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Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2002:
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U.S. - Information - 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-
lish-
ments		 Paid
employees		 Annual
payroll
($1,000)		 Receipts
($1,000)
All firms 77,605 138,590 3,536,120 188,076,999 870,104,283
Firms with no employees (as of March 12) 12,328 12,338 0 1,238,967 4,761,652
Firms with 1 to 4 employees 33,677 33,730 68,184 3,005,067 11,212,585
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 11,817 11,965 78,298 2,773,737 10,292,059
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 8,476 8,996 114,413 4,411,049 14,835,973
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 8,276 10,937 319,308 14,635,738 46,421,133
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 1,955 5,780 323,800 16,416,349 54,788,035
Firms with 500 employees or more 1,076 54,844 2,632,117 145,596,092 727,792,846
Firms with 500 to 749 employees 238 1,951 100,487 5,816,921 20,942,558
Firms with 750 to 999 employees 112 950 54,873 2,757,225 11,035,910
Firms with 1,000 to 1,499 employees 140 1,569 89,492 4,245,201 21,521,132
Firms with 1,500 to 2,499 employees 147 1,627 133,093 8,708,345 33,151,683
Firms with 2,500 employees or more 439 48,747 2,254,172 124,068,400 641,141,563
Firms with 2,500 to 4,999 employees 128 3,113 182,018 10,171,760 37,674,118
Firms with 5,000 to 9,999 employees 102 5,124 239,559 10,201,007 44,786,883
Firms with 10,000 employees or more 209 40,510 1,832,595 103,695,633 558,680,562

 
 
U.S. - Information - 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 72,749 15.7% 4.3% 1.5% 3,434,234 92.9% 83.5% 73.3%
link to 2007 detail 2007 75,686 14.4% 3.9% 1.4% 3,399,313 92.7% 83.7% 74.2%
link to 2006 detail 2006 74,952 14.9% 4.0% 1.4% 3,396,246 92.6% 83.2% 73.7%
link to 2005 detail 2005 75,261 15.0% 4.0% 1.5% 3,402,599 92.7% 83.3% 73.8%
link to 2004 detail 2004 75,271 15.3% 4.1% 1.5% 3,472,427 92.8% 83.3% 73.8%
link to 2003 detail 2003 75,786 15.6% 4.2% 1.6% 3,599,902 93.0% 83.7% 74.4%
link to 2002 detail 2002 77,605 14.6% 3.9% 1.4% 3,536,120 92.6% 83.6% 74.4%
link to 2001 detail 2001 77,459 15.9% 4.2% 1.5% 3,754,698 92.8% 83.3% 73.5%
link to 2000 detail 2000 79,565 15.4% 4.0% 1.4% 3,545,731 92.3% 82.1% 71.9%
link to 1999 detail 1999 77,052 14.8% 3.8% 1.3% 3,234,530 91.8% 81.7% 71.8%
link to 1998 detail 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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data		 State Firms by employment size of enterprise Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
link to industry detail United States 77,605 14.6% 3.9% 1.4% 3,536,120 92.6% 83.6% 74.4%
link to industry detail Alabama 886 26.3% 16.6% 12.4% 38,737 91.8% 83.6% 74.9%
link to industry detail Alaska 207 29.0% 17.4% 11.1% 6,339 88.5% 76.3% 57.3%
link to industry detail Arizona 1,321 25.0% 15.4% 11.4% 54,430 93.3% 86.6% 80.7%
link to industry detail Arkansas 602 27.2% 15.1% 11.0% 26,297 92.1% 83.4% 78.6%
link to industry detail California 14,850 15.7% 5.8% 2.7% 507,689 91.8% 81.3% 70.7%
link to industry detail Colorado 2,088 23.4% 13.8% 9.5% 99,248 94.1% 87.3% 79.7%
link to industry detail Connecticut 1,161 27.6% 15.3% 10.6% 46,903 92.3% 81.2% 70.1%
link to industry detail Delaware 238 31.9% 19.7% 17.6% 9,129 93.8% 84.5% 79.8%
link to industry detail District of Columbia 558 37.1% 24.7% 16.8% 24,989 94.8% 86.6% 72.2%
link to industry detail Florida 4,949 15.5% 8.0% 5.0% 183,164 92.8% 86.1% 78.4%
link to industry detail Georgia 2,412 24.8% 14.1% 9.3% 138,555 94.9% 88.6% 81.2%
link to industry detail Hawaii 342 23.4% 16.1% 13.2% 9,679 89.7% 81.5% 76.3%
link to industry detail Idaho 415 30.8% 18.1% 14.0% 11,553 88.8% 74.6% 63.8%
link to industry detail Illinois 3,470 25.0% 13.6% 8.1% 141,030 93.1% 84.1% 73.7%
link to industry detail Indiana 1,198 27.5% 15.5% 10.4% 46,161 91.3% 80.0% 67.0%
link to industry detail Iowa 884 25.2% 13.6% 9.7% 41,887 91.8% 84.3% 77.6%
link to industry detail Kansas 827 28.4% 16.3% 13.3% 46,985 94.4% 87.2% 83.9%
link to industry detail Kentucky 852 27.0% 15.8% 11.2% 28,571 89.7% 78.3% 69.2%
link to industry detail Louisiana 740 26.8% 15.7% 11.8% 29,184 90.9% 81.1% 73.4%
link to industry detail Maine 498 21.9% 12.7% 8.6% 14,169 88.1% 77.3% 59.6%
link to industry detail Maryland 1,615 25.1% 14.7% 10.1% 67,321 92.9% 84.1% 75.2%
link to industry detail Massachusetts 2,491 26.4% 14.1% 8.6% 120,479 93.5% 84.7% 73.3%
link to industry detail Michigan 2,135 23.9% 13.0% 8.6% 92,463 92.5% 84.0% 76.9%
link to industry detail Minnesota 1,754 25.1% 13.5% 9.5% 63,816 90.8% 79.1% 69.8%
link to industry detail Mississippi 473 27.9% 17.1% 13.7% 17,023 90.3% 78.4% 70.4%
link to industry detail Missouri 1,471 26.1% 15.4% 10.7% 74,179 93.3% 85.9% 77.6%
link to industry detail Montana 396 21.7% 13.4% 8.3% 9,433 85.8% 76.3% 59.3%
link to industry detail Nebraska 538 29.9% 18.8% 13.8% 25,897 92.6% 83.9% 72.6%
link to industry detail Nevada 722 22.7% 13.6% 10.1% 17,553 90.3% 78.6% 68.4%
link to industry detail New Hampshire 524 28.8% 17.0% 13.4% 14,455 89.8% 74.9% 56.4%
link to industry detail New Jersey 2,613 21.0% 10.3% 6.5% 125,710 93.9% 86.0% 77.5%
link to industry detail New Mexico 502 26.3% 17.1% 14.5% 15,061 90.0% 81.0% 74.0%
link to industry detail New York 7,745 18.5% 7.6% 3.8% 303,816 92.4% 82.5% 72.1%
link to industry detail North Carolina 1,775 23.9% 13.2% 9.1% 74,363 92.6% 83.3% 73.7%
link to industry detail North Dakota 260 31.9% 17.7% 11.5% 6,808 85.4% 65.3% 45.9%
link to industry detail Ohio 2,151 24.4% 12.6% 9.2% 106,754 93.1% 84.8% 77.1%
link to industry detail Oklahoma 898 23.9% 14.0% 10.9% 35,374 91.8% 83.5% 75.8%
link to industry detail Oregon 1,197 22.4% 13.3% 8.8% 39,350 91.0% 81.4% 67.9%
link to industry detail Pennsylvania 3,001 24.2% 11.7% 7.4% 146,715 93.0% 84.1% 75.4%
link to industry detail Rhode Island 273 33.0% 19.4% 14.7% 10,230 92.4% 82.9% 73.9%
link to industry detail South Carolina 720 28.8% 17.9% 13.8% 29,036 93.3% 84.1% 74.9%
link to industry detail South Dakota 281 30.6% 17.8% 12.5% 7,925 86.9% 69.4% 56.0%
link to industry detail Tennessee 1,500 24.1% 13.6% 9.7% 56,597 91.7% 82.1% 73.8%
link to industry detail Texas 5,079 21.2% 10.3% 5.9% 249,505 93.3% 85.7% 77.7%
link to industry detail Utah 882 26.9% 15.1% 11.3% 28,518 91.8% 79.1% 69.5%
link to industry detail Vermont 397 20.7% 10.6% 7.1% 6,831 79.8% 62.1% 47.1%
link to industry detail Virginia 2,207 27.6% 14.3% 9.2% 123,455 94.4% 86.1% 78.3%
link to industry detail Washington 1,907 25.7% 14.1% 9.8% 96,411 94.2% 86.7% 80.4%
link to industry detail West Virginia 336 28.9% 18.2% 12.8% 12,659 90.8% 81.7% 67.3%
link to industry detail Wisconsin 1,214 28.7% 14.4% 10.4% 49,517 91.2% 79.1% 68.5%
link to industry detail Wyoming 216 35.6% 15.7% 11.1% 4,167 83.7% 51.6% 39.9%

 
 
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
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
  51 Information 77,605 14.6% 3.9% 1.4% 3,536,120 92.6% 83.6% 74.4%
link to industry detail 511 Publishing industries 24,761 18.7% 5.5% 2.1% 1,019,976 91.1% 78.4% 64.0%
link to industry detail 512 Motion picture & sound recording industries 19,129 7.3% 1.6% 0.6% 278,399 81.8% 67.8% 56.3%
link to industry detail 513 Broadcasting & telecommunications 17,013 18.2% 5.1% 2.0% 1,698,408 96.2% 91.2% 86.2%
link to industry detail 514 Information services & data processing services 17,137 15.2% 5.0% 2.3% 539,337 89.7% 77.6% 66.3%

 
 
U.S. - Information - by Industry
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data		 NAICS
code		 Industry title
(with link to definition) 		Firms by employment size of enterprise Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
link to state detail 511 Publishing industries 24,761 18.7% 5.5% 2.1% 1,019,976 91.1% 78.4% 64.0%
link to state detail 5111 Newspaper, periodical, book, & database publishers 17,102 17.2% 4.9% 1.7% 707,874 90.9% 79.4% 65.9%
link to state detail 51111 Newspaper publishers 6,023 20.5% 5.6% 2.1% 387,993 93.4% 84.4% 73.7%
link to state detail 51112 Periodical publishers 5,589 15.7% 5.0% 2.0% 127,161 84.3% 66.6% 46.6%
link to state detail 51113 Book publishers 2,408 18.0% 7.2% 3.2% 90,017 91.8% 80.1% 65.2%
link to state detail 51114 Database & directory publishers 1,136 17.6% 7.2% 4.6% 46,913 91.7% 82.2% 71.3%
link to state detail 51119 Other publishers 2,156 18.4% 7.1% 3.4% 55,790 87.0% 70.3% 52.0%
link to state detail 511191 Greeting card publishers 88 26.1% 13.6% 5.7% 16,090 98.3% 95.3% 83.3%
link to state detail 511199 All other publishers 2,069 18.1% 6.8% 3.3% 39,700 82.4% 60.2% 39.3%
link to state detail 5112 Software publishers 7,699 22.5% 7.2% 3.2% 312,102 91.4% 76.2% 59.9%
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data		 NAICS
code		 Industry title
(with link to definition) 		Firms by employment size of enterprise Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
link to state detail 512 Motion picture & sound recording industries 19,129 7.3% 1.6% 0.6% 278,399 81.8% 67.8% 56.3%
link to state detail 5121 Motion picture & video industries 15,990 7.7% 1.7% 0.6% 253,378 83.3% 69.6% 58.2%
link to state detail 51211 Motion picture & video production 10,563 4.3% 1.0% 0.5% 85,659 74.1% 59.5% 50.0%
link to state detail 51212 Motion picture & video distribution 508 12.4% 3.7% 1.6% 5,311 67.8% 37.9% 20.4%
link to state detail 51213 Motion picture & video exhibition 2,129 23.1% 5.0% 1.6% 134,055 92.6% 82.5% 71.7%
link to state detail 512131 Motion picture theaters (except drive-ins) 1,899 25.1% 5.5% 1.8% 132,368 92.9% 83.0% 72.2%
link to state detail 512132 Drive-in motion picture theaters 265 14.0% 4.9% 1.9% 1,687 73.9% 49.4% 30.9%
link to state detail 51219 Postproduction & other motion picture & video industries 2,832 9.3% 2.3% 0.9% 28,353 70.0% 45.4% 25.9%
link to state detail 512191 Teleproduction & other postproduction services 2,475 9.1% 2.2% 0.8% 23,800 69.0% 43.0% 21.3%
link to state detail 512199 Other motion picture & video industries 363 11.6% 4.4% 2.5% 4,553 75.2% 57.8% 49.8%
link to state detail 5122 Sound recording industries 3,150 5.4% 1.3% 0.6% 25,021 67.0% 48.7% 37.0%
link to state detail 51221 Record production 356 6.2% 1.4% 0.8% 1,916 61.0% D D
link to state detail 51222 Integrated record production/distribution 247 11.3% 4.0% 2.8% 8,705 90.7% 81.8% 76.8%
link to state detail 51223 Music publishers 674 6.4% 2.4% 1.3% 4,548 64.6% 44.7% 21.7%
link to state detail 51224 Sound recording studios 1,491 4.0% 0.8% 0.4% 6,398 36.5% 12.3% 5.1%
link to state detail 51229 Other sound recording industries 394 7.4% 2.0% 0.8% 3,454 70.2% D D
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data		 NAICS
code		 Industry title
(with link to definition) 		Firms by employment size of enterprise Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
link to state detail 513 Broadcasting & telecommunications 17,013 18.2% 5.1% 2.0% 1,698,408 96.2% 91.2% 86.2%
link to state detail 5131 Radio & television broadcasting 5,261 23.4% 6.2% 2.6% 254,257 90.3% 77.0% 65.4%
link to state detail 51311 Radio broadcasting 4,249 20.8% 4.6% 2.0% 130,848 83.5% 65.1% 54.4%
link to state detail 513111 Radio networks 362 26.0% 11.6% 5.2% 8,973 86.6% 64.2% 37.6%
link to state detail 513112 Radio stations 3,915 20.8% 4.4% 2.0% 121,875 83.2% 65.2% 55.6%
link to state detail 51312 Television broadcasting 1,071 38.0% 16.9% 7.8% 123,409 97.5% 89.6% 77.1%
link to state detail 5132 Cable networks & program distribution 1,669 19.5% 8.7% 4.7% 300,143 98.1% 95.9% 92.7%
link to state detail 51321 Cable networks 454 26.0% 14.1% 9.3% 61,796 97.7% 94.3% 87.0%
link to state detail 51322 Cable & other program distribution 1,244 19.1% 8.8% 5.1% 238,347 98.2% 96.3% 94.2%
link to state detail 5133 Telecommunications 10,204 16.2% 4.8% 2.0% 1,144,008 97.1% 93.1% 89.2%
link to state detail 51331 Wired telecommunications carriers 3,044 25.3% 8.2% 3.8% 848,013 98.8% 96.3% 93.9%
link to state detail 51332 Wireless telecommunications carriers (except satellite) 3,691 13.2% 4.1% 2.0% 216,769 94.6% 89.0% 84.1%
link to state detail 513321 Paging 1,540 10.2% 2.8% 1.5% 42,604 88.1% 78.9% 70.7%
link to state detail 513322 Cellular & other wireless telecommunications 2,169 16.0% 5.6% 2.8% 174,165 96.2% 91.4% 87.4%
link to state detail 51333 Telecommunications resellers 2,237 14.5% 5.2% 2.8% 49,808 85.6% 69.2% 52.4%
link to state detail 51334 Satellite telecommunications 567 20.8% 9.0% 4.9% 16,001 89.6% 72.9% 50.1%
link to state detail 51339 Other telecommunications 825 12.6% 5.9% 3.2% 13,417 81.9% 68.5% 51.2%
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data		 NAICS
code		 Industry title
(with link to definition) 		Firms by employment size of enterprise Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
link to state detail 514 Information services & data processing services 17,137 15.2% 5.0% 2.3% 539,337 89.7% 77.6% 66.3%
link to state detail 5141 Information services 11,501 13.1% 3.9% 1.9% 208,181 81.4% 62.8% 46.4%
link to state detail 51411 News syndicates 311 19.0% 9.6% 7.4% 10,158 91.9% 81.9% 70.1%
link to state detail 51412 Libraries & archives 2,546 12.6% 1.8% 0.7% 33,611 69.9% 39.0% 21.8%
link to state detail 51419 Other information services 8,659 13.2% 4.5% 2.2% 164,412 83.1% 66.4% 50.0%
link to state detail 514191 On-line information services 7,627 13.3% 4.5% 2.3% 149,083 83.3% 66.9% 52.1%
link to state detail 514199 All other information services 1,048 13.8% 5.7% 2.3% 15,329 81.5% 61.4% 29.9%
link to state detail 5142 Data processing services 5,679 20.1% 8.0% 3.9% 331,156 94.9% 87.0% 78.8%

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Source: Statistics of U.S. Businesses

Last modified: July 13, 2011   Questions?