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                

 6,144,887

 3,594,396

 752,265

 506,256

 402,647

 889,324

 4,654,691

 1,490,196

Industry group ** 

Agric., fish., forest. 

 199,504

 171,360

 14,827

 8,286

 2,799

 2,232* 

 191,490

 8,014

Mining and manufacturing

 332,715

 139,961

 60,403

 57,201

 36,158

 38,992

 233,341

 99,374

Construction

 569,699

 431,658

 78,710

 40,180

 11,822

 7,329

 538,290

 31,409

Utilities and transp.

 127,773

 67,170

 14,143

 10,517

 10,612

 25,332

 87,282

 40,491

Wholesale trade

 361,662

 208,584

 41,068

 37,245

 27,588

 47,177

 272,766

 88,896

Fin. svs. and real est.

 565,722

 258,499

 39,984

 28,576

 48,694

 189,969

 312,592

 253,130

Retail trade 

 1,084,352

 530,171

 119,826

 79,778

 79,051

 275,527

 698,686

 385,666

Professional services

 1,317,468

 860,276

 164,601

 90,089

 73,550

 128,951

 1,078,228

 239,240

Other Services 

 1,585,992

 926,718

 218,704

 154,384

 112,372

 173,814

 1,242,016

 343,976

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

 3,951,426

 1,972,579

 553,270

 382,419

 280,029

 763,128

 2,763,611

 1,187,815

For profit, unincorporated 

 1,463,247

 1,237,424

 110,432

 51,869

 34,599

 28,924

 1,380,067

 83,180

Nonprofit 

 635,497

 375,352

 88,163

 70,375

 78,178

 23,430

 500,851

 134,646

Unknown

 94,717

 9,041

    400* 

 1,593* 

 9,841

 73,841

 10,162

 84,554

Age of firm 

Less than 5 years 

 797,782

 645,442

 91,771

 35,412

 16,310

 8,846

 760,176

 37,606

5-9 years 

 934,827

 699,405

 120,142

 63,303

 26,624

 25,353

 862,317

 72,510

10-19 years 

 1,408,185

 993,940

 195,340

 119,988

 65,103

 33,814

 1,267,274

 140,911

20 or more years 

 2,553,438

 1,246,321

 342,949

 282,861

 267,059

 414,248

 1,751,878

 801,560

Unknown                   

 450,655

 9,288

 2,062

 4,692

 27,550

 407,062

 13,047

 437,609

Multi/single status

2 or more locations 

 1,533,353

 35,953

 77,992

 183,156

 348,560

 887,692

 198,659

 1,334,694

1 location only 

 4,611,534

 3,558,443

 674,273

 323,101

 54,086

 1,631

 4,456,032

 155,502

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25% 

 743,541

 533,810

 81,922

 50,879

 31,167

 45,764

 649,329

 94,213

25-49% 

 466,749

 217,645

 70,316

 44,667

 34,988

 99,133

 316,784

 149,965

50-74%  

 956,004

 581,653

 116,385

 70,133

 60,759

 127,075

 737,282

 218,723

75% or more 

 3,978,592

 2,261,287

 483,643

 340,577

 275,733

 617,352

 2,951,297

 1,027,296

Union presence

No union employees

 5,647,375

 3,427,088

 710,479

 474,661

 367,285

 667,862

 4,428,033

 1,219,342

Has union employees

 279,838

 52,244

 26,248

 22,743

 28,141

 150,462

 91,328

 188,510

Unknown               

 217,674

 115,064

 15,538

 8,852

 7,220

 70,999

 135,330

 82,344

Percent low-wage employees**

50% or more low wage

 1,980,893

 1,242,532

 257,073

 177,959

 152,722

 150,607

 1,604,214

 376,678

Less than 50% low wage 

 3,344,866

 2,139,771

 465,978

 309,860

 215,620

 213,639

 2,798,750

 546,116

Unknown                

 819,128

 212,093

 29,215

 18,438

 34,305

 525,078

 251,727

 567,401

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2001 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 IC data prior to 2000.  See Technical Appendix.

Characteristics

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 

 44,951

 29,655

 14,616

 9,912

 5,924

 28,951

 28,476

 30,494

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest. 

 3,997

 3,818

 1,867

 2,346

    770

    750*

 4,380

 1,440

Mining and manufacturing

 8,691

 6,877

 3,869

 2,479

 2,476

 2,968

 6,782

 3,542

Construction 

 7,486

 8,581

 3,883

 2,415

    717

 2,168

 6,767

 3,800

Utilities and transp.

 5,794

 4,799

 2,250

 1,282

 2,234

 3,099

 4,420

 3,819

Wholesale trade

 7,474

 6,598

 2,999

 2,141

 2,622

 4,613

 5,589

 5,177

Fin. svs. and real est.

 19,643

 10,835

 3,035

 1,824

 2,798

 16,190

 10,503

 16,286

Retail trade 

 12,006

 6,855

 5,747

 3,564

 2,746

 11,672

 7,807

 10,510

Professional services

 20,553

 17,215

 3,781

 4,557

 4,308

 6,346

 16,026

 8,651

Other Services 

 20,119

 13,489

 7,857

 5,397

 4,347

 9,768

 15,105

 10,431

Ownership

For profit, incorporated 

 34,840

 22,215

 13,546

 6,209

 4,489

 28,259

 28,376

 29,341

For profit, unincorporated 

 21,090

 22,158

 5,092

 3,557

 3,311

 4,026

 21,758

 5,670

Nonprofit 

 11,229

 8,563

 3,343

 4,007

 2,983

 2,024

 9,727

 4,266

Unknown 

 4,061

 1,339

    400* 

666* 

 1,937

 3,787

 1,202

 3,677

Age of firm

Less than 5 years 

 21,238

 18,043

 7,258

 3,032

 2,142

 1,430

 21,573

 2,683

5-9 years 

 25,536

 24,190

 5,726

 3,887

 1,917

 4,667

 24,203

 6,610

10-19 years  

 32,687

 25,674

 7,865

 7,348

 2,410

 4,107

 32,040

 4,704

20 or more years 

 27,123

 18,839

 9,146

 6,896

 6,192

 21,115

 19,305

 24,605

Unknown 

 14,323

 2,420

    607

 1,301

 2,926

 14,039

 2,529

 13,771

Multi/single status

2 or more locations 

 29,425

 4,763

 5,128

 5,971

 5,391

 28,700

 7,506

 29,145

1 location only 

 29,626

 29,389

 13,494

 10,508

 2,520

    365

 29,603

 4,083

Percent full-time employees 

Less than 25%  

 9,795

 10,628

 4,053

 4,340

 2,871

 4,929

 10,691

 6,309

25-49% 

 9,254

 9,418

 5,134

 4,190

 2,790

 7,185

 8,596

 6,921

50-74% 

 18,655

 13,918

 7,644

 2,201

 2,671

 10,017

 17,197

 10,826

75% or more  

 37,931

 22,252

 11,830

 6,587

 7,403

 26,388

 22,693

 29,713

Union presence

No union employees 

 36,134

 27,815

 12,101

 8,801

 4,557

 25,987

 29,309

 25,285

Has union employees 

 13,146

 2,303

 4,071

 2,473

 2,458

 11,799

 3,356

 12,611

Unknown 

 9,962

 7,815

 2,046

 1,535

 1,410

 6,886

 7,279

 6,982

Percent low-wage employees **

50% or more low wage 

 24,232

 18,794

 10,889

 5,702

 5,239

 7,399

 20,309

 11,118

Less than 50% low wage 

 29,857

 28,468

 11,302

 7,199

 3,828

 12,013

 23,188

 17,043

Unknown 

 28,659

 11,707

 2,696

 2,129

 3,735

 23,790

 12,129

 23,611

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2001 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.