694 16.8% 3.2% 0.9% 23,516 70.6% 32.9% 10.3%
North Carolina 1,573 19.6% 3.2% 1.3% 31,388 79.1% 45.0% 28.3%
North Dakota 165 12.7% 4.2% 1.2% 1,962 64.0% D D
Ohio 1,347 20.9% 3.9% 1.3% 22,371 75.1% 36.9% 16.2%
Oklahoma 637 20.4% 4.2% 0.8% 10,408 74.4% 38.2% 10.0%
Oregon 723 16.9% 3.2% 1.1% 8,787 65.9% 29.2% 12.8%
Pennsylvania 1,317 26.0% 5.5% 2.1% 33,604 83.2% 50.9% 29.7%
Rhode Island 121 12.4% 1.7% 0.0% 1,445 58.7% D 0.0%
South Carolina 700 23.3% 4.0% 1.4% 14,958 79.4% 43.0% 26.3%
South Dakota 242 10.7% 2.1% 0.8% 1,987 52.2% D D
Tennessee 813 23.5% 6.3% 1.7% 18,910 83.6% 53.0% 22.6%
Texas 2,871 29.3% 7.1% 1.9% 113,215 90.1% 66.1% 43.5%
Utah 301 31.6% 6.6% 3.0% 7,933 85.1% 46.6% 30.7%
Vermont 123 13.0% 0.8% 0.8% 1,716 71.5% D D
Virginia 1,120 29.0% 5.5% 1.6% 28,729 84.3% 46.1% 22.4%
Washington 1,123 18.8% 3.9% 1.2% 18,672 74.9% 41.7% 15.5%
West Virginia 352 21.9% 4.0% 2.8% 5,738 74.3% D D
Wisconsin 632 19.5% 3.3% 0.8% 9,187 74.5% 35.2% 7.8%
Wyoming 223 21.5% 4.9% 2.2% 3,319 D D 8.3%
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

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Source: Statistics of U.S. Businesses

Last modified: July 13 2011   Questions?