1997 Economic Census of the Utilities Industry

1997 Utilities
Establishments, Revenue, Employees and Payroll
U.S. and Mountain States*
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                                                                   Annual
                                   Revenue      Employees 2/      Payroll
State               Estab. 1/      ($000s)      (Mid-March)       ($000s)
-----------------   --------   ------------  --------------   -----------
U.S.                  15,513   $411,713,327        702,703    $36,594,684

Mountain States*:
  Arizona                235     $5,840,283         10,546       $595,361
  Colorado               317      5,205,694          9,771        467,662
  Idaho                  169      1,261,248          3,216        153,944
  Montana                215        949,275          3,296        160,080 
  Nevada                  86              D  5,000 - 9,999              D
  New Mexico             206      2,168,665          5,868        251,083
  Utah                   152      3,882,523          5,580        293,818
  Wyoming                132      1,012,364          2,767        137,861


*   States that comprise the Mountain Division are 
    defined by the U.S. Census Bureau.

D   Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual companies.  
    Included in higher level summaries.

1/  Data include only establishments with a payroll.

2/  Paid employees for the pay period including March 12.

Source:  U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1997 Economic 
Census, Geographic Area Series, Utilities, various states.

Table Prepared  by:  Bureau of Business and Economic Research, 
University of New Mexico.