United States

112,021,085

14,471,699

9,962,999

15,734,599

20,096,784

51,755,004

32,331,161

79,689,924

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

1,137,257

364,487

189,004

172,179

127,210

284,377

654,960

482,297

Mining and manufacturing

16,835,991

605,362

844,269

2,302,343

4,036,895

9,047,122

2,598,726

14,237,265

Construction

6,246,359

1,713,300

1,250,096

1,585,394

1,176,258

521,311

3,835,311

2,411,048

Utilities and transp.

4,873,347

488,137

170,494

372,779

611,542

3,230,395

825,445

4,047,903

Wholesale trade

5,982,350

704,621

674,061

1,011,004

1,202,633

2,390,031

1,896,052

4,086,298

Fin. svs. and real est.

11,236,960

1,035,132

460,169

845,851

1,417,844

7,477,964

1,902,368

9,334,592

Retail trade

15,011,648

1,885,618

1,360,981

1,989,178

1,759,642

8,016,228

4,212,073

10,799,575

Professional services

23,911,982

3,716,414

2,193,143

2,555,714

4,517,985

10,928,726

7,070,100

16,841,882

Other Services

26,777,023

3,950,946

2,820,295

4,900,156

5,246,775

9,858,851

9,327,958

17,449,064

Unknown

8,169

7,682

487

*

*****

*****

*****

8,169

*****

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

83,742,551

8,154,481

7,524,685

12,419,961

14,089,616

41,553,809

21,973,124

61,769,426

For profit, unincorporated

10,578,705

4,551,685

1,404,287

1,375,708

1,725,160

1,521,864

6,733,431

3,845,274

Nonprofit

13,598,558

1,742,272

1,032,708

1,925,587

3,949,169

4,948,821

3,600,026

9,998,532

Unknown

4,101,271

23,261

1,319

*

13,343

*

332,839

3,730,509

24,579

4,076,692

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

8,932,407

3,957,888

1,658,273

1,649,616

917,713

748,917

6,615,310

2,317,097

5-9 years

7,841,608

2,293,556

1,427,479

1,695,125

1,563,229

862,218

4,660,823

3,180,785

10-19 years

18,196,838

3,909,745

2,840,782

4,088,929

3,782,904

3,574,477

8,846,558

9,350,280

20 or more years

51,440,937

4,305,728

4,017,124

8,124,020

12,764,631

22,229,434

12,076,885

39,364,052

Unknown

25,609,296

4,781

*

19,340

*

176,909

1,068,308

24,339,957

131,585

25,477,711

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

68,451,183

192,864

867,747

3,542,951

13,054,608

50,793,014

2,450,331

66,000,853

1 location only

43,569,901

14,278,835

9,095,253

12,191,648

7,042,176

961,989

29,880,830

13,689,071

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

7,733,457

1,941,764

1,017,777

1,341,562

1,150,000

2,282,353

3,766,954

3,966,503

25-49%

8,498,310

1,124,249

813,142

1,493,985

1,419,943

3,646,990

2,618,825

5,879,484

50-74%

14,303,904

2,481,634

1,403,306

1,905,440

2,320,432

6,193,093

4,898,797

9,405,107

75% or more

81,485,414

8,924,052

6,728,774

10,993,612

15,206,410

39,632,567

21,046,584

60,438,830

Union presence

No union employees

89,089,947

13,684,284

9,407,972

14,304,200

16,991,544

34,701,947

30,387,667

58,702,280

Has union employees

17,079,019

446,621

370,216

1,157,351

2,571,227

12,533,604

1,296,271

15,782,749

Unknown

5,852,118

340,794

184,811

273,048

534,013

4,519,453

647,223

5,204,896

Percent low-wage employees **

50% or more low wage

25,384,688

5,021,803

3,320,362

5,565,117

5,893,556

5,583,850

11,179,898

14,204,790

Less than 50% low wage

52,253,991

8,686,783

6,383,535

9,501,945

12,124,097

15,557,631

19,762,968

32,491,023

Unknown

34,382,406

763,113

259,103

667,537

2,079,131

30,613,522

1,388,294

32,994,111

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

1,750,278

336,472

200,618

246,607

664,576

1,628,186

494,166

1,565,397

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

132,481

28,412

26,005

22,037

27,157

111,512

51,129

125,530

Mining and manufacturing

498,850

68,107

49,208

111,575

223,845

408,294

212,953

509,369

Construction

238,071

105,369

102,229

86,204

127,925

114,565

184,770

93,966

Utilities and transp.

438,117

196,112

15,206

26,550

87,857

404,319

180,196

388,358

Wholesale trade

344,167

35,588

32,726

116,802

165,317

281,197

99,078

319,706

Fin. svs. and real est.

477,047

83,914

48,552

72,267

161,649

573,570

163,443

478,858

Retail trade

488,746

55,751

65,383

87,820

114,611

393,305

126,120

438,798

Professional services

824,808

252,949

76,466

147,597

134,717

849,255

184,209

912,697

Other Services

544,721

169,356

153,816

156,718

374,485

550,803

252,764

540,222

Unknown

2,784

2,889

487

*

*****

*****

*****

2,784

*****

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

1,469,264

280,966

229,434

239,538

473,137

1,485,092

436,626

1,350,332

For profit, unincorporated

328,715

313,353

95,384

117,626

147,377

256,246

283,066

320,921

Nonprofit

362,634

141,969

55,488

116,715

345,500

338,325

159,353

368,137

Unknown

325,291

3,407

849

*

7,386

*

102,313

332,927

3,199

324,853

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

315,306

175,010

160,527

139,995

98,593

139,056

178,440

168,676

5-9 years

272,794

113,881

119,104

104,257

180,818

137,610

162,139

191,252

10-19 years

429,873

216,085

152,548

211,570

261,160

236,334

342,416

268,900

20 or more years

1,323,931

146,895

102,845

191,496

542,056

1,035,072

323,745

1,146,838

Unknown

1,093,048

2,758

*

8,584

*

23,727

126,903

1,102,679

30,769

1,091,297

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

1,933,261

26,651

84,199

145,152

679,751

1,625,834

106,313

1,866,996

1 location only

624,123

338,770

184,777

192,840

421,691

79,617

473,130

422,422

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

352,319

138,077

112,976

82,861

150,866

314,375

201,990

323,346

25-49%

230,322

42,660

69,599

75,746

134,779

218,253

106,048

245,122

50-74%

558,583

187,133

59,429

155,324

112,008

469,832

252,316

435,736

75% or more

1,412,727

307,736

142,585

284,906

648,172

1,448,158

316,971

1,418,531

Union presence

No union employees

1,205,143

300,104

195,068

236,853

497,893

1,144,922

382,213

1,043,771

Has union employees

735,046

94,058

27,684

110,404

303,001

670,060

164,468

697,306

Unknown

580,426

29,027

36,711

60,985

109,120

611,699

57,042

545,605

Percent low-wage employees **

50% or more low wage

391,232

152,170

121,550

266,863

192,480

326,831

293,593

443,920

Less than 50% low wage

913,634

285,812

138,371

198,581

609,964

691,840

247,909

742,801

Unknown

1,153,344

176,469

31,053

54,145

209,319

1,206,130

187,530

1,165,030

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.