Establishments, Employees, and Annual Payroll by Major Industry Group: 1991-1995 1/

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4-3. Establishments, Employees, and Annual Payroll by Major Industry Group: 1991-1995 1/

                                            1991         1992         1993         1994         1995

 ESTABLISHMENTS

   Agricultural Services,
     Forestry, Fisheries                     1,229        1,340        1,434        1,508        1,550
   Mining                                      102           93           97          102          102
   Construction                              8,433        8,617        8,809        9,261        9,534
   Manufacturing                             4,656        4,881        4,926        4,986        5,024
   Transportation and Other
     Public Utilities                        2,646        2,913        3,090        3,271        3,396
   Wholesale Trade                           5,225        5,385        5,637        5,767        5,840
   Retail Trade                             22,875       23,392       23,377       23,576       23,891
   Finance, Insurance, and
     Real Estate                             6,815        7,165        7,436        7,557        7,864
   Services                                 26,067       26,968       28,274       29,137       29,802
   Unclassified Establishments 1/            2,240        1,485        1,003          764          987

              TOTAL                         80,288       82,239       84,083       85,929       87,990


 EMPLOYEES 2/

   Agricultural Services,
     Forestry, Fisheries                     7,230        7,906        8,007        8,392        9,064
   Mining                                    1,784        1,725        1,678        1,614        1,654
   Construction                             99,614       90,619       89,661       94,334       96,581
   Manufacturing                           359,070      371,228      369,891      372,539      375,427
   Transportation and Other
     Public Utilities                       52,816       60,695       61,186       63,633       64,604
   Wholesale Trade                          62,069       58,984       60,414       65,150       68,968
   Retail Trade                            275,145      276,819      280,553      291,999      305,591
   Finance, Insurance, and
     Real Estate                            66,157       66,650       67,208       67,117       68,741
   Services                                315,991      339,259      368,192      382,112      403,114
   Unclassified Establishments 1/            2,719          879          997        1,006        1,326

              TOTAL                      1,242,595    1,274,764    1,307,787    1,347,896    1,395,070


 ANNUAL PAYROLL (IN MILLIONS)

   Agricultural Services,
     Forestry, Fisheries                       115          129          132          143          161
   Mining                                       45           50           51           50           54
   Construction                              1,998        1,819        1,930        2,066        2,255
   Manufacturing                             8,592        9,530        9,878       10,197       10,646
   Transportation and Other
     Public Utilities                        1,421        1,752        1,815        1,896        2,109
   Wholesale Trade                           1,538        1,540        1,630        1,822        2,001
   Retail Trade                              3,035        3,315        3,355        3,582        3,835
   Finance, Insurance, and
     Real Estate                             1,443        1,556        1,628        1,717        1,864
   Services                                  5,652        6,420        7,156        7,720        8,441
   Unclassified Establishments 1/               49           22           13           11           17

             TOTAL                          23,888       26,134       27,590       29,205       31,292

1/: Unclassified establishments include establishments, typically new businesses that cannot be classified in any major industry group because of insufficient information.

2/: Employees are for week including March 12.

Excludes most government employees, railroad employees, and self-employed persons.

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, County Business Patterns, CBP-95-42, Table 1a, annual editions, 1991-1995.

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