Table VI.B.3 Number of full-time 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 97,316,296    70,130,101    14,410,748    12,775,447    4,984,989    92,331,307   
New England:
Connecticut 1,118,389    747,345    204,390    166,654    51,186    1,067,203   
Maine 405,377    268,337    47,919    89,121    24,697    380,680   
Massachusetts 2,321,425    1,536,880    270,720    513,825    82,711    2,238,714   
New Hampshire 439,779    335,951    45,785    58,043    15,077    424,702   
Rhode Island 310,770    216,490    35,300    58,981    --    300,544   
Vermont 179,930    121,550    26,465    31,915    14,571    165,358   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 2,832,176    1,851,941    498,397    481,838    172,095    2,660,080   
New York 6,192,524    4,177,325    856,728    1,158,471    370,897    5,821,627   
Pennsylvania 4,056,644    2,759,626    505,799    791,218    157,305    3,899,338   
East North Central:
Illinois 4,424,492    3,179,840    577,667    666,984    151,123 * 4,273,369   
Indiana 2,052,747    1,563,156    292,286    197,305    90,070    1,962,677   
Michigan 2,980,817    2,042,145    567,956    370,717    143,794    2,837,023   
Ohio 3,619,080    2,698,712    449,567    470,801    135,730 * 3,483,350   
Wisconsin 1,946,652    1,436,181    242,785    267,686    50,434    1,896,218   
West North Central:
Iowa 957,566    662,605    148,385    146,577    31,510    926,056   
Kansas 878,421    616,079    140,614    121,728    28,299    850,122   
Minnesota 1,932,041    1,447,028    192,309    292,704    92,427    1,839,614   
Missouri 2,039,890    1,484,135    235,661    320,094    87,679    1,952,211   
Nebraska 684,886    542,047    71,412    71,427    19,645    665,241   
North Dakota 264,130    171,152    39,381    53,597    17,739    246,391   
South Dakota 300,056    178,905    28,513    92,638    10,071    289,985   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 284,805    206,782    34,078    43,946    36,103    248,702   
District of Columbia 416,135    152,431    115,121    148,583    19,858    396,277   
Florida 6,433,932    4,919,867    808,701    705,364    449,778    5,984,154   
Georgia 2,931,290    2,334,618    381,761    214,912    219,613 * 2,711,677   
Maryland 1,741,021    1,230,503    235,743    274,775    76,059 * 1,664,963   
North Carolina 2,786,156    2,105,949    391,542    288,665    114,403    2,671,753   
South Carolina 1,358,816    955,938    245,762    157,116    65,999 * 1,292,817   
Virginia 2,450,187    1,672,733    431,709    345,745    99,614    2,350,573   
West Virginia 430,638    296,145    68,364    66,128    22,336 * 408,302   
East South Central:
Alabama 1,265,490    1,059,285    128,103    78,102    33,059    1,232,431   
Kentucky 1,293,177    874,705    185,656    232,815    57,910 * 1,235,267   
Mississippi 710,376    504,592    109,106    96,677    33,282    677,094   
Tennessee 2,040,258    1,384,937    443,730    211,591    79,887    1,960,371   
West South Central:
Arkansas 815,711    548,880    133,499    133,332    30,701    785,010   
Louisiana 1,275,655    924,289    223,270    128,097    59,443    1,216,212   
Oklahoma 958,896    634,260    174,746    149,891    73,951    884,945   
Texas 8,205,280    5,910,701    1,492,300    802,279    493,493    7,711,787   
Mountain:
Arizona 1,863,839    1,372,028    274,352    217,460    85,102    1,778,737   
Colorado 1,863,261    1,339,986    241,700    281,575    105,177    1,758,084   
Idaho 469,705    340,967    67,153    61,585    22,039    447,666   
Montana 291,858    177,608    34,356    79,895    17,611    274,247   
Nevada 982,991    762,241    189,973    30,777    58,074    924,917   
New Mexico 461,257    295,475    104,817    60,965    24,024    437,233   
Utah 890,334    717,827    142,842    --    68,496    821,838   
Wyoming 158,059    118,397    23,446    16,216    12,269    145,790   
Pacific:
Alaska 195,966    150,676    25,424    19,867    11,986    183,980   
California 11,152,577    8,409,073    1,736,593    1,006,911    672,229    10,480,348   
Hawaii 404,519    280,522    75,179    48,818    17,555    386,964   
Oregon 1,160,181    851,120    153,913    155,148    68,388    1,091,794   
Washington 2,086,130    1,560,134    259,772    266,224    99,261    1,986,869   

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.3 Standard errors for number of full-time 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 893,291    911,526    426,109    397,133    220,297    893,509   
New England:
Connecticut 45,646    50,055    24,687    26,903    12,909    46,756   
Maine 17,870    18,274    8,299    10,292    5,886    17,795   
Massachusetts 98,874    108,806    46,874    66,489    17,617    99,345   
New Hampshire 17,922    19,932    6,308    11,393    3,595    18,108   
Rhode Island 13,910    15,147    6,881    7,426    --    14,045   
Vermont 8,179    7,163    6,375    3,648    2,793    8,151   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 107,026    111,645    57,524    78,787    41,046    106,580   
New York 316,633    326,418    126,612    127,316    55,258    316,987   
Pennsylvania 149,001    164,161    60,390    94,736    30,764    149,857   
East North Central:
Illinois 231,616    233,420    137,539    118,787    59,401 * 236,215   
Indiana 120,898    122,422    53,190    48,805    24,245    120,256   
Michigan 140,041    133,498    97,591    72,149    35,331    142,187   
Ohio 133,331    141,478    89,707    69,405    41,379 * 133,312   
Wisconsin 97,201    104,267    40,941    42,460    12,035    97,480   
West North Central:
Iowa 37,421    38,890    23,736    25,174    7,752    37,558   
Kansas 46,301    44,489    28,334    26,521    5,798    46,411   
Minnesota 80,665    80,942    34,264    50,982    19,655    82,165   
Missouri 192,466    199,890    35,635    60,630    19,360    192,705   
Nebraska 28,631    30,112    10,915    13,465    4,170    28,790   
North Dakota 12,132    9,791    5,659    9,924    3,627    12,208   
South Dakota 10,097    12,269    3,825    7,598    2,296    10,214   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 14,588    15,246    6,086    12,041    8,875    12,908   
District of Columbia 16,505    13,790    15,419    11,861    4,443    16,768   
Florida 372,830    376,888    131,807    124,035    102,834    369,611   
Georgia 148,600    161,829    69,400    46,577    66,684 * 146,438   
Maryland 80,936    86,672    40,618    53,280    24,190 * 79,917   
North Carolina 97,020    106,912    58,205    40,863    22,041    97,050   
South Carolina 72,501    57,364    59,393    28,313    22,093 * 71,832   
Virginia 113,052    113,892    78,825    55,112    25,982    114,052   
West Virginia 22,146    23,414    9,696    9,540    6,823 * 21,900   
East South Central:
Alabama 73,083    78,097    22,277    21,744    7,212    73,386   
Kentucky 54,801    57,025    30,937    36,306    26,346 * 52,365   
Mississippi 45,264    36,140    29,257    24,211    8,241    45,564   
Tennessee 86,986    91,951    51,908    48,307    21,209    88,298   
West South Central:
Arkansas 48,940    48,182    23,161    25,214    6,733    49,062   
Louisiana 63,356    66,454    32,784    28,122    14,686    64,881   
Oklahoma 40,941    43,580    22,448    28,663    17,038    42,403   
Texas 310,661    310,571    173,917    128,936    81,443    311,391   
Mountain:
Arizona 137,242    136,920    45,725    55,968    17,576    137,323   
Colorado 87,398    84,239    38,826    65,259    20,024    87,396   
Idaho 23,404    23,881    9,273    11,819    4,355    23,720   
Montana 15,583    12,374    5,251    13,682    3,334    15,696   
Nevada 53,279    57,244    32,366    8,236    10,966    53,804   
New Mexico 23,088    20,343    19,604    11,405    6,111    23,194   
Utah 45,454    47,163    22,829    --    12,499    45,468   
Wyoming 6,596    6,857    3,223    3,046    1,925    6,808   
Pacific:
Alaska 8,179    8,514    3,826    3,126    3,204    8,205   
California 345,151    346,939    166,885    150,006    80,425    343,630   
Hawaii 21,321    19,767    14,235    11,599    4,891    21,186   
Oregon 73,872    72,306    22,002    32,924    18,126    72,751   
Washington 108,176    114,151    41,510    54,857    21,333    108,340   

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.