Table I.A.1(1998) Number of private-sector establishments by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 1998
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 6,197,685    3,758,930    764,744    519,511    388,344    766,156    4,840,741    1,356,944   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 260,716    226,294    19,155    9,775    2,700    2,791    252,360    8,355   
Mining 17,094    6,303    1,765 * 1,423 * 2,887 * 4,717    8,326    8,768   
Construction 588,896    459,227    78,016    37,691    9,913    4,049    563,037    25,859   
Manufacturing 334,432    138,686    64,056    56,338    35,390    39,962    235,113    99,319   
Transp., commu., util. 216,827    102,393    25,528    19,304    14,067    55,536    140,642    76,186   
Wholesale trade 396,816    211,741    54,880    47,971    28,235    53,988    298,539    98,277   
Retail Trade 1,433,036    693,771    190,347    131,191    109,079    308,649    966,361    466,676   
Fin., ins., real est. 572,281    308,887    38,685    33,576    45,768    145,365    365,318    206,963   
Services 2,367,153    1,601,206    292,313    182,241    140,295    151,098    2,000,623    366,530   
Unknown 10,433    10,422    --    --    11 * --    10,422    11 *
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 3,859,827    1,956,174    570,944    397,177    280,126    655,407    2,770,759    1,089,068   
For profit, unincorporated 1,598,467    1,395,505    116,148    44,447    29,306    13,062    1,542,036    56,431   
Nonprofit 636,262    391,441    77,652    75,335    68,520    23,313    511,716    124,546   
Unknown 103,128    15,810    --    2,552    10,393    74,374    16,230    86,898   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 1,057,330    862,089    114,201    51,388    16,025    13,628    1,014,856    42,475   
5-9 years 1,003,144    768,468    130,974    63,356    32,136    8,211    941,607    61,537   
10-19 years 1,487,930    1,034,591    218,450    127,337    72,715    34,837    1,336,653    151,277   
20 or more years 2,121,441    1,085,449    295,803    260,960    213,088    266,142    1,529,733    591,708   
Unknown 527,839    8,334    5,316    16,469    54,380    443,339    17,892    509,947   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 1,501,112    48,713    109,779    228,683    348,519    765,419    266,742    1,234,370   
1 location only 4,696,573    3,710,217    654,965    290,828    39,826    738    4,573,999    122,574   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 692,879    549,235    66,913    40,278    22,043    14,410    643,021    49,858   
25-49 % 410,562    219,548    60,057    33,457    31,549    65,950    300,321    110,242   
50-74 % 919,869    601,267    109,494    61,259    55,340    92,509    750,403    169,465   
75% or more 4,174,375    2,388,880    528,279    384,517    279,412    593,287    3,146,996    1,027,378   
Union presence
No union employees 5,612,659    3,561,767    719,875    477,934    346,248    506,835    4,576,336    1,036,323   
Has union employees 270,464    67,483    25,939    25,800    23,959    127,283    105,109    165,355   
Unknown 314,562    129,680    18,929    15,777    18,137    132,038    159,296    155,266   
Percent low wage employees **
50% or more low wage 934,886    625,547    123,097    76,556    60,417    49,269    798,073    136,813   
Less than 50% low wage 4,462,099    2,922,540    617,731    419,839    273,917    228,071    3,795,518    666,581   
Unknown 800,700    210,843    23,915    23,116    54,010    488,816    247,150    553,549   
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 1998 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.
-- Data suppressed due to high standard errors or no reported values in cell.
** 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(1998) Standard error for number of private-sector establishments by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 1998
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 40,508    33,260    13,807    10,866    9,118    18,911    34,437    25,525   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 9,644    10,099    1,481    1,444    631    631    9,865    1,509   
Mining 2,785    1,713    703 * 403 * 756 * 1,355    2,075    1,667   
Construction 12,186    9,415    4,350    1,593    1,230    691    12,349    1,651   
Manufacturing 8,149    6,491    3,867    1,011    2,860    2,093    8,455    4,796   
Transp., commu., util. 9,891    6,284    2,753    2,224    1,856    7,079    5,894    7,425   
Wholesale trade 13,143    12,652    3,807    6,063    3,073    4,246    13,331    4,667   
Retail Trade 24,659    17,723    6,435    6,163    4,498    12,135    18,992    16,205   
Fin., ins., real est. 17,784    11,047    2,949    4,419    4,323    8,759    11,262    9,908   
Services 17,062    21,022    8,436    4,410    6,230    10,077    14,651    7,451   
Unknown 2,407    2,412    --    --    11 * --    2,412    11 *
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 42,949    33,039    12,979    8,496    8,290    19,405    38,607    25,831   
For profit, unincorporated 19,296    18,516    4,459    3,540    3,541    1,916    18,408    4,422   
Nonprofit 12,374    8,284    5,169    3,179    2,823    1,962    10,115    3,166   
Unknown 7,324    3,474    --    363    2,105    3,465    3,465    4,344   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 28,101    24,295    8,914    2,627    1,771    1,151    28,268    1,982   
5-9 years 14,476    10,017    6,446    4,481    5,184    1,241    10,312    6,281   
10-19 years 16,988    19,820    7,064    4,724    4,337    3,202    18,041    5,437   
20 or more years 33,652    16,679    8,329    9,166    6,489    18,767    18,529    23,400   
Unknown 11,087    2,202    950    1,853    2,384    9,249    2,989    9,836   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 24,835    5,665    7,186    9,483    9,049    18,899    7,664    23,992   
1 location only 35,954    34,081    14,891    4,249    1,953    86    37,555    2,968   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 21,411    19,271    3,080    3,104    1,877    2,398    21,245    4,413   
25-49 % 16,191    14,602    4,490    1,503    2,191    6,319    13,680    7,513   
50-74 % 19,672    11,949    5,328    2,950    2,334    8,200    13,565    8,976   
75% or more 34,906    29,027    11,831    10,316    9,997    13,163    29,883    18,659   
Union presence
No union employees 37,022    34,435    13,985    8,958    8,601    15,408    36,130    18,248   
Has union employees 19,687    8,275    3,370    2,555    1,896    10,780    11,400    12,143   
Unknown 10,170    9,913    2,324    2,381    2,488    5,860    11,697    5,761   
Percent low wage employees **
50% or more low wage 23,972    21,102    7,041    2,481    3,761    5,687    22,973    7,493   
Less than 50% low wage 41,301    31,346    15,129    9,348    7,038    12,934    34,821    16,775   
Unknown 14,040    9,542    2,256    2,428    3,104    10,456    10,657    11,313   
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 1998 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.
-- Data suppressed due to high standard errors or no reported values in cell.
** 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.