Table 1A-C: How Many Businesses* are in Job Expansion and Contraction?
An Economic Development Indicator using Annual Average Employment
from 1997 to 1998
Table 1A. | Number of Businesses | ||||
By Industry | Open in 1997 & 1998 | Increasing Jobs | Decreasing Jobs | Same Level of Jobs | Net Change |
Agriculture, Forestry, & Fishing | 440 | 198 | 205 | 37 | -7 |
Total Number of Jobs | 231 | 245 | -14 | ||
Mining | 537 | 209 | 247 | 81 | -38 |
Total Number of Jobs | 1,185 | 864 | 321 | ||
Construction | 1,862 | 885 | 808 | 169 | 77 |
Total Number of Jobs | 1,932 | 1,633 | 299 | ||
Manufacturing | 470 | 191 | 230 | 49 | -39 |
Total Number of Jobs | 508 | 566 | -58 | ||
TCPU** | 702 | 314 | 288 | 100 | 26 |
Total Number of Jobs | 802 | 548 | 254 | ||
Wholesale Trade | 869 | 354 | 345 | 170 | 9 |
Total Number of Jobs | 491 | 401 | 90 | ||
Retail Trade | 2,598 | 1,187 | 1,218 | 193 | -31 |
Total Number of Jobs | 2,783 | 2,629 | 154 | ||
FIRE*** | 1,062 | 405 | 363 | 294 | 42 |
Total Number of Jobs | 601 | 349 | 252 | ||
Services | 4,885 | 2,151 | 1,932 | 802 | 219 |
Total Number of Jobs | 3,467 | 3,016 | 451 | ||
Public Administration | 333 | 169 | 125 | 39 | 44 |
Total Number of Jobs | 543 | 431 | 0 | 112 | |
Total | 13,758 | 6,063 | 5,761 | 1,934 | 302 |
Percent | 100.0% | 44.1% | 41.9% | 14.0% | |
Total Number of Jobs | 12,543 | 10,682 | 0 | 1,861 | |
Table 1B. | By Number of Jobs Businesses had in 1997 | ||||
Number of Businesses | |||||
Employment Size Class | Open in 1997 & 1998 | Increasing Jobs | Decreasing Jobs | Same Level of Jobs | Net Change |
0 | 924 | 409 | 287 | 228 | 122 |
Total Number of Jobs | 556 | 157 | 399 | ||
1 to 2 | 4,033 | 1,421 | 1,361 | 1,251 | 60 |
Total Number of Jobs | 1,097 | 705 | 392 | ||
3 to 4 | 2,404 | 1,127 | 1,022 | 255 | 105 |
Total Number of Jobs | 1,164 | 744 | 420 | ||
5 to 9 | 2,894 | 1,390 | 1,375 | 129 | 15 |
Total Number of Jobs | 1,882 | 1,551 | 331 | ||
10 to 19 | 1,779 | 829 | 899 | 51 | -70 |
Total Number of Jobs | 1,637 | 1,634 | 3 | ||
20 and more | 1,724 | 888 | 817 | 19 | 71 |
Total Number of Jobs | 6,208 | 5,890 | 0 | 318 | |
Table 1C. | By Age of Business | ||||
Number of Businesses | |||||
Business Started In | Total Businesses Still Open in 1998 | Increasing Jobs | Decreasing Jobs | Same Level of Jobs | Net Change |
1960's | 569 | 239 | 242 | 88 | -3 |
Total Number of Jobs | 484 | 495 | -11 | ||
1970's | 1,991 | 910 | 848 | 233 | 62 |
Total Number of Jobs | 2,520 | 1,882 | 638 | ||
1980's | 3,595 | 1,505 | 1,583 | 507 | -78 |
Total Number of Jobs | 2,934 | 2,785 | 149 | ||
1990 to 1994 | 4,159 | 1,827 | 1,725 | 607 | 102 |
Total Number of Jobs | 2,991 | 3,036 | -45 | ||
1995 to 1998 | 3,441 | 1,582 | 1,363 | 496 | 219 |
Total Number of Jobs | 4,099 | 2,483 | 0 | 1,616 |
* Matched ES-202 Firm Data.
** Transportation, Communications, & Public Utilities.
*** Finance, Insurance, & Real Estate.
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