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Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2000:
Special trade contractors
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By detailed employment size By year By state
 
U.S. - Special trade contractors 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 449,380 453,720 4,066,900 140,484,057
Firms with no employees (as of March 12) 63,791 63,798 0 2,356,470
Firms with 1 to 4 employees 212,106 212,113 450,466 11,148,833
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 83,272 83,281 545,666 14,447,649
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 49,670 49,708 665,417 20,268,894
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 36,173 36,532 1,344,042 48,109,194
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 3,862 4,494 647,758 25,718,347
Firms with 500 employees or more 506 3,794 413,551 18,434,670
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

 

 

U.S. - Special trade contractors - 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 438,835 8.6% 0.9% 0.1% 3,865,341 59.8% 27.2% 11.5%
link to 2001 detail 2001 438,162 8.8% 1.0% 0.1% 3,973,814 60.4% 28.0% 11.4%
link to 2000 detail 2000 449,380 9.0% 1.0% 0.1% 4,066,900 59.1% 26.1% 10.2%
link to 1999 detail 1999 438,685 8.8% 0.9% 0.1% 3,815,174 57.7% 24.2% 8.7%
link to 1998 detail 1998 432,271 8.3% 0.8% 0.1% 3,560,660 55.9% 22.4% 7.9%

 

 

Special trade contractors 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 449,380 9.0% 1.0% 0.1% 4,066,900 59.1% 26.1% 10.2%
Alabama 6,006 11.1% 1.3% 0.5% 58,936 58.5% 21.8% 9.1%
Alaska 1,333 6.0% 0.8% 0.5% 6,573 37.2% D 1.7%
Arizona 8,295 14.6% 2.5% 0.7% 114,553 72.0% 38.0% 13.8%
Arkansas 3,623 8.8% 0.9% 0.4% 27,770 50.2% 12.8% 3.6%
California 42,498 12.2% 1.7% 0.3% 500,368 67.0% 32.8% 11.5%
Colorado 11,525 9.2% 1.4% 0.5% 101,124 60.8% 28.2% 11.6%
Connecticut 6,311 6.7% 0.8% 0.4% 40,537 47.6% 16.3% 6.4%
Delaware 1,538 10.5% 1.2% 0.5% 14,179 58.6% 19.9% 9.0%
District of Columbia 123 24.4% 5.7% 2.4% 2,106 D D D
Florida 26,166 9.4% 1.2% 0.3% 233,335 61.0% 26.1% 10.5%
Georgia 12,597 10.3% 1.5% 0.5% 120,805 60.9% 26.7% 10.1%
Hawaii 1,458 10.2% 1.7% 0.9% 12,520 52.4% 18.5% 6.8%
Idaho 3,699 5.1% 0.8% 0.4% 21,591 39.6% 12.4% 2.6%
Illinois 19,261 9.7% 1.4% 0.3% 180,339 60.9% 28.0% 10.0%
Indiana 10,270 9.3% 1.3% 0.4% 93,098 55.5% 23.4% 8.5%
Iowa 5,405 7.8% 1.2% 0.4% 40,070 51.8% 20.2% 5.1%
Kansas 4,902 8.6% 1.1% 0.6% 39,803 52.1% 18.4% 8.3%
Kentucky 6,108 9.5% 1.3% 0.4% 53,455 55.1% 20.5% 5.5%
Louisiana 5,201 11.9% 2.0% 0.6% 67,147 67.6% 39.3% 21.4%
Maine 3,038 4.5% 0.6% 0.3% 15,372 40.2% 11.7% 6.5%
Maryland 9,214 12.6% 1.9% 0.5% 103,696 65.9% 30.5% 11.7%
Massachusetts 10,670 7.5% 1.0% 0.4% 77,962 53.3% 20.4% 7.4%
Michigan 17,121 8.0% 1.0% 0.3% 136,298 54.0% 22.3% 8.0%
Minnesota 9,806 7.9% 1.3% 0.5% 75,470 57.3% 26.2% 10.4%
Mississippi 3,042 9.8% 1.1% 0.5% 26,893 54.5% 18.1% 8.8%
Missouri 9,970 9.3% 1.3% 0.5% 88,423 56.7% 24.1% 10.7%
Montana 2,287 3.5% 0.5% 0.3% 9,825 31.5% 6.5% 1.7%
Nebraska 3,709 7.9% 1.2% 0.6% 27,081 49.0% 17.4% 6.6%
Nevada 3,006 20.2% 5.0% 1.2% 55,470 77.9% 44.4% 9.2%
New Hampshire 2,723 6.1% 0.7% 0.3% 15,861 45.0% D D
New Jersey 15,819 6.3% 0.8% 0.3% 107,866 50.5% 21.0% 7.8%
New Mexico 2,763 10.2% 1.1% 0.5% 23,248 54.7% 14.3% 4.9%
New York 26,716 7.9% 1.0% 0.2% 213,692 57.1% 24.6% 9.2%
North Carolina 16,250 8.3% 1.1% 0.4% 137,539 54.6% 24.6% 11.6%
North Dakota 1,325 7.2% 1.1% 0.5% 8,887 47.6% 13.7% 3.1%
Ohio 17,800 9.3% 1.1% 0.3% 156,623 56.8% 22.6% 8.7%
Oklahoma 5,148 7.6% 1.0% 0.5% 37,880 47.9% 15.1% 5.8%
Oregon 7,288 7.0% 0.9% 0.5% 49,753 49.5% 18.3% 10.9%
Pennsylvania 18,224 8.5% 1.1% 0.4% 152,995 57.1% 24.8% 10.9%
Rhode Island 2,088 5.8% 0.9% 0.3% 12,542 48.1% 18.5% 2.8%
South Carolina 7,088 9.1% 1.0% 0.4% 60,647 52.5% 19.0% 10.1%
South Dakota 1,638 5.9% 0.9% 0.5% 9,164 39.8% 9.3% 2.1%
Tennessee 7,007 12.4% 1.9% 0.6% 77,511 64.6% 27.9% 9.2%
Texas 24,583 12.5% 1.8% 0.4% 301,137 67.1% 33.7% 15.7%
Utah 5,067 7.7% 1.0% 0.5% 38,219 50.9% 18.2% 7.1%
Vermont 1,623 4.3% 0.7% 0.1% 8,307 D D D
Virginia 12,677 10.0% 1.3% 0.4% 118,821 59.5% 25.5% 9.2%
Washington 12,289 7.7% 1.0% 0.4% 91,893 55.4% 22.7% 10.3%
West Virginia 2,246 6.1% 1.2% 0.6% 13,279 41.0% 11.1% 3.6%
Wisconsin 10,958 6.8% 0.9% 0.3% 79,282 49.8% 20.8% 7.8%
Wyoming 1,432 4.6% 0.5% 0.4% 6,955 D D 1.2%
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

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Source: Statistics of U.S. Businesses

Last modified: July 13 2011   Questions?