1992 ECONOMIC CENSUS -- AREA PROFILE Gaston County, NC Number Sales or Output Jobs/1000 Estabs/100K of Receipts Number per population population Sector Estabs ($mil) of Jobs capita # %ofST # %ofST Mining 2 (D) (D) (D) 0 0 1 36 Manufacturing 496 5,134 35,600 28,726 199 164 278 160 Wholesale 295 972 2,732 5,440 15 69 165 85 Retail 967 1,220 12,462 6,829 70 94 541 84 Services 908 344 7,735 1,927 43 70 508 82 NORTH CAROLINA Number Sales or Output Jobs/1000 Estabs/100K of Receipts Number per population population Sector Estabs ($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 ($mil) of Jobs capita # # Mining 30,787 162,095 638,200 635 3 12 Construction 572,851 528,106 4,668,280 2,070 18 225 Manufacturing 370,934 3,004,862 16,967,400 11,780 67 145 Transportation 184,297 299,274 3,159,451 1,173 12 72 Communications 39,244 230,667 1,294,236 904 5 15 Utilities 20,049 310,961 915,012 1,219 4 8 Wholesale 495,457 3,249,874 5,971,401 12,741 23 194 Retail 1,526,215 1,894,880 18,407,453 7,429 72 598 Services 1,825,435 1,202,613 19,290,352 4,715 76 716 Finance 214,098 1,572,331 4,468,766 6,164 18 84 Insurance 160,639 847,730 2,152,179 3,323 8 63 Real Estate 229,493 141,673 1,231,471 555 5 90 Notes: (D)-Withheld to avoid disclosing company data. (NA) Not available. Mining not reported for metros, construction not reported for counties. Trans: State & metro excludes large passenger airlines; metro excl pipelines. Utilities: metro excludes electic, gas utilities. Source: 1992 Economic Census. Find it at: http://www.census.gov/econ97 1992 Economic Census Profile: Retail, Wholesale, Service Gaston County, NC Top Places in Gaston County, NC in terms of 1992 population --- Retail --- -- Wholesale -- --- Services--- Popu- Number Number Number lation of Sales of Sales of Rcpts Geo Area Name (1992) Estabs ($mil) Estabs ($mil) Estabs ($mil) Gastonia 57,076 570* 841 163 723 575* 249 Belmont 8,668 90 146 14 19 65 15 Mount Holly 8,004 34 29 16 56 28 7 Cherryville 5,145 55 58 9 16 44 25 Bessemer City 5,019 29 20 7 8 22 4 Dallas 3,056 31 28 16 11 28 6 Stanley 2,873 10 16 4 (D) 13 11 Lowell 2,789 16 9 5 1 10 1 Kings Mountain (part 821 1 (D) 1 (D) 5 2 Balance of county 85,257 131 (D) 60 (D) 118 26 * The reports and databases include more Kind-of-Business detail for this area 1992 Economic Census: Minority-Owned, Women-Owned Firms Gaston 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 8,810 1,771.0 1,652 1,592.0 15,231 Minority-Owned Firms 437 34.9 68 29.5 295 Black-Owned firms 327 7.2 34 4.1 89 Women-Owned firms 2,714 203.4 344 167.8 2,678 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.