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

FIRMS SUBJECT TO FEDERAL INCOME TAX

Data from the 1992 Census of Service Industries show that Oklahoma's
21,209 service industries establishments of firms with payroll that
were subject to Federal income tax had receipts totaling $9.6 billion.
The 1992 data represent an increase of 51.3 percent in receipts for the
State since 1987.

For establishments with payroll in 1992, receipts of offices and
clinics of medical doctors totaled $1.4 billion, compared with $942.6
million in 1987. Other leading service kinds of business in 1992 were
legal services with $879.2 million in receipts, nursing and personal
care facilities with $482.4 million, and computer programming, data
processing, and other computer related services with $464.1 million.

There were 196,400 paid employees (full- and part-time) working in
service industries in the State as of mid-March 1992, compared with
149,370 employees in 1987. Large employers included nursing and
personal care facilities with 22,751 employees, help supply services
with 22,042 employees, and offices and clinics of doctors of medicine
with 13,847 employees.

ORGANIZATIONS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAX

Data for the census show that Oklahoma's 2,541 service industries
establishments of firms and other organizations with payroll that were
exempt from Federal income tax had revenue totaling $3.9 billion and
expenses of $3.7 billion in 1992. The 1992 data represent an increase
of 48.9 percent in expenses since 1987.

For establishments with payroll in 1992, revenue of hospitals totaled
$2.8 billion, compared with $2.0 billion in 1987. Other leading
classifications in 1992 were business associations with revenue of
$135.2 million, and civic, social, and fraternal associations with
$126.4 million.

There were 83,096 paid employees (full- and part-time) as of mid-March
1992, compared with 68,463 employees in 1987. Hospitals had 53,691
employees; individual and family social services, 4,389 employees; and
job training and vocational rehabilitation services, 3,678 employees.