Table I.A.1

Table I.A.1(2003) Number of private-sector establishments by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2003

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	6,285,662	3,664,428	760,316		518,942		451,043		890,933	4,727,002	1,558,660

Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.	159,729	132,836	14,905		8,180		3,412	*	397	151,768	7,961
Mining and manufacturing	305,701	142,757	53,328		45,155		29,627		34,833	222,412	83,289
Construction	583,522	441,732	85,390		41,728		9,896		4,776	553,531	29,991
Utilities and transp.	171,755	92,164	19,881		13,855		15,647		30,208	120,590	51,165
Wholesale trade	348,787	186,147	50,874		32,862		31,887		47,016	257,896	90,891
Fin. svs. and real estate	685,838	337,949	39,759		47,435		69,346		191,349	399,196	286,642
Retail trade	1,048,816	528,767	102,918		68,670		69,995		278,467	672,545	376,271
Professional services	1,409,535	876,915	168,761		110,583		111,946		141,330	1,107,514	302,021
Other services	1,571,979	925,161	224,500		150,474		109,287		162,557	1,241,550	330,428

Ownership
For profit, incorporated	4,165,205	2,109,173	569,029		395,524		320,514		770,965	2,908,748	1,256,457
For profit, unincorporated	1,286,529	1,016,745	107,064		54,315		44,436		63,969	1,158,441	128,088
Nonprofit	378,948	186,276	46,552		50,769		70,252		25,099	258,364	120,584
Unknown	454,980	352,234	37,671		18,333		15,842		30,899	401,449	53,530

Age of firm
Less than 5 years	809,346	661,225	80,751		36,509		24,826		6,034	764,942	44,404
5-9 years	943,446	717,939	107,600		63,639		35,115		19,153	866,339	77,108
10-19 years	1,433,788	1,001,582	214,009		113,177		72,651		32,369	1,285,690	148,098
20 or more years	2,608,890	1,279,690	357,245		300,861		287,744		383,349	1,804,144	804,746
Unknown	490,192	3,991	711	*	4,756	*	30,706		450,028	5,888	484,304

Multi/single status
2 or more locations	1,606,807	35,935	82,148		206,900		392,555		889,269	208,377	1,398,430
1 location only	4,678,855	3,628,493	678,168		312,041		58,488		1,664	4,518,625	160,230

Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%	780,474	545,726	86,679		46,788		46,810		54,470	661,894	118,580
25-49 %	501,762	235,787	77,450		42,538		35,483		110,503	342,881	158,881
50-74 %	990,176	615,359	114,799		69,118		62,168		128,732	774,109	216,067
75% or more	4,013,250	2,267,556	481,388		360,497		306,581		597,228	2,948,118	1,065,131

Union presence
No union employees	5,628,861	3,484,989	711,989		483,796		409,634		538,453	4,482,165	1,146,696
Has union employees	301,172	69,925	29,401		25,758		27,705		148,383	110,604	190,567
Unknown	355,629	109,514	18,926		9,387		13,703		204,098	134,233	221,396

Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low wage	1,765,880	1,109,780	222,070		160,658		142,578		130,795	1,431,673	334,207
Less than 50% low wage	3,571,840	2,255,765	495,927		335,363		266,059		218,726	2,943,889	627,951
Unknown	947,942	298,883	42,319		22,921		42,406		541,412	351,441	596,501

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2003 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(2003) Standard error for number of private-sector establishments by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2003

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	62,733	15,683	11,262		7,019		14,583		52,679	21,101	59,505

Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.	5,398	3,066	1,867		1,699		1,074	*	110	4,994	1,336
Mining and manufacturing	8,028	6,158	4,675		2,097		3,273		3,518	7,229	3,607
Construction	8,981	6,668	5,153		3,066		1,203		1,017	8,285	2,420
Utilities and transp.	8,025	4,403	1,939		1,571		1,851		5,681	4,934	5,271
Wholesale trade	12,194	4,895	2,832		1,461		3,399		6,647	6,729	7,992
Fin. svs. and real estate	24,260	8,145	5,267		5,592		8,210		19,170	10,648	22,453
Retail trade	32,610	12,572	3,038		4,929		7,741		24,791	16,191	28,473
Professional services	24,036	12,661	5,683		5,143		9,694		12,802	15,401	17,569
Other services	25,431	14,998	7,905		3,994		8,739		20,756	15,377	19,450

Ownership
For profit, incorporated	52,508	16,019	8,191		7,767		10,931		52,964	19,799	60,601
For profit, unincorporated	29,306	17,550	5,829		3,131		2,235		13,825	22,748	13,648
Nonprofit	6,274	5,780	3,515		1,935		4,858		3,796	5,777	7,594
Unknown	18,298	10,189	3,317		2,467		2,906		6,977	12,619	7,110

Age of firm
Less than 5 years	9,464	12,839	5,386		3,961		4,951		1,063	10,195	5,251
5-9 years	18,648	16,204	4,186		3,597		3,369		3,142	18,427	5,987
10-19 years	26,808	18,313	8,508		6,290		5,803		6,368	19,831	12,682
20 or more years	52,555	23,218	7,901		8,683		16,333		42,827	28,574	50,419
Unknown	30,337	890	360	*	1,464	*	4,763		30,473	1,235	29,741

Multi/single status
2 or more locations	61,970	3,868	5,633		6,759		14,665		52,841	9,472	59,191
1 location only	18,569	17,193	10,943		8,772		2,534		270	17,096	6,579

Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%	16,005	13,591	5,003		3,639		5,293		7,992	13,893	9,942
25-49 %	15,357	11,420	5,664		4,066		2,158		11,153	9,567	10,703
50-74 %	14,628	17,098	8,132		4,148		6,444		15,150	16,098	16,050
75% or more	56,239	24,167	11,425		4,609		10,028		33,855	29,458	36,054

Union presence
No union employees	52,707	20,792	9,554		5,832		13,878		38,665	22,820	43,303
Has union employees	19,332	4,857	4,249		3,128		3,423		17,883	7,487	18,647
Unknown	25,727	7,403	3,383		1,438		2,010		19,603	6,625	21,408

Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low wage	38,226	16,379	8,097		5,689		6,040		20,710	22,478	26,264
Less than 50% low wage	31,244	24,221	13,189		9,287		9,699		17,541	28,898	21,395
Unknown	29,111	10,260	4,054		2,919		4,625		30,344	10,668	29,032

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2003 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.