Sector 21: Mining: Subject Series: General Summary: Industry Statistics: 2007 Data 

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Geographic Area Name 2007 NAICS code Meaning of 2007 NAICS code Footnote identifier Number of companies Number of establishments Number of paid employees for pay period including MarAnnual payroll ($1,000) Production workers - 1st qtr

United States 21 Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 17,090 22,667 730,433 ######## 555,389

United States 211 Oil and gas extraction 5,103 6,260 150,443 9,593,816 95,069

United States 2111 Oil and gas extraction 5,103 6,260 150,443 9,593,816 95,069

United States 21111 Oil and gas extraction 5,103 6,260 150,443 9,593,816 95,069

United States 211111 Crude petroleum and natural gas extraction 5,026 5,964 143,054 9,090,641 89,318

United States 211112 Natural gas liquid extraction 112 296 7,389 503,175 5,751

United States 212 Mining (except oil and gas) 3,899 6,472 211,377 ######## 171,295

United States 2121 Coal mining 623 1,034 77,435 4,767,887 64,977

United States 21211 Coal mining 623 1,034 77,435 4,767,887 64,977

United States 212111 Bituminous coal and lignite surface mining 382 587 37,766 2,300,339 30,504

United States 212112 Bituminous coal underground mining 241 405 39,211 2,447,501 34,111

United States 212113 Anthracite mining 37 42 458 20,047 362

United States 2122 Metal ore mining 191 250 35,004 2,355,259 29,950

United States 21221 Iron ore mining 14 20 4,985 381,492 4,410

United States 212210 Iron ore mining 14 20 4,985 381,492 4,410
United States 21222 Gold ore and silver ore mining106 126 12,012 851,676 9,982

United States 212221 Gold ore mining 100 118 11,464 820,894 9,538

United States 212222 Silver ore mining 8 8 548 30,782 444

United States 21223 Copper, nickel, lead, and zinc mining 32 49 13,148 795,077 11,690

United States 212231 Lead ore and zinc ore mining 11 18 2,762 164,366 2,393

United States 212234 Copper ore and nickel ore mining22 31 10,386 630,711 9,297

United States 21229 Other metal ore mining 45 55 4,859 327,014 3,868

United States 212291 Uranium-radium-vanadium ore mining 25 28 508 29,429 372

United States 212299 All other metal ore mining 20 27 4,351 297,585 3,496

United States 2123 Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying 3,097 5,188 98,938 4,500,542 76,368

United States 21231 Stone mining and quarrying 1,386 2,653 53,827 2,386,099 42,049

United States 212311 Dimension stone mining and quarrying 301 326 4,423 124,134 3,569

United States 212312 Crushed and broken limestone mining and quarrying 632 1,502 33,714 1,501,438 26,449

United States 212313 Crushed and broken granite mining and quarrying 146 373 7,300 367,541 5,718

United States 212319 Other crushed and broken stone mining and quarrying 356 452 8,390 392,986 6,313

United States 21232 Sand, gravel, clay, and refractory mining 1,580 2,265 34,723 1,524,739 26,151

United States 212321 Construction sand and gravel mining 1,429 1,988 26,583 1,149,174 19,990

United States 212322 Industrial sand mining 80 141 2,859 134,648 2,110

United States 212324 Kaolin and ball clay mining 22 36 2,778 141,296 1,971

United States 212325 Clay and ceramic and refractory minerals mining 74 100 2,503 99,621 2,080

United States 21239 Other nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying 231 270 10,388 589,704 8,168

United States 212391 Potash, soda, and borate mineral mining 13 14 3,189 191,906 2,821

United States 212392 Phosphate rock mining 6 7 1,695 140,696 1,372

United States 212393 Other chemical and fertilizer mineral mining 37 40 1,740 97,596 1,172

United States 212399 All other nonmetallic mineral mining 181 209 3,764 159,506 2,803

United States 213 Support activities for mining8,223 9,935 368,613 ######## 289,025

United States 2131 Support activities for mining8,223 9,935 368,613 ######## 289,025

United States 21311 Support activities for mining8,223 9,935 368,613 ######## 289,025

United States 213111 Drilling oil and gas wells 1,798 2,109 106,859 5,984,315 90,976

United States 213112 Support activities for oil and gas operations 5,866 7,089 239,774 ######## 180,833

United States 213113 Support activities for coal mining 255 290 8,614 408,527 6,634

United States 213114 Support activities for metal mining 120 207 9,995 428,739 8,178

United States 213115 Support activities for nonmetallic minerals 224 240 3,371 137,514 2,404
Production workers hours (1,000) Production workers wages ($1,000) Value added ($1,000) Total cost of supplies ($1,000) Total value of shipments and receipts for services ($1,000) Capital expenditures (except land and mineral rights) ($1,000)

1,075,769 ######## ######## ######## ######## ########

151,339 5,582,790 ######## ######## ######## ########

151,339 5,582,790 ######## ######## ######## ########

151,339 5,582,790 ######## ######## ######## ########

139,393 5,185,549 ######## ######## ######## ########

11,946 397,241 ######## ######## ######## 1,965,593

377,943 9,437,886 ######## ######## ######## ########

148,782 4,026,426 ######## ######## ######## 4,076,134

148,782 4,026,426 ######## ######## ######## 4,076,134

73,321 1,921,562 ######## 5,964,571 ######## 1,753,196

74,661 2,090,373 ######## 4,691,367 ######## 2,292,629

800 14,491 136,883 93,505 200,079 30,309

64,150 1,993,057 ######## 8,010,898 ######## 2,933,382

9,874 331,003 1,727,591 1,470,622 2,953,963 244,250

9,874 331,003 1,727,591 1,470,622 2,953,963 244,250
21,046 691,814 5,351,750 2,411,489 6,127,688 1,635,551

20,092 666,533 5,176,414 2,355,050 5,922,473 1,608,991

954 25,281 175,336 56,439 205,215 26,560

24,221 710,187 8,853,116 3,310,135 ######## 776,686

5,270 135,069 2,170,991 411,266 2,401,037 181,220

18,951 575,118 6,682,125 2,898,869 8,985,528 595,466

9,009 260,053 2,657,475 818,652 3,199,232 276,895

865 22,214 195,731 49,552 165,724 79,559

8,144 237,839 2,461,744 769,100 3,033,508 197,336

165,011 3,418,403 ######## 7,683,361 ######## 6,332,760

92,261 1,828,762 ######## 3,998,205 ######## 4,588,058

6,035 93,157 383,601 97,434 394,371 86,664

59,271 1,153,025 ######## 2,617,980 9,902,515 3,812,236

13,304 289,353 2,472,011 671,211 2,699,138 444,084

13,651 293,227 1,806,931 611,580 2,173,437 245,074

55,178 1,126,565 8,109,719 2,146,719 8,937,290 1,319,148

42,099 861,480 6,261,950 1,286,649 6,461,955 1,086,644

4,539 92,815 868,750 247,807 1,009,803 106,754

4,131 94,064 520,322 390,618 854,391 56,549

4,409 78,206 458,697 221,645 611,141 69,201

17,572 463,076 2,706,704 1,538,437 3,819,587 425,554

6,188 169,917 1,250,698 493,534 1,596,863 147,369

3,154 118,736 417,033 703,770 997,838 122,965

2,602 62,775 398,129 128,176 478,962 47,343

5,628 111,648 640,844 212,957 745,924 107,877

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546,487 ######## ######## ######## ######## ########

546,487 ######## ######## ######## ######## ########

166,189 5,057,793 ######## 6,576,675 ######## 6,532,941

343,277 9,501,385 ######## 9,681,219 ######## 7,319,431

16,095 324,006 1,504,385 579,378 1,969,969 113,794

15,847 348,483 1,182,193 412,148 1,413,133 181,208

5,079 99,136 399,649 160,464 504,894 55,219
and mineral rights) ($1,000)