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Table 6-2: Air Transportation Establishments and Employment: 2011

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

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State Number of establishments Number of paid employees Annual payroll
($ thousands)
Alabama 47 582 26,692
Alaska 205 5,535 321,530
Arizona 111 W W
Arkansas 46 W W
California 576 42,992 2,556,006
Colorado 105 14,301 654,972
Connecticut 46 2,054 147,506
Delaware 20 85 6,779
District of Columbia 38 1,445 38,829
Florida 481 22,403 1,242,486
Georgia 119 29,760 1,813,659
Hawaii 61 7,349 359,625
Idaho 54 952 39,611
Illinois 194 29,022 1,905,155
Indiana 60 W W
Iowa 31 447 12,273
Kansas 31 226 6,748
Kentucky 65 7,621 453,130
Louisiana 86 4,225 284,079
Maine 25 W 15,611
Maryland 51 W W
Massachusetts 94 7,497 378,195
Michigan 119 W 830,347
Minnesota 61 W W
Mississippi 42 347 11,742
Missouri 75 W W
Montana 71 815 30,076
Nebraska 29 594 23,494
Nevada 68 5,499 356,838
New Hampshire 25 312 13,438
New Jersey 109 W W
New Mexico 35 571 28,321
New York 353 31,476 1,899,200
North Carolina 106 W W
North Dakota 25 215 5,127
Ohio 101 11,122 832,289
Oklahoma 50 W W
Oregon 77 5,336 323,383
Pennsylvania 131 W W
Rhode Island 10 W 11,239
South Carolina 57 784 26,357
South Dakota 26 206 6,367
Tennessee 88 W 236,005
Texas 469 W W
Utah 41 8,397 403,623
Vermont 11 241 10,574
Virginia 111 12,609 701,770
Washington 113 10,335 758,948
West Virginia 16 W W
Wisconsin 59 W W
Wyoming 27 W 29,445
United States, total1 5,051 425,787 25,347,433

1Values for states not reported individually are included in U.S. totals.

KEY: W = data withheld to avoid disclosure.

NOTES: The Air Transportation subsector (NAICS 481) includes industries providing air transportation of passengers and/or cargo using aircraft, such as airplanes and helicopters. These data do not include scenic and sightseeing air transportation (NAICS 4879, part), support activities for air transportation (NAICS 4881), or air courier services (NAICS 4921, part).

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce , U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, available at www.census.gov/econ/cbp as of June 2014.