U.S. - Food manufacturing - 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.

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	21,501	27.9%	8.8%	2.7%	1,467,458	93.9%	82.7%	67.0%
	2007	21,591	27.4%	8.5%	2.6%	1,439,266	93.8%	82.4%	66.6%
	2006	21,170	28.1%	8.8%	2.6%	1,458,738	94.0%	82.8%	66.6%
	2005	21,510	27.9%	8.7%	2.6%	1,469,730	93.9%	82.7%	66.9%
	2004	22,320	27.2%	8.4%	2.5%	1,482,261	93.9%	82.5%	66.8%
	2003	22,833	26.8%	8.2%	2.4%	1,495,998	93.8%	82.5%	66.9%
	2002	21,384	26.8%	8.4%	2.6%	1,443,766	94.1%	83.2%	68.1%
	2001	22,437	26.0%	8.0%	2.5%	1,470,146	93.9%	82.8%	68.0%
	2000	22,037	26.5%	8.3%	2.6%	1,468,254	94.0%	82.9%	67.9%
	1999	22,332	26.1%	8.2%	2.6%	1,464,354	93.9%	82.8%	67.8%
	1998	23,203	25.7%	8.1%	2.5%	1,464,439	93.4%	82.3%	67.3%

Food mfg 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
	Total	20 +	100 +	500 +	Total	20 +	100 +	500 +
United States	22,332	26.1%	8.2%	2.6%	1,464,354	93.9%	82.8%	67.8%
Alabama	236	42.8%	27.1%	19.1%	36,782	98.2%	93.8%	87.0%
Alaska	120	30.0%	15.8%	9.2%	8,917	D	D	64.5%
Arizona	229	30.1%	14.0%	10.5%	8,532	90.3%	73.0%	62.4%
Arkansas	217	42.4%	28.1%	21.2%	51,136	98.8%	96.0%	92.4%
California	3,165	32.8%	11.9%	4.8%	147,016	92.1%	73.9%	51.3%
Colorado	374	27.3%	11.5%	7.2%	16,641	92.6%	78.4%	65.9%
Connecticut	282	28.4%	9.6%	5.0%	8,341	84.5%	60.7%	41.3%
Delaware	64	37.5%	21.9%	14.1%	9,035	97.1%	93.3%	86.1%
District of Columbia	17	41.2%	17.6%	0.0%	(250-499)	D	D	D
Florida	854	22.7%	10.0%	5.3%	36,101	91.3%	79.3%	64.8%
Georgia	465	39.4%	25.2%	16.8%	62,781	97.7%	93.1%	84.0%
Hawaii	228	25.4%	9.6%	4.4%	5,854	80.4%	58.0%	37.9%
Idaho	164	37.8%	25.6%	12.8%	16,014	97.1%	93.1%	68.4%
Illinois	1,146	35.7%	17.5%	9.0%	81,407	94.4%	83.8%	64.9%
Indiana	424	38.0%	21.5%	15.6%	31,984	95.3%	86.6%	75.1%
Iowa	363	41.0%	25.9%	15.7%	48,074	97.4%	92.7%	81.8%
Kansas	261	37.9%	21.8%	16.1%	31,567	97.2%	92.7%	88.1%
Kentucky	228	40.4%	24.6%	16.7%	21,082	97.0%	90.4%	80.2%
Louisiana	366	38.3%	16.7%	9.3%	17,776	92.6%	71.1%	49.6%
Maine	189	23.8%	11.1%	6.9%	6,801	88.3%	75.1%	50.9%
Maryland	314	35.0%	20.1%	11.5%	16,287	92.9%	81.8%	64.4%
Massachusetts	702	29.9%	9.0%	4.1%	21,552	85.6%	58.5%	35.1%
Michigan	790	27.6%	11.5%	6.3%	30,506	90.1%	74.1%	55.7%
Minnesota	565	34.2%	20.4%	13.1%	42,561	94.9%	88.0%	70.7%
Mississippi	186	39.8%	24.7%	14.0%	28,035	97.7%	93.5%	81.6%
Missouri	484	32.6%	19.2%	13.2%	40,178	95.8%	90.1%	83.7%
Montana	160	18.1%	7.5%	5.6%	2,056	D	D	37.6%
Nebraska	257	36.6%	23.3%	16.0%	33,365	97.6%	93.3%	87.2%
Nevada	99	34.3%	15.2%	10.1%	2,916	90.6%	66.9%	48.4%
New Hampshire	88	27.3%	8.0%	4.5%	2,166	83.6%	59.3%	39.2%
New Jersey	983	26.8%	10.6%	5.1%	29,232	86.1%	64.7%	40.8%
New Mexico	132	28.8%	15.2%	8.3%	3,505	86.8%	70.1%	43.1%
New York	2,100	19.6%	6.7%	3.1%	50,194	82.7%	62.4%	41.0%
North Carolina	464	39.9%	19.6%	12.7%	49,897	97.0%	90.1%	82.1%
North Dakota	103	35.0%	20.4%	11.7%	5,265	93.0%	82.5%	52.0%
Ohio	862	33.6%	16.6%	9.5%	49,886	93.2%	82.0%	66.6%
Oklahoma	233	32.6%	21.0%	14.2%	14,725	95.2%	87.6%	74.6%
Oregon	411	33.8%	17.5%	8.8%	19,712	91.7%	76.5%	52.6%
Pennsylvania	1,265	33.4%	13.6%	6.8%	75,059	93.3%	80.4%	62.2%
Rhode Island	140	23.6%	5.0%	1.4%	2,772	D	D	D
South Carolina	191	36.1%	22.0%	15.7%	16,285	96.7%	90.6%	81.3%
South Dakota	90	35.6%	23.3%	20.0%	7,430	96.0%	89.6%	83.8%
Tennessee	312	41.0%	26.9%	18.3%	37,145	97.6%	92.7%	83.7%
Texas	1,430	28.0%	13.0%	6.6%	88,628	94.1%	84.7%	69.9%
Utah	243	38.7%	16.0%	7.8%	13,285	93.1%	76.7%	53.4%
Vermont	155	29.0%	8.4%	6.5%	3,875	D	D	45.4%
Virginia	374	34.5%	18.7%	10.7%	34,219	95.9%	89.6%	78.2%
Washington	678	33.2%	14.5%	8.0%	33,953	93.6%	77.9%	58.7%
West Virginia	101	18.8%	9.9%	6.9%	4,468	D	D	77.8%
Wisconsin	816	42.3%	19.6%	11.0%	58,198	94.6%	81.8%	64.9%
Wyoming	57	17.5%	8.8%	8.8%	(500-999)	D	D	D

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?