1992 Census of Manufactures
Chemicals and allied products

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SIC Description_______________________ Estab-
lishments		 Value of
Shipments
($1,000)		 Employ-
ment		 Payroll
($1,000)		 Estabs
w 20+
empl.		 Production
workers
number		 Prod.wrkr
hours
(1,000)		 Prod.wrkr
wages
($1,000)		 Value
added
($1,000)		 Cost of
materials
($1,000)		 New cap.
expend.
($1,000)
28 Chemicals and allied products 12,004 305,420,100 848,600 32,501,900 5,044 479,300 1,008,300 15,395,600 164,346,200 141,912,500 16,380,900
281 Industrial inorganic chemicals 1,422 27,331,400 103,400 4,214,400 531 54,900 119,800 1,986,900 16,723,700 10,654,700 1,553,200
2812 Alkalies and Chlorine 51 2,786,900 8,000 353,300 33 5,400 11,300 232,000 1,408,100 1,393,400 176,200
2813 Industrial Gases 592 3,095,700 7,700 261,800 122 4,200 9,100 133,300 2,076,200 1,012,200 146,300
2816 Inorganic Pigments 89 3,320,000 8,700 333,700 54 5,600 12,400 198,500 2,027,400 1,331,100 509,100
2819 Industrial Inorganic Chemicals, N.E.C. 690 18,128,900 78,900 3,265,700 322 39,700 87,000 1,423,200 11,212,000 6,918,000 721,600
282 Plastics materials and synthetics 628 48,697,600 128,500 5,137,300 467 85,700 183,800 3,036,900 20,979,300 27,682,100 2,846,500
2821 Plastics Materials and Resins 456 31,600,800 61,200 2,698,000 345 36,500 79,900 1,487,200 12,598,500 19,035,100 1,711,600
2822 Synthetic Rubber 94 4,235,300 11,900 521,600 46 7,600 16,100 301,500 1,898,500 2,359,400 320,900
2823 Cellulosic Manmade Fibers 7 1,748,100 11,000 372,800 7 7,800 16,700 219,000 820,900 950,300 92,800
2824 Organic Fibers, Noncellulosic 71 11,113,300 44,400 1,545,000 69 33,900 71,100 1,029,200 5,661,400 5,337,300 721,200
283 Drugs 1,426 67,791,500 194,400 7,840,300 726 92,800 187,000 2,762,000 48,602,200 19,867,400 3,887,300
2833 Medicinals and Botanicals 227 6,526,300 13,100 590,900 75 7,500 15,200 287,700 3,405,200 3,294,200 553,700
2834 Pharmaceutical Preparations 684 50,415,300 122,900 4,958,300 365 62,400 126,800 1,865,800 37,224,000 13,542,000 2,450,100
2835 Diagnostic Substances 236 6,857,100 39,900 1,660,000 144 14,700 29,700 418,600 5,207,500 1,709,900 588,200
2836 Biological Products Except Diagnostic 279 3,992,800 18,500 631,100 142 8,100 15,200 190,000 2,765,600 1,321,200 295,300
284 Soaps, cleaners, and toilet goods 2,405 42,875,400 122,800 3,926,900 842 74,500 152,300 1,877,100 26,181,500 16,655,600 1,290,000
2841 Soap and Other Detergents 707 14,728,800 32,800 1,170,900 226 19,900 40,800 606,200 7,708,800 6,942,500 570,600
2842 Polishes and Sanitation Goods 744 6,658,500 22,000 661,900 224 13,400 27,200 322,100 4,218,900 2,457,200 121,400
2843 Surface Active Agents 204 2,859,000 8,200 319,800 90 4,200 8,900 134,300 1,169,500 1,686,600 92,200
2844 Toilet Preparations 750 18,629,100 59,800 1,774,400 302 37,000 75,400 814,400 13,084,300 5,569,300 505,900
285 Paints and allied products 1,419 14,973,200 51,100 1,710,000 578 25,700 53,200 676,100 7,154,000 7,810,100 273,300
2851 Paints and Allied Products 1,419 14,973,200 51,100 1,710,000 578 25,700 53,200 676,100 7,154,000 7,810,100 273,300
286 Industrial organic chemicals 972 64,397,300 124,500 5,494,800 596 72,300 158,800 2,947,000 26,131,600 38,451,600 4,791,300
2861 Gum and Wood Chemicals 76 734,600 2,500 67,800 28 1,900 4,000 47,000 379,000 352,100 42,800
2865 Cyclic Crudes and Intermediates 203 9,559,600 22,200 933,200 142 13,200 29,000 496,600 3,329,300 6,301,900 539,800
2869 Industrial Organic Chemicals, N.E.C. 693 54,103,100 99,800 4,493,800 426 57,200 125,900 2,403,400 22,423,400 31,797,700 4,208,700
287 Agricultural chemicals 890 18,841,400 40,300 1,451,200 328 25,200 55,500 774,900 8,659,000 10,153,200 988,100
2873 Nitrogenous Fertilizers 153 3,177,400 7,000 257,800 78 4,700 10,100 158,200 1,264,800 1,872,200 208,800
2874 Phosphatic Fertilizers 73 4,317,500 9,500 340,600 40 6,700 15,700 217,300 1,237,700 3,068,900 307,200
2875 Fertilizers, Mixing Only 403 2,204,300 7,000 183,500 100 4,200 9,500 84,900 642,400 1,570,100 44,200
2879 Agricultural Chemicals, N.E.C. 261 9,142,200 16,800 669,300 110 9,600 20,200 314,600 5,514,100 3,642,100 427,800
289 Miscellaneous chemical products 2,842 20,512,400 83,700 2,726,900 976 48,100 97,900 1,334,700 9,914,900 10,637,800 751,300
2891 Adhesives and Sealants 691 5,657,100 21,100 675,400 275 11,700 24,600 304,000 2,634,700 3,025,200 188,300
2892 Explosives 122 1,222,900 11,300 337,400 49 7,400 13,400 198,000 787,700 430,200 39,600
2893 Printing Ink 519 3,076,400 12,200 406,500 213 6,500 13,100 184,600 1,114,000 1,974,400 46,000
2895 Carbon Black 24 628,800 2,000 74,500 21 1,200 2,800 47,000 330,200 299,000 33,400
2899 Chemical Preparations, N.E.C. 1,486 9,927,100 37,100 1,233,100 418 21,400 44,000 601,100 5,048,300 4,909,000 444,100
Source: 1992 Economic Census: Census of Manufactures
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