U.S. - Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction - 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	21,288	16.5%	4.7%	1.6%	629,271	88.3%	73.1%	57.4%
	2007	20,682	18.5%	5.1%	1.7%	700,887	89.7%	74.3%	59.7%
	2006	20,583	16.3%	4.4%	1.6%	554,333	87.0%	70.3%	55.9%
	2005	19,406	16.0%	4.2%	1.6%	497,272	86.4%	69.3%	55.8%
	2004	18,605	16.0%	4.2%	1.7%	470,280	86.2%	69.0%	55.1%
	2003	18,210	15.6%	4.3%	1.7%	454,550	85.9%	69.2%	55.8%
	2002	18,475	15.6%	4.3%	1.7%	465,775	86.0%	69.5%	56.1%
	2001	19,340	15.5%	4.1%	1.7%	485,565	86.2%	69.4%	55.8%
	2000	18,756	15.3%	4.2%	1.8%	456,128	85.8%	69.0%	56.0%
	1999	18,828	15.1%	4.2%	1.8%	456,645	86.0%	69.6%	57.1%
	1998	19,831	15.9%	4.2%	1.7%	497,849	86.1%	68.8%	56.0%

Mining by State
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More data	State	Firms by employment size of enterprise				Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
		Total	20 +	100 +	500 +	Total	20 +	100 +	500 +
	United States	19,340	15.5%	4.1%	1.7%	485,565	86.2%	69.4%	55.8%
	Alabama	205	43.4%	22.4%	17.6%	7,353	92.1%	71.9%	66.1%
	Alaska	104	45.2%	31.7%	21.2%	9,698	98.5%	92.7%	75.5%
	Arizona	179	29.6%	15.6%	10.6%	10,008	D	D	D
	Arkansas	245	22.9%	13.9%	10.6%	3,446	75.9%	58.9%	41.5%
	California	777	25.7%	11.7%	7.3%	23,068	88.5%	72.8%	58.3%
	Colorado	873	19.1%	10.9%	7.2%	12,784	82.4%	65.4%	45.5%
	Connecticut	57	19.3%	3.5%	3.5%	576	68.8%	D	D
	Delaware	20	25.0%	20.0%	10.0%	(100-249)	D	D	D
	District of Columbia	4	75.0%	75.0%	50.0%	(1-19)	D	D	D
	Florida	215	25.1%	14.9%	11.2%	5,742	89.7%	77.0%	64.2%
	Georgia	156	28.8%	19.2%	15.4%	6,839	91.1%	84.5%	78.2%
	Hawaii	10	20.0%	20.0%	10.0%	(100-249)	D	D	D
	Idaho	112	23.2%	12.5%	8.0%	1,950	78.3%	D	D
	Illinois	493	16.2%	7.9%	5.9%	8,780	81.1%	D	D
	Indiana	223	28.3%	13.9%	9.4%	5,449	D	D	D
	Iowa	81	33.3%	14.8%	6.2%	1,855	D	D	D
	Kansas	821	13.6%	4.8%	3.8%	7,091	61.4%	30.8%	21.1%
	Kentucky	534	32.6%	10.5%	5.1%	18,361	90.6%	68.3%	47.6%
	Louisiana	1,190	27.1%	12.0%	7.3%	46,547	92.6%	79.4%	66.9%
	Maine	28	14.3%	14.3%	7.1%	(20-99)	D	D	D
	Maryland	82	41.5%	15.9%	12.2%	2,160	D	D	49.0%
	Massachusetts	92	30.4%	10.9%	6.5%	(1000-2499)	D	D	D
	Michigan	411	19.7%	9.5%	5.8%	6,224	79.1%	58.1%	44.6%
	Minnesota	143	16.8%	13.3%	9.8%	6,676	93.5%	D	89.5%
	Mississippi	287	27.2%	13.9%	9.8%	4,518	82.2%	57.1%	46.3%
	Missouri	215	27.0%	14.0%	8.8%	4,776	85.3%	68.6%	45.4%
	Montana	258	21.3%	12.4%	9.7%	4,486	85.7%	75.4%	67.9%
	Nebraska	117	15.4%	8.5%	7.7%	1,134	61.6%	D	D
	Nevada	192	29.2%	17.7%	11.5%	9,771	94.1%	87.6%	76.2%
	New Hampshire	40	20.0%	15.0%	7.5%	(250-499)	D	D	D
	New Jersey	110	31.8%	15.5%	10.0%	2,552	D	D	51.9%
	New Mexico	524	31.7%	14.3%	11.1%	14,119	89.7%	71.3%	62.0%
	New York	313	19.8%	10.5%	5.8%	3,805	73.6%	D	D
	North Carolina	119	30.3%	16.8%	10.9%	3,492	86.9%	71.0%	58.7%
	North Dakota	174	27.0%	15.5%	10.3%	4,638	87.0%	74.6%	56.7%
	Ohio	668	19.5%	8.1%	4.9%	11,921	79.5%	57.0%	40.7%
	Oklahoma	2,064	12.7%	4.9%	3.1%	29,215	79.3%	60.8%	48.2%
	Oregon	132	21.2%	6.8%	5.3%	2,218	D	D	30.4%
	Pennsylvania	771	22.7%	7.9%	4.4%	16,775	83.3%	57.5%	42.0%
	Rhode Island	19	26.3%	5.3%	5.3%	196	62.8%	D	D
	South Carolina	51	43.1%	27.5%	23.5%	1,473	D	D	72.0%
	South Dakota	52	30.8%	23.1%	11.5%	1,181	D	D	D
	Tennessee	143	39.9%	18.9%	15.4%	4,096	D	D	D
	Texas	5,481	14.1%	4.4%	2.4%	115,834	84.6%	68.0%	56.0%
	Utah	266	32.3%	18.4%	15.4%	7,996	88.7%	76.6%	66.4%
	Vermont	60	15.0%	6.7%	5.0%	(500-999)	D	D	D
	Virginia	281	42.7%	17.8%	10.3%	11,212	91.2%	67.7%	42.1%
	Washington	170	26.5%	12.9%	9.4%	2,964	D	D	49.6%
	West Virginia	554	26.4%	9.2%	4.3%	19,956	90.5%	72.9%	55.4%
	Wisconsin	155	26.5%	15.5%	11.6%	2,464	75.2%	55.2%	37.4%
	Wyoming	621	25.3%	13.7%	10.1%	17,495	88.8%	77.6%	63.3%

D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

U.S. - Mining by Subsector
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Industry detail	NAICS code	Industry title (with link to definition)	Firms by employment size of enterprise				Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
			Total	20 +	100 +	500 +	Total	20 +	100 +	500 +
	21	Mining	19,340	15.5%	4.1%	1.7%	485,565	86.2%	69.4%	55.8%
	211	Oil & gas extraction	6,435	8.3%	2.8%	1.4%	87,980	77.5%	63.4%	51.7%
	212	Mining (except oil & gas)	4,794	27.3%	9.0%	3.9%	200,735	90.8%	74.9%	60.4%
	213	Support activities for mining	8,222	15.3%	3.3%	1.2%	196,850	85.5%	66.4%	53.0%

D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

U.S. - Mining by Industry
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More data	NAICS code	Industry title (with link to definition)				Firms by employment size of enterprise				Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
						Total	20 +	100 +	500 +	Total	20 +	100 +	500 +
	211	Oil & gas extraction				6,435	8.3%	2.8%	1.4%	87,980	77.5%	63.4%	51.7%
	211111				Crude petroleum & natural gas extraction	6,377	8.1%	2.6%	1.3%	78,394	74.9%	59.5%	46.9%
	211112				Natural gas liquid extraction	84	52.4%	44.0%	34.5%	9,586	98.2%	95.2%	91.0%
More data	NAICS code	Industry title (with link to definition)				Firms by employment size of enterprise				Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
						Total	20 +	100 +	500 +	Total	20 +	100 +	500 +
	212	Mining (except oil & gas)				4,794	27.3%	9.0%	3.9%	200,735	90.8%	74.9%	60.4%
	2121		Coal mining			888	40.1%	12.7%	5.2%	70,999	95.6%	81.5%	65.0%
	212111				Bituminous coal & lignite surface mining	492	42.5%	15.0%	7.7%	31,439	94.8%	D	D
	212112				Bituminous coal underground mining	384	44.0%	16.9%	7.3%	38,848	96.7%	86.5%	71.1%
	212113				Anthracite mining	47	21.3%	6.4%	2.1%	712	69.1%	D	D
	2122		Metal ore mining			381	17.6%	12.3%	7.1%	32,810	97.0%	95.6%	83.6%
	21221			Iron ore mining		34	26.5%	23.5%	17.6%	7,433	98.6%	D	95.7%
	21222			Gold ore & silver ore mining		245	13.1%	8.6%	4.1%	11,222	94.7%	92.8%	73.6%
	212221				Gold ore mining	231	13.4%	9.1%	4.3%	10,717	D	D	77.1%
	212222				Silver ore mining	16	18.8%	12.5%	0.0%	505	D	D	0.0%
	21223			Copper, nickel, lead, & zinc mining		53	28.3%	22.6%	13.2%	10,679	98.8%	98.2%	88.6%
	212231				Lead ore & zinc ore mining	19	31.6%	31.6%	15.8%	1,994	D	D	D
	212234				Copper ore & nickel ore mining	35	28.6%	20.0%	14.3%	8,685	D	D	D
	21229			Other metal ore mining		58	32.8%	22.4%	15.5%	3,476	95.5%	D	74.4%
	212291				Uranium-radium-vanadium ore mining	17	58.8%	29.4%	17.6%	426	92.5%	D	D
	212299				All other metal ore mining	41	22.0%	19.5%	14.6%	3,050	96.0%	D	D
	2123		Nonmetallic mineral mining & quarrying			3,545	25.6%	8.2%	3.7%	96,926	85.2%	63.1%	49.1%
	21231			Stone mining & quarrying		1,312	32.8%	11.3%	5.7%	45,171	88.0%	66.5%	51.5%
	212311				Dimension stone mining & quarrying	282	12.8%	2.8%	1.4%	2,817	60.5%	25.5%	19.1%
	212312				Crushed & broken limestone mining & quarrying	596	44.8%	18.0%	9.4%	26,712	91.2%	71.2%	53.1%
	212313				Crushed & broken granite mining & quarrying	116	44.0%	24.1%	15.5%	7,138	94.6%	81.2%	73.6%
	212319				Other crushed & broken stone mining & quarrying	374	35.3%	14.7%	9.6%	8,504	81.7%	52.8%	38.6%
	21232			Sand, gravel, clay, ceramic & refractory minerals mng & quarrying		2,049	22.9%	8.2%	3.9%	37,703	78.6%	52.9%	39.1%
	212321				Construction sand & gravel mining	1,871	21.4%	7.4%	3.0%	27,968	73.1%	43.8%	27.2%
	212322				Industrial sand mining	81	37.0%	14.8%	13.6%	2,962	D	D	68.9%
	212324				Kaolin & ball clay mining	21	85.7%	57.1%	47.6%	3,257	D	D	84.6%
	212325				Clay & ceramic & refractory minerals mining	98	43.9%	25.5%	20.4%	3,516	D	D	66.6%
	21239			Other nonmetallic mineral mining & quarrying		283	36.4%	18.0%	12.4%	14,052	93.9%	79.8%	68.6%
	212391				Potash, soda, & borate mineral mining	19	63.2%	42.1%	36.8%	4,972	D	D	87.2%
	212392				Phosphate rock mining	12	83.3%	75.0%	66.7%	2,071	D	D	D
	212393				Other chemical & fertilizer mineral mining	39	46.2%	20.5%	15.4%	2,083	94.5%	D	D
	212399				All other nonmetallic mineral mining	220	31.8%	14.5%	9.1%	4,926	85.4%	58.3%	36.9%
More data	NAICS code	Industry title (with link to definition)				Firms by employment size of enterprise				Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
						Total	20 +	100 +	500 +	Total	20 +	100 +	500 +
	213	Support activities for mining				8,222	15.3%	3.3%	1.2%	196,850	85.5%	66.4%	53.0%
	213111				Drilling oil & gas wells	1,435	17.7%	5.9%	2.4%	58,528	91.9%	80.0%	64.9%
	213112				Support activities for oil & gas operations	6,217	14.5%	2.8%	1.0%	127,801	82.9%	61.9%	49.9%
	213113				Support activities for coal mining	303	26.1%	6.3%	3.3%	5,568	79.9%	39.8%	15.7%
	213114				Support activities for metal mining	165	14.5%	6.7%	3.0%	2,315	82.8%	62.7%	36.8%
	213115				Support activities for nonmetallic minerals (except fuels)	137	24.8%	7.3%	4.4%	2,638	81.0%	45.5%	31.8%

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Last modified: July 13 2011   Questions?