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2004 County Business Patterns (NAICS)

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Whatcom, WA

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Industry code Industry code description Paid employees for pay period including March 12 (number) First-quarter payroll ($1,000) Annual payroll ($1,000) Total establishments
------Total 64,824 435,524 1,918,629 5,950
11----Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, and Agriculture Support 289 1,835 8,967 62
21----Mining 57 404 2,600 4
22----Utilities 116 1,535 5,598 17
23----Construction 6,613 56,911 265,138 918
31----Manufacturing 8,531 75,600 354,722 318
42----Wholesale Trade 3,121 27,170 126,157 337
44----Retail Trade 10,292 54,285 232,515 828
48----Transportation and Warehousing 1,952 14,212 62,070 198
51----Information 1,815 14,611 59,860 92
52----Finance and Insurance 2,391 27,495 105,174 283
53----Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 1,344 6,401 28,550 307
54----Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 3,249 31,552 131,067 563
55----Management of Companies and Enterprises 381 5,255 21,609 14
56----Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services 2,742 14,878 55,125 264
61----Educational Services 866 3,861 15,486 68
62----Health Care and Social Assistance 8,669 56,927 257,591 571
71----Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation 1,598 6,675 29,688 99
72----Accommodation and Food Services 7,285 20,225 90,525 461
81----Other Services (except Public Administration) 3,438 15,380 65,137 513
99----Unclassified 75 312 1,050 33

Number of establishments by employment-size class
Industry code Industry code description Total establishments 1-4 5-9 10-19 20-49 50-99 100-249 250-499 500-999 1000 or more
------Total 5,950 3,486 1,090 693 451 140 69 16 4 1
11----Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, and Agriculture Support 62 46 8 5 2 1 0 0 0 0
21----Mining 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
22----Utilities 17 13 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
23----Construction 918 667 113 74 43 14 4 2 1 0
31----Manufacturing 318 125 56 43 48 26 15 4 1 0
42----Wholesale Trade 337 201 53 42 33 6 1 1 0 0
44----Retail Trade 828 383 211 120 71 29 12 2 0 0
48----Transportation and Warehousing 198 120 32 24 12 7 3 0 0 0
51----Information 92 54 17 7 6 5 2 0 1 0
52----Finance and Insurance 283 155 72 32 20 2 1 1 0 0
53----Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 307 227 53 18 7 1 1 0 0 0
54----Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 563 429 64 46 18 1 4 1 0 0
55----Management of Companies and Enterprises 14 4 5 3 0 0 2 0 0 0
56----Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services 264 171 39 30 13 7 3 1 0 0
61----Educational Services 68 38 16 5 6 0 3 0 0 0
62----Health Care and Social Assistance 571 307 126 63 43 20 9 2 0 1
71----Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation 99 58 16 9 11 2 1 2 0 0
72----Accommodation and Food Services 461 144 93 112 90 17 4 0 1 0
81----Other Services (except Public Administration) 513 315 110 58 24 2 4 0 0 0
99----Unclassified 33 28 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
For information on businesses with no paid employees, see Nonemployer Statistics