1992 ECONOMIC CENSUS -- AREA PROFILE Wilkes County, NC Number Sales or Output Jobs/1000 Estabs/100K of Receipts Number per population population Sector Estabs ($mil) of Jobs capita # %ofST # %ofST Manufacturing 118 897 9,800 14,947 163 134 197 113 Wholesale 85 519 1,037 8,658 17 78 142 73 Retail 330 341 3,395 5,680 57 76 550 85 Services 254 88 1,948 1,462 32 52 423 69 NORTH CAROLINA Number Sales or Output Jobs/1000 Estabs/100K of Receipts Number per population population Sector Estabs ($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 ($mil) of Jobs capita # # Mining 30,787 162,095 638,200 635 3 12 Construction 572,851 528,106 4,668,280 2,070 18 225 Manufacturing 370,934 3,004,862 16,967,400 11,780 67 145 Transportation 184,297 299,274 3,159,451 1,173 12 72 Communications 39,244 230,667 1,294,236 904 5 15 Utilities 20,049 310,961 915,012 1,219 4 8 Wholesale 495,457 3,249,874 5,971,401 12,741 23 194 Retail 1,526,215 1,894,880 18,407,453 7,429 72 598 Services 1,825,435 1,202,613 19,290,352 4,715 76 716 Finance 214,098 1,572,331 4,468,766 6,164 18 84 Insurance 160,639 847,730 2,152,179 3,323 8 63 Real Estate 229,493 141,673 1,231,471 555 5 90 Mining not reported for metros, construction not reported for counties. Trans: State & metro excludes large passenger airlines; metro excl pipelines. Utilities: metro excludes electic, gas utilities. Source: 1992 Economic Census. Find it at: http://www.census.gov/econ97 1992 Economic Census Profile: Retail, Wholesale, Service Wilkes County, NC Top Places in Wilkes County, NC in terms of 1992 population --- Retail --- -- Wholesale -- --- Services--- Popu- Number Number Number lation of Sales of Sales of Rcpts Geo Area Name (1992) Estabs ($mil) Estabs ($mil) Estabs ($mil) North Wilkesboro 3,400 132 126 39 88 112 40 Wilkesboro 2,540 120 157 28 334 83 28 Elkin (part) 70 3 1 1 (D) 1 (D) Balance of county 53,987 75 56 17 (D) 58 (D) 1992 Economic Census: Minority-Owned, Women-Owned Firms Wilkes 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 3,940 555.0 624 471.0 4,522 Minority-Owned Firms 128 6.7 6 2.2 36 Women-Owned firms 1,079 77.0 146 (D) (D) 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.