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Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2000:
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By detailed employment size By year By state
 
U.S. - Professional, scientific, & technical services 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 670,099 722,698 6,816,216 362,008,229
Firms with no employees (as of March 12) 101,790 101,935 0 6,472,194
Firms with 1 to 4 employees 371,642 371,994 715,763 26,729,616
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 98,278 99,070 640,070 25,096,627
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 53,176 55,217 706,137 31,763,462
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 37,054 45,377 1,383,599 75,082,116
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 5,812 15,633 962,674 58,381,734
Firms with 500 employees or more 2,347 33,472 2,407,973 138,482,480
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

 

 

U.S. - Professional, scientific, and technical services - 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 771,725 6.5% 1.3% 0.4% 8,032,847 71.4% 52.8% 38.9%
link to 2007 detail 2007 787,157 6.5% 1.3% 0.4% 8,179,941 71.4% 52.8% 38.9%
link to 2006 detail 2006 772,025 6.6% 1.3% 0.4% 8,054,094 71.5% 52.6% 38.4%
link to 2005 detail 2005 757,174 6.4% 1.3% 0.4% 7,689,366 71.1% 52.3% 38.3%
link to 2004 detail 2004 734,912 6.5% 1.3% 0.4% 7,569,981 70.9% 52.0% 38.4%
link to 2003 detail 2003 714,790 6.6% 1.3% 0.4% 7,340,246 70.6% 51.7% 38.1%
link to 2002 detail 2002 708,000 6.5% 1.2% 0.4% 7,046,205 69.6% 49.9% 35.8%
link to 2001 detail 2001 682,278 6.9% 1.3% 0.4% 7,156,579 70.5% 50.3% 35.9%
link to 2000 detail 2000 670,099 6.7% 1.2% 0.4% 6,816,216 69.7% 49.5% 35.3%
link to 1999 detail 1999 654,464 6.5% 1.2% 0.3% 6,432,422 68.7% 48.5% 34.9%
link to 1998 detail 1998 641,621 6.3% 1.2% 0.3% 6,052,365 67.6% 47.6% 33.7%

 

 

Professional, scientific, & technical services 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 670,099 6.7% 1.2% 0.4% 6,816,216 69.7% 49.5% 35.3%
Alabama 7,791 9.5% 3.7% 2.1% 72,572 63.9% 42.3% 26.2%
Alaska 1,547 10.4% 5.0% 4.1% 10,918 59.3% 37.6% 31.8%
Arizona 11,763 9.3% 4.0% 2.3% 113,687 70.8% 52.5% 41.3%
Arkansas 4,638 6.2% 2.4% 1.5% 32,262 54.4% 37.3% 25.7%
California 88,543 8.7% 2.3% 0.9% 1,061,160 74.8% 55.5% 41.9%
Colorado 16,856 8.6% 3.7% 2.2% 138,730 67.5% 47.7% 35.7%
Connecticut 9,854 9.6% 3.7% 2.2% 93,567 67.3% 46.3% 32.5%
Delaware 2,093 12.4% 5.5% 3.5% 18,090 67.6% 40.9% 28.3%
District of Columbia 3,892 22.7% 11.7% 6.6% 77,111 84.9% 67.2% 48.2%
Florida 48,364 6.4% 2.0% 1.0% 380,240 64.4% 45.6% 33.8%
Georgia 20,857 9.3% 3.9% 2.1% 202,537 71.3% 52.7% 39.6%
Hawaii 2,604 9.9% 4.8% 3.3% 18,804 55.1% 28.6% 17.2%
Idaho 2,832 9.5% 4.4% 3.0% 25,582 65.6% 49.3% 40.3%
Illinois 33,743 8.6% 3.1% 1.5% 355,199 72.9% 55.0% 41.3%
Indiana 10,778 9.1% 3.2% 1.8% 90,126 61.0% 36.6% 23.6%
Iowa 5,253 8.4% 2.9% 1.9% 38,618 54.9% 29.8% 20.8%
Kansas 6,084 9.7% 4.3% 2.5% 53,304 65.7% 45.3% 31.7%
Kentucky 6,843 9.0% 3.9% 2.1% 54,483 58.4% 36.8% 20.4%
Louisiana 9,669 8.5% 2.9% 1.7% 76,375 59.6% 35.1% 21.6%
Maine 3,015 7.4% 3.1% 2.1% 20,695 55.0% 32.8% 22.9%
Maryland 15,603 11.0% 4.1% 2.0% 192,610 76.6% 56.7% 39.3%
Massachusetts 20,368 10.3% 3.9% 2.0% 232,109 73.9% 53.6% 36.6%
Michigan 20,119 9.7% 3.3% 1.6% 208,560 69.8% 48.1% 29.1%
Minnesota 14,409 8.5% 3.1% 1.7% 122,574 67.5% 45.0% 27.8%
Mississippi 3,952 8.0% 3.2% 2.0% 26,724 52.4% 29.3% 21.3%
Missouri 11,647 9.7% 3.8% 2.1% 119,221 69.0% 49.4% 34.8%
Montana 2,502 6.6% 2.8% 1.7% 14,727 48.4% 30.2% 15.7%
Nebraska 3,483 10.2% 4.4% 3.0% 32,705 67.0% 45.1% 34.4%
Nevada 5,282 10.4% 4.3% 2.4% 40,793 65.4% 40.7% 25.7%
New Hampshire 3,758 8.1% 3.2% 1.9% 24,267 53.3% 30.7% 20.0%
New Jersey 29,160 8.4% 2.8% 1.4% 262,672 69.4% 47.6% 33.1%
New Mexico 3,981 10.1% 4.8% 3.1% 37,349 68.0% 51.6% 39.6%
New York 50,842 8.3% 2.4% 1.1% 535,845 72.5% 52.3% 37.9%
North Carolina 16,765 8.8% 3.4% 1.9% 149,863 64.8% 44.3% 31.5%
North Dakota 1,187 8.9% 2.9% 1.6% 9,081 59.4% 35.4% 16.6%
Ohio 22,206 9.8% 3.2% 1.6% 229,546 68.5% 46.3% 32.0%
Oklahoma 7,666 7.0% 2.8% 1.7% 52,662 55.8% 35.7% 22.6%
Oregon 9,296 8.1% 3.3% 1.9% 66,901 58.2% 36.8% 22.0%
Pennsylvania 25,362 10.2% 3.4% 1.7% 295,444 72.7% 52.1% 37.1%
Rhode Island 2,692 8.6% 3.7% 2.6% 18,152 56.4% 32.2% 23.3%
South Carolina 7,518 8.9% 3.6% 2.1% 60,460 60.4% 39.8% 26.8%
South Dakota 1,456 6.3% 2.8% 1.6% 8,298 42.1% 24.2% 11.8%
Tennessee 9,424 10.4% 4.0% 2.3% 95,083 67.3% 46.9% 33.8%
Texas 45,940 8.4% 2.6% 1.3% 445,044 68.1% 46.8% 34.7%
Utah 5,201 12.1% 5.1% 3.2% 50,856 71.8% 45.4% 28.2%
Vermont 1,891 6.5% 2.5% 1.6% 11,160 47.3% 27.1% 18.3%
Virginia 19,336 11.8% 4.7% 2.1% 287,437 80.2% 63.2% 45.7%
Washington 15,440 9.1% 3.5% 2.0% 136,540 66.8% 45.7% 30.4%
West Virginia 2,704 10.3% 4.3% 2.7% 20,135 54.8% 28.3% 15.5%
Wisconsin 10,129 9.8% 3.4% 1.8% 89,025 61.9% 37.0% 21.7%
Wyoming 1,424 6.0% 2.5% 1.5% 6,313 33.2% 12.0% 8.2%
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

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Source: Statistics of U.S. Businesses

Last modified: July 13 2011   Questions?