1992 ECONOMIC CENSUS -- AREA PROFILE Buncombe County, NC Number Sales or Output Jobs/1000 Estabs/100K of Receipts Number per population population Sector Estabs ($mil) of Jobs capita # %ofST # %ofST Mining 4 (D) (D) (D) 0 0 2 72 Manufacturing 313 2,764 19,900 15,340 110 91 174 100 Wholesale 366 857 3,539 4,758 20 89 203 104 Retail 1,340 1,571 17,049 8,717 95 127 744 115 Services 1,544 740 14,522 4,108 81 130 857 139 NORTH CAROLINA Number Sales or Output Jobs/1000 Estabs/100K of Receipts Number per population population Sector Estabs ($mil) of Jobs capita # %ofUS # %ofUS Mining 212 508 4,300 74 1 25 3 26 Construction 18,428 13,852 145,527 2,026 21 116 270 120 Manufacturing 11,867 128,503 831,000 18,797 122 183 174 119 Transportation 4,625 5,115 68,254 748 10 81 68 94 Communications 981 5,314 29,459 777 4 85 14 93 Utilities 459 8,616 28,817 1,260 4 118 7 85 Wholesale 13,351 76,365 151,131 11,170 22 94 195 101 Retail 44,164 49,564 507,759 7,250 74 103 646 108 Services 42,243 22,155 425,019 3,241 62 82 618 86 Finance 4,806 12,890 67,249 1,886 10 56 70 84 Insurance 4,127 13,778 41,072 2,015 6 71 60 96 Real Estate 4,643 2,185 21,045 320 3 64 68 75 United States Number Sales or Output Jobs/1000 Estabs/100K of Receipts Number per population population Sector Estabs ($mil) of Jobs capita # # Mining 30,787 162,095 638,200 635 3 12 Construction 572,851 528,106 4,668,280 2,070 18 225 Manufacturing 370,934 3,004,862 16,967,400 11,780 67 145 Transportation 184,297 299,274 3,159,451 1,173 12 72 Communications 39,244 230,667 1,294,236 904 5 15 Utilities 20,049 310,961 915,012 1,219 4 8 Wholesale 495,457 3,249,874 5,971,401 12,741 23 194 Retail 1,526,215 1,894,880 18,407,453 7,429 72 598 Services 1,825,435 1,202,613 19,290,352 4,715 76 716 Finance 214,098 1,572,331 4,468,766 6,164 18 84 Insurance 160,639 847,730 2,152,179 3,323 8 63 Real Estate 229,493 141,673 1,231,471 555 5 90 Notes: (D)-Withheld to avoid disclosing company data. (NA) Not available. Mining not reported for metros, construction not reported for counties. Trans: State & metro excludes large passenger airlines; metro excl pipelines. Utilities: metro excludes electic, gas utilities. Source: 1992 Economic Census. Find it at: http://www.census.gov/econ97 1992 Economic Census Profile: Retail, Wholesale, Service Buncombe County, NC Top Places in Buncombe County, NC in terms of 1992 population --- Retail --- -- Wholesale -- --- Services--- Popu- Number Number Number lation of Sales of Sales of Rcpts Geo Area Name (1992) Estabs ($mil) Estabs ($mil) Estabs ($mil) Asheville 62,791 948* 1,183 255* 633 1,113* 629 Black Mountain 5,525 70 64 1 (D) 53 11 Woodfin 2,906 5 4 4 (D) 5 1 Balance of county 108,984 317 319 106 (D) 373* 100 * The reports and databases include more Kind-of-Business detail for this area 1992 Economic Census: Minority-Owned, Women-Owned Firms Buncombe County, NC Firms and Receipts by Group (Groups with 100 or more firms) ----- All Firms ---- ---- Firms with Employees ----- Number Receipts Receipts of Group Number ($mil.) Number ($mil.) Employees All firms 13,373 1,691.0 2,261 1,433.0 15,731 Minority-Owned Firms 440 25.1 64 18.9 571 Black-Owned firms 308 (D) 34 7.8 226 Women-Owned firms 4,462 (D) 566 293.0 3,619 This table includes sole proprietorships, partnerships, and subchapter S corporations, and excludes "C" corporations. Detail may not add to total due to rounding. Data may have high variance; see documentation for details.