Table I.A.1

Table I.A.1(2002) Number of private-sector establishments by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2002

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	6,138,063	3,594,313	755,069		496,982		415,307	876,392		4,646,668	1,491,395

Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.	209,746	185,544	12,533		7,622		3,128	919	*	203,233	6,512
Mining and manufacturing	295,540	123,414	57,323		52,730		28,633	33,441		209,571	85,969
Construction	574,885	432,346	83,051		43,452		10,025	6,010		544,528	30,356
Utilities and transp.	155,759	83,281	19,676		13,976		12,650	26,176		110,197	45,562
Wholesale trade	362,541	198,689	54,600		33,149		31,430	44,674		269,927	92,614
Fin. svs. and real estate	685,850	344,808	44,114		39,334		56,681	200,913		409,694	276,156
Retail trade	984,493	481,376	118,745		69,613		74,935	239,823		640,906	343,587
Professional services	1,272,594	833,315	143,690		79,197		82,329	134,063		1,022,329	250,265
Other services	1,596,655	911,538	221,338		157,911		115,497	190,372		1,236,282	360,374

Ownership
For profit, incorporated	3,988,899	2,035,181	568,438		377,883		289,232	718,165		2,830,246	1,158,652
For profit, unincorporated	1,418,270	1,194,208	109,617		49,039		34,477	30,930		1,335,558	82,712
Nonprofit	614,687	358,588	76,225		68,529		79,024	32,322		473,138	141,549
Unknown	116,207	6,336	789	*	1,532	*	12,576	94,974		7,726	108,481

Age of firm
Less than 5 years	790,991	649,415	80,368		37,384		15,893	7,931		755,922	35,069
5-9 years	935,902	718,098	118,389		59,745		23,027	16,643		875,096	60,805
10-19 years	1,389,108	961,536	210,434		115,746		66,636	34,757		1,247,196	141,912
20 or more years	2,560,407	1,259,172	344,766		278,882		274,571	403,016		1,759,751	800,656
Unknown	461,655	6,093	1,111	*	5,226		35,181	414,044		8,703	452,952

Multi/single status
2 or more locations	1,519,019	40,527	72,374		175,064		361,954	869,100		191,102	1,327,917
1 location only	4,619,044	3,553,786	682,694		321,918		53,354	7,292		4,455,566	163,478

Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%	733,245	540,910	77,937		47,155		29,603	37,640		651,716	81,529
25-49 %	466,036	215,231	72,337		44,788		35,759	97,920		315,198	150,838
50-74 %	963,635	603,878	111,683		67,399		63,549	117,126		756,012	207,623
75% or more	3,975,147	2,234,294	493,111		337,640		286,396	623,706		2,923,742	1,051,405

Union presence
No union employees	5,571,605	3,415,844	710,825		461,562		377,422	605,952		4,404,186	1,167,418
Has union employees	303,318	65,853	27,004		27,048		25,177	158,235		108,450	194,868
Unknown	263,140	112,617	17,240		8,371		12,708	112,204		134,032	129,108

Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low wage	1,844,827	1,171,302	243,820		163,586		142,227	123,892		1,514,861	329,966
Less than 50% low wage	3,408,181	2,192,958	479,762		315,973		223,529	195,959		2,860,507	547,673
Unknown	885,056	230,054	31,486		17,424		49,551	556,541		271,300	613,756

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2002 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.
Totals may not sum exactly because of rounding.

Table I.A.1(2002) Standard error for number of private-sector establishments by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2002

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	22,695	27,277	17,424		5,340		9,107	11,686		31,219	13,516

Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.	9,487	9,405	1,685		1,460		764	276	*	9,585	1,089
Mining and manufacturing	5,689	4,835	4,407		2,825		1,859	2,356		6,348	2,230
Construction	13,953	13,466	2,907		1,728		1,456	824		14,701	2,126
Utilities and transp.	8,410	6,367	2,303		1,008		1,342	3,540		7,357	3,232
Wholesale trade	12,335	12,226	4,698		2,685		3,230	5,112		11,143	4,489
Fin. svs. and real estate	15,955	10,755	2,350		1,870		3,642	10,993		12,086	12,100
Retail trade	13,957	4,457	5,648		3,307		3,669	10,818		5,164	11,690
Professional services	19,907	8,713	5,922		3,678		3,869	9,734		9,607	13,158
Other services	14,777	13,933	13,122		4,874		4,403	13,729		12,212	13,831

Ownership
For profit, incorporated	18,568	17,104	15,259		6,846		6,893	10,323		21,719	11,760
For profit, unincorporated	19,671	20,030	6,426		4,508		2,361	3,280		18,159	3,476
Nonprofit	5,464	6,593	4,225		3,016		2,584	3,381		5,002	4,973
Unknown	10,948	1,788	350	*	493	*	2,381	11,488		1,926	11,329

Age of firm
Less than 5 years	12,665	11,906	5,222		2,591		2,342	2,053		12,171	3,387
5-9 years	21,998	20,288	4,827		2,570		2,313	2,876		19,912	3,231
10-19 years	15,832	15,429	8,539		5,075		5,948	2,989		15,666	5,824
20 or more years	18,613	20,402	9,177		4,158		7,299	8,562		25,906	10,287
Unknown	12,574	1,250	586	*	924		2,383	11,770		1,330	12,397

Multi/single status
2 or more locations	10,701	3,665	6,171		3,943		8,808	11,308		7,756	13,075
1 location only	27,181	26,896	15,451		5,266		2,092	1,389		26,219	3,257

Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%	15,361	15,823	6,435		2,705		2,753	4,376		15,872	5,452
25-49 %	8,560	7,135	5,773		2,832		2,411	2,888		6,880	3,714
50-74 %	18,000	12,874	6,458		3,098		4,676	7,636		11,437	8,619
75% or more	32,560	29,269	16,417		4,785		6,947	16,436		34,735	17,730

Union presence
No union employees	32,786	28,074	17,429		6,402		9,583	8,001		33,230	11,556
Has union employees	9,580	4,710	2,534		1,533		2,428	8,064		5,743	8,323
Unknown	10,288	4,990	2,187		1,304		1,486	9,257		4,734	9,274

Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low wage	17,770	16,748	11,074		4,144		6,995	8,778		16,822	10,944
Less than 50% low wage	26,279	27,813	9,463		5,329		6,823	11,524		32,364	11,915
Unknown	12,878	6,854	2,924		1,950		3,293	10,838		7,466	11,817

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2002 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.
Totals may not sum exactly because of rounding.