Table I.A.1(1999) Number of private-sector establishments by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 1999

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United States

6,185,060

3,695,148

768,496

515,011

385,632

820,774

4,779,856

1,405,204

Industry group

Agric., fish., forest.

325,426

281,117

25,706

11,215

2,849

4,539

*

313,315

12,111

Mining

14,995

6,316

2,102

*

1,329

*

1,482

*

3,765

9,135

5,859

Construction

585,401

442,795

90,087

41,645

8,570

2,305

561,678

23,723

Manufacturing

316,933

124,656

62,774

54,705

34,012

40,787

220,567

96,367

Transp., commu., util.

225,561

110,385

21,066

18,724

17,581

57,805

142,348

83,214

Wholesale trade

408,975

209,653

60,329

43,975

35,616

59,401

296,948

112,027

Retail trade

1,379,871

629,146

184,203

130,070

102,616

333,836

893,782

486,089

Fin., ins., real est.

552,801

292,505

35,121

36,518

40,175

148,481

349,245

203,556

Services

2,369,751

1,594,727

285,673

176,830

142,665

169,855

1,987,557

382,193

Unknown

5,346

3,847

1,434

*

*****

65

*

*****

5,281

65

*

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

3,903,713

1,972,880

567,360

393,698

272,671

697,103

2,787,574

1,116,139

For profit, unincorporated

1,482,912

1,270,122

117,802

45,769

24,436

24,783

1,415,834

67,077

Nonprofit

612,858

363,649

80,074

71,591

75,056

22,488

482,855

130,003

Unknown

185,579

88,497

3,260

3,952

*

13,469

76,400

93,593

91,985

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

1,031,838

845,654

110,354

48,794

17,609

9,428

988,831

43,007

5-9 years

978,195

744,677

132,315

65,932

25,064

10,206

922,227

55,968

10-19 years

1,454,951

994,268

221,943

137,832

66,835

34,074

1,305,403

149,548

20 or more years

2,112,297

1,099,401

297,071

248,205

222,820

244,799

1,539,522

572,775

Unknown

607,779

11,147

6,813

14,248

53,305

522,266

23,873

583,906

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

1,514,286

45,582

95,565

213,591

339,674

819,874

243,948

1,270,337

1 location only

4,670,774

3,649,565

672,931

301,420

45,958

900

4,535,907

134,867

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

692,745

530,039

63,621

36,290

25,482

37,314

618,773

73,972

25-49%

472,548

210,508

68,034

50,455

37,708

105,843

306,749

165,799

50-74%

908,464

551,714

118,998

67,091

58,260

112,401

712,653

195,811

75% or more

4,111,304

2,402,888

517,843

361,174

264,183

565,216

3,141,681

969,623

Union presence

No union employees

5,588,505

3,500,580

721,275

473,540

343,527

549,583

4,511,937

1,076,569

Has union employees

275,866

65,155

28,060

26,811

28,068

127,773

110,030

165,836

Unknown

320,689

129,413

19,161

14,660

14,037

143,418

157,889

162,800

Percent low-wage employees

50% or more low wage

729,337

497,390

87,225

57,789

45,361

41,572

618,843

110,494

Less than 50% low wage

4,565,886

2,974,712

650,354

431,766

286,445

222,608

3,891,794

674,091

Unknown

889,838

223,045

30,917

25,456

53,826

556,593

269,218

620,619

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Cost and Financing Studies. 1999 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey - Insurance Component.

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

Totals may not sum exactly because of rounding.

*Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

***** No estimate available. No reported values in cell.

Table I.A.1(1999) Standard error for number of private-sector establishments by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 1999

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United States

36,988

31,163

12,622

10,917

5,842

17,592

34,596

22,424

Industry group

Agric., fish., forest.

9,978

7,932

3,925

2,167

801

1,425

*

9,827

2,093

Mining

2,284

1,234

928

*

546

*

455

*

1,311

1,884

1,224

Construction

15,334

12,492

5,313

2,847

1,151

598

14,896

1,693

Manufacturing

9,379

6,243

3,876

3,018

1,407

2,856

8,348

3,560

Transp., commu., util.

4,697

5,527

2,144

938

2,253

4,656

6,826

4,404

Wholesale trade

17,585

9,184

7,342

3,433

3,286

3,406

14,304

5,105

Retail trade

16,190

16,907

10,712

3,789

4,299

12,601

14,748

13,238

Fin., ins., real est.

17,008

10,158

3,719

5,284

2,598

8,449

12,174

10,748

Services

19,774

20,398

5,933

4,683

3,544

6,268

19,383

5,123

Unknown

1,635

1,348

1,434

*

*****

65

*

*****

1,627

65

*

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

37,240

31,364

11,719

10,441

6,170

15,887

35,277

17,608

For profit, unincorporated

19,910

19,710

6,394

4,091

2,132

3,456

20,333

4,024

Nonprofit

12,421

8,401

4,333

3,455

3,548

1,437

11,477

3,158

Unknown

12,233

6,645

956

1,012

*

1,992

8,011

6,907

8,657

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

30,940

29,082

5,684

3,137

2,961

1,559

29,117

4,140

5-9 years

12,727

14,312

8,047

3,809

1,324

1,043

13,142

2,639

10-19 years

26,644

15,835

4,437

6,160

4,686

3,285

23,571

6,049

20 or more years

16,126

16,435

5,478

7,200

4,543

8,105

16,521

9,716

Unknown

15,450

2,294

1,330

1,797

3,254

16,088

3,086

15,842

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

20,961

3,790

5,177

5,667

6,337

17,589

6,748

20,993

1 location only

33,714

31,206

11,852

9,149

1,683

99

33,441

3,706

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

10,759

13,147

3,518

2,947

1,753

4,505

10,439

6,414

25-49%

14,768

8,412

4,310

4,491

2,269

8,402

10,341

8,589

50-74%

18,704

21,373

5,584

2,700

3,399

9,103

18,399

8,729

75% or more

38,975

31,478

12,972

7,989

6,864

10,477

33,907

18,194

Union presence

No union employees

33,453

31,361

13,058

10,504

6,391

15,860

36,376

21,661

Has union employees

12,673

6,333

1,961

2,782

1,735

9,594

8,683

10,119

Unknown

9,699

7,807

2,702

1,067

2,351

5,834

6,841

7,274

Percent low-wage employees

50% or more low wage

15,226

11,502

3,430

5,387

3,101

5,135

12,402

6,059

Less than 50% low wage

38,525

29,251

13,406

7,888

7,251

4,172

33,814

11,825

Unknown

13,701

7,027

2,533

2,199

3,840

17,192

8,389

15,663

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Cost and Financing Studies. 1999 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.

***** No estimate available. No reported values in cell.