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

FIRMS SUBJECT TO FEDERAL INCOME TAX

Data from the 1992 Census of Service Industries show that Iowa's 17,774
service industries establishments of firms with payroll that were
subject to Federal income tax had receipts totaling $7.7 billion. The
1992 data represent an increase of 50.6 percent in receipts for the
State since 1987.

For establishments with payroll in 1992, receipts of offices and
clinics of medical doctors totaled $1.2 billion, compared with $778.2
million in 1987. Other leading service kinds of business in 1992 were
computer programming, data processing, and other computer related
services with $645.9 million in receipts, legal services with $504.6
million, and nursing and personal care facilities with $383.4 million.

There were 162,530 paid employees (full- and part-time) working in
service industries in the State as of mid-March 1992, compared with
131,041 employees in 1987. Large employers included nursing and
personal care facilities with 17,805 employees, help supply services
with 13,582 employees, and offices and clinics of doctors of medicine
with 12,898 employees.

ORGANIZATIONS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAX

Data for the census show that Iowa's 3,743 service industries
establishments of firms and other organizations with payroll that were
exempt from Federal income tax had revenue totaling $4.7 billion and
expenses of $4.4 billion in 1992. The 1992 data represent an increase
of 61.3 percent in expenses since 1987.

For establishments with payroll in 1992, revenue of hospitals totaled
$3.0 billion, compared with $2.0 billion in 1987. Other leading
classifications in 1992 were nursing and personal care facilities with
revenue of $354.1 million, and residential care with $209.4 million.

There were 120,818 paid employees (full- and part-time) as of mid-March
1992, compared with 95,119 employees in 1987. Hospitals had 62,893
employees; nursing and personal care facilities, 16,479 employees; and
residential care, 8,803 employees.