U.S. - Ophthalmic goods 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	494	26.5%	9.3%	4.5%	23,982	92.2%	78.5%	67.8%
	2007	512	26.0%	8.4%	4.1%	24,492	92.7%	78.4%	69.7%
	2006	499	26.1%	8.8%	4.6%	24,302	92.6%	79.0%	70.4%
	2005	504	26.4%	8.9%	4.6%	24,833	92.5%	78.7%	67.1%
	2004	496	29.4%	9.9%	5.0%	24,771	92.6%	77.4%	68.2%
	2003	490	30.0%	9.8%	4.9%	23,180	92.4%	76.2%	64.6%
	2002	428	26.4%	10.7%	5.4%	24,311	93.8%	83.3%	71.6%
	2001	458	25.8%	11.1%	5.5%	26,753	93.6%	84.5%	71.5%
	2000	466	25.8%	11.6%	5.2%	27,913	93.6%	85.3%	69.9%
	1999	480	26.0%	11.3%	5.2%	27,158	93.4%	84.2%	69.4%
	1998	494	25.1%	10.7%	5.3%	27,874	93.2%	82.9%	69.2%