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

FIRMS SUBJECT TO FEDERAL INCOME TAX

Data from the 1992 Census of Service Industries show that Minnesota's
31,004 service industries establishments of firms with payroll that
were subject to Federal income tax had receipts totaling $18.8 billion.
The 1992 data represent an increase of 61.5 percent in receipts for the
State since 1987.

For establishments with payroll in 1992, receipts of offices and
clinics of medical doctors totaled $2.0 billion, compared with $1.4
billion in 1987. Other leading service kinds of business in 1992 were
computer programming, data processing, and other computer related
services with $2.2 billion in receipts, legal services with $1.5
billion, and hotels and motels with $743.8 million.

There were 349,240 paid employees (full- and part-time) working in
service industries in the State as of mid-March 1992, compared with
294,807 employees in 1987. Large employers included help supply
services with 32,106 employees, nursing and personal care facilities
with 25,213 employees, and offices and clinics of doctors of medicine
with 21,808 employees.

ORGANIZATIONS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAX

Data for the census show that Minnesota's 5,626 service industries
establishments of firms and other organizations with payroll that were
exempt from Federal income tax had revenue totaling $9.7 billion and
expenses of $9.2 billion in 1992. The 1992 data represent an increase
of 65.7 percent in expenses since 1987.

For establishments with payroll in 1992, revenue of hospitals totaled
$4.7 billion, compared with $3.1 billion in 1987. Other leading
classifications in 1992 were clinics of doctors of medicine and
dentists with revenue of $1.4 billion, and nursing and personal care
facilities with $724.2 million.

There were 208,341 paid employees (full- and part-time) as of mid-March
1992, compared with 170,632 employees in 1987. Hospitals had 86,423
employees; nursing and personal care facilities, 28,650 employees; and
civic, social, and fraternal associations, 15,638 employees.