California Size of Business Report, 2000
Merced MSA (Merced 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	4,580	2,760	779	504	344	115	54	16	6	2
AGRICULTURE
No. of Businesses	1,124	601	222	150	101	28	15	5	2	0
No. of Employees	15,025	958	1,472	2,045	3,075	1,929	2,416	[2]	[1]	0
Payroll (in thousands)	$61,905	$5,623	$6,783	$9,443	$14,512	$8,150	$10,885	[2]	[1]	$0
MINING
No. of Businesses	[3]	[3]	[3]	[3]	[3]	[3]	[3]	[3]	[3]	[3]
No. of Employees
Payroll (in thousands)
CONSTRUCTION [3]
No. of Businesses	283	155	69	30	22	6	1	0	0	0
No. of Employees	2,308	227	471	393	656	[2]	[1]	0	0	0
Payroll (in thousands)	$14,221	$1,027	$2,711	$2,527	$4,444	[2]	[1]	$0	$0	$0
MANUFACTURING
No. of Businesses	126	33	18	16	21	15	13	6	2	2
No. of Employees	11,547	62	114	225	681	1,064	2,173	2,092	[1]	[1]
Payroll (in thousands)	$92,021	$2,216	$1,616	$1,417	$4,880	$8,334	$18,717	$18,855	[1]	[1]
TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION
No. of Businesses	164	101	24	16	13	6	3	1	0	0
No. of Employees	2,103	198	141	215	432	437	[2]	[1]	0	0
Payroll (in thousands)	$16,401	$1,561	$936	$1,582	$3,009	$3,270	[2]	[1]	$0	$0
WHOLESALE TRADE
No. of Businesses	139	67	30	27	10	3	1	1	0	0
No. of Employees	1,783	138	197	363	311	212	[1]	[1]	0	0
Payroll (in thousands)	$13,485	$1,068	$1,840	$2,384	$2,061	$1,752	[1]	[1]	$0	$0
RETAIL TRADE
No. of Businesses	725	281	162	125	112	31	13	1	0	0
No. of Employees	11,009	557	1,078	1,716	3,388	2,097	[2]	[1]	0	0
Payroll (in thousands)	$46,154	$1,932	$3,514	$6,491	$12,881	$10,448	[2]	[1]	$0	$0
FINANCE, INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
No. of Businesses	240	155	45	24	12	3	0	1	0	0
No. of Employees	1,940	280	289	302	372	[2]	0	[1]	0	0
Payroll (in thousands)	$14,919	$1,379	$1,817	$2,156	$3,452	[2]	$0	[1]	$0	$0
SERVICES
No. of Businesses	1,779	1,367	209	116	53	23	8	1	2	0
No. of Employees	10,193	1,543	1,361	1,538	1,578	1,584	1,062	[1]	[1]	0
Payroll (in thousands)	$56,439	$6,585	$7,713	$9,109	$7,826	$5,696	$7,373	[1]	[1]	$0

[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.
[3] Mining combined with Construction to prevent disclosure of confidential data.

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