Statistics of U.S. Businesses
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EMPLOYMENT CHANGE DATA - United States & States                                

                        Data  
Name                    Type    Description

STATE                   C       Geographic Area Code
                                  U.S. = 00
                                  FIPS State 2-digit codes

NAICS                   C       Industry Code 
                                  6-digit, North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
                             
ENTRSIZE                C       Enterprise Employment Size Code

INIT_ESTB               N       Number of Initial Year Establishments

INIT_EMPL               N       Initial Year Employment with Noise

INIT_EMPLFL_N           C       Initial Year Employment Noise Flag 
                        
                                G       Low noise applied to cell value (0 to < 2%)
                                H       Medium noise applied to cell value (2 to < 5%)
                                D       Data withheld and value set to 0 to avoid disclosing data for
                                        individual businesses; data are included in higher level totals. 
                                S       Data withheld and value set to 0 to avoise releasing information that does
                                        not meet publication standards; data are included in higher level totals.

INIT_EMPFL_R            C       Initial Year Employment Range Flag / Data Suppression Flag

                                This denotes employment size class for data withheld to avoid disclosure (confidentiality) 
                                or withheld because data do not meet publication standards.
 
                                A       0-19
                                B       20-99
                                C       100-249
                                E       250-499
                                F       500-999
                                G       1,000-2,499
                                H       2,500-4,999
                                I       5,000-9,999
                                J       10,000-24,999
                                K       25,000-49,999
                                L       50,000-99,999
                                M       100,000 or More

NETCHG_ESTB             N       Change in Establishments

NETCHG_EMPL             N       Change in Employment

NETCHG_EMPLFL_N         C       Net Change Noise Flag (G,H,D,S... see INIT_EMPLFL_N)
                                                               
BIRTHS_ESTB             N       Number of Establishment Births

BIRTHS_EMPL             N       Establishment Births Employment with Noise
        
BIRTHS_EMPLFL_N         C       Establishment Births Noise Flag (G,H,D,S... see INIT_EMPLFL_N)                                                            

DEATHS_ESTB             N       Number of Establishment Deaths

DEATHS_EMPL             N       Establishment Deaths Employment with Noise

DEATHS_EMPLFL_N         C       Establishment Deaths Noise Flag (G,H,D,S... see INIT_EMPLFL_N)
                                                             
EXP_ESTB                N       Number of Establishment Expansions

EXP_EMPL                N       Establishment Expansions Change in Employment with Noise

EXP_EMPLFL_N            C       Establishment Expansions Noise Flag (G,H,D,S... see INIT_EMPLFL_N)                                                                    

CONTR_ESTB              N       Number of Establishment Contractions

CONTR_EMPL              N       Establishment Contractions Change in Employment with Noise

CONTR_EMPLFL_N          C       Establishment Contractions Noise Flag (G,H,D,S... see INIT_EMPLFL_N)                                                        

PCTCHG_ESTB             N       Percent Change Establishments                                                                                                 

PCTCHG_EMPL             N       Percent Change in Employment                                                                                                     

PCTCHG_BIRTHS_EMPL      N       Percent Change in Employment Due to Births                                                                                             

PCTCHG_DEATHS_EMPL      N       Percent change in Employment Due to Deaths                                                                                                

PCTCHG_BIRTHS_EXP_EMPL  N       Percent change in Employment Due to Births & Expansions                                                                                              

PCTCGH_DEATHS_CONTR_EMPLN       Percent change in Employment Due to Deaths & Contractions                      

STATEDSCR               C       State Description

NAICSDSCR               C       NAICS Industry Description

ENTRSIZEDSCR            C       Enterprise Employment Size Description