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Key Table Information.Table Title.Annual Business Survey: Statistics for Employer Firms by Race for the U.S.: 2017.Table ID.ABSCS2017.AB00MYCSA01C.Survey/Program.Economic Surveys.Year.2017.Dataset.ECNSVY Annual Business Survey Company Summary.Release Date.2020-05-19.Release Schedule.The Annual Business Survey (ABS) occurs every year, beginning in reference year 2017.For more information about ABS planned data product releases, see Tentative ABS Schedule..Dataset Universe.The dataset universe consists of employer firms that are in operation for at least some part of the reference year, are located in one of the 50 U.S. states, associated offshore areas, or the District of Columbia, have paid employees and annual receipts of $1,000 or more, and are classified in one of nineteen in-scope sectors defined by the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), except for NAICS 111, 112, 482, 491, 521, 525, 813, 814, and 92 which are not covered..Sponsor.National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, U.S. National Science Foundation.Methodology.Data Items and Other Identifying Records.Number of employer firms (firms with paid employees)Sales and receipts of employer firms (reported in $1,000s of dollars)Number of employees (during the March 12 pay period)Annual payroll (reported in $1,000s of dollars)These data are aggregated by the following demographic classifications of firm for:All firms Classifiable (firms classifiable by sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status) Race White Black or African American American Indian and Alaska Native Asian Asian Indian Chinese Filipino Japanese Korean Vietnamese Other Asian Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Native Hawaiian Guamanian or Chamorro Samoan Other Pacific Islander Minority (Firms classified as any race and ethnicity combination other than non-Hispanic and White) Equally minority/nonminority Nonminority (Firms classified as non-Hispanic and White) Unclassifiable (firms not classifiable by sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status) Definitions can be found by clicking on the column header in the table or by accessing the Economic Census Glossary..Unit(s) of Observation.The reporting units for the ABS are employer companies or firms rather than establishments. A company or firm is comprised of one or more in-scope establishments that operate under the ownership or control of a single organization..Geography Coverage.The data are shown for the U.S. only.For information about geographies, see Geographies..Industry Coverage.The data are shown for the total of all sectors ("00") NAICS code. Sector "00" is not an official NAICS sector but is rather a way to indicate a total for multiple sectors. Note: Other programs outside of ABS may use sector 00 to indicate when multiple NAICS sectors are being displayed within the same table and/or dataset.The following are excluded from the total of all sectors:Crop and Animal Production (NAICS 111 and 112)Rail Transportation (NAICS 482)Postal Service (NAICS 491)Monetary Authorities-Central Bank (NAICS 521)Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles (NAICS 525)Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (NAICS 813)Private Households (NAICS 814)Public Administration (NAICS 92)For information about NAICS, see North American Industry Classification System..Sampling.The ABS sample includes firms that are selected with certainty if they have known research and development activities, were included in the 2017 BERD sample, or have high receipts, payroll, or employment. Total sample size is 850,000 firms. The universe is stratified by state, industry group, and expected demographic group. Firms selected to the sample receive a questionnaire. For all data on this table, firms not selected into the sample are represented with administrative, 2017 Economic Census, or other economic surveys records.For more information about the sample design, see Annual Business Survey Methodology..Confidentiality.The Census Bureau has reviewed this data product to ensure appropriate access, use, and disclosure avoidance protection of the confidential source data (Project No. P-7504866, Disclosure Review Board (DRB) approval number: CBDRB-FY20-008).To protect confidentiality, the U.S. Census Bureau suppresses cell values to minimize the risk of identifying a particular business' data or identity.To comply with data quality standards, data rows with high relative standard errors (RSE) are not presented. Additionally, firm counts are suppressed when other select statistics in the same row are suppressed. More information on disclosure avoidance is available in the Annual Business Survey Methodology..Technical Documentation/Methodology.For detailed information about the methods used to collect data and produce statistics, survey questionnaires, Primary Business Activity/NAICS codes, and more, see Technical Documentation..Weights.For more information about weighting, see Annual Business Survey Methodology.....
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Release Date: 2020-05-19.The Census Bureau has reviewed this data product for unauthorized disclosure of confidential information and has approved the disclosure avoidance practices applied (Approval ID: CBDRB-FY20-008)...Release Schedule:.Data in this file come from estimates of business ownership by sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status from the 2018 Annual Business Survey (ABS) collection. Data are also obtained from administrative records, the 2017 Economic Census and other economic surveys...Note: The collection year is the year in which the data are collected. A reference year is the year that is referenced in the questions on the survey and in which the statistics are tabulated. For example, the 2018 ABS collection year produces statistics for the 2017 reference year. The "Year" column in the table is the reference year. The ABS has a larger sample size during the benchmark year of 2017. Due to the larger size, more detailed data are shown for reference year 2017...For more information about ABS planned data product releases, see Tentative ABS Schedule...Key Table Information:.Includes U.S. firms with paid employees, operating during the reference year with receipts of $1,000 or more, which are classified in the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), Sectors 11 through 99, except for NAICS 111, 112, 482, 491, 521, 525, 813, 814, and 92 which are not covered. Employer firms with more than one domestic establishment are counted in each geographic area and industry in which they operate, but only once in the U.S. and state totals for all sectors. Employment reflects the number of paid employees during the pay period in the reference year that included March 12...Data Items and Other Identifying Records:.Data include estimates on:.Number of employer firms (firms with paid employees). Sales and receipts of employer firms (reported in $1,000s of dollars). Number of employees (during the March 12 pay period). Annual payroll (reported in $1,000s of dollars)...These data are aggregated by the following demographic classifications of firm for:.All firms. Classifiable (firms classifiable by sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status). . Sex. Female. Male. Equally male/female. . Ethnicity. Hispanic. Equally Hispanic/non-Hispanic. Non-Hispanic. . Race. White. Black or African American. American Indian and Alaska Native. Asian. Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander. Minority (Firms classified as any race and ethnicity combination other than non-Hispanic and White). Equally minority/nonminority. Nonminority (Firms classified as non-Hispanic and White). . Veteran Status (defined as having served in any branch of the U.S. Armed Forces). Veteran. Equally veteran/nonveteran. Nonveteran. . . . Unclassifiable (firms not classifiable by sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status). ...Moreover, the 2017 reference year statistics include detailed race and ethnicity data tabulated for:.Hispanic subgroups. Mexican, Mexican American, Chicano. Puerto Rican. Cuban. Other Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish. . Asian subgroups. Asian Indian. Chinese. Filipino. Japanese. Korean. Vietnamese. Other Asian. . Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander subgroups. Native Hawaiian. Guamanian or Chamorro. Samoan. Other Pacific Islander. ...The data are also shown for the size of sales/receipts/revenue of the business:.Sales, value of shipments, or revenue size of firms:. Firms with sales/receipts of less than $10,000. Firms with sales/receipts of $10,000 to $49,999. Firms with sales/receipts of $50,000 to $99,999. Firms with sales/receipts of $100,000 to $249,999. Firms with sales/receipts of $250,000 to $499,999. Firms with sales/receipts of $500,000 to $999,999. Firms with sales/receipts of $1,000,000 or more. ...Data Notes:.. Business ownership is defined as having 51 percent or more of the stock or equity in the business. Data are provided for businesses owned equally (50% / 50%) by men and women, by Hispanics and non-Hispanics, by minorities and nonminorities, and by veterans and nonveterans. Firms not classifiable by sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status are counted and tabulated separately.. The detail may not add to the total or subgroup total because a Hispanic or Latino firm may be of any race, and because a firm could be tabulated in more than one racial group. For example, if a firm responded as both Chinese and Black majority owned, the firm would be included in the detailed Asian and Black estimates but would only be counted once toward the higher level all firms' estimates.. References such as "Mexican-owned," "Puerto Rican-...
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Key Table Information.Table Title.Annual Business Survey: Statistics for Employer Firms by Race for the U.S.: 2022.Table ID.ABSCS2022.AB00MYCSA01C.Survey/Program.Economic Surveys.Year.2022.Dataset.ECNSVY Annual Business Survey Company Summary.Release Date.2024-12-19.Release Schedule.The Annual Business Survey (ABS) occurs every year, beginning in reference year 2017.For more information about ABS planned data product releases, see Tentative ABS Schedule..Dataset Universe.The dataset universe consists of employer firms that are in operation for at least some part of the reference year, are located in one of the 50 U.S. states, associated offshore areas, or the District of Columbia, have paid employees and annual receipts of $1,000 or more, and are classified in one of nineteen in-scope sectors defined by the 2022 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), except for NAICS 111, 112, 482, 491, 521, 525, 813, 814, and 92 which are not covered..Sponsor.National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, U.S. National Science Foundation.Methodology.Data Items and Other Identifying Records.Number of employer firms (firms with paid employees)Sales and receipts of employer firms (reported in $1,000s of dollars)Number of employees (during the March 12 pay period)Annual payroll (reported in $1,000s of dollars)These data are aggregated by the following demographic classifications of firm for:All firms Classifiable (firms classifiable by sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status) Race White Black or African American American Indian and Alaska Native Asian Asian Indian Chinese Filipino Japanese Korean Vietnamese Other Asian Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Native Hawaiian Guamanian or Chamorro Samoan Other Pacific Islander Minority (Firms classified as any race and ethnicity combination other than non-Hispanic and White) Equally minority/nonminority Nonminority (Firms classified as non-Hispanic and White) Unclassifiable (firms not classifiable by sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status) Definitions can be found by clicking on the column header in the table or by accessing the Economic Census Glossary..Unit(s) of Observation.The reporting units for the ABS are employer companies or firms rather than establishments. A company or firm is comprised of one or more in-scope establishments that operate under the ownership or control of a single organization..Geography Coverage.The data are shown for the U.S. only.For information about geographies, see Geographies..Industry Coverage.The data are shown for the total of all sectors ("00") NAICS code. Sector "00" is not an official NAICS sector but is rather a way to indicate a total for multiple sectors. Note: Other programs outside of ABS may use sector 00 to indicate when multiple NAICS sectors are being displayed within the same table and/or dataset.The following are excluded from the total of all sectors:Crop and Animal Production (NAICS 111 and 112)Rail Transportation (NAICS 482)Postal Service (NAICS 491)Monetary Authorities-Central Bank (NAICS 521)Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles (NAICS 525)Office of Notaries (NAICS 541120)Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (NAICS 813)Private Households (NAICS 814)Public Administration (NAICS 92)For information about NAICS, see North American Industry Classification System..Sampling.The ABS sample includes firms that are selected with certainty if they have known research and development activities, were included in the 2022 BERD sample, or have high receipts, payroll, or employment. Total sample size is 850,000 firms. The universe is stratified by state, industry group, and expected demographic group. Firms selected to the sample receive a questionnaire. For all data on this table, firms not selected into the sample are represented with administrative, 2022 Economic Census, or other economic surveys records.For more information about the sample design, see Annual Business Survey Methodology..Confidentiality.The Census Bureau has reviewed this data product to ensure appropriate access, use, and disclosure avoidance protection of the confidential source data (Project No. P-7504866, Disclosure Review Board (DRB) approval number: CBDRB-FY24-0351).To protect confidentiality, the U.S. Census Bureau suppresses cell values to minimize the risk of identifying a particular business' data or identity.To comply with data quality standards, data rows with high relative standard errors (RSE) are not presented. Additionally, firm counts are suppressed when other select statistics in the same row are suppressed. More information on disclosure avoidance is available in the Annual Business Survey Methodology..Technical Documentation/Methodology.For detailed information about the methods used to collect data and produce statistics, survey questionnaires, Primary Business Activity/NAICS codes, and more, see Technical Documentation..Weights.For more information about weighting, see An...
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Release Date: 2015-12-15.[NOTE: Includes firms with payroll at any time during 2012. Employment reflects the number of paid employees during the March 12 pay period. Data are based on the 2012 Economic Census, and the estimates of business ownership by gender, ethnicity, race, and veteran status are from the 2012 Survey of Business Owners. Detail may not add to total due to rounding or because a Hispanic firm may be of any race. Moreover, each owner had the option of selecting more than one race and therefore is included in each race selected. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see Survey Methodology.]..Table Name. . Statistics for All U.S. Firms With Paid Employees by Race and Number of States in Which They Operate for the U.S.: 2012. ..Release Schedule. . This file was released in December 2015. Included are statistics for:. . Black-Owned Firms (BLK). American Indian- and Alaska Native-Owned Firms (AIAN). Asian-Owned Firms (ASIAN). Native Hawaiian- and Other Pacific Islander-Owned Firms (NHPI). Company Summary (CS)-- Includes estimates for minority- and nonminority-owned firms. . ..Key Table Information. . This data supersedes all preliminary results released on August 18, 2015, and is related to all other 2012 SBO files.. Refer to the Methodology section of the Survey of Business Owners website for additional information.. ..Universe. . The universe for the 2012 Survey of Business Owners (SBO) includes all U.S. firms operating during 2012 with receipts of $1,000 or more which are classified in the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) sectors 11 through 99, except for NAICS 111, 112, 482, 491, 521, 525, 813, 814, and 92 which are not covered. Firms with more than one domestic establishment are counted in each geographic area and industry in which they operate, but only once in the U.S. total.. ..Geographic Coverage. . The data are shown for the United States at the national level.. ..Industry Coverage. . The data are shown for the total of all sectors (00) code level.. ..Data Items and Other Identifying Records. . Statistics for All U.S. Firms With Paid Employees by Race and Number of States in Which They Operate for the U.S.: 2012 contains data on:. . Numbers of firms with paid employees. Number of establishments with paid employees. Sales and receipts for firms with paid employees. Number of employees for firms with paid employees. Annual payroll for firms with paid employees. . The data are shown for:. . All firms classifiable by gender, ethnicity, race, and veteran status. . Race. . White. Black or African American. American Indian and Alaska Native. Asian. . Asian Indian. Chinese. Filipino. Japanese. Korean. Vietnamese. Other Asian. . . Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander. . Native Hawaiian. Samoan. Guamanian or Chamorro. Other Pacific Islander. . . Some other race. Minority. Equally minority/nonminority. Nonminority. . . Number of states business operates in. . Total. One state. Two states or more. . . . . Publicly held and other firms not classifiable by gender, ethnicity, race, and veteran status. . ..Sort Order. . Data are presented in ascending levels by:. . Geography (GEO_ID). NAICS code (NAICS2012). Race (RACE_GROUP). Number of states business operates in (NUMSTE). . The data are sorted on underlying control field values, so control fields may not appear in alphabetical order.. ..FTP Download. . Download the entire SB1200CSA18 table at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/sbo/data/2012/SB1200CSA18.zip. ..Contact Information. . To contact the Survey of Business Owners staff:. . Visit the website at www.census.gov/programs-surveys/sbo.html.. Email general, nonsecure, and unencrypted messages to ewd.survey.of.business.owners@census.gov.. Call 301.763.3316 between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. (EST), Monday through Friday.. Write to:. U.S. Census Bureau. Survey of Business Owners. 4600 Silver Hill Road. Washington, DC 20233. . . ...Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 Survey of Business Owners.Note: The data in this file are based on the 2012...
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Release Date: 2020-05-19.The Census Bureau has reviewed this data product for unauthorized disclosure of confidential information and has approved the disclosure avoidance practices applied (Approval ID: CBDRB-FY20-008)...Release Schedule:.Data in this file come from estimates of business ownership by sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status from the 2018 Annual Business Survey (ABS) collection. Data are also obtained from administrative records, the 2017 Economic Census and other economic surveys...Note: The collection year is the year in which the data are collected. A reference year is the year that is referenced in the questions on the survey and in which the statistics are tabulated. For example, the 2018 ABS collection year produces statistics for the 2017 reference year. The "Year" column in the table is the reference year. The ABS has a larger sample size during the benchmark year of 2017. Due to the larger size, more detailed data are shown for reference year 2017...For more information about ABS planned data product releases, see Tentative ABS Schedule...Key Table Information:.Includes U.S. firms with paid employees, operating during the reference year with receipts of $1,000 or more, which are classified in the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), Sectors 11 through 99, except for NAICS 111, 112, 482, 491, 521, 525, 813, 814, and 92 which are not covered. Employer firms with more than one domestic establishment are counted in each geographic area and industry in which they operate, but only once in the U.S. and state totals for all sectors. Employment reflects the number of paid employees during the pay period in the reference year that included March 12...Data Items and Other Identifying Records:.Data include estimates on:.Number of employer firms (firms with paid employees). Sales and receipts of employer firms (reported in $1,000s of dollars). Number of employees (during the March 12 pay period). Annual payroll (reported in $1,000s of dollars)...These data are aggregated by the following demographic classifications of firm for:.All firms. Classifiable (firms classifiable by sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status). . Sex. Female. Male. Equally male/female. . Ethnicity. Hispanic. Equally Hispanic/non-Hispanic. Non-Hispanic. . Race. White. Black or African American. American Indian and Alaska Native. Asian. Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander. Minority (Firms classified as any race and ethnicity combination other than non-Hispanic and White). Equally minority/nonminority. Nonminority (Firms classified as non-Hispanic and White). . Veteran Status (defined as having served in any branch of the U.S. Armed Forces). Veteran. Equally veteran/nonveteran. Nonveteran. . . . Unclassifiable (firms not classifiable by sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status). ...Moreover, the 2017 reference year statistics include detailed race and ethnicity data tabulated for:.Hispanic subgroups. Mexican, Mexican American, Chicano. Puerto Rican. Cuban. Other Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish. . Asian subgroups. Asian Indian. Chinese. Filipino. Japanese. Korean. Vietnamese. Other Asian. . Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander subgroups. Native Hawaiian. Guamanian or Chamorro. Samoan. Other Pacific Islander. ...Data Notes:.. Business ownership is defined as having 51 percent or more of the stock or equity in the business. Data are provided for businesses owned equally (50% / 50%) by men and women, by Hispanics and non-Hispanics, by minorities and nonminorities, and by veterans and nonveterans. Firms not classifiable by sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status are counted and tabulated separately.. The detail may not add to the total or subgroup total because a Hispanic or Latino firm may be of any race, and because a firm could be tabulated in more than one racial group. For example, if a firm responded as both Chinese and Black majority owned, the firm would be included in the detailed Asian and Black estimates but would only be counted once toward the higher level all firms' estimates.. References such as "Mexican-owned," "Puerto Rican-owned," "Cuban-owned" or "other Hispanic- or Latino-owned" businesses refer only to businesses operating in the 50 states and the District of Columbia that self-identified 51 percent or more of their ownership in 2017 to be by individuals of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban or other Hispanic or Latino origin. The ABS does not distinguish between U.S. residents and nonresidents. Companies owned by foreign governments or owned by other companies, foreign or domestic, are included in the category "Unclassifiable."...Industry and Geogr...
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Release Date: 2015-12-15.[NOTE: Includes firms with paid employees and firms with no paid employees. Data are based on the 2012 Economic Census, and the estimates of business ownership by gender, ethnicity, race, and veteran status are from the 2012 Survey of Business Owners. Detail may not add to total due to rounding or because a Hispanic firm may be of any race. Moreover, each owner had the option of selecting more than one race and therefore is included in each race selected. Firms with more than one domestic establishment are counted in each geographic area and industry in which they operate, but only once in the U.S. and state totals for all sectors. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see Survey Methodology.]..Table Name. . Statistics for All U.S. Firms by Industry, Gender, Ethnicity, and Race for the U.S., States, Metro Areas, Counties, and Places: 2012. ..Release Schedule. . This file was released in December 2015. Included are statistics for:. . Women-Owned Firms (WMN). Hispanic-Owned Firms (HISP). Black-Owned Firms (BLK). American Indian- and Alaska Native-Owned Firms (AIAN). Asian-Owned Firms (ASIAN). Native Hawaiian- and Other Pacific Islander-Owned Firms (NHPI). Company Summary (CS) -- Includes estimates for minority- and nonminority-owned firms. . ..Key Table Information. . This data supersedes all preliminary results released on August 18, 2015, and is related to all other 2012 SBO files.. Refer to the Methodology section of the Survey of Business Owners website for additional information.. ..Universe. . The universe for the 2012 Survey of Business Owners (SBO) includes all U.S. firms operating during 2012 with receipts of $1,000 or more which are classified in the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) sectors 11 through 99, except for NAICS 111, 112, 482, 491, 521, 525, 813, 814, and 92 which are not covered. Firms with more than one domestic establishment are counted in each geographic area and industry in which they operate, but only once in the U.S. total.. ..Geographic Coverage. . The data are shown for:. . United States. States and the District of Columbia. Metropolitan Areas, including:. . Combined Statistical Areas. Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas. Metropolitan divisions. . . Counties. Places. . ..Industry Coverage. . The data are shown for the total of all sectors (00) and the 2-, 3-, 4-, 5-, and 6-digit NAICS code levels for:. . United States. States and the District of Columbia. . The data are shown for the total of all sectors (00) and the 2-digit NAICS code levels for:. . Metropolitan Areas, including:. . Combined Statistical Areas. Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas. Metropolitan divisions. . . Counties. Places. . ..Data Items and Other Identifying Records. . Statistics for All U.S. Firms by Industry, Gender, Ethnicity, and Race for the U.S., States, Metro Areas, Counties, and Places: 2012 contains data on:. . Numbers of all firms, firms with paid employees, and firms with no paid employees. Sales and receipts for all firms, firms with paid employees, and firms with no paid employees. Number of employees for firms with paid employees. Annual payroll for firms with paid employees. . The data are shown for:. . All firms classifiable by gender, ethnicity, race, and veteran status. . Gender. . Female-owned. Male-owned. Equally male-/female-owned. . . Ethnicity. . Hispanic. . Mexican, Mexican American, Chicano. Puerto Rican. Cuban. Other Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin. . . Equally Hispanic/non-Hispanic. Non-Hispanic. . . Race. . White. Black or African American. American Indian and Alaska Native. Asian. . Asian Indian. Chinese. Filipino. Japanese. Korean. Vietnamese. Other Asian. . . Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander. . Native Hawaiian. Samoan. Guamanian or Chamorro. Other Pacific Islander. . . S...
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Key Table Information.Table Title.Annual Business Survey: Statistics for Employer Firms by Race for the U.S.: 2017.Table ID.ABSCS2017.AB00MYCSA01C.Survey/Program.Economic Surveys.Year.2017.Dataset.ECNSVY Annual Business Survey Company Summary.Release Date.2020-05-19.Release Schedule.The Annual Business Survey (ABS) occurs every year, beginning in reference year 2017.For more information about ABS planned data product releases, see Tentative ABS Schedule..Dataset Universe.The dataset universe consists of employer firms that are in operation for at least some part of the reference year, are located in one of the 50 U.S. states, associated offshore areas, or the District of Columbia, have paid employees and annual receipts of $1,000 or more, and are classified in one of nineteen in-scope sectors defined by the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), except for NAICS 111, 112, 482, 491, 521, 525, 813, 814, and 92 which are not covered..Sponsor.National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, U.S. National Science Foundation.Methodology.Data Items and Other Identifying Records.Number of employer firms (firms with paid employees)Sales and receipts of employer firms (reported in $1,000s of dollars)Number of employees (during the March 12 pay period)Annual payroll (reported in $1,000s of dollars)These data are aggregated by the following demographic classifications of firm for:All firms Classifiable (firms classifiable by sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status) Race White Black or African American American Indian and Alaska Native Asian Asian Indian Chinese Filipino Japanese Korean Vietnamese Other Asian Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Native Hawaiian Guamanian or Chamorro Samoan Other Pacific Islander Minority (Firms classified as any race and ethnicity combination other than non-Hispanic and White) Equally minority/nonminority Nonminority (Firms classified as non-Hispanic and White) Unclassifiable (firms not classifiable by sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status) Definitions can be found by clicking on the column header in the table or by accessing the Economic Census Glossary..Unit(s) of Observation.The reporting units for the ABS are employer companies or firms rather than establishments. A company or firm is comprised of one or more in-scope establishments that operate under the ownership or control of a single organization..Geography Coverage.The data are shown for the U.S. only.For information about geographies, see Geographies..Industry Coverage.The data are shown for the total of all sectors ("00") NAICS code. Sector "00" is not an official NAICS sector but is rather a way to indicate a total for multiple sectors. Note: Other programs outside of ABS may use sector 00 to indicate when multiple NAICS sectors are being displayed within the same table and/or dataset.The following are excluded from the total of all sectors:Crop and Animal Production (NAICS 111 and 112)Rail Transportation (NAICS 482)Postal Service (NAICS 491)Monetary Authorities-Central Bank (NAICS 521)Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles (NAICS 525)Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (NAICS 813)Private Households (NAICS 814)Public Administration (NAICS 92)For information about NAICS, see North American Industry Classification System..Sampling.The ABS sample includes firms that are selected with certainty if they have known research and development activities, were included in the 2017 BERD sample, or have high receipts, payroll, or employment. Total sample size is 850,000 firms. The universe is stratified by state, industry group, and expected demographic group. Firms selected to the sample receive a questionnaire. For all data on this table, firms not selected into the sample are represented with administrative, 2017 Economic Census, or other economic surveys records.For more information about the sample design, see Annual Business Survey Methodology..Confidentiality.The Census Bureau has reviewed this data product to ensure appropriate access, use, and disclosure avoidance protection of the confidential source data (Project No. P-7504866, Disclosure Review Board (DRB) approval number: CBDRB-FY20-008).To protect confidentiality, the U.S. Census Bureau suppresses cell values to minimize the risk of identifying a particular business' data or identity.To comply with data quality standards, data rows with high relative standard errors (RSE) are not presented. Additionally, firm counts are suppressed when other select statistics in the same row are suppressed. More information on disclosure avoidance is available in the Annual Business Survey Methodology..Technical Documentation/Methodology.For detailed information about the methods used to collect data and produce statistics, survey questionnaires, Primary Business Activity/NAICS codes, and more, see Technical Documentation..Weights.For more information about weighting, see Annual Business Survey Methodology.....