Table VI.B.1 Number of private-sector employees by ownership type and age of firm and State: United States, 2016
Division and State Total Ownership Age of firm
For profit, incorporated For profit, unincorporated Nonprofit Less than 5 years 5 or more years
United States 123,213,270    83,878,088    20,468,662    18,866,520    7,888,251    115,325,019   
New England:
Connecticut 1,464,833    933,542    326,717    204,574    84,507    1,380,326   
Maine 504,209    317,865    69,960    116,384    41,067    463,142   
Massachusetts 3,230,820    2,068,043    324,692    838,085    128,368    3,102,452   
New Hampshire 567,585    339,252    91,153    137,181    25,745    541,840   
Rhode Island 427,804    287,524    54,959    85,321    16,041    411,764   
Vermont 264,418    171,912    48,155    44,351    14,097    250,321   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 3,545,763    2,236,317    739,460    569,986    257,485    3,288,278   
New York 7,774,640    4,673,925    1,396,484    1,704,230    494,069    7,280,571   
Pennsylvania 5,351,299    3,509,731    725,422    1,116,146    318,333    5,032,966   
East North Central:
Illinois 5,312,817    3,890,638    650,380    771,799    182,980    5,129,837   
Indiana 2,750,970    1,935,308    475,273    340,390    142,073    2,608,898   
Michigan 3,759,335    2,524,151    642,330    592,855    268,604    3,490,731   
Ohio 4,874,058    3,513,483    583,036    777,539    254,649 * 4,619,409   
Wisconsin 2,516,098    1,660,331    410,051    445,716    158,235    2,357,863   
West North Central:
Iowa 1,350,878    915,087    174,948    260,843    48,163    1,302,715   
Kansas 1,187,622    788,643    179,304    219,675    79,950    1,107,672   
Minnesota 2,694,832    1,852,315    330,695    511,821    201,021 * 2,493,811   
Missouri 2,367,173    1,534,969    431,418    400,786    131,954    2,235,219   
Nebraska 840,571    580,460    148,070    112,041    50,975    789,596   
North Dakota 356,258    225,725    53,183    77,349    23,433    332,825   
South Dakota 349,739    209,594    58,928    81,217    22,389    327,350   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 405,992    272,931    69,278    63,783    27,315    378,677   
District of Columbia 498,853    219,451    95,776    183,626    24,922    473,931   
Florida 7,741,467    5,588,156    1,185,602    967,709    554,887    7,186,580   
Georgia 3,650,343    2,765,268    519,540    365,535    183,873    3,466,470   
Maryland 2,351,722    1,580,151    302,729    468,843    108,604    2,243,118   
North Carolina 3,474,633    2,388,631    424,865    661,137    172,175    3,302,459   
South Carolina 1,643,735    1,240,991    262,655    140,088    117,871    1,525,863   
Virginia 3,257,743    2,171,683    470,628    615,432    175,224    3,082,519   
West Virginia 555,514    374,914    92,615    87,985    14,102 * 541,412   
East South Central:
Alabama 1,602,286    1,229,575    206,699    166,011    92,720    1,509,566   
Kentucky 1,563,214    1,020,539    287,268    255,406    72,097    1,491,116   
Mississippi 861,978    570,100    200,676    91,202    74,240    787,738   
Tennessee 2,586,331    1,442,981    807,375    335,975    135,343    2,450,988   
West South Central:
Arkansas 996,568    705,649    121,377    169,541    58,538    938,030   
Louisiana 1,604,835    1,075,678    296,785    232,372    109,135    1,495,701   
Oklahoma 1,346,702    889,746    310,691    146,265    94,156    1,252,546   
Texas 9,862,639    6,826,641    2,051,231    984,767    789,515    9,073,123   
Mountain:
Arizona 2,282,124    1,591,529    373,212    317,383    203,751    2,078,373   
Colorado 2,296,654    1,619,578    444,516    232,560    244,375    2,052,279   
Idaho 601,003    361,292    147,436    92,275    41,529    559,474   
Montana 380,684    235,538    70,292    74,853    37,827    342,857   
Nevada 1,125,246    871,647    191,947    61,652 * 122,159    1,003,087   
New Mexico 601,405    382,038    136,921    82,446    29,113    572,292   
Utah 1,193,434    764,012    238,198    191,223    81,952    1,111,482   
Wyoming 201,701    150,024    35,855    15,822    15,976    185,725   
Pacific:
Alaska 271,135    179,517    47,071    44,548    14,333    256,802   
California 14,126,853    10,001,661    2,367,546    1,757,646    992,282    13,134,571   
Hawaii 514,133    369,263    76,488    68,382    31,953    482,180   
Oregon 1,554,934    1,082,422    226,916    245,597    96,935    1,457,999   
Washington 2,567,686    1,737,667    491,853    338,166    227,211    2,340,475   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2016 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

Totals may not sum exactly because of rounding.

 

Table VI.B.1 Standard errors for number of private-sector employees by ownership type and age of firm and State: United States, 2016
Division and State Total Ownership Age of firm
For profit, incorporated For profit, unincorporated Nonprofit Less than 5 years 5 or more years
United States 861,828    881,028    497,108    542,858    269,228    866,447   
New England:
Connecticut 97,589    100,667    37,944    31,635    18,245    97,728   
Maine 19,462    18,418    9,753    17,051    7,333    19,512   
Massachusetts 133,456    146,826    59,636    96,528    23,443    135,540   
New Hampshire 26,958    24,303    11,053    21,167    5,092    27,247   
Rhode Island 16,724    18,202    8,480    11,954    3,911    17,010   
Vermont 10,828    9,774    9,196    9,551    2,880    10,944   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 115,021    117,092    79,875    75,893    44,427    116,394   
New York 228,543    248,518    156,454    153,323    74,859    233,383   
Pennsylvania 189,015    166,195    115,772    159,846    71,539    186,736   
East North Central:
Illinois 222,366    220,996    109,709    176,283    45,984    224,423   
Indiana 118,388    124,212    72,708    68,331    33,997    118,375   
Michigan 148,513    153,298    101,365    103,450    65,949    153,006   
Ohio 236,906    237,274    74,232    129,731    82,959 * 227,659   
Wisconsin 115,673    129,393    55,850    66,921    27,430    117,678   
West North Central:
Iowa 48,818    52,077    22,665    39,405    11,625    49,000   
Kansas 57,539    56,666    28,916    38,665    18,563    57,020   
Minnesota 116,389    118,107    68,767    64,026    60,541 * 111,005   
Missouri 89,416    92,583    59,951    60,844    25,919    91,570   
Nebraska 33,652    35,296    20,465    23,193    9,035    34,368   
North Dakota 13,986    12,926    6,207    13,587    3,905    14,437   
South Dakota 12,011    12,867    8,049    12,649    5,157    12,108   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 18,475    20,923    13,668    15,215    5,173    18,809   
District of Columbia 20,423    19,886    16,386    16,186    5,969    20,712   
Florida 298,125    286,043    190,083    188,416    79,474    302,210   
Georgia 146,472    158,721    75,542    78,828    33,898    150,381   
Maryland 126,564    131,768    42,761    76,893    22,962    127,069   
North Carolina 112,263    110,965    59,085    91,090    35,945    113,324   
South Carolina 65,631    73,629    32,111    26,943    18,661    67,030   
Virginia 134,620    131,487    68,714    109,489    34,787    135,104   
West Virginia 27,056    29,226    11,740    14,917    4,575 * 27,309   
East South Central:
Alabama 62,270    66,891    27,145    32,367    16,132    63,672   
Kentucky 69,915    67,836    46,997    43,170    15,107    70,939   
Mississippi 39,995    34,903    30,888    22,039    18,631    38,138   
Tennessee 116,438    93,412    107,083    50,464    25,002    117,867   
West South Central:
Arkansas 49,621    53,530    15,161    30,547    12,514    50,004   
Louisiana 71,390    68,019    41,103    54,635    29,785    70,603   
Oklahoma 81,538    53,713    73,614    30,931    16,829    82,126   
Texas 283,917    295,683    178,012    142,443    87,575    287,343   
Mountain:
Arizona 91,505    96,469    49,130    65,649    39,633    91,251   
Colorado 91,676    107,033    56,824    48,700    50,969    93,456   
Idaho 25,590    20,001    19,815    20,584    7,154    26,118   
Montana 15,682    13,971    8,936    13,546    6,968    16,370   
Nevada 48,234    49,153    26,540    20,897 * 29,578    44,776   
New Mexico 25,159    26,722    11,752    15,588    5,530    25,464   
Utah 48,900    49,830    30,249    36,473    16,266    49,956   
Wyoming 7,143    7,642    3,855    3,053    3,254    7,134   
Pacific:
Alaska 10,822    12,121    5,240    8,028    2,554    10,955   
California 328,990    357,405    174,904    171,976    99,127    330,155   
Hawaii 22,020    23,853    12,272    16,846    8,028    21,984   
Oregon 79,540    62,508    27,484    68,854    17,659    80,064   
Washington 95,578    109,248    61,275    68,284    39,587    96,773   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2016 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

Totals may not sum exactly because of rounding.