U.S. Department of Commerce

Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2008:
NAICS 311 - Food manufacturing
United States


By detailed employment size By year By state
 
U.S. - Food manufacturing - 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)
All firms 21,501 25,760 1,467,458 52,653,272
Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) 7,967 7,981 14,710 491,440
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 4,013 4,024 26,857 542,765
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 3,514 3,550 47,216 1,087,886
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 4,124 4,475 165,377 5,068,066
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 1,308 2,012 229,993 8,410,149
Firms with 500 employees or more 575 3,718 983,305 37,052,966
Firms with 500 to 749 employees 144 330 63,515 2,493,387
Firms with 750 to 999 employees 81 258 50,702 1,875,028
Firms with 1,000 to 1,499 employees 97 348 72,948 2,749,753
Firms with 1,500 to 1,999 employees 40 200 43,726 1,641,230
Firms with 2,000 to 2,499 employees 32 149 32,317 1,407,912
Firms with 2,500 to 4,999 employees 77 597 137,226 4,805,509
Firms with 5,000 employees or more 104 1,836 582,871 22,080,147

 
 
U.S. - Food manufacturing - 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 21,501 27.9% 8.8% 2.7% 1,467,458 93.9% 82.7% 67.0%
link to 2007 detail 2007 21,591 27.4% 8.5% 2.6% 1,439,266 93.8% 82.4% 66.6%
link to 2006 detail 2006 21,170 28.1% 8.8% 2.6% 1,458,738 94.0% 82.8% 66.6%
link to 2005 detail 2005 21,510 27.9% 8.7% 2.6% 1,469,730 93.9% 82.7% 66.9%
link to 2004 detail 2004 22,320 27.2% 8.4% 2.5% 1,482,261 93.9% 82.5% 66.8%
link to 2003 detail 2003 22,833 26.8% 8.2% 2.4% 1,495,998 93.8% 82.5% 66.9%
link to 2002 detail 2002 21,384 26.8% 8.4% 2.6% 1,443,766 94.1% 83.2% 68.1%
link to 2001 detail 2001 22,437 26.0% 8.0% 2.5% 1,470,146 93.9% 82.8% 68.0%
link to 2000 detail 2000 22,037 26.5% 8.3% 2.6% 1,468,254 94.0% 82.9% 67.9%
link to 1999 detail 1999 22,332 26.1% 8.2% 2.6% 1,464,354 93.9% 82.8% 67.8%
link to 1998 detail 1998 23,203 25.7% 8.1% 2.5% 1,464,439 93.4% 82.3% 67.3%

 
 
Food manufacturing - 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 21,501 27.9% 8.8% 2.7% 1,467,458 93.9% 82.7% 67.0%
Alabama 236 42.8% 26.3% 16.5% 33,583 98.1% 93.6% 84.8%
Alaska 124 29.0% 10.5% 7.3% 8,129 95.9% D 76.4%
Arizona 221 35.7% 16.3% 9.0% 10,304 93.0% 77.0% 60.9%
Arkansas 185 41.1% 30.8% 23.2% 48,502 98.9% 97.0% 91.7%
California 3,073 34.9% 13.1% 4.9% 160,696 92.8% 76.7% 53.8%
Colorado 406 28.8% 12.8% 8.1% 16,972 90.4% 75.6% 64.7%
Connecticut 269 27.9% 10.4% 3.7% 7,192 83.3% D D
Delaware 55 40.0% 21.8% 14.5% 9,282 97.7% D 88.7%
District of Columbia 18 33.3% 11.1% 0.0 447 90.2% D 0.0
Florida 847 24.1% 9.8% 5.0% 30,182 89.6% 74.1% 58.5%
Georgia 457 37.6% 24.5% 17.5% 62,971 97.6% 93.7% 86.8%
Hawaii 240 26.7% 7.5% 3.8% 5,402 79.7% 49.1% 27.1%
Idaho 193 36.8% 21.8% 13.0% 15,430 95.7% 88.0% 75.7%
Illinois 1,029 37.4% 18.5% 9.0% 76,879 94.5% 84.2% 64.5%
Indiana 424 40.1% 24.3% 16.7% 33,819 95.2% 88.1% 75.4%
Iowa 390 43.3% 27.2% 13.1% 50,013 97.4% 91.6% 78.7%
Kansas 230 38.7% 22.6% 16.5% 29,615 97.2% 93.5% 89.8%
Kentucky 229 41.5% 24.0% 16.6% 24,427 96.8% 90.8% 81.6%
Louisiana 316 37.0% 16.8% 8.5% 15,458 92.1% 73.0% 52.5%
Maine 175 25.7% 10.9% 7.4% 6,670 88.5% 74.1% 54.5%
Maryland 292 34.9% 18.8% 11.3% 14,442 91.7% 78.6% 61.9%
Massachusetts 636 35.8% 11.3% 5.2% 21,366 86.7% 56.4% 27.4%
Michigan 718 28.1% 12.0% 5.7% 27,892 89.6% 73.8% 52.2%
Minnesota 551 38.8% 22.0% 12.5% 46,144 95.4% 87.5% 71.1%
Mississippi 162 44.4% 27.2% 14.8% 23,739 97.7% 93.5% 80.6%
Missouri 466 33.7% 17.6% 12.0% 40,444 95.9% 89.9% 83.5%
Montana 159 20.8% 8.8% 5.7% 2,790 79.5% D D
Nebraska 262 38.5% 24.4% 13.7% 39,298 98.0% 94.6% 84.3%
Nevada 143 31.5% 17.5% 9.1% 4,996 89.9% D D
New Hampshire 110 20.9% 6.4% 3.6% 2,635 82.8% D D
New Jersey 896 31.1% 12.1% 5.0% 28,578 87.1% 62.7% 30.9%
New Mexico 130 36.9% 20.0% 10.8% 5,339 91.5% 77.2% 47.9%
New York 1,903 23.2% 6.9% 2.5% 49,012 84.1% 59.0% 31.6%
North Carolina 456 37.3% 17.1% 11.8% 53,952 96.9% 89.8% 84.3%
North Dakota 111 38.7% 20.7% 10.8% 5,635 92.6% 79.4% 42.1%
Ohio 822 33.8% 16.4% 9.5% 50,993 93.4% 83.3% 67.1%
Oklahoma 235 29.4% 18.7% 13.2% 16,411 95.1% 89.1% 76.8%
Oregon 463 32.8% 14.9% 6.5% 20,369 90.7% 73.7% 42.1%
Pennsylvania 1,078 35.5% 14.7% 7.9% 67,793 93.5% 81.1% 63.4%
Rhode Island 149 20.8% 4.0% 0.7% 2,552 71.1% D D
South Carolina 184 35.3% 20.1% 15.2% 17,540 96.7% 90.1% 83.2%
South Dakota 112 27.7% 19.6% 15.2% 7,941 95.6% D 85.6%
Tennessee 283 39.9% 24.0% 17.3% 36,367 97.6% 92.6% 87.1%
Texas 1,415 31.4% 12.6% 6.1% 88,105 94.2% 82.0% 65.9%
Utah 254 40.6% 19.3% 11.8% 15,998 93.2% 79.7% 65.4%
Vermont 137 27.0% 11.7% 6.6% 4,222 87.5% D D
Virginia 365 32.6% 14.8% 9.3% 29,453 95.2% D 76.9%
Washington 708 34.2% 14.0% 8.1% 31,684 92.0% 72.2% 56.4%
West Virginia 81 22.2% 7.4% 6.2% 3,701 90.2% D 79.7%
Wisconsin 808 42.6% 20.5% 10.3% 61,411 95.2% 84.3% 63.6%
Wyoming 54 5.6% 3.7% 3.7% 683 67.6% D D

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