California Size of Business Report, 2000
Bakersfield MSA (Kern 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	13,240	7,724	2,139	1,562	1,157	349	206	61	30	12
AGRICULTURE
No. of Businesses	1,157	531	183	149	123	52	58	31	20	10
No. of Employees	63,109	809	1,243	2,051	3,752	3,640	9,600	10,158	13,461	18,395
Payroll (in thousands)	$246,108	$6,787	$7,710	$11,965	$20,735	$18,778	$35,448	$31,915	$35,603	$77,167
MINING
No. of Businesses	212	69	40	33	35	10	17	6	2	0
No. of Employees	9,188	103	271	444	1,105	693	2,785	[2]	[1]	0
Payroll (in thousands)	$113,696	$1,293	$2,751	$5,324	$11,679	$8,959	$36,257	[2]	[1]	$0
CONSTRUCTION
No. of Businesses	1,047	560	200	147	103	28	7	0	2	0
No. of Employees	11,428	840	1,326	2,011	2,977	1,858	[2]	0	[1]	0
Payroll (in thousands)	$92,126	$5,538	$8,108	$13,304	$25,725	$17,497	[2]	$0	[1]	$0
MANUFACTURING
No. of Businesses	395	153	82	55	56	25	17	6	1	0
No. of Employees	9,990	278	565	752	1,671	1,833	2,358	[2]	[1]	0
Payroll (in thousands)	$98,413	$2,038	$3,737	$6,033	$13,877	$16,652	$26,944	[2]	[1]	$0
TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION
No. of Businesses	602	287	95	100	76	27	12	4	1	0
No. of Employees	11,035	464	655	1,385	2,318	1,939	2,045	[2]	[1]	0
Payroll (in thousands)	$97,758	$3,376	$5,548	$12,231	$20,153	$16,483	$17,564	[2]	[1]	$0
WHOLESALE TRADE
No. of Businesses	692	306	144	129	89	20	3	1	0	0
No. of Employees	7,980	577	968	1,746	2,541	1,458	[2]	[1]	0	0
Payroll (in thousands)	$77,322	$6,003	$8,038	$18,033	$24,739	$15,171	[2]	[1]	$0	$0
RETAIL TRADE
No. of Businesses	2,558	1,028	550	465	382	88	39	6	0	0
No. of Employees	36,869	1,893	3,746	6,397	11,406	6,130	5,405	1,892	0	0
Payroll (in thousands)	$158,656	$6,774	$14,506	$23,541	$42,230	$30,052	$31,983	$9,570	$0	$0
FINANCE, INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
No. of Businesses	826	557	129	73	47	13	4	2	1	0
No. of Employees	7,209	1,011	855	986	1,428	950	679	[1]	[1]	0
Payroll (in thousands)	$59,737	$6,685	$5,951	$7,054	$12,273	$9,597	$6,260	[1]	[1]	$0
SERVICES
No. of Businesses	6,038	4,425	711	435	295	101	57	8	4	2
No. of Employees	48,367	5,002	4,679	5,794	9,083	7,083	8,728	2,805	[2]	[1]
Payroll (in thousands)	$307,716	$27,888	$29,045	$39,647	$60,129	$41,667	$52,190	$17,448	[2]	[1]

[1] Data are confidential because there are fewer than three businesses in this category, or one or two employers make 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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