1992 ECONOMIC CENSUS -- AREA PROFILE

                                Erie County, PA

                 Number    Sales or             Output   Jobs/1000  Estabs/100K
                     of    Receipts    Number      per  population   population
     Sector      Estabs      ($mil)   of Jobs   capita    #  %ofST     #  %ofST


Manufacturing       551       4,092     34,500  14,634   123   156   197    131



Wholesale           440       1,304      4,891   4,665    17    82   157     93
Retail            1,749       2,071     21,856   7,406    78   109   626    105
Services          1,699         814     16,875   2,912    60    91   608     94




                              PENNSYLVANIA        

                 Number    Sales or             Output   Jobs/1000  Estabs/100K
                     of    Receipts    Number      per  population   population
     Sector      Estabs      ($mil)   of Jobs   capita    #  %ofUS     #  %ofUS
Mining            1,219       3,715     24,900     310     2    83    10     84
Construction     26,222      24,008    213,478   2,001    18    97   219     97
Manufacturing    18,089     139,286    949,800  11,612    79   119   151    104
Transportation    7,888       9,276    125,522     773    10    84    66     91
Communications    1,592       8,540     53,452     712     4    88    13     86
Utilities           888      16,743     52,219   1,396     4   121     7     94
Wholesale        20,230     126,370    254,410  10,535    21    91   169     87
Retail           71,652      87,788    861,565   7,318    72   100   597    100
Services         77,839      49,383    797,051   4,117    66    88   649     91
Finance           8,167      27,362    128,052   2,281    11    61    68     81
Insurance         6,882      40,671    120,951   3,391    10   120    57     91
Real Estate       7,229       4,964     42,664     414     4    74    60     67

                                 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