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Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2000:
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 4,761 7,231 204,329 9,344,103
Firms with no employees (as of March 12) 462 462 0 28,166
Firms with 1 to 4 employees 1,373 1,377 3,021 93,159
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 793 796 5,319 165,310
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 779 794 10,634 367,329
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 907 1,138 32,452 1,218,368
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 251 653 30,046 1,297,058
Firms with 500 employees or more 196 2,011 122,857 6,174,713
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 4,761 28.4% 9.4% 4.1% 204,329 90.7% 74.8% 60.1%
Alabama 102 43.1% 19.6% 17.6% 5,458 D D 75.8%
Alaska 39 25.6% 20.5% 15.4% (500-999) D D D
Arizona 120 31.7% 16.7% 10.0% 9,536 D 88.7% 78.7%
Arkansas 65 38.5% 21.5% 16.9% 1,620 D D 55.2%
California 268 31.7% 18.7% 11.9% 7,682 87.1% 72.9% 59.5%
Colorado 169 29.0% 18.3% 11.8% 4,807 90.2% 76.8% 52.6%
Connecticut 49 18.4% 4.1% 4.1% 656 73.9% D D
Delaware 6 50.0% 50.0% 16.7% (100-249) D D D
District of Columbia 1 100.0%100.0% 100.0% (1-19) D D D
Florida 111 42.3% 22.5% 15.3% 5,056 D D 61.6%
Georgia 103 35.0% 23.3% 19.4% 5,980 D D 85.5%
Hawaii 8 37.5% 25.0% 12.5% (100-249) D D D
Idaho 85 23.5% 15.3% 9.4% (1000-2499) D D D
Illinois 148 37.2% 23.0% 13.5% 6,811 D D 65.4%
Indiana 115 41.7% 21.7% 14.8% 4,247 D D 47.5%
Iowa 65 41.5% 13.8% 6.2% (1000-2499) D D D
Kansas 68 27.9% 7.4% 4.4% 1,281 79.5% D 19.0%
Kentucky 268 51.1% 19.0% 8.6% 17,611 95.0% 75.4% 54.4%
Louisiana 56 37.5% 26.8% 21.4% 1,543 D D 58.4%
Maine 18 16.7% 11.1% 5.6% (20-99) D D D
Maryland 68 42.6% 17.6% 11.8% (1000-2499) D D D
Massachusetts 73 32.9% 9.6% 5.5% 1,050 D D 14.0%
Michigan 168 25.6% 11.3% 7.1% 3,770 85.4% 66.2% 62.9%
Minnesota 108 17.6% 12.0% 7.4% 6,572 D D 82.3%
Mississippi 48 41.7% 27.1% 18.8% 1,002 84.8% D 43.2%
Missouri 157 35.7% 19.1% 11.5% 4,653 88.4% 69.6% 46.7%
Montana 51 29.4% 23.5% 15.7% 2,753 95.9% 93.3% 71.3%
Nebraska 59 23.7% 10.2% 8.5% 744 65.6% D 34.1%
Nevada 119 35.3% 22.7% 14.3% 8,977 95.9% 91.1% 84.3%
New Hampshire 32 12.5% 6.3% 0.0% (250-499) D D D
New Jersey 66 45.5% 21.2% 10.6% 2,289 D D 46.4%
New Mexico 54 48.1% 33.3% 29.6% 4,511 D D 89.8%
New York 215 20.5% 9.8% 5.6% 3,115 75.0% D 38.8%
North Carolina 93 34.4% 20.4% 12.9% 3,259 D D 62.9%
North Dakota 27 40.7% 25.9% 18.5% 1,699 D D 55.1%
Ohio 221 40.3% 15.8% 8.6% 7,677 88.5% 64.2% 44.2%
Oklahoma 76 40.8% 19.7% 13.2% 1,981 85.6% 58.3% 47.1%
Oregon 109 24.8% 6.4% 4.6% (1000-2499) D D D
Pennsylvania 401 28.2% 10.0% 5.0% 12,282 87.2% 64.9% 45.5%
Rhode Island 19 21.1% 5.3% 5.3% (100-249) D D D
South Carolina 41 53.7% 36.6% 31.7% (1000-2499) D D D
South Dakota 29 31.0% 24.1% 10.3% (500-999) D D D
Tennessee 103 44.7% 21.4% 17.5% 3,880 89.2% 66.4% 59.8%
Texas 248 31.0% 15.7% 11.3% 8,333 88.0% 70.5% 60.6%
Utah 62 48.4% 27.4% 19.4% 4,579 95.9% 85.7% 73.6%
Vermont 52 17.3% 5.8% 3.8% (500-999) D D D
Virginia 190 47.4% 20.5% 11.6% 9,091 92.8% 69.8% 46.5%
Washington 124 29.0% 12.9% 9.7% 2,460 D D 38.4%
West Virginia 198 48.5% 15.7% 8.1% 14,278 95.3% 77.9% 64.1%
Wisconsin 129 33.3% 17.8% 10.9% 2,449 D 59.7% 32.9%
Wyoming 45 60.0% 48.9% 42.2% 7,989 D D 87.5%
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

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Source: Statistics of U.S. Businesses

Last modified: July 13 2011   Questions?