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Mitchell County, North Carolina Business Patterns

Here is information on business patterns in Mitchell County for the year 2000, including data on employees, payroll, establishments, employement size classes and per capita retail sales by selected business groups.

NOTES:
Economic information is gathered from the following sources:
State Sales and Use Tax Statistics; North Carolina Department of Revenue, Sales and Use Tax Division, Raleigh, NC (Website)

Business & Industry Development, Annual Activities Report; North Carolina Department of Commerce, Raleigh, NC (Website)

Economic Impact/Tourism Research; North Carolina Department of Commerce, Division of Tourism, Raleigh, NC (Website)

Census of Agriculture North Carolina; U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Washington, DC (Website)

North Carolina Farm Income; North Carolina Agricultural Statistics Division, Raleigh, NC (Website)

Mitchell County
Employees, Payroll, and Establishments, 2000

NOTE: A range of numbers for Employees followed by a "$0" listed in the Payroll columns indicates figures have been withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual companies.
North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Major Industrial Groups NAICS Sector Code Number of Employees for week including March 12 Payroll 1st Quarter Payroll Annual Total Number of Establishments
Forestry, Fishing, Hunting,& Ag. Support 11 0 to 19 $0 $0 2
Mining 21 20-99 $0 $0 2
Utilities 22 0-19 $0 $0 3
Construction 23 261 $1,406,000 $5,898,000 44
Manufacturing 31-33 1,673 $9,954,000 $39,668,000 35
Wholesale Trade 42 67 $320,000 $1,248,000 11
Retail Trade 44-45 918 $3,420,000 $14,288,000 84
Transportation & Warehousing 48-49 165 $1,217,000 $5,120,000 10
Information 51 0-19 $0 $0 2
Finance & Insurance 52 91 $537,000 $2,264,000 17
Real Estate & Rental & Leasing 53 47 $131,000 $718,000 16
Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services 54 52 $301,000 1,381,000 17
Management of Companies & Enterprises 55 0-19 $0 $0 3
Admin, Support, Wast Mgt., Remediation Ser. 56 245 $1,149,000 $4,351,000 11
Educational Services 61 100 $437,000 $1,958,000 4
Health Care and Social Assistance 62 797 $4,648,000 $16,906,000 32
Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation 71 20-99 $0 $0 7
Accommodation & Food Services 72 288 $665,000 $3,399,000 26
Other Services (except Public Admin) 81 171 $709,000 $2,795,000 50
Auxiliaries 95 0 $0 $0 0
Unclassified Establishments 99 3 $5,000 $45,000 3
Total all 5,071 $26,351,000 $106,379,000 379

Mitchell County, North Carolina
Number of Establishments By Employment Size Class, 2000

NOTE: All figures exclude most government employees, railroad employees, and self-employed persons.
NAICS Sector
Code
Employment Size Class
Total Estabs.
1-4 5-9 10-19 20-49 50-99 100-249 250-499 500-999 1,000 or more
11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
21 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
22 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
23 28 9 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 44
31-33 12 8 3 6 2 2 2 0 0 35
42 6 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11
44-45 43 24 11 4 1 0 1 0 0 84
48-49 4 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 10
51 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
52 7 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 17
53 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
54 13 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 17
55 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
56 6 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 11
61 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 4
62 12 13 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 32
71 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
72 11 2 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 26
81 37 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 50
95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
99 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
all 205 91 39 29 7 4 4 0 0 379

Per Capita Retail Sales by Major Business Groups from
July, 2000 through June, 2001

NOTE: In column 9, a figure less than 100% represents retail leakage, while a figure more than 100% represents retail gain.

RETAIL SALES TAX PERCENTAGE GROUPS:
1% - Sales of some types of machinery, and some types of fuel purchases, e.g., farms
2% and 3% - Purchases of manufactured homes (2%) and airplanes and boats, etc. (3%).
All other groups include the 4% retail sales tax on purchases.

*2000 Per Capita Personal Income (PCPI):
Mitchell County (2000) - $20,510
North Carolina (2000) - $26,882
Mitchell County in 2000 had a PCPI that was 76.3% of the state-wide average.
Retail Sales Major Business Groups Dollars spent in NC in the major business groups Total population in NC 2000 Column 1 divided by Column 2 equals average dollars spent per person state-wide Percentage of 2000 PCPI in Mitchell County compared to NC* Column 3 multiplied by Column 4 equals dollar amount you would expect to find spent per person in Mitchell County Actual dollars spent in Mitchell County in the major business groups Mitchell County Population 2000 Column 6 divided by Column 7 equals average dollar amount spent in Mitchell County per person Column 8 divided by Column 5 equals actual sales percent of predicted sales
1% Retail Sales $2,301, 820, 887 8,049,313 $286 76.3% $218 $3,788,415 15,687 $242 110.7%
2% and 3% Retail Sales $920,771,652 8,049,313 $114 76.3% $87 $2,047,970 15,687 $131 149.6%
Apparel Group $2,477,603,589 8,049,313 $308 76.3% $235 $1,503,032 15,687 $96 40.8%
Automotive Group $17,790,766,515 8,049,313 $2,210 76.3% $1,68 $21,758,808 15,687 $1,387 82.3%
Food Group $22,667,945,017 8,049,313 $2,816 76.3% $2,149 $30,511,585 15,687 $1,945 90.5%
Furniture Group $4,534,519,135 8,049,313 $563 76.3% $430 $3,118,919 15,687 $199 46.3%
General Merchandise Group $27,265,920,692 8,049,313 $3,387 76.3% $2,584 $62,554,776 15,687 $3,988 154.3%
Lumber and Building Material Group $11,664,698,602 8,049,313 $1,449 76.3% $1,906 $10,598,306 15,687 $676 61.1%
Unclassified Group $20,143,942,693 8,049,313 $2,503 76.3% $1,909 $35,635,110 15,687 $2,272 119.0%
Total Retail Sales $109,767,990,782 8,049,313 $13,637 76.3% $10,404 $171,516,921 15,687 $10,934 105.1%