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U.S. Department of Commerce

Rogers C. Morton, Secretary

James L. Pate, Assistant Secretary

for Economic Affairs

BUREAU OF THE CENSUS

Vincent P. Barabba, Director
MANUFACTURES 

p 1-12 

Series p 1-12. Manufactures Summary: 1849 to 1970 

Establishments Value Capita.I End-orMan-hours) added by expendi- year production manu- tu res, invenProduction workers facture 2 new torle• 

With 20 Proprietors Non- (mil.) Total Wages (mil. dol.) (mil. dol.) (mil. do!,) and production workers! Total or more employees partners employees 

5 1 9 }j) 11 12 2 3 

l'ACTOR!l'lS, lilXCL.UDlNG HAND AND NllllGHBORJIOOD lNDUSTRIES 

4,462 50,277 91, 609 300 ,228 22,164 101,285 

49 ,186 93 ,460 304 ,441 22 ,291 98,206 4, 798 45,088 87,480 285,059 20 ,613 90,505 4,640 42,087 81,394 261,984 21,503 84,406 4,537 

4,374 38,901 78,256 250,880 20,236 77. 721 

4,174 13,0761 26, 568 106,643 35 ,281 71,362 226 ,940 16 ,615 68,009 

4,082 12,403 25,246 98,685 32,846 65,839 206,194 13,294 63,211 

4,000 12,232 24, 509 93,283 ' 31.190 62,094 192 ,083 11,370 59,913 

12, 127 24, 270 89,819 ! 30,685 59,134 179,071 10,436 58,067 4,028 

3, 951 11,779 23,289 83 ,677 ' 28,912 54, 765 164 ,281 9,780 54, 744 

3,940 12 ,210 24,174 83,673 28,117 55, 556 163,999 10,098 53,560 

3,790 12 ,273 24,444 81.204 26 ,489 54, 714 161,536 9,140 52,552 -------i86- 3, 742 11,681 22, 679 73,875 24,270 49,605 141, 541 9,544 49,947 

3,782 12,839 25,208 76,315 23. 745 52,569 147 ,838 12,144 ----------- 3, 563 13,131 26, 089 74,015 21,974 52,041 144,909 11,233 ----------- 3,381 12,954 25,898 69,097 19 ,878 49,218 135, 023 

3,273 12,372 24,334 62,963 18,372 44 ,591 117,032 

3,192 13 ,501 27 ,066 66 ,493 17 ,513 48,979 121, 659 

3,026 12, 706 25,618 59. 598 15 ,834 43, 764 109, 162 

2,800 12 ,509 25,264 54, 742 14,087 40' 655 102,086 

2,688 11, 779 23, 717 46,643 12,043 34, 600 89. 750 

2,550 11,016 21, 770 41,482 11,228 30,254 75. 367 

2,376 11,918 24, 317 39,696 9,452 30,244 74. 291 

'1,719 i 7,808 • 12, 706 '3,708 '8,998 24,487 

1,217 8,569 12 ,830 2,717 10,113 25' 174 

1,058 7 ,204 9,565 2,253 7,311 18' 553 

'770 5,788 ---~--~---- '6,238 ' '1,298 4,940 14,008 6 ,163 ~~-~--~~--- ----i.4;ii84-1-----n~r 6,689 18 ,601 -----1~290· 8 ,370 ----------- 10,885 30,591 

1,224 7,848 ----------- 13, 123 10,100 26 ,325 

1, 271 7,871 --.. -------- 12,958 2,978 9,980 25. 668 

1,280 8,194 --------~-- 12,997 2,848 10, 149 24. 570 

1,081 6,476 ----------- 9,870 2,419 7,451 17,253 1,371 8,465 ------~---- 12,427 2,763 9,664 23,842 

911 6,602 5,016 1,234 3, 782 9,386 

759 6,262 4,106 900 3,205 8,160 __________ ,.. 

493 5,182 2,991 550 2,441 6, 019 ----------- -~--------- 348 4,502 2,259 366 1,893 4,647 

FACTORIES ANI> HAND AND NllllGl!BORHOOl> L'!DUSTRIES 

5,098 ----------- 2,596 389 2,207 5,475 4,129 ----------- ----------- ----------- 2,209 388 1, 821 4,102 2, 733 ----------- --.. -------- ~--------- 948 1, 973 

2,054 ---------~- ----------- ----------- 621 1,395 1,311 ----------- ----------- __ .., ________ 379 854 

957 ----------- ----------- --~------- 237 464 

1 Th~ Buroau of Labor Statistics annual averages for employment in manufucturing mdiea:.S 1943 as the year of maximum employment, with 15,147,000 production wr;rkers. See series D 145. 

'Includes establishments classified as manufacturing in 1939 and prior yea.rs but as nonmanufaeturlng thereafter. 

'For l!S!!--1933, cost or contract work was not subtracted from value of products .n ealelllating value added by manufacti.:re. For 1935-1953, value added by manu- !aeturo repl'illlentll unadjusted Vlllue added; beginning 195•, it represents adjusted vaJae. 

" Exeept u not.<!, fir;ures have b;;en revised by retabulation of returns to e:o:clude 

data for EStabltshments elasi!ifted as manu!aeturing in 1939 but as nonmanufacturing 

hfininmg 1947. Value added by manufacture in 1989, prior to revision and on a basis 

<Vlllpvable with prior years, was $24. 7 billion. 

666 

•Figures revised on basis of estimates rather than by retabulation of 1939 reports. 

Estimates made as follows: For nonproduction employees, by multiplying the retaJ:>u- lated figure for number of production workers by the ra~io of all employees to i:rod.uct1on 

workers computed from unrevised 1939 data; for sala!'les and wages, by mult1plymgthe 

retabulated wage figure by the ratio for salaries and wages also derived from the un- revised 1939 data. 

•Excludes data for salaried officers of corporations and their salaries; therefore, not strictly comparable with figures for other years.