County Business Patterns, 1996 [United States]: U.S. Summary, State and County Data (ICPSR 2701)
Principal Investigator(s): United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census
Summary:
The total number of business establishments, mid-March employment figures, and first quarter and annual payrolls are supplied in this data collection at the county, state, and national levels. Also provided are data on the number of establishments by employment-size class. Data are provided for most divisions of the economy, including agricultural services, mining, construction, manufacturing, transportation, public utilities, wholesale trade, retail trade, finance, insurance, real estate, and services. However, data are not included for agricultural production, railroad, government, or household employment.
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Citation
U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. COUNTY BUSINESS PATTERNS, 1996 [UNITED STATES]: U.S. SUMMARY, STATE AND COUNTY DATA. ICPSR version. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census [producer], 1999. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1999. doi:10.3886/ICPSR02701.v1
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02701.v1
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Scope of Study
Subject Terms: agricultural services, business conditions, businesses, construction industry, counties, economic conditions, employment, finance, manufacturing industry, mining industry, public utilities, real estate, retail industry, service industry, trade, transportation, wages and salaries
Geographic Coverage: United States
Time Period:
- 1996
Date of Collection:
- 1996
Universe: All business establishments with one or more paid employees in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and counties, excluding agriculture production, railroad, government, or household employment. All government hospitals are included beginning with 1989 data.
Data Types: aggregate data
Data Collection Notes:
The codebook is provided as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader software, such as the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided through the ICPSR Website on the Internet.
Methodology
Data Source:
Business Register, Annual Company Organization Survey, Annual Survey of Manufactures, Current Business Surveys, United States Internal Revenue Service administrative records, and the Social Security Administration
Version(s)
Original ICPSR Release: 1999-06-16
Version History:
- 2006-01-18 File CB2701.ALL.PDF was removed from any previous datasets and flagged as a study-level file, so that it will accompany all downloads.
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