U.S. - Food 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	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
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State	Firms by employment size of enterprise				Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
	Total	20 +	100 +	500 +	Total	20 +	100 +	500 +
United States	22,037	26.5%	8.3%	2.6%	1,468,254	94.0%	82.9%	67.9%
Alabama	238	42.9%	27.7%	18.9%	36,998	98.2%	93.9%	85.4%
Alaska	112	34.8%	18.8%	9.8%	8,372	97.0%	89.5%	64.6%
Arizona	232	28.9%	12.1%	9.1%	8,552	90.2%	70.8%	62.5%
Arkansas	214	41.1%	26.6%	20.6%	53,482	98.9%	96.4%	93.6%
California	3,180	32.9%	11.9%	4.8%	147,472	92.2%	74.5%	51.0%
Colorado	389	26.0%	11.1%	6.9%	16,179	91.2%	77.6%	67.4%
Connecticut	266	27.4%	9.4%	4.5%	8,151	84.8%	60.5%	39.0%
Delaware	63	38.1%	22.2%	14.3%	9,191	97.1%	93.0%	82.5%
District of Columbia	16	37.5%	18.8%	0.0%	417	D	D	0.0%
Florida	848	24.2%	10.1%	5.2%	34,302	91.1%	77.8%	62.8%
Georgia	448	41.7%	25.9%	17.2%	61,050	97.8%	92.4%	83.8%
Hawaii	229	25.3%	9.2%	4.4%	5,914	79.9%	53.9%	34.5%
Idaho	164	41.5%	26.8%	12.8%	15,905	97.0%	91.7%	68.1%
Illinois	1,116	35.5%	17.8%	8.8%	82,099	94.4%	84.7%	65.0%
Indiana	439	36.9%	21.2%	15.0%	30,996	94.7%	86.2%	75.3%
Iowa	364	40.7%	26.1%	15.9%	48,058	97.5%	93.2%	83.3%
Kansas	256	37.5%	20.7%	15.6%	31,933	97.1%	92.2%	87.8%
Kentucky	232	42.7%	25.9%	17.2%	21,554	97.1%	90.4%	78.5%
Louisiana	365	36.4%	16.7%	10.1%	17,725	92.5%	72.5%	54.5%
Maine	181	28.7%	12.2%	8.3%	7,586	90.6%	76.0%	59.1%
Maryland	298	37.9%	21.5%	12.4%	15,890	93.3%	80.6%	62.9%
Massachusetts	676	31.5%	9.5%	4.6%	21,395	86.4%	57.9%	34.1%
Michigan	771	28.8%	12.2%	6.5%	30,162	90.2%	74.3%	52.9%
Minnesota	578	34.3%	19.4%	12.8%	44,060	95.2%	87.8%	71.5%
Mississippi	179	43.6%	26.3%	16.2%	28,850	98.1%	93.9%	82.9%
Missouri	479	33.8%	18.8%	12.9%	40,080	96.0%	89.2%	82.8%
Montana	159	17.0%	7.5%	5.7%	2,200	D	D	D
Nebraska	254	35.4%	23.6%	16.5%	33,480	97.5%	93.8%	87.9%
Nevada	102	31.4%	14.7%	9.8%	3,093	88.3%	66.3%	42.4%
New Hampshire	83	27.7%	10.8%	6.0%	2,101	D	65.9%	39.4%
New Jersey	942	27.5%	10.5%	4.9%	27,903	86.5%	63.3%	36.2%
New Mexico	134	26.9%	15.7%	8.2%	3,893	87.5%	75.5%	44.1%
New York	2,011	20.4%	6.4%	2.9%	49,972	83.2%	61.6%	38.3%
North Carolina	479	37.2%	18.2%	11.9%	51,442	96.8%	90.2%	84.7%
North Dakota	102	34.3%	19.6%	10.8%	5,202	93.5%	83.8%	53.1%
Ohio	858	34.7%	16.6%	9.1%	51,401	93.5%	82.0%	67.2%
Oklahoma	230	34.3%	22.2%	14.8%	15,281	95.1%	88.5%	75.3%
Oregon	403	33.5%	18.6%	9.4%	18,581	91.6%	78.6%	54.9%
Pennsylvania	1,228	33.4%	13.9%	6.7%	73,818	93.3%	80.9%	61.7%
Rhode Island	128	21.9%	6.3%	2.3%	2,708	76.0%	38.7%	5.3%
South Carolina	201	34.8%	20.9%	14.4%	16,714	96.8%	91.0%	79.6%
South Dakota	88	36.4%	23.9%	20.5%	7,013	95.9%	89.0%	83.1%
Tennessee	311	40.5%	26.0%	18.0%	38,492	97.7%	92.6%	84.3%
Texas	1,441	28.0%	12.4%	6.2%	87,226	94.0%	83.3%	68.9%
Utah	247	36.4%	16.2%	7.7%	13,990	93.0%	79.3%	53.9%
Vermont	140	29.3%	11.4%	8.6%	4,232	86.5%	62.2%	52.8%
Virginia	364	34.9%	18.4%	11.5%	32,988	96.0%	89.0%	80.0%
Washington	673	33.6%	14.7%	8.2%	33,753	93.5%	76.8%	60.1%
West Virginia	91	18.7%	11.0%	7.7%	4,861	D	D	D
Wisconsin	807	43.1%	20.0%	11.3%	60,872	95.2%	83.1%	66.4%
Wyoming	60	15.0%	8.3%	8.3%	665	D	D	D

D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

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Source: Statistics of U.S. Businesses

Last modified: July 13 2011   Questions?