County Business Patterns, 1979 [United States]: U.S. Summary, State, and County Data (ICPSR 8442)
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 collection at the county, state, and national levels. Also provided are data on the number of establishments by employment-size class. (more info)
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Citation
U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. COUNTY BUSINESS PATTERNS, 1979 [UNITED STATES]: U.S. SUMMARY, STATE, AND COUNTY DATA. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census [producer], 1985. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1986. doi:10.3886/ICPSR08442.v1
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08442.v1
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Scope of Study
Summary: The total number of business establishments, mid-March employment figures, and first-quarter and annual payrolls are supplied in this collection at the county, state, and national levels. Also provided are data on the number of establishments by employment-size class.
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:
- 1979
Universe: All business establishments in the 50 states and the District of Columbia with one or more paid employees, excluding agriculture production, railroad, government, and household employment.
Data Types: aggregate data
Data Collection Notes:
The United States Summary data are contained in one file. The state-level data are contained in two files. The county data are contained in nine files, with each file corresponding to a Census Division. There is one file containing Standard Industrial Classification codes.
Methodology
Data Source:
(1) United States Bureau of the Census economic censuses, the Annual Company Organization Survey, and the Annual Survey of Manufactures, and (2) United States Internal Revenue Service Quarterly Payroll File
Version(s)
Original ICPSR Release: 1986-04-28
Version History:
- 2006-01-12 All files were removed from dataset 14 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads.
- 2006-01-12 All files were removed from dataset 14 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads.
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