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Description & Citation--Study No. 3439

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:3439
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03439
 
Title:County Business Patterns, 1999 [United States]: U.S. Summary, State, and County Data
 
Principal Investigator(s):United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census
 
Series:County Business Patterns [United States] Series
 
Bibliographic Citation:U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. COUNTY BUSINESS PATTERNS, 1999 [UNITED STATES]: U.S. SUMMARY, STATE AND COUNTY DATA [Computer file]. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census [producer], 2001. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2003. doi:10.3886/ICPSR03439
 

Scope of Study

Summary:The total number of business establishments, mid-March employment figures, and first quarter and annual payrolls are supplied in this data collection at the county, state, and national levels. Also provided are data on the number of establishments by employment-size class. Data are provided for most divisions of the economy, including agricultural services, mining, construction, manufacturing, transportation, public utilities, wholesale trade, retail trade, finance, insurance, real estate, and services. However, data are not included for agriculture production, railroad, government, or household employment.
 
Subject Term(s):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
 
Geographic Coverage:Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District Of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York (State), North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, United States, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
 
Time Period:1999
 
Date(s) of Collection:1999
 
Universe:All business establishments with one or more paid employees in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and counties, excluding agriculture production, railroad, government, or household employment. All government hospitals are included beginning with 1989 data.
 
Data Type:aggregate data
 
Data Collection Notes:(1) The data are supplied in three files: United States Summary Data (Part 1), State Summary Data (Part 2), and County Summary Data (Part 3). The county summary data are now in one file, sorted alphabetically by state and within state by county. (2) The codebooks are provided by the principal investigator as Portable Document Format (PDF) files. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader software, such as the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided on the ICPSR Web site.
 

Methodology

Sample:inap.
 
Data Source:Business Register, Annual Company Organization Survey, Annual Survey of Manufactures, Current Business Surveys, United States Internal Revenue Service administrative records, and the Social Security Administration
 

Access and Availability

Note:A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.
 
Restrictions:In accordance with U.S. Code, Title 13, Section 9, no data are shown that would disclose the operations of an individual employer. However, the number of establishments in an industry classification and the distribution of these establishments by employer-size class are not considered disclosures, and so this information may be released even though other information is withheld.
 
Original ICPSR Release:2003-05-16
 
Version History:The last update of this study occurred on 2006-01-12.
 
  2006-01-12 - All files were removed from dataset 7 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads.
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: United States Summary Data
  • DS2: State Summary Data
  • DS3: County Summary Data
  • DS4: North American Industry Classification System: United States, 1997
  • DS5: Geographic Reference File
  • DS6: Sample Design
  • DS8: Codebook for the United States
  • DS9: Codebook for Alabama
  • DS10: Codebook for Alaska
  • DS11: Codebook for Arizona
  • DS12: Codebook for Arkansas
  • DS13: Codebook for California
  • DS14: Codebook for Colorado
  • DS15: Codebook for Connecticut
  • DS16: Codebook for Delaware
  • DS17: Codebook for the District of Columbia
  • DS18: Codebook for Florida
  • DS19: Codebook for Georgia
  • DS20: Codebook for Hawaii
  • DS21: Codebook for Idaho
  • DS22: Codebook for Illinois
  • DS23: Codebook for Indiana
  • DS24: Codebook for Iowa
  • DS25: Codebook for Kansas
  • DS26: Codebook for Kentucky
  • DS27: Codebook for Louisiana
  • DS28: Codebook for Maine
  • DS29: Codebook for Maryland
  • DS30: Codebook for Massachusetts
  • DS31: Codebook for Michigan
  • DS32: Codebook for Minnesota
  • DS33: Codebook for Mississippi
  • DS34: Codebook for Missouri
  • DS35: Codebook for Montana
  • DS36: Codebook for Nebraska
  • DS37: Codebook for Nevada
  • DS38: Codebook for New Hampshire
  • DS39: Codebook for New Jersey
  • DS40: Codebook for New Mexico
  • DS41: Codebook for New York
  • DS42: Codebook for North Carolina
  • DS43: Codebook for North Dakota
  • DS44: Codebook for Ohio
  • DS45: Codebook for Oklahoma
  • DS46: Codebook for Oregon
  • DS47: Codebook for Pennsylvania
  • DS48: Codebook for Rhode Island
  • DS49: Codebook for South Carolina
  • DS50: Codebook for South Dakota
  • DS51: Codebook for Tennessee
  • DS52: Codebook for Texas
  • DS53: Codebook for Utah
  • DS54: Codebook for Vermont
  • DS55: Codebook for Virginia
  • DS56: Codebook for Washington
  • DS57: Codebook for West Virginia
  • DS58: Codebook for Wisconsin
  • DS59: Codebook for Wyoming