California Size of Business Report, 2000
Orange County MSA (Orange 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	77,406	43,028	12,872	9,296	7,273	2,788	1,522	425	145	57
AGRICULTURE
No. of Businesses	1,331	656	247	189	137	57	26	14	4	1
No. of Employees	25,384	1,116	1,625	2,572	4,052	3,906	3,693	4,641	[2]	[1]
Payroll (in thousands)	$136,190	$5,617	$8,072	$15,136	$23,335	$21,258	$18,198	$26,643	[2]	[1]
MINING
No. of Businesses	46	23	9	5	6	2	1	0	0	0
No. of Employees	635	26	58	82	204	[1]	[1]	0	0	0
Payroll (in thousands)	$8,245	$755	$574	$999	$3,012	[1]	[1]	$0	$0	$0
CONSTRUCTION
No. of Businesses	5,676	3,016	989	759	570	208	105	24	4	1
No. of Employees	80,607	4,491	6,633	10,227	17,294	13,936	15,907	8,247	[2]	[1]
Payroll (in thousands)	$782,562	$39,925	$54,746	$95,552	$171,199	$145,472	$157,643	$93,058	[2]	[1]
MANUFACTURING
No. of Businesses	6,143	2,097	1,026	1,049	1,007	475	317	118	40	14
No. of Employees	234,264	3,543	6,959	14,554	31,727	33,478	48,510	40,298	26,422	28,773
Payroll (in thousands)	$2,586,138	$39,901	$57,583	$122,253	$286,948	$328,988	$479,155	$464,818	$366,612	$439,880
TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION
No. of Businesses	1,940	996	298	213	214	101	82	22	11	3
No. of Employees	51,734	1,626	1,923	2,904	6,776	7,173	12,247	7,278	7,622	4,185
Payroll (in thousands)	$541,417	$16,622	$17,033	$27,439	$62,144	$72,845	$141,259	$72,571	$84,324	$47,180
WHOLESALE TRADE
No. of Businesses	7,569	4,132	1,381	984	703	220	105	36	6	2
No. of Employees	100,394	6,741	9,095	13,396	21,166	15,250	15,324	11,819	[2]	[1]
Payroll (in thousands)	$1,305,352	$87,286	$101,307	$158,067	$256,640	$191,307	$198,751	$166,877	[2]	[1]
RETAIL TRADE
No. of Businesses	13,285	5,276	2,726	2,161	2,033	729	294	52	9	5
No. of Employees	241,336	9,301	18,435	29,398	62,110	49,787	42,305	16,768	6,304	6,928
Payroll (in thousands)	$1,346,181	$54,608	$89,557	$137,536	$288,626	$281,488	$271,571	$113,618	$65,919	$43,258
FINANCE, INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
No. of Businesses	8,125	5,176	1,250	794	522	216	119	25	19	4
No. of Employees	105,754	7,918	8,283	10,759	15,707	14,954	18,015	8,657	13,817	7,644
Payroll (in thousands)	$1,464,954	$90,648	$95,495	$131,270	$217,620	$231,592	$242,329	$240,969	$144,941	$70,090
SERVICES
No. of Businesses	33,291	21,656	4,946	3,142	2,081	780	473	134	52	27
No. of Employees	427,740	31,069	32,426	42,316	62,135	54,353	70,956	46,955	35,518	52,012
Payroll (in thousands)	$3,860,791	$314,706	$301,272	$394,879	$604,537	$509,922	$636,455	$381,971	$299,543	$417,506

[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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