U.S. - Information - 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	72,749	15.7%	4.3%	1.5%	3,434,234	92.9%	83.5%	73.3%
	2007	75,686	14.4%	3.9%	1.4%	3,399,313	92.7%	83.7%	74.2%
	2006	74,952	14.9%	4.0%	1.4%	3,396,246	92.6%	83.2%	73.7%
	2005	75,261	15.0%	4.0%	1.5%	3,402,599	92.7%	83.3%	73.8%
	2004	75,271	15.3%	4.1%	1.5%	3,472,427	92.8%	83.3%	73.8%
	2003	75,786	15.6%	4.2%	1.6%	3,599,902	93.0%	83.7%	74.4%
	2002	77,605	14.6%	3.9%	1.4%	3,536,120	92.6%	83.6%	74.4%
	2001	77,459	15.9%	4.2%	1.5%	3,754,698	92.8%	83.3%	73.5%
	2000	79,565	15.4%	4.0%	1.4%	3,545,731	92.3%	82.1%	71.9%
	1999	77,052	14.8%	3.8%	1.3%	3,234,530	91.8%	81.7%	71.8%
	1998	75,299	14.9%	3.8%	1.3%	3,142,024	91.6%	81.4%	71.3%

Information 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	77,459	15.9%	4.2%	1.5%	3,754,698	92.8%	83.3%	73.5%
	Alabama	866	25.6%	14.9%	12.0%	36,877	91.5%	81.1%	74.3%
	Alaska	226	27.9%	15.5%	10.6%	6,431	87.3%	73.3%	57.0%
	Arizona	1,301	24.9%	15.9%	12.2%	57,983	93.3%	86.7%	80.9%
	Arkansas	564	26.4%	14.5%	11.3%	29,728	92.7%	85.7%	82.1%
	California	14,854	17.1%	6.1%	2.8%	565,276	92.1%	80.7%	68.6%
	Colorado	2,044	24.9%	14.9%	10.1%	114,503	94.7%	88.0%	77.7%
	Connecticut	1,182	28.3%	15.4%	10.3%	52,607	93.0%	81.3%	67.2%
	Delaware	249	26.9%	17.3%	15.3%	8,799	93.2%	84.0%	78.8%
	District of Columbia	542	37.3%	24.9%	18.5%	25,619	94.9%	86.6%	73.5%
	Florida	4,605	16.4%	8.3%	5.6%	181,754	92.5%	84.7%	77.6%
	Georgia	2,425	26.4%	14.3%	9.5%	150,686	95.2%	87.7%	79.8%
	Hawaii	322	23.3%	14.3%	12.4%	9,333	89.5%	D	77.0%
	Idaho	401	30.4%	18.0%	14.7%	11,878	89.2%	74.0%	64.9%
	Illinois	3,436	25.4%	13.6%	8.6%	149,111	93.0%	83.6%	73.3%
	Indiana	1,205	29.3%	15.9%	11.0%	48,309	92.4%	79.8%	67.1%
	Iowa	896	26.1%	13.6%	9.6%	45,250	92.4%	84.2%	76.7%
	Kansas	852	27.3%	16.2%	13.1%	47,138	94.0%	87.4%	82.2%
	Kentucky	859	27.4%	16.6%	11.6%	30,838	90.7%	80.8%	69.8%
	Louisiana	698	27.8%	17.0%	13.6%	29,062	91.1%	81.8%	74.6%
	Maine	484	21.7%	12.8%	8.5%	13,431	87.1%	76.7%	57.7%
	Maryland	1,615	25.2%	14.4%	10.2%	70,119	92.9%	84.0%	73.0%
	Massachusetts	2,534	28.5%	14.4%	8.4%	130,720	93.7%	82.8%	69.1%
	Michigan	2,126	23.9%	12.5%	9.2%	94,266	92.7%	83.3%	77.1%
	Minnesota	1,755	24.8%	12.8%	9.3%	66,321	90.9%	78.9%	68.6%
	Mississippi	471	27.8%	17.8%	14.4%	19,483	90.9%	81.7%	73.8%
	Missouri	1,439	26.1%	14.8%	10.5%	84,426	93.9%	86.8%	79.0%
	Montana	368	21.2%	12.8%	9.0%	8,811	84.6%	74.1%	58.9%
	Nebraska	543	29.1%	16.8%	12.3%	28,496	93.2%	84.8%	76.2%
	Nevada	669	22.7%	16.1%	11.8%	19,968	90.7%	83.2%	74.7%
	New Hampshire	541	28.8%	17.6%	13.5%	15,333	89.4%	74.6%	51.6%
	New Jersey	2,626	21.1%	10.7%	6.9%	130,137	93.8%	85.6%	77.3%
	New Mexico	500	25.2%	16.4%	13.6%	15,305	89.1%	77.9%	69.3%
	New York	7,883	19.1%	7.3%	3.9%	323,167	92.6%	81.7%	70.6%
	North Carolina	1,732	24.8%	13.2%	10.0%	79,581	92.8%	83.0%	76.3%
	North Dakota	259	32.8%	17.4%	12.7%	8,076	88.6%	68.3%	52.6%
	Ohio	2,117	25.1%	13.5%	10.0%	116,194	93.6%	85.7%	78.4%
	Oklahoma	878	23.9%	15.1%	11.2%	37,229	92.1%	85.0%	75.2%
	Oregon	1,158	24.6%	14.1%	9.2%	40,341	90.8%	79.8%	64.0%
	Pennsylvania	2,904	24.7%	12.5%	7.7%	144,219	92.8%	83.4%	72.7%
	Rhode Island	270	29.6%	17.4%	14.1%	10,495	91.6%	79.3%	70.9%
	South Carolina	692	27.5%	17.8%	13.4%	28,087	92.8%	84.9%	76.8%
	South Dakota	282	29.1%	15.6%	11.7%	7,575	86.5%	68.3%	58.1%
	Tennessee	1,495	24.0%	13.1%	9.7%	53,147	90.8%	79.3%	70.9%
	Texas	4,978	21.9%	10.6%	6.4%	268,482	93.8%	85.7%	78.2%
	Utah	802	26.4%	16.2%	11.8%	29,348	92.2%	82.4%	70.5%
	Vermont	398	19.3%	10.1%	7.3%	6,900	79.0%	60.0%	47.8%
	Virginia	2,195	27.9%	15.0%	9.6%	131,903	94.7%	86.7%	77.0%
	Washington	1,894	26.4%	14.5%	10.1%	103,800	94.3%	86.6%	78.2%
	West Virginia	338	29.9%	16.9%	12.7%	12,384	90.5%	79.5%	71.8%
	Wisconsin	1,227	28.4%	14.1%	9.5%	51,906	91.6%	79.6%	66.1%
	Wyoming	216	33.3%	14.4%	11.1%	3,866	82.3%	D	38.3%

D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

U.S. - Information 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 +
	51	Information	77,459	15.9%	4.2%	1.5%	3,754,698	92.8%	83.3%	73.5%
	511	Publishing industries	25,117	19.9%	5.8%	2.2%	1,100,931	91.4%	78.3%	63.6%
	512	Motion picture & sound recording industries	18,821	8.1%	1.7%	0.6%	297,143	82.4%	67.6%	57.0%
	513	Broadcasting & telecommunications	17,641	18.9%	5.3%	2.1%	1,777,015	96.2%	90.9%	85.6%
	514	Information services & data processing services	16,275	17.5%	5.6%	2.4%	579,609	90.5%	77.5%	63.7%

D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

U.S. - Information 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 +
	511	Publishing industries				25,117	19.9%	5.8%	2.2%	1,100,931	91.4%	78.3%	63.6%
	5111		Newspaper, periodical, book, & database publishers			17,095	18.0%	5.0%	1.9%	747,587	91.1%	79.2%	66.2%
	51111			Newspaper publishers		6,055	21.2%	5.7%	2.1%	413,951	93.7%	84.8%	75.0%
	51112			Periodical publishers		5,185	16.7%	5.4%	2.2%	133,245	85.2%	67.9%	48.2%
	51113			Book publishers		2,522	18.2%	6.8%	3.2%	89,676	91.2%	77.9%	63.1%
	51114			Database & directory publishers		1,164	20.4%	7.9%	4.7%	45,096	90.3%	77.9%	64.2%
	51119			Other publishers		2,381	18.6%	6.7%	3.6%	65,619	87.3%	70.0%	53.3%
	511191				Greeting card publishers	88	27.3%	13.6%	3.4%	17,432	98.3%	D	D
	511199				All other publishers	2,294	18.3%	6.4%	3.6%	48,187	83.3%	D	D
	5112		Software publishers			8,057	24.3%	7.8%	3.2%	353,344	91.9%	76.3%	58.1%
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 +
	512	Motion picture & sound recording industries				18,821	8.1%	1.7%	0.6%	297,143	82.4%	67.6%	57.0%
	5121		Motion picture & video industries			15,762	8.4%	1.7%	0.7%	270,137	83.9%	69.5%	59.4%
	51211			Motion picture & video production		10,226	5.3%	1.1%	0.5%	96,892	76.2%	59.9%	50.6%
	51212			Motion picture & video distribution		512	12.9%	3.5%	1.6%	5,870	71.1%	44.6%	28.6%
	51213			Motion picture & video exhibition		2,148	21.4%	4.3%	1.6%	132,661	92.9%	83.0%	74.1%
	512131				Motion picture theaters (except drive-ins)	1,907	23.2%	4.8%	1.8%	130,938	93.2%	83.5%	74.7%
	512132				Drive-in motion picture theaters	263	12.2%	3.8%	1.5%	1,723	73.7%	46.4%	26.6%
	51219			Postproduction & other motion picture & video industries		2,913	10.1%	2.3%	1.0%	34,714	72.9%	49.1%	33.2%
	512191				Teleproduction & other postproduction services	2,585	9.9%	2.1%	0.8%	30,161	72.5%	47.7%	31.2%
	512199				Other motion picture & video industries	337	13.6%	5.6%	3.0%	4,553	75.3%	58.2%	46.6%
	5122		Sound recording industries			3,072	6.5%	1.7%	0.7%	27,006	67.8%	48.2%	33.1%
	51221			Record production		262	7.3%	0.8%	0.8%	1,225	51.4%	D	D
	51222			Integrated record production/distribution		261	11.1%	5.0%	2.3%	8,794	91.0%	84.0%	74.3%
	51223			Music publishers		613	8.3%	3.3%	1.8%	5,050	68.2%	47.4%	25.5%
	51224			Sound recording studios		1,599	5.3%	1.1%	0.4%	8,449	44.9%	14.6%	0.6%
	51229			Other sound recording industries		347	7.5%	2.6%	1.2%	3,488	70.1%	D	D
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 +
	513	Broadcasting & telecommunications				17,641	18.9%	5.3%	2.1%	1,777,015	96.2%	90.9%	85.6%
	5131		Radio & television broadcasting			5,631	23.2%	6.1%	2.5%	269,384	90.1%	76.8%	65.9%
	51311			Radio broadcasting		4,606	20.1%	4.3%	1.9%	142,650	83.4%	65.5%	55.9%
	513111				Radio networks	286	29.0%	13.6%	7.3%	12,168	92.6%	79.6%	64.5%
	513112				Radio stations	4,343	19.9%	4.1%	1.8%	130,482	82.6%	64.2%	55.1%
	51312			Television broadcasting		1,081	40.0%	17.8%	8.2%	126,734	97.7%	89.6%	77.2%
	5132		Cable networks & program distribution			1,713	20.8%	9.1%	5.0%	245,448	97.6%	94.2%	90.0%
	51321			Cable networks		361	35.5%	18.8%	11.9%	41,022	97.2%	91.0%	78.5%
	51322			Cable & other program distribution		1,379	18.6%	8.3%	4.9%	204,426	97.7%	94.9%	92.3%
	5133		Telecommunications			10,419	17.1%	5.2%	2.1%	1,262,183	97.2%	93.3%	88.9%
	51331			Wired telecommunications carriers		3,279	25.2%	7.9%	3.3%	905,518	98.7%	96.3%	93.6%
	51332			Wireless telecommunications carriers (except satellite)		3,890	14.0%	4.3%	2.1%	256,558	94.8%	89.1%	84.6%
	513321				Paging	2,023	12.1%	3.4%	1.7%	72,452	90.6%	81.3%	75.2%
	513322				Cellular & other wireless telecommunications	1,892	17.1%	6.5%	3.4%	184,106	96.4%	92.2%	88.3%
	51333			Telecommunications resellers		1,791	17.0%	7.0%	3.5%	59,941	90.2%	77.6%	59.8%
	51334			Satellite telecommunications		528	20.8%	11.2%	6.4%	21,259	91.7%	82.6%	62.2%
	51339			Other telecommunications		1,074	12.4%	5.0%	2.4%	18,907	83.1%	67.5%	46.3%
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 +
	514	Information services & data processing services				16,275	17.5%	5.6%	2.4%	579,609	90.5%	77.5%	63.7%
	5141		Information services			11,652	15.7%	4.6%	1.9%	262,068	84.5%	65.2%	46.2%
	51411			News syndicates		300	22.3%	12.0%	8.3%	12,205	93.5%	85.0%	72.6%
	51412			Libraries & archives		2,435	12.6%	2.2%	0.8%	36,129	72.0%	45.8%	28.5%
	51419			Other information services		8,934	16.5%	5.1%	2.2%	213,734	86.1%	67.4%	47.7%
	514191				On-line information services	8,450	16.2%	5.1%	2.2%	202,142	86.1%	67.6%	48.1%
	514199				All other information services	502	23.3%	9.0%	4.8%	11,592	86.2%	62.6%	40.8%
	5142		Data processing services			4,667	22.6%	9.0%	4.4%	317,541	95.5%	87.6%	78.2%

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Last modified: July 13 2011   Questions?