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Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2001:
Oil & gas extraction
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By detailed employment size By year By state
 
U.S. - Oil & gas extraction by Employment Size of Enterprise
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Employment size of enterprise Firms Estab-
lish-
ments		 Paid
employees		 Annual
payroll
($1,000)
All firms 6,435 7,691 87,980 6,217,777
Firms with no employees (as of March 12) 741 741 0 39,391
Firms with 1 to 4 employees 3,734 3,750 7,386 264,648
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 947 959 6,153 266,432
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 479 506 6,286 299,754
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 356 453 12,369 742,945
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 86 238 10,290 786,895
Firms with 500 employees or more 92 1,044 45,496 3,817,712
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

 

 

U.S. - Oil and gas extraction - by Year
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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 6,641 8.9% 3.0% 1.4% 107,100 80.6% 67.5% 52.9%
link to 2007 detail 2007 6,528 10.6% 3.5% 1.6% 141,809 84.8% 72.9% 59.5%
link to 2006 detail 2006 6,606 8.2% 2.7% 1.4% 92,683 77.7% 63.3% 50.6%
link to 2005 detail 2005 6,317 8.2% 2.8% 1.4% 85,562 77.3% 62.8% 49.0%
link to 2004 detail 2004 6,288 8.3% 2.8% 1.5% 82,879 77.1% 62.9% 49.2%
link to 2003 detail 2003 6,273 8.3% 2.9% 1.4% 83,447 77.6% 63.8% 48.3%
link to 2002 detail 2002 6,317 8.5% 2.9% 1.5% 88,280 78.1% 64.4% 51.2%
link to 2001 detail 2001 6,435 8.3% 2.8% 1.4% 87,980 77.5% 63.4% 51.7%
link to 2000 detail 2000 6,472 8.0% 2.7% 1.5% 83,012 76.9% 62.1% 50.1%
link to 1999 detail 1999 6,345 7.9% 3.0% 1.6% 90,012 78.7% 66.3% 54.5%
link to 1998 detail 1998 6,723 8.2% 2.7% 1.5% 97,039 78.4% 65.3% 53.4%

 

 

Oil & gas extraction 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 6,435 8.3% 2.8% 1.4% 87,980 77.5% 63.4% 51.7%
Alabama 30 46.7% 43.3% 30.0% 775 D D 82.8%
Alaska 13 84.6% 76.9% 61.5% 2,771 D D D
Arizona 15 33.3% 20.0% 13.3% (100-249) D D D
Arkansas 89 16.9% 11.2% 10.1% 629 59.3% D 34.7%
California 186 21.0% 11.3% 7.0% 4,812 87.7% 77.0% 62.1%
Colorado 355 16.9% 11.3% 7.6% 4,253 79.8% 64.8% 39.5%
Connecticut 6 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% (1-19) D D D
Delaware 12 16.7% 16.7% 8.3% (20-99) D D D
District of Columbia 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% (1-19) D D D
Florida 30 10.0% 10.0% 10.0% (100-249) D D D
Georgia 5 60.0% 60.0% 60.0% 23 D D D
Hawaii 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% (1-19) D D D
Idaho 2 100.0%100.0% 100.0% (1-19) D D D
Illinois 173 7.5% 2.3% 2.3% 737 29.9% D D
Indiana 53 7.5% 3.8% 1.9% 246 D D D
Iowa 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% (1-19) D D D
Kansas 371 10.8% 6.2% 5.4% 2,606 54.0% D 32.5%
Kentucky 78 14.1% 3.8% 2.6% 611 D D D
Louisiana 357 21.8% 13.4% 10.9% 11,298 D D 78.3%
Maine 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% (1-19) D D D
Maryland 4 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% (1-19) D D D
Massachusetts 5 20.0% 20.0% 20.0% (1-19) D D D
Michigan 94 25.5% 13.8% 7.4% 1,080 75.3% 50.0% 19.4%
Minnesota 13 23.1% 15.4% 15.4% (20-99) D D D
Mississippi 86 20.9% 14.0% 10.5% 473 51.0% D 11.4%
Missouri 21 19.0% 9.5% 9.5% 72 22.2% D D
Montana 66 21.2% 15.2% 12.1% 320 53.4% D 25.6%
Nebraska 20 10.0% 5.0% 5.0% 84 D D D
Nevada 13 7.7% 7.7% 7.7% 44 D D D
New Hampshire 2 50.0% 50.0% 50.0% (1-19) D D D
New Jersey 12 33.3% 33.3% 25.0% (20-99) D D D
New Mexico 180 30.0% 18.9% 15.0% 2,651 D D 54.3%
New York 49 16.3% 14.3% 6.1% 373 63.5% D D
North Carolina 7 28.6% 14.3% 14.3% (20-99) D D D
North Dakota 30 33.3% 23.3% 20.0% 996 D D D
Ohio 220 9.1% 4.5% 2.7% 1,661 54.4% 32.5% 2.8%
Oklahoma 999 9.9% 5.2% 3.5% 9,470 70.8% 54.8% 40.1%
Oregon 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% (1-19) D D D
Pennsylvania 142 14.8% 8.5% 4.9% 1,567 66.6% 45.9% 34.2%
South Carolina 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% (1-19) D D D
South Dakota 5 20.0% 20.0% 20.0% (20-99) D D D
Tennessee 16 31.3% 18.8% 18.8% 79 D 13.9% 13.9%
Texas 2,712 10.0% 4.0% 2.3% 34,490 76.9% 61.3% 50.0%
Utah 48 45.8% 35.4% 31.3% 825 86.3% D 73.3%
Virginia 21 38.1% 23.8% 19.0% (100-249) D D D
Washington 11 36.4% 36.4% 27.3% 209 D D D
West Virginia 188 11.2% 5.3% 3.2% 1,702 62.7% 45.8% 33.8%
Wisconsin 7 14.3% 14.3% 14.3% (1-19) D D D
Wyoming 159 30.8% 21.4% 16.4% 2,291 D D 66.0%
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

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Source: Statistics of U.S. Businesses

Last modified: July 13 2011   Questions?