California Size of Business Report, 2000
Los Angeles-Long Beach MSA (Los Angeles County)

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		Size Categories
Industry	Total	0 to 4	5 to 9	10 to 19	20 to 49	50 to 99	100 to 249	250 to 499	500 to 999	1000 +
TOTAL
No. of Businesses	296,630	203,651	36,531	24,327	19,121	7,362	4,062	1,033	350	193
AGRICULTURE
No. of Businesses	2,301	1,274	441	313	181	59	22	8	3	0
No. of Employees	27,144	2,093	3,000	4,202	5,390	4,137	3,443	2,645	2,234	0
Payroll (in thousands)	$151,841	$11,276	$15,150	$23,467	$34,274	$24,563	$18,595	$14,051	$10,465	$0
MINING
No. of Businesses	142	77	15	19	13	8	6	3	1	0
No. of Employees	4,089	127	99	259	441	493	917	[2]	[1]	0
Payroll (in thousands)	$67,134	$1,512	$1,506	$2,852	$6,263	$6,418	$16,616	[2]	[1]	$0
CONSTRUCTION
No. of Businesses	12,271	7,222	2,191	1,438	945	273	158	33	9	2
No. of Employees	135,403	10,633	14,535	19,402	28,038	19,192	23,133	11,882	[2]	[1]
Payroll (in thousands)	$1,306,507	$79,000	$103,026	$158,058	$256,057	$195,152	$254,126	$148,854	[2]	[1]
MANUFACTURING
No. of Businesses	18,576	6,360	3,271	3,117	3,160	1,341	961	247	89	30
No. of Employees	625,593	10,213	22,126	43,342	97,971	93,376	147,156	83,589	57,124	70,696
Payroll (in thousands)	$6,195,523	$87,670	$146,015	$323,298	$721,219	$769,282	$1,324,877	$828,459	$765,632	$1,229,071
TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION
No. of Businesses	8,149	4,000	1,380	983	852	468	323	91	27	25
No. of Employees	241,299	6,486	9,166	13,449	26,980	32,574	48,740	31,459	18,107	54,338
Payroll (in thousands)	$2,723,560	$65,090	$86,707	$126,696	$277,238	$345,942	$541,127	$372,711	$185,594	$722,455
WHOLESALE TRADE
No. of Businesses	22,904	12,871	4,218	2,708	2,069	646	314	57	17	4
No. of Employees	273,330	21,226	27,725	36,839	62,335	43,797	46,008	19,294	11,692	4,414
Payroll (in thousands)	$2,790,409	$212,559	$249,871	$338,075	$625,415	$447,527	$497,926	$210,343	$152,193	$56,500
RETAIL TRADE
No. of Businesses	40,600	18,445	8,209	5,874	5,240	1,979	682	140	23	8
No. of Employees	639,159	32,304	54,840	79,728	162,454	134,634	100,052	46,391	15,746	13,010
Payroll (in thousands)	$3,457,547	$208,955	$247,407	$356,164	$711,758	$772,799	$640,126	$271,632	$123,529	$125,177
FINANCE, INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
No. of Businesses	19,847	13,202	2,920	1,832	1,132	434	229	62	23	13
No. of Employees	230,703	20,281	19,213	24,550	33,878	30,364	36,224	21,002	16,694	28,497
Payroll (in thousands)	$3,477,035	$207,210	$197,953	$290,059	$523,263	$564,893	$617,718	$525,163	$198,139	$352,637
SERVICES
No. of Businesses	171,840	140,200	13,886	8,043	5,529	2,154	1,367	392	158	111
No. of Employees	1,386,392	146,620	91,246	108,051	167,801	150,013	204,856	136,467	108,977	272,361
Payroll (in thousands)	$13,623,789	$1,468,615	$826,994	$992,653	$1,690,708	$1,338,384	$1,849,229	$1,154,963	$1,014,318	$3,287,925

[1] Data are confidential because there are fewer than three businesses in this category, or one employer makes up 80 percent of the employment within the cell.
[2] Data are suppressed because confidential data could be extrapolated if those totals were included.

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