Table VI.B.1 Number of private-sector employees by ownership type and age of firm and State: United States, 2017
Division and State Total Ownership Age of firm
For profit, incorporated For profit, unincorporated Nonprofit Less than 5 years 5 or more years
United States 125,415,757    87,186,302    20,361,361    17,868,093    7,798,214    117,617,543   
New England:
Connecticut 1,463,183    932,057    288,126    243,000    74,302    1,388,881   
Maine 546,780    362,795    70,996    112,989    38,720    508,060   
Massachusetts 3,197,062    2,043,713    440,068    713,281    134,879    3,062,183   
New Hampshire 601,384    442,524    76,819    82,041    27,399    573,985   
Rhode Island 419,706    293,161    48,406    78,139    20,356    399,351   
Vermont 256,092    164,229    43,279    48,584    22,354    233,738   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 3,649,537    2,269,457    738,011    642,069    251,802    3,397,736   
New York 8,074,179    5,202,086    1,196,810    1,675,284    541,390    7,532,789   
Pennsylvania 5,405,342    3,506,215    782,690    1,116,437    261,561    5,143,781   
East North Central:
Illinois 5,564,769    3,901,293    815,903    847,574    263,837    5,300,932   
Indiana 2,643,904    1,959,694    421,047    263,163    181,839 * 2,462,066   
Michigan 3,890,148    2,516,032    763,222    610,893    203,812    3,686,336   
Ohio 4,697,665    3,263,615    734,017    700,033    229,803    4,467,862   
Wisconsin 2,566,194    1,792,690    354,090    419,415    131,823    2,434,371   
West North Central:
Iowa 1,341,755    905,511    213,410    222,834    56,943    1,284,812   
Kansas 1,129,201    761,801    197,482    169,918    54,736    1,074,466   
Minnesota 2,575,531    1,843,686    290,307    441,537    173,002    2,402,528   
Missouri 2,651,438    1,834,053    384,276    433,109    153,544    2,497,894   
Nebraska 867,860    649,536    109,671    108,654    42,408    825,452   
North Dakota 350,511    216,701    58,313    75,497    27,659    322,852   
South Dakota 410,682    235,341    48,052    127,289    21,426    389,256   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 406,396    270,956    59,017    76,423    50,072    356,324   
District of Columbia 508,190    200,517    132,979    174,694    23,596    484,594   
Florida 8,079,462    6,060,777    1,089,906    928,778    605,759    7,473,703   
Georgia 3,710,976    2,855,639    492,975    362,362    345,468    3,365,508   
Maryland 2,241,610    1,565,886    325,943    349,781    115,615    2,125,995   
North Carolina 3,602,060    2,638,291    531,680    432,089    193,551    3,408,509   
South Carolina 1,743,763    1,203,361    315,283    225,119    102,965    1,640,797   
Virginia 3,186,820    2,101,266    577,568    507,986    167,294    3,019,525   
West Virginia 549,918    360,552    96,788    92,579    31,258    518,660   
East South Central:
Alabama 1,563,142    1,236,086    194,972    132,084    64,334    1,498,809   
Kentucky 1,597,551    1,032,517    244,318    320,716    100,413 * 1,497,138   
Mississippi 864,230    598,517    146,297    119,416    49,191    815,039   
Tennessee 2,552,137    1,689,660    560,894    301,584    108,396    2,443,742   
West South Central:
Arkansas 1,042,724    679,015    190,362    173,347    57,366    985,358   
Louisiana 1,575,062    1,118,757    289,538    166,767    72,542    1,502,520   
Oklahoma 1,249,714    797,672    252,645    199,396    95,685    1,154,029   
Texas 10,281,941    7,222,087    1,987,876    1,071,978    684,928    9,597,013   
Mountain:
Arizona 2,415,684    1,744,655    401,566    269,462    142,348    2,273,336   
Colorado 2,366,754    1,600,374    385,635    380,745    167,902    2,198,852   
Idaho 619,266    425,883    109,419    83,965    27,897    591,369   
Montana 401,953    240,008    59,859    102,086    30,780    371,173   
Nevada 1,272,587    942,482    279,744    50,362    89,967    1,182,620   
New Mexico 624,696    401,624    139,340    83,732    35,837    588,859   
Utah 1,192,790    932,504    214,690    --    117,706    1,075,084   
Wyoming 207,129    148,235    35,162    23,732    18,439    188,690   
Pacific:
Alaska 259,256    191,305    41,023    26,929    20,349    238,907   
California 14,193,963    10,477,664    2,401,074    1,315,224    1,045,760    13,148,203   
Hawaii 555,199    391,295    97,109    66,796    27,556    527,644   
Oregon 1,523,632    1,066,461    248,612    208,559    107,789    1,415,844   
Washington 2,724,226    1,896,067    384,091    444,068    183,858    2,540,367   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2017 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.

-- Data suppressed due to high standard errors or few reported values in cell.

Totals may not sum exactly because of rounding.

 

Table VI.B.1 Standard errors for number of private-sector employees by ownership type and age of firm and State: United States, 2017
Division and State Total Ownership Age of firm
For profit, incorporated For profit, unincorporated Nonprofit Less than 5 years 5 or more years
United States 978,960    1,005,299    515,260    510,064    277,044    984,149   
New England:
Connecticut 50,039    56,786    28,987    36,376    14,861    52,177   
Maine 20,911    22,489    10,446    12,103    7,737    21,078   
Massachusetts 107,591    122,808    66,891    86,277    22,962    109,702   
New Hampshire 22,927    25,464    8,634    14,433    6,091    23,194   
Rhode Island 16,366    18,524    8,384    9,918    4,431    16,817   
Vermont 9,341    8,794    7,593    5,183    3,628    9,516   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 127,166    125,118    73,202    108,789    48,374    128,884   
New York 349,977    357,040    158,863    173,328    69,047    353,029   
Pennsylvania 159,833    185,807    82,577    119,945    43,962    162,312   
East North Central:
Illinois 255,222    255,545    167,013    146,012    79,107    260,376   
Indiana 137,445    142,922    63,454    55,015    68,012 * 123,768   
Michigan 155,601    148,162    112,974    103,524    40,413    160,267   
Ohio 146,818    151,600    118,303    93,512    52,300    148,918   
Wisconsin 99,446    112,915    47,388    59,641    30,509    100,523   
West North Central:
Iowa 49,115    51,789    27,419    35,576    12,839    49,404   
Kansas 49,908    49,570    31,378    31,646    9,338    50,267   
Minnesota 81,760    87,091    42,012    66,089    27,438    85,323   
Missouri 203,392    213,982    46,657    71,291    29,009    204,169   
Nebraska 31,107    31,357    15,410    19,702    8,874    31,315   
North Dakota 12,986    11,052    6,809    12,023    4,422    13,404   
South Dakota 12,387    14,590    5,276    10,307    3,660    12,632   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 18,120    18,477    8,488    14,828    10,379    16,960   
District of Columbia 18,923    17,333    17,028    14,177    4,864    19,395   
Florida 394,907    401,306    158,481    155,609    109,155    394,587   
Georgia 166,444    180,369    84,139    69,574    82,120    163,199   
Maryland 92,999    101,683    47,776    64,131    28,390    93,092   
North Carolina 103,465    117,139    69,054    54,675    33,228    103,907   
South Carolina 78,790    67,015    63,019    35,196    27,457    77,995   
Virginia 127,611    131,795    87,827    76,558    36,658    130,720   
West Virginia 22,926    24,739    11,512    12,733    7,827    22,898   
East South Central:
Alabama 77,128    83,029    27,163    31,409    11,928    77,688   
Kentucky 60,634    61,789    37,817    46,197    34,306 * 56,810   
Mississippi 46,684    38,936    31,045    25,594    10,984    47,267   
Tennessee 99,276    104,953    59,982    64,929    25,548    101,984   
West South Central:
Arkansas 51,676    51,779    30,591    30,586    12,388    51,731   
Louisiana 67,854    74,232    36,502    33,356    15,714    70,065   
Oklahoma 47,267    50,539    29,588    33,780    18,597    49,692   
Texas 323,970    332,828    196,980    153,876    91,217    328,134   
Mountain:
Arizona 159,843    159,902    59,955    67,852    26,305    160,180   
Colorado 99,254    91,168    51,551    85,117    27,368    100,419   
Idaho 24,434    26,070    13,056    13,335    5,096    25,025   
Montana 17,946    14,543    7,671    16,644    4,807    18,337   
Nevada 58,446    63,595    41,347    12,148    14,008    59,761   
New Mexico 24,738    23,248    22,677    15,085    7,289    25,149   
Utah 53,105    56,707    27,076    --    19,277    53,031   
Wyoming 7,648    8,203    4,171    3,927    2,874    8,002   
Pacific:
Alaska 9,005    9,959    4,964    3,974    4,194    9,134   
California 394,330    399,911    204,812    177,961    104,867    394,306   
Hawaii 30,282    28,336    16,472    17,539    7,291    30,076   
Oregon 77,460    76,517    28,290    39,136    20,425    77,113   
Washington 128,265    122,479    54,875    99,204    32,736    128,617   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2017 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.

-- Data suppressed due to high standard errors or few reported values in cell.

Totals may not sum exactly because of rounding.