United States

6,256,044

3,634,870

783,432

531,144

402,690

903,909

4,736,180

1,519,864

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

156,071

134,021

13,487

5,542

1,843

1,179

151,379

4,692

Mining and manufacturing

309,357

123,936

57,951

52,229

34,610

40,630

213,259

96,098

Construction

592,659

445,064

85,903

44,043

12,041

5,610

561,411

31,248

Utilities and transp.

137,991

72,774

14,522

11,229

9,392

30,073

93,013

44,978

Wholesale trade

364,861

195,038

56,440

38,163

29,565

45,655

273,465

91,396

Fin. svs. and real est.

628,181

305,928

41,171

39,515

51,982

189,584

368,553

259,628

Retail trade

1,070,667

507,426

123,813

86,887

74,125

278,417

678,354

392,313

Professional services

1,369,072

923,780

169,197

85,835

72,287

117,973

1,141,348

227,724

Other Services

1,623,192

923,008

220,852

167,700

116,844

194,787

1,251,404

371,788

Unknown

3,992

3,895

97

*

*****

*****

*****

3,992

*****

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

3,982,134

1,953,040

579,493

413,367

284,007

752,227

2,782,424

1,199,711

For profit, unincorporated

1,507,449

1,278,962

123,876

50,146

27,361

27,105

1,437,134

70,315

Nonprofit

641,917

391,294

79,928

66,440

78,827

25,428

504,913

137,004

Unknown

124,543

11,574

135

*

1,191

*

12,495

99,149

11,709

112,834

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

1,233,695

1,012,515

136,498

55,002

15,052

14,629

1,189,874

43,821

5-9 years

839,629

625,602

111,790

57,711

26,294

18,231

775,701

63,928

10-19 years

1,447,238

961,274

219,052

133,219

70,854

62,840

1,262,918

184,321

20 or more years

2,202,371

1,033,254

313,994

274,849

251,229

329,044

1,497,714

704,657

Unknown

533,110

2,224

*

2,099

*

10,363

39,260

479,163

9,974

523,136

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

1,589,412

40,883

89,519

201,323

354,903

902,784

219,995

1,369,416

1 location only

4,666,632

3,593,987

693,913

329,821

47,787

1,124

4,516,185

150,447

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

794,487

588,497

77,772

49,455

33,985

44,779

700,720

93,768

25-49%

449,422

202,451

62,546

49,135

35,002

100,288

292,996

156,426

50-74%

941,537

572,905

118,338

75,588

59,963

114,744

736,674

204,864

75% or more

4,070,597

2,271,017

524,776

356,966

273,740

644,098

3,005,791

1,064,806

Union presence

No union employees

5,774,931

3,458,662

742,022

492,842

368,929

712,476

4,497,089

1,277,842

Has union employees

274,011

63,532

28,594

28,842

24,373

128,670

107,507

166,504

Unknown

207,101

112,676

12,816

9,460

9,388

62,762

131,583

75,518

Percent low-wage employees **

50% or more low wage

2,067,906

1,312,816

266,982

195,249

160,089

132,769

1,693,307

374,599

Less than 50% low wage

3,319,958

2,129,696

493,717

310,284

192,937

193,324

2,811,378

508,580

Unknown

868,180

192,357

22,734

25,610

49,663

577,816

231,496

636,684

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Cost and Financing Studies. 2000 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.

** Definitions of industry groups and low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to prior year's estimates. See Technical Appendix.

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

United States

35,234

24,437

11,262

7,624

10,198

16,261

24,890

19,828

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

5,317

5,335

1,313

494

368

302

5,688

538

Mining and manufacturing

7,428

5,119

2,191

2,300

2,687

2,935

7,420

4,837

Construction

15,053

12,982

5,427

2,614

1,570

1,011

15,357

1,515

Utilities and transp.

5,092

3,377

1,407

615

831

3,507

2,209

3,733

Wholesale trade

9,230

7,767

3,296

3,362

2,460

4,862

7,550

6,144

Fin. svs. and real est.

23,145

13,813

3,527

3,128

4,197

13,205

15,384

14,645

Retail trade

18,003

14,495

5,720

3,748

3,208

8,390

17,246

9,917

Professional services

19,280

16,045

7,026

3,532

2,981

5,885

17,362

7,290

Other Services

26,783

18,353

10,095

6,511

5,508

10,322

24,216

10,847

Unknown

1,251

1,280

97

*

*****

*****

*****

1,251

*****

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

46,595

26,307

10,918

6,123

6,592

22,072

31,498

24,653

For profit, unincorporated

16,764

20,124

7,318

3,204

3,011

3,528

17,673

4,537

Nonprofit

13,315

12,171

4,741

3,400

3,361

1,591

12,818

3,627

Unknown

9,976

2,130

99

*

644

*

4,315

8,711

2,061

9,661

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

26,596

23,922

7,870

2,975

1,752

2,828

26,109

2,712

5-9 years

25,569

23,337

7,408

2,758

2,305

2,650

25,833

2,881

10-19 years

20,819

21,475

7,347

5,425

5,096

6,927

21,686

6,223

20 or more years

34,719

17,438

6,639

4,569

8,669

13,011

21,376

16,749

Unknown

17,788

1,122

*

840

*

1,346

4,088

16,805

1,881

17,769

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

24,107

5,102

6,380

6,146

11,334

16,218

10,978

21,072

1 location only

27,045

25,146

9,772

6,256

2,247

150

25,983

3,134

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

20,291

19,483

4,063

4,061

3,549

4,502

18,313

7,395

25-49%

9,792

8,568

5,370

3,340

2,598

6,500

7,811

6,165

50-74%

21,668

14,039

3,937

6,084

4,326

5,055

16,633

7,395

75% or more

36,101

26,087

11,452

7,082

8,400

12,490

27,877

18,019

Union presence

No union employees

31,180

27,895

12,071

6,974

10,901

16,683

27,761

18,596

Has union employees

12,653

3,542

1,825

3,065

3,238

8,683

5,996

10,016

Unknown

13,341

9,411

1,688

2,347

1,331

6,899

9,750

6,736

Percent low-wage employees **

50% or more low wage

21,411

19,535

7,118

7,388

4,986

7,262

20,288

8,257

Less than 50% low wage

36,390

28,109

8,491

6,998

8,620

13,088

27,727

20,115

Unknown

15,338

10,647

2,238

2,482

4,011

18,225

11,052

18,632

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Cost and Financing Studies. 2000 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 prior year's estimates. See Technical Appendix

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