Table II.B.1(2008) Number of private-sector employees by firm size and State: United States, 2008
Division and State 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 116,141,515    13,273,104    10,199,219    16,489,281    21,368,386    54,811,525    31,372,909    84,768,606   
New England:
Connecticut 1,465,237    155,964    146,992    178,766    280,520    702,997    399,675    1,065,563   
Maine 492,211    78,790    59,548    70,914    124,969    157,991    175,589    316,621   
Massachusetts 3,001,586    296,826    254,632    411,780    589,209    1,449,139    758,505    2,243,081   
New Hampshire 561,196    76,345    67,725    83,667    110,309    223,150    184,920    376,277   
Rhode Island 427,164    54,842    43,063    55,931    92,348    180,980    130,341    296,823   
Vermont 251,353    43,705    31,693    39,096    50,818    86,042 * 96,613    154,740   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 3,561,007    486,390    305,838    612,767    621,034    1,534,978    1,074,506    2,486,501   
New York 7,469,664    914,899    774,614    969,149    1,500,615    3,310,387    2,195,223    5,274,442   
Pennsylvania 5,094,013    550,957    433,399    746,164    1,069,528    2,293,965    1,369,406    3,724,607   
East North Central:
Illinois 5,405,168    570,933    380,188    789,903    1,042,803    2,621,341    1,269,731    4,135,436   
Indiana 2,507,330    255,496    223,273    351,157    503,521    1,173,884    661,457    1,845,873   
Michigan 3,449,973    428,671    337,867    506,077    725,848    1,451,509    1,004,358    2,445,615   
Ohio 4,702,840    445,989    394,332    629,958    1,033,527    2,199,034    1,137,870    3,564,970   
Wisconsin 2,558,435    325,577    232,108    416,520    496,678    1,087,552    719,331    1,839,103   
West North Central:
Iowa 1,304,443    148,897    128,895    203,591    273,742    549,317    375,175    929,268   
Kansas 1,109,140    144,978    103,007    197,521    209,812    453,822    332,305    776,835   
Minnesota 2,468,336    245,051    251,253    342,158    505,258    1,124,617    662,853    1,805,484   
Missouri 2,332,099    259,444    180,833    337,874    419,280    1,134,668    617,031    1,715,068   
Nebraska 806,602    94,027    84,542    104,558    136,552    386,923    233,573    573,029   
North Dakota 294,768    43,972    31,569    54,445    58,863    105,920    101,351    193,417   
South Dakota 320,175    49,445    40,786    50,058    72,012    107,874    117,767    202,408   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 376,347    35,867    35,818    58,615    61,212    184,835    97,515    278,832   
District of Columbia 464,559    32,071    34,804    60,070    119,311    218,303    93,755    370,804   
Florida 6,891,517    836,866    504,471    758,560    917,390    3,874,231    1,690,739    5,200,778   
Georgia 3,354,107    368,039    263,247    380,744    608,239    1,733,838    809,371    2,544,736   
Maryland 2,082,590    237,061    187,959    335,775    324,644    997,151    587,078    1,495,512   
North Carolina 3,440,453    400,570    313,033    433,099    694,502    1,599,249    936,590    2,503,864   
South Carolina 1,528,356    164,942    140,193    206,156    278,469    738,596    414,113    1,114,243   
Virginia 2,989,600    316,393    238,096    430,931    536,669    1,467,510    732,629    2,256,971   
West Virginia 557,756    73,393    55,521    78,080    102,579    248,184    161,232    396,524   
East South Central:
Alabama 1,574,811    162,929    162,434    224,569    273,021    751,858    429,232    1,145,579   
Kentucky 1,501,784    158,524    124,525    205,216    250,701    762,817    380,202    1,121,582   
Mississippi 866,754    108,953    79,168    125,295    149,654    403,683    249,271    617,483   
Tennessee 2,428,872    226,241    171,543    309,098    443,109    1,278,881    543,354    1,885,519   
West South Central:
Arkansas 993,395    116,775    82,888    125,248    207,435    461,048    261,804    731,591   
Louisiana 1,509,297    186,328    139,894    212,056    304,356    666,663    435,484    1,073,813   
Oklahoma 1,219,330    160,458    107,809    199,034    240,299    511,731    365,674    853,656   
Texas 8,741,171    874,861    653,894    1,248,234    1,303,154    4,661,028    2,169,751    6,571,420   
Mountain:
Arizona 2,205,122    220,887    152,780    319,428    368,966    1,143,061    519,045    1,686,076   
Colorado 1,968,132    259,305    200,468    316,547    278,334    913,479    610,548    1,357,585   
Idaho 537,075    88,161    65,143    81,003    75,256    227,511    195,647    341,429   
Montana 359,099    79,450    46,970    63,794    79,018    89,867    160,081    199,018   
Nevada 1,124,623    95,361    82,625    134,394    263,135    549,108    236,440    888,183   
New Mexico 675,889    71,090    66,121    111,211    112,417    315,050    184,415    491,474   
Utah 1,066,544    122,380    86,934    156,217    215,743    485,270    298,390    768,154   
Wyoming 207,629    40,616    30,883    33,387    30,211    72,531    88,956    118,673   
Pacific:
Alaska 230,911    39,755    27,396    29,147    48,706    85,907    83,338    147,574   
California 13,376,056    1,520,547    1,169,970    2,029,917    2,383,997    6,271,626    3,621,268    9,754,789   
Hawaii 499,367    56,903    44,575    83,845    134,885    179,159    142,744    356,623   
Oregon 1,435,738    193,524    165,003    234,709    233,735    608,767    460,902    974,837   
Washington 2,351,885    353,655    258,895    352,847    411,994    974,494    795,761    1,556,124   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2008 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.

Totals may not sum exactly because of rounding.

 

Table II.B.1(2008) Standard error for number of private-sector employees by firm size and State: United States, 2008
Division and State 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 751,026    143,509    173,254    281,188    362,224    754,329    152,751    694,634   
New England:
Connecticut 90,005    7,752    11,207    25,498    39,665    59,764    21,490    85,206   
Maine 39,547    4,046    9,310    11,842    15,780    32,247    10,244    34,488   
Massachusetts 206,909    21,577    27,607    50,150    63,442    150,336    54,635    177,249   
New Hampshire 30,429    5,685    9,344    8,867    14,031    26,674    10,798    27,935   
Rhode Island 15,479    3,476    6,805    7,580    8,210    20,029    10,469    13,668   
Vermont 24,798    2,208    4,146    4,068    4,763    26,791 * 4,923    24,288   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 161,663    39,777    35,447    88,981    67,825    126,001    76,657    148,886   
New York 182,564    42,384    80,703    97,917    113,017    231,636    77,514    212,008   
Pennsylvania 233,008    30,743    44,688    67,683    133,276    166,460    29,034    220,406   
East North Central:
Illinois 244,012    20,330    26,690    63,995    101,237    236,020    42,747    251,522   
Indiana 124,137    15,577    20,071    28,624    53,691    102,426    30,552    105,184   
Michigan 112,263    22,577    29,163    56,750    59,901    98,426    35,926    106,633   
Ohio 174,973    14,693    44,688    49,636    98,314    135,529    63,019    159,836   
Wisconsin 102,694    16,343    25,085    34,529    58,014    74,987    20,124    96,721   
West North Central:
Iowa 49,614    5,536    11,808    33,582    28,293    54,642    13,538    47,489   
Kansas 44,505    9,318    15,138    17,443    36,602    43,785    14,335    50,569   
Minnesota 155,105    17,252    33,825    48,317    59,497    162,639    36,602    166,777   
Missouri 114,457    14,909    18,339    35,913    62,942    83,003    25,724    100,139   
Nebraska 43,173    4,383    12,814    9,882    17,323    40,073    12,223    47,204   
North Dakota 13,586    3,104    2,559    5,972    6,573    14,205    5,604    11,087   
South Dakota 15,881    1,690    3,197    5,262    6,644    11,843    5,605    15,229   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 22,882    1,613    4,605    6,388    8,002    21,610    5,758    20,436   
District of Columbia 30,307    2,516    2,601    9,832    12,070    31,357    7,192    34,908   
Florida 311,899    30,507    59,927    79,317    105,600    292,744    53,490    316,234   
Georgia 147,357    23,882    36,583    35,968    92,286    171,813    51,269    169,992   
Maryland 69,166    19,052    27,261    29,848    25,251    63,728    24,724    69,247   
North Carolina 222,161    33,213    33,411    58,614    98,945    162,557    49,403    198,032   
South Carolina 84,709    6,992    20,508    22,816    31,025    82,377    22,875    81,134   
Virginia 123,935    19,481    28,455    40,160    73,793    128,112    34,948    116,105   
West Virginia 49,769    8,029    6,126    9,148    14,516    49,596    7,188    50,746   
East South Central:
Alabama 82,381    12,133    20,516    26,627    26,163    80,176    16,612    87,620   
Kentucky 83,138    8,089    13,275    15,422    24,056    70,189    12,579    76,259   
Mississippi 46,770    9,605    8,543    9,461    22,478    42,222    12,364    43,833   
Tennessee 102,068    16,923    13,329    33,426    49,554    101,503    34,438    88,206   
West South Central:
Arkansas 43,788    6,283    10,533    10,896    22,271    49,160    12,074    39,868   
Louisiana 82,280    7,061    18,206    27,914    39,780    71,149    18,534    78,335   
Oklahoma 77,075    6,786    15,074    21,062    35,600    75,199    23,689    82,498   
Texas 591,362    45,171    39,301    111,023    104,272    554,961    73,026    555,406   
Mountain:
Arizona 142,533    22,123    12,524    36,029    41,742    137,958    33,479    127,755   
Colorado 116,924    20,231    20,157    49,101    30,114    121,290    38,979    134,322   
Idaho 44,299    3,924    7,139    8,309    12,224    46,880    9,307    43,757   
Montana 13,061    4,585    5,747    10,293    11,542    12,215    4,229    12,430   
Nevada 71,539    8,005    11,530    32,880    49,572    49,440    15,739    70,056   
New Mexico 40,373    3,593    3,410    13,991    14,640    37,748    4,839    41,724   
Utah 72,425    7,021    5,710    15,377    33,922    55,818    20,278    66,686   
Wyoming 10,173    2,668    5,369    4,358    3,701    6,963    6,908    8,050   
Pacific:
Alaska 11,799    2,905    2,831    3,472    6,109    13,328    3,518    11,926   
California 235,534    60,162    73,621    99,617    158,436    295,442    104,895    215,298   
Hawaii 29,242    6,017    8,412    9,773    17,826    16,385    12,835    24,745   
Oregon 50,019    15,003    13,176    18,491    20,721    47,772    18,742    56,263   
Washington 142,218    18,585    27,176    45,330    44,885    85,326    44,746    135,098   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2008 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.

Totals may not sum exactly because of rounding.