1992 CENSUS OF SERVICE INDUSTRIES
GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS
DELAWARE

FIRMS SUBJECT TO FEDERAL INCOME TAX

Data from the 1992 Census of Service Industries show that Delaware's
5,302 service industries establishments of firms with payroll that were
subject to Federal income tax had receipts totaling $2.8 billion. The
1992 data represent an increase of 33.9 percent in receipts for the
State since 1987.

For establishments with payroll in 1992, receipts of offices and
clinics of medical doctors totaled $402.1 million, compared with $250.3
million in 1987. Other leading service kinds of business in 1992 were
legal services with $308.9 million in receipts, computer programming,
data processing, and other computer related services with $122.7
million, and hotels and motels with $108.0 million.

There were 54,186 paid employees (full- and part-time) working in
service industries in the State as of mid-March 1992, compared with
46,209 employees in 1987. Large employers included help supply services
with 4,593 employees, offices and clinics of doctors of medicine with
3,746 employees, and nursing and personal care facilities with 3,091
employees.

ORGANIZATIONS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAX

Data for the census show that Delaware's 648 service industries
establishments of firms and other organizations with payroll that were
exempt from Federal income tax had revenue totaling $1.3 billion and
expenses of $1.3 billion in 1992. The 1992 data represent an increase
of 81.2 percent in expenses since 1987.

For establishments with payroll in 1992, revenue of hospitals totaled
$879.4 million, compared with $448.5 million in 1987. Other leading
classifications in 1992 were nursing and personal care facilities with
revenue of $53.0 million, and individual and family social services
with $46.2 million.

There were 26,255 paid employees (full- and part-time) as of mid-March
1992, compared with 21,670 employees in 1987. Hospitals had 14,114
employees; civic, social, and fraternal associations, 1,851 employees;
and nursing and personal care facilities, 1,726 employees.