1992 ECONOMIC CENSUS -- AREA PROFILE Luzerne County, PA Number Sales or Output Jobs/1000 Estabs/100K of Receipts Number per population population Sector Estabs ($mil) of Jobs capita # %ofST # %ofST Mining 21 47 500 144 2 73 6 63 Manufacturing 489 3,329 26,500 10,119 81 102 149 99 Wholesale 517 2,379 7,134 7,233 22 102 157 93 Retail 2,045 2,346 24,421 7,131 74 103 622 104 Services 1,941 925 20,290 2,813 62 93 590 91 PENNSYLVANIA Number Sales or Output Jobs/1000 Estabs/100K of Receipts Number per population population Sector Estabs ($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 ($mil) of Jobs capita # # Mining 30,787 162,095 638,200 635 3 12 Construction 572,851 528,106 4,668,280 2,070 18 225 Manufacturing 370,934 3,004,862 16,967,400 11,780 67 145 Transportation 184,297 299,274 3,159,451 1,173 12 72 Communications 39,244 230,667 1,294,236 904 5 15 Utilities 20,049 310,961 915,012 1,219 4 8 Wholesale 495,457 3,249,874 5,971,401 12,741 23 194 Retail 1,526,215 1,894,880 18,407,453 7,429 72 598 Services 1,825,435 1,202,613 19,290,352 4,715 76 716 Finance 214,098 1,572,331 4,468,766 6,164 18 84 Insurance 160,639 847,730 2,152,179 3,323 8 63 Real Estate 229,493 141,673 1,231,471 555 5 90 Mining not reported for metros, construction not reported for counties. Trans: State & metro excludes large passenger airlines; metro excl pipelines. Utilities: metro excludes electic, gas utilities. Source: 1992 Economic Census. Find it at: http://www.census.gov/econ97 1992 Economic Census Profile: Retail, Wholesale, Service Luzerne County, PA Top Places in Luzerne County, PA in terms of 1992 population --- Retail --- -- Wholesale -- --- Services--- Popu- Number Number Number lation of Sales of Sales of Rcpts Geo Area Name (1992) Estabs ($mil) Estabs ($mil) Estabs ($mil) Wilkes-Barre 46,844 482* 813 105 441 500* 300 Hazleton 25,005 220 257 69 165 264 103 Kingston 14,193 146 179 44 98 218 124 Nanticoke 12,157 56 56 5 2 40 11 Hanover township 12,147 72 89 15 415 42 17 Plains township 11,004 56 30 20 120 55 46 Pittston 9,463 91 95 28 296 72 21 Plymouth 6,990 43 24 10 7 31 6 Exeter 5,651 42 29 9 197 26 15 Swoyersville 5,581 20 6 5 9 17 2 * The reports and databases include more Kind-of-Business detail for this area 1992 Economic Census: Minority-Owned, Women-Owned Firms Luzerne County, PA 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 17,333 4,742.0 4,066 4,286.0 39,199 Minority-Owned Firms 305 66.6 73 58.0 853 Hispanic-Owned firms 136 7.8 20 4.6 177 Asians, Am Indians &AK Nat 101 23.0 32 18.0 123 Women-Owned firms 5,019 (D) 800 (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.