U.S. - Cut and sew apparel manufacturing - 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	6,123	20.4%	4.0%	0.8%	133,463	79.8%	49.6%	25.2%
	2007	8,814	18.7%	3.2%	0.6%	155,742	76.5%	42.5%	18.2%
	2006	9,343	19.3%	3.3%	0.6%	168,283	78.1%	43.7%	18.1%
	2005	9,403	20.7%	3.8%	0.7%	190,436	80.7%	47.9%	22.8%
	2004	10,253	21.9%	4.0%	0.8%	217,470	81.9%	48.5%	23.0%
	2003	11,084	21.4%	3.9%	0.7%	232,156	82.2%	49.0%	23.6%
	2002	10,687	24.1%	4.5%	0.9%	260,416	83.7%	52.0%	27.2%
	2001	12,456	24.4%	4.9%	1.0%	328,974	85.8%	55.9%	30.7%
	2000	12,414	27.4%	5.7%	1.1%	383,200	87.4%	58.5%	32.6%
	1999	12,425	29.2%	6.2%	1.3%	436,374	89.5%	62.3%	38.0%
	1998	12,885	32.5%	6.8%	1.5%	520,341	90.1%	63.8%	40.0%