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Table I.B.1(2001) Number of private-sector employees by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2001

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 employee

United States	114,488,947	14,261,893		9,745,723		15,594,405		21,034,258	53,852,668		31,840,939	82,648,008

Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.	1,426,152	579,029		155,634		261,920		164,034	265,534		858,688	567,464
Mining and manufacturing	16,555,227	648,006		932,833		2,344,567		4,109,737	8,520,083		2,546,499	14,008,728
Construction	6,166,534	1,762,042		1,070,362		1,444,504		1,172,738	716,887	*	3,653,789	2,512,746
Utilities and transp.	4,977,109	259,915		185,877		336,715		491,486	3,703,117		608,726	4,368,383
Wholesale trade	6,162,535	826,275		533,783		991,050		1,287,926	2,523,501		1,920,184	4,242,351
Fin. svs. and real est.	11,813,750	799,389		501,978		809,156		1,584,962	8,118,265		1,730,739	10,083,011
Retail trade	14,751,249	2,078,363		1,331,219		1,783,944		1,838,815	7,718,908		4,333,142	10,418,107
Professional services	25,155,659	3,368,596		2,061,375		2,780,612		4,416,639	12,528,437		6,772,999	18,382,660
Other Services	27,480,733	3,940,278		2,972,662		4,841,935		5,967,921	9,757,936		9,416,174	18,064,559

Ownership
For profit, incorporated	84,052,729	8,315,178		7,321,745		11,535,444		14,342,971	42,537,390		21,551,356	62,501,372
For profit, unincorporated	10,838,087	4,267,918		1,295,825		1,702,824		2,037,355	1,534,165		6,500,799	4,337,288
Nonprofit	15,083,999	1,655,585		1,124,952		2,271,113		4,382,286	5,650,063		3,719,998	11,364,001
Unknown	4,514,132	23,211		3,200	*	85,023	*	271,647	4,131,051		68,786	4,445,346

Age of firm
Less than 5 years	6,214,066	2,312,317		1,215,923		1,286,159		870,385	529,282		4,222,634	1,991,432
5-9 years	8,829,719	2,587,657		1,540,386		1,832,590		1,368,978	1,500,109		5,225,564	3,604,156
10-19 years	15,843,161	3,959,351		2,458,522		3,700,516		3,428,901	2,295,871		8,404,007	7,439,154
20 or more years	59,895,510	5,343,289		4,504,146		8,694,374		14,365,536	26,988,166		13,870,909	46,024,602
Unknown	23,706,490	59,279	*	26,746	*	80,766	*	1,000,459	22,539,241		117,826	23,588,664

Multi/single status
2 or more locations	69,442,449	293,891	*	814,338		3,293,191		12,953,936	52,087,094		2,357,161	67,085,288
1 location only	45,046,497	13,968,002		8,931,385		12,301,214		8,080,322	1,765,574		29,483,778	15,562,719

Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%	8,623,526	1,966,706		1,222,993		1,443,573		1,275,018	2,715,235		4,007,892	4,615,634
25-49%	9,031,943	1,109,396		912,860		1,203,526		1,373,427	4,432,734		2,645,877	6,386,067
50-74%	15,925,282	2,518,820		1,325,839		1,979,269		2,765,313	7,336,041		4,772,268	11,153,014
75% or more	80,908,195	8,666,971		6,284,030		10,968,035		15,620,500	39,368,659		20,414,902	60,493,293

Union presence
No union employees	88,309,167	13,610,058		9,087,470		14,461,325		17,842,699	33,307,615		30,037,421	58,271,747
Has union employees	18,759,722	309,530		415,020		843,433		2,734,566	14,457,173		1,109,392	17,650,330
Unknown	7,420,057	342,304		243,233		289,647		456,993	6,087,880		694,126	6,725,931

Percent low-wage employees **
50% or more low wage	24,553,002	4,922,116		3,154,360		4,961,967		6,158,294	5,356,265		10,598,033	13,954,969
Less than 50% low wage	55,436,550	8,537,808		6,113,678		10,006,526		13,207,888	17,570,651		19,683,745	35,752,805
Unknown	34,499,394	801,969		477,685		625,912		1,668,076	30,925,752		1,559,161	32,940,233

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.

Table I.B.1(2001) Standard error for number of private-sector employees by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2001

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	1,805,071	281,527		258,404		528,852		567,046	1,678,093		230,366	1,696,841

Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.	137,313	56,450		29,483		57,957		42,832	62,710		56,921	96,200
Mining and manufacturing	554,816	36,137		81,318		198,494		282,796	428,965		101,564	568,174
Construction	404,605	96,756		72,162		86,143		137,833	329,301	*	142,016	351,590
Utilities and transp.	486,127	26,863		29,038		35,715		63,011	526,765		30,332	497,282
Wholesale trade	365,868	58,013		54,792		74,006		192,336	371,493		85,856	389,939
Fin. svs. and real est.	584,532	49,107		87,954		137,897		152,045	666,635		137,678	570,292
Retail trade	312,556	72,334		68,065		78,043		122,618	330,702		106,990	368,310
Professional services	853,317	108,536		68,654		116,155		205,919	966,170		156,037	882,435
Other Services	926,971	151,817		146,166		266,333		372,663	503,760		290,105	748,929

Ownership
For profit, incorporated	1,507,348	223,945		263,109		312,688		418,532	1,396,282		285,669	1,511,352
For profit, unincorporated	388,752	105,598		83,150		137,042		328,318	262,092		232,616	382,064
Nonprofit	360,668	111,735		46,085		195,590		223,877	366,943		203,910	389,142
Unknown	559,457	4,954		3,200	*	44,053	*	55,120	562,565		37,605	549,872

Age of firm
Less than 5 years	210,743	89,547		131,062		133,152		125,069	93,059		182,008	170,313
5-9 years	369,402	154,923		109,904		81,915		106,784	245,304		138,393	282,415
10-19 years	305,338	109,469		142,555		281,554		148,931	170,620		230,571	154,418
20 or more years	1,541,631	276,965		162,365		356,930		395,188	1,257,434		340,109	1,419,331
Unknown	1,092,108	35,166	*	14,379	*	25,676	*	58,602	1,069,367		33,333	1,114,555

Multi/single status
2 or more locations	1,572,520	104,261	*	82,363		239,800		401,505	1,657,070		140,071	1,609,631
1 location only	591,411	242,199		287,427		457,770		499,982	380,484		273,978	605,326

Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%	182,452	124,949		107,334		123,844		126,644	241,417		172,257	213,198
25-49%	339,815	61,606		82,257		93,459		111,386	422,585		108,017	391,260
50-74%	803,965	106,436		99,807		124,615		213,346	743,636		169,382	712,379
75% or more	1,767,850	273,563		161,109		395,128		627,988	1,409,726		293,108	1,709,541

Union presence
No union employees	1,527,529	251,671		205,586		464,911		468,326	1,209,627		240,789	1,443,889
Has union employees	687,276	46,945		90,176		83,076		262,699	675,517		116,486	656,168
Unknown	597,532	32,125		41,633		42,946		117,142	597,034		48,375	607,320

Percent low-wage employees **
50% or more low wage	441,290	166,836		151,032		254,434		231,924	254,241		249,514	384,019
Less than 50% low wage	1,222,099	213,111		191,891		401,741		499,169	1,001,604		195,430	1,132,424
Unknown	1,186,494	136,100		86,465		87,697		176,427	1,267,711		166,085	1,215,741

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.