Table I.A.1(1996) Number of private-sector establishments by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 1996
Characteristics Total Less than 10 employees 10-24 employees 25-99 employees 100-999 employees 1000 or more employees Less than 50 employees 50 or more employees
United States 5,956,479    3,655,645    735,970    486,509    355,744    722,610    4,678,649    1,277,829   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 236,611    205,490    17,838    8,094    2,550 * 2,639    229,042    7,569   
Mining 23,074    10,880    3,408    911 * 1,844 * 6,031    14,750    8,324   
Construction 489,488    378,952    67,123    30,267    8,303    4,843    467,385    22,103   
Manufacturing 357,806    146,197    68,812    55,532    38,675    48,590    250,116    107,690   
Transp., commu., util. 230,050    117,174    29,855    17,908    15,993    49,122    156,919    73,131   
Wholesale trade 423,959    220,571    53,381    47,843    40,703    61,460    302,006    121,953   
Retail Trade 1,429,047    708,981    180,388    124,347    97,607    317,725    962,718    466,329   
Fin., ins., real est. 528,261    300,778    38,054    34,951    38,529    115,949    355,004    173,257   
Services 2,201,831    1,531,514    275,871    166,656    111,540    116,250    1,904,358    297,473   
Unknown 36,350    35,109    1,241 * 0    0    0    36,350    0   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 3,716,474    1,886,313    552,460    377,549    256,225    643,928    2,665,065    1,051,409   
For profit, unincorporated 1,453,217    1,274,693    101,170    41,852    21,196    14,306    1,401,600    51,616   
Nonprofit 491,303    286,264    66,972    59,051    57,111    21,905    384,420    106,882   
Unknown 295,485    208,376    15,370    8,058    21,211    42,470    227,563    67,921   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 1,428,283    1,213,296    139,903    59,008    10,181    5,895    1,396,743    31,541   
5-9 years 1,041,012    814,499    139,689    62,024    15,338    9,463    997,686    43,327   
10-19 years 1,222,054    864,446    189,547    98,012    43,141    26,908    1,115,477    106,576   
20 or more years 1,326,843    684,295    226,767    172,546    116,506    126,729    1,006,858    319,985   
Unknown 938,286    79,110    40,065    94,921    170,577    553,614    161,886    776,401   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 1,347,845    39,480    78,621    200,339    307,727    721,679    200,788    1,147,057   
1 location only 4,608,633    3,616,166    657,349    286,171    48,017    931    4,477,861    130,772   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 822,008    650,470    77,337    39,768    18,451    35,982    754,138    67,870   
25-49 % 395,642    197,450    66,176    36,506    23,827    71,683    286,799    108,843   
50-74 % 814,894    508,957    104,022    61,428    45,296    95,191    648,891    166,003   
75% or more 3,923,934    2,298,769    488,434    348,807    268,170    519,754    2,988,822    935,112   
Union presence
No union employees 4,794,223    3,162,508    647,411    420,636    277,498    286,170    4,056,642    737,581   
Has union employees 174,681    68,590    24,843    25,532    24,816    30,899    108,608    66,073   
Unknown 987,574    424,547    63,716    40,341    53,430    405,540    513,399    474,175   
Percent low wage employees **
50% or more low wage 1,100,346    706,489    144,033    102,395    73,305    74,124    914,451    185,895   
Less than 50% low wage 3,766,196    2,511,808    524,530    333,573    208,289    187,996    3,231,251    534,945   
Unknown 1,089,937    437,348    67,408    50,541    74,150    460,490    532,947    556,990   
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 1996 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.
** Definitions of industry groups and low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to IC data prior to 2000. See Technical Appendix.
Totals may not sum exactly because of rounding.

 

Table I.A.1(1996) Standard error for number of private-sector establishments by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 1996
Characteristics Total Less than 10 employees 10-24 employees 25-99 employees 100-999 employees 1000 or more employees Less than 50 employees 50 or more employees
United States 29,537    34,140    8,473    10,596    9,695    13,712    33,342    14,471   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 6,999    6,653    1,911    2,018    1,162 * 670    7,206    1,195   
Mining 2,868    1,998    680    423 * 442 * 1,062    2,507    982   
Construction 6,931    5,306    2,329    2,705    1,371    756    6,463    1,998   
Manufacturing 8,365    6,928    3,959    3,305    1,962    2,923    8,855    4,105   
Transp., commu., util. 9,153    4,997    3,172    2,050    2,900    2,225    7,321    3,779   
Wholesale trade 15,496    10,057    3,883    2,446    5,274    6,134    12,317    7,218   
Retail Trade 24,569    13,741    6,926    4,690    6,771    14,811    14,314    13,714   
Fin., ins., real est. 15,532    12,752    2,887    3,566    2,839    12,866    12,869    14,373   
Services 22,810    23,378    6,797    8,301    2,641    3,839    24,400    8,063   
Unknown 3,391    3,401    493 * 0    0    0    3,391    0   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 29,405    28,841    11,873    8,727    6,647    12,923    29,176    15,921   
For profit, unincorporated 23,876    22,331    5,085    3,318    1,844    1,883    21,235    4,100   
Nonprofit 8,105    7,049    3,772    5,270    4,687    1,968    7,983    4,938   
Unknown 10,727    7,361    1,610    1,407    2,427    4,050    7,460    4,614   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 21,290    23,884    7,067    4,391    1,187    1,307    22,004    2,039   
5-9 years 22,597    22,770    3,044    3,791    1,924    1,729    22,868    3,165   
10-19 years 20,581    20,235    8,363    4,638    3,867    3,874    17,409    7,147   
20 or more years 15,024    15,079    3,378    6,739    5,459    8,576    14,462    5,711   
Unknown 16,819    5,649    3,229    5,364    7,390    13,910    5,289    15,346   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 14,963    3,256    5,029    7,626    7,724    13,622    7,310    13,625   
1 location only 33,833    34,863    8,628    6,195    2,639    239    35,418    5,046   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 18,780    17,566    4,214    3,360    754    4,799    16,190    5,634   
25-49 % 5,911    5,726    4,037    1,719    3,509    4,912    5,831    7,222   
50-74 % 19,573    10,369    4,812    3,420    2,991    7,613    14,168    9,630   
75% or more 32,489    23,009    7,299    8,916    6,137    17,377    28,298    18,154   
Union presence
No union employees 35,157    33,365    7,191    9,692    5,719    13,094    36,485    12,028   
Has union employees 8,912    6,207    3,129    2,618    2,373    3,526    7,534    4,917   
Unknown 12,693    9,857    4,811    3,716    5,137    8,907    8,482    10,604   
Percent low wage employees **
50% or more low wage 19,035    19,897    2,938    5,872    5,286    6,970    19,075    8,319   
Less than 50% low wage 28,705    30,541    7,708    5,891    6,743    9,835    31,401    11,163   
Unknown 14,661    16,677    3,303    3,323    5,310    11,380    14,507    14,735   
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 1996 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.
** Definitions of industry groups and low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to IC data prior to 2000. See Technical Appendix.
Totals may not sum exactly because of rounding.