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Wasco County Employment Data

Wasco County, OR

Table 1. Statistics by Economic Sector
2000 Population: 23,791

NOTE. Data based on the 2002 Economic Census. Includes only establishments of firms with payroll.
* NAICS INDUSTRIES is defined as the taxable portion of the Services sectors, the Type of Operation Totals for the Wholesale sector, and all other sectors in the Economic Census

NAICS Industry Code	Industry Description	Number of Establishments	Number of Employees	Annual Payroll ($1,000)	Shpmts/Sales/Recpts ($1,000)
NAICS INDUSTRIES
31-33	Manufacturing	z	z	z	z
42	Wholesale trade	33	766	14,117	97,104
44-45	Retail trade	134	1,375	28,613	268,357
51	Information	17	167	3,721	n
53	Real estate, rental & leasing	30	64	1,213	7,178
54	Professional, scientific, & technical services	48	183	4,910	13,074
56	Administrative & support & waste management & remediation service	26	120	3,812	8,874
61	Educational services	4	(1-19)	d	d
62	Health care & social assistance	77	1,332	39,387	98,957
71	Arts, entertainment, & recreation	11	93	1,602	7,094
72	Accommodation & foodservices	64	1,030	10,818	37,131
81	Other services (except public administration)	53	183	3,158	14,214

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 2002 Economic Census
D: Withheld to avoid disclosing data of individual companies; data are included in higher level totals
N: Not available or not comparable
Z: too small for publication