U.S. - Basic chemical 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	1,508	50.1%	23.7%	13.0%	164,925	97.4%	87.8%	74.9%
	2007	1,434	47.5%	23.5%	13.0%	165,025	97.6%	89.4%	77.8%
	2006	1,342	49.2%	25.1%	13.6%	161,324	97.8%	90.1%	78.2%
	2005	1,263	51.3%	25.3%	13.8%	162,787	97.9%	90.1%	78.5%
	2004	1,220	52.2%	26.0%	14.7%	165,209	97.9%	90.3%	78.5%
	2003	1,217	53.6%	27.8%	16.1%	170,579	98.0%	91.0%	79.3%
	2002	1,145	52.8%	28.6%	17.1%	172,964	98.2%	92.2%	82.6%
	2001	1,192	51.3%	27.6%	16.7%	183,249	98.2%	92.1%	83.1%
	2000	1,191	51.9%	28.9%	17.5%	191,979	98.4%	92.8%	84.0%
	1999	1,182	52.1%	29.9%	18.3%	196,954	98.3%	93.2%	84.2%
	1998	1,216	52.1%	30.2%	18.3%	206,863	98.5%	93.5%	85.1%