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Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2001:
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By detailed employment size By year By state
 
U.S. - Social assistance 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 98,286 132,230 2,041,633 34,703,979
Firms with no employees (as of March 12) 8,377 8,427 0 228,213
Firms with 1 to 4 employees 35,546 35,615 74,548 1,178,300
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 17,559 17,715 118,244 1,815,377
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 16,384 16,915 223,516 3,371,745
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 15,631 22,369 585,750 10,087,031
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 4,027 18,557 608,163 10,948,639
Firms with 500 employees or more 762 12,632 431,412 7,074,674
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

 

 

U.S. - Social assistance - 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 115,531 22.2% 5.3% 1.0% 2,616,342 81.2% 52.9% 24.0%
link to 2007 detail 2007 113,068 21.6% 4.9% 0.9% 2,459,657 80.7% 51.8% 23.3%
link to 2006 detail 2006 112,083 21.3% 4.9% 0.9% 2,404,403 80.3% 51.4% 22.5%
link to 2005 detail 2005 111,439 20.5% 4.8% 0.8% 2,321,402 79.9% 51.6% 22.3%
link to 2004 detail 2004 108,785 20.4% 4.7% 0.8% 2,228,951 79.5% 51.0% 21.8%
link to 2003 detail 2003 106,239 20.4% 4.8% 0.8% 2,188,670 79.6% 51.3% 22.0%
link to 2002 detail 2002 102,620 20.4% 4.8% 0.8% 2,090,743 79.5% 51.1% 21.3%
link to 2001 detail 2001 98,286 20.8% 4.9% 0.8% 2,041,633 79.6% 50.9% 21.1%
link to 2000 detail 2000 96,080 20.5% 4.8% 0.8% 1,935,699 79.0% 49.8% 20.3%
link to 1999 detail 1999 93,854 20.0% 4.7% 0.7% 1,830,338 78.2% 48.9% 19.5%
link to 1998 detail 1998 94,365 19.2% 4.4% 0.7% 1,753,492 77.4% 48.0% 18.9%

 

 

Social assistance 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 98,286 20.8% 4.9% 0.8% 2,041,633 79.6% 50.9% 21.1%
Alabama 1,542 18.2% 4.0% 0.9% 23,067 68.2% 35.3% 7.6%
Alaska 352 23.0% 7.4% 2.3% 8,016 81.2% 54.1% 23.1%
Arizona 1,232 27.3% 7.3% 2.7% 30,463 82.7% 52.3% 25.6%
Arkansas 1,034 18.9% 5.9% 1.5% 19,756 79.1% 53.5% 17.5%
California 10,624 18.8% 5.0% 1.0% 202,666 81.0% 53.5% 21.9%
Colorado 1,576 21.0% 5.1% 1.3% 30,465 78.1% 48.3% 20.6%
Connecticut 1,488 26.7% 7.9% 1.4% 33,436 79.9% 49.8% 10.2%
Delaware 372 27.2% 10.2% 4.8% (5000-9999) D D D
District of Columbia 459 34.4% 11.5% 5.2% 10,954 82.7% 49.6% 23.0%
Florida 4,823 18.3% 4.8% 1.2% 92,148 75.5% 50.2% 26.0%
Georgia 2,657 22.1% 4.0% 1.7% 49,092 75.8% 42.1% 22.8%
Hawaii 281 31.3% 10.3% 2.8% 8,618 88.2% 62.5% 14.7%
Idaho 646 13.6% 4.0% 1.5% 7,510 64.1% 33.4% 9.3%
Illinois 3,623 26.4% 7.4% 1.7% 97,538 84.7% 58.6% 26.7%
Indiana 2,163 19.5% 6.0% 1.4% 42,317 79.9% 54.0% 18.7%
Iowa 1,289 22.4% 7.7% 1.9% 24,307 D 51.3% 14.7%
Kansas 1,148 19.6% 6.0% 2.1% 21,279 D 54.3% 26.6%
Kentucky 1,443 21.1% 6.7% 1.8% 28,082 76.0% 50.3% 18.8%
Louisiana 1,760 18.5% 4.3% 1.4% 29,291 70.6% 39.9% 16.1%
Maine 865 17.7% 7.2% 1.5% 16,016 83.4% 59.3% 22.7%
Maryland 1,781 24.0% 7.5% 2.1% 42,689 83.3% 57.2% 22.3%
Massachusetts 2,519 27.9% 9.6% 2.4% 70,963 84.5% 60.3% 24.7%
Michigan 3,496 17.2% 5.3% 1.3% 61,168 79.1% 52.2% 18.2%
Minnesota 2,244 23.1% 6.8% 1.7% 51,268 85.0% 57.6% 24.8%
Mississippi 1,086 13.8% 4.1% 1.4% 15,068 67.7% 46.2% 22.5%
Missouri 2,336 21.8% 5.7% 1.3% 46,702 79.4% 46.3% 13.4%
Montana 751 13.3% 4.3% 1.3% (5000-9999) D D D
Nebraska 842 13.8% 5.2% 1.7% 13,064 74.2% 53.6% 18.3%
Nevada 456 28.5% 6.6% 3.5% 9,397 81.1% 43.7% 23.6%
New Hampshire 746 19.0% 5.8% 2.0% 12,753 73.9% 47.1% 7.7%
New Jersey 2,655 26.3% 5.7% 1.2% 59,321 78.0% 45.2% 16.9%
New Mexico 653 24.3% 6.7% 2.9% 12,685 79.9% 46.1% 13.7%
New York 5,930 28.8% 8.5% 2.1% 188,065 87.8% 62.9% 30.3%
North Carolina 3,395 19.2% 3.7% 0.9% 51,008 67.6% 33.2% 12.7%
North Dakota 368 22.0% 7.6% 1.9% (5000-9999) D D D
Ohio 3,285 28.5% 7.1% 1.6% 85,418 83.3% 51.9% 21.3%
Oklahoma 1,422 18.6% 4.7% 1.6% 25,336 76.4% 45.7% 22.3%
Oregon 1,361 20.1% 7.1% 2.0% 25,073 79.9% 52.4% 20.4%
Pennsylvania 4,188 25.4% 7.0% 1.8% 102,960 82.6% 54.4% 23.1%
Rhode Island 461 27.3% 10.2% 3.0% 10,675 81.1% 53.6% 13.2%
South Carolina 1,506 16.0% 3.4% 1.1% 22,207 66.5% 35.8% 14.1%
South Dakota 415 19.5% 8.2% 2.7% (5000-9999) D D D
Tennessee 2,132 17.9% 4.2% 1.3% 32,432 70.3% 38.1% 13.1%
Texas 6,302 20.9% 3.3% 0.9% 115,669 73.7% 39.8% 23.0%
Utah 569 20.0% 5.1% 2.3% 9,179 71.9% 37.1% 17.6%
Vermont 476 13.2% 4.0% 1.7% (5000-9999) D D D
Virginia 2,380 22.9% 5.6% 1.8% 47,288 78.9% 47.5% 21.1%
Washington 3,153 15.8% 3.6% 1.1% 48,014 77.1% 45.9% 22.0%
West Virginia 626 27.8% 9.9% 1.8% 15,248 83.4% 51.3% 9.8%
Wisconsin 2,252 23.2% 6.3% 1.5% 50,949 80.0% 51.9% 14.8%
Wyoming 307 23.5% 6.5% 2.3% (5000-9999) D D D
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure

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Source: Statistics of U.S. Businesses

Last modified: July 13 2011   Questions?