1992 CENSUS OF SERVICE INDUSTRIES
GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS
NORTH CAROLINA

FIRMS SUBJECT TO FEDERAL INCOME TAX

Data from the 1992 Census of Service Industries show that North
Carolina's 42,243 service industries establishments of firms with
payroll that were subject to Federal income tax had receipts totaling
$22.2 billion. The 1992 data represent an increase of 72.7 percent in
receipts for the State since 1987.

For establishments with payroll in 1992, receipts of offices and
clinics of medical doctors totaled $3.2 billion, compared with $1.9
billion in 1987. Other leading service kinds of business in 1992 were
computer programming, data processing, and other computer related
services with $1.7 billion in receipts, legal services with $1.3
billion, and hotels and motels with $1.1 billion.

There were 425,019 paid employees (full- and part-time) working in
service industries in the State as of mid-March 1992, compared with
331,402 employees in 1987. Large employers included help supply
services with 48,110 employees, offices and clinics of doctors of
medicine with 32,593 employees, and nursing and personal care
facilities with 32,317 employees.

ORGANIZATIONS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAX

Data for the census show that North Carolina's 4,784 service industries
establishments of firms and other organizations with payroll that were
exempt from Federal income tax had revenue totaling $9.8 billion and
expenses of $9.1 billion in 1992. The 1992 data represent an increase
of 91.5 percent in expenses since 1987.

For establishments with payroll in 1992, revenue of hospitals totaled
$6.9 billion, compared with $3.6 billion in 1987. Other leading
classifications in 1992 were individual and family social services with
revenue of $256.8 million, and civic, social, and fraternal
associations with $246.5 million.

There were 185,201 paid employees (full- and part-time) as of mid-March
1992, compared with 139,526 employees in 1987. Hospitals had 115,902
employees; nursing and personal care facilities, 8,840 employees; and
civic, social, and fraternal associations, 7,200 employees.