Census of Manufactures, 1972 ( M271)

This dataset provides information on the number of manufacturing establishments in each of the approximately 450 manufacturing industries, classified according to their employment size class and the state and county within which they are located. Each record is associated with a particular industry (4-digit SIC) and a particular county (or state or U.S. summary) and contains the number of establishments in seven employment size categories: 1-19 employees, 20-49, 50-99, 100-249, 250-499, 500-999 and 1000 employees or more. There is one record for each industry-county or industry-state combination with one or more manufacturing plants. The dataset is arranged by matrices, as follows: General Statistics: Matrix 201 U.S. by industry Matrix 202 Regions by industry Matrix 203 Divisions by industry Matrix 204 States by industry Matrix 205 SMSA's by industry Matrix 206 Selected counties by industry group Matrix 207 Selected cities by industry group Matrix 208 States, SMSA's, counties, and selected cities Detailed Statistics: Matrix 209 U.S. by industry Matrix 210 States and ADM components General Statistics by Employment Size of Establishment: Matrix 211 U.S. by industry Materials consumed: Matrix 212 U.S. by industry by 6-digit code for materials