QUARTERLY BUSINESS 4TH QUARTER 1998 table 1

Quarterly Business Review 4th Quarter, 1998

                                     TABLE 1: TOTAL GROSS BUSINESS INCOME                (PAGE 1 OF 3)             
                                  STATEWIDE BY INDUSTRY (SIC)                              
                                  4TH QUARTER, 1997 AND 1998                               
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CURRENT 4TH QUARTER, 4TH QUARTER, PERCENT INDUSTRY AND SIC NUMBER UNITS 1997 1998 CHANGE __________________________________________________________________________________________

AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING.......... 7,794 $677,113,860 $722,126,346 6.6% AGRICULTURAL SERVICES 07................. 6,444 357,811,519 399,593,090 11.7 FORESTRY 08.............................. 421 63,750,881 65,042,887 2.0 FISHING, HUNTING & TRAPPING 09........... 281 146,988,167 140,792,189 -4.2 OTHER AGRICULTURE........................ 648 108,563,293 116,698,180 7.5 MINING AND QUARRYING....................... 119 98,199,460 105,029,743 7.0 METAL MINING 10.......................... 14 9,695,578 8,729,449 -10.0 SAND AND GRAVEL 144...................... 35 20,379,473 37,671,709 84.9 OTHER MINING AND QUARRYING............... 70 68,124,409 58,628,585 -13.9 CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION...................... 32,438 5,953,749,897 6,296,046,243 5.7 GENERAL BUILDING CONTRACTORS 15.......... 11,010 2,468,477,792 2,644,377,075 7.1 HEAVY CONSTRUCTION (INCL. HIGHWAYS) 16... 1,283 802,284,982 812,067,423 1.2 SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS 17............. 20,145 2,682,987,123 2,839,601,745 5.8 PLUMBING AND HEATING 171............... 2,305 486,124,805 514,618,894 5.9 ELECTRICAL 173......................... 1,945 509,738,178 514,783,323 1.0 MASONRY 174............................ 1,910 277,010,430 311,939,009 12.6 OTHER TRADE CONTRACTORS................ 13,985 1,410,113,710 1,498,260,519 6.3 MANUFACTURING.............................. 10,265 21,028,947,774 24,920,106,432 18.5 FOOD PRODUCTS 20......................... 372 2,267,589,219 2,268,767,279 0.1 MEAT PRODUCTS 201...................... 37 392,875,761 384,528,675 -2.1 DAIRY PRODUCTS 202..................... 19 253,732,142 294,685,573 16.1 CANNING AND PRESERVING 203............. 56 459,106,067 458,501,657 -0.1 GRAIN MILL PRODUCTS 204................ 34 230,990,170 203,320,190 -12.0 BAKERY PRODUCTS 205.................... 24 53,060,529 48,091,200 -9.4 CONFECTIONERY PRODUCTS 206............. 17 44,349,271 38,847,353 -12.4 BEVERAGES 208.......................... 85 287,574,848 298,676,147 3.9 MISCELLANEOUS FOOD PRODUCTS............ 100 545,900,431 542,116,484 -0.7 APPAREL AND TEXTILES 22, 23.............. 306 192,136,093 171,955,527 -10.5 MEN'S, YOUTHS', AND BOYS' 231, 232..... 21 55,978,138 52,536,910 -6.1 WOMEN'S, MISSES', & JUNIORS' 233, 234.. 13 18,352,821 4,743,955 -74.2 OTHER APPAREL AND TEXTILES............. 272 117,805,134 114,674,662 -2.7 LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS 24.............. 2,696 2,177,849,043 1,919,260,612 -11.9 LOGGING CAMPS AND CONTRACTORS 241...... 1,491 495,785,997 489,825,934 -1.2 SAWMILLS AND PLANING MILLS 242......... 272 882,737,690 695,290,039 -21.2 OTHER WOOD PRODUCTS.................... 933 799,325,356 734,144,639 -8.2 FURNITURE AND FIXTURES 25................ 366 90,731,342 109,128,104 20.3 HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE 251................ 278 35,914,932 39,262,950 9.3 OTHER FURNITURE AND FIXTURES........... 88 54,816,410 69,865,154 27.5 PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 26............. 83 831,083,370 849,128,780 2.2 PULP/PAPER MILLS 261, 262, 263......... 28 622,800,802 628,202,888 0.9 PAPERBOARD CONTAINERS 265.............. 22 96,678,159 120,560,265 24.7 CONVERTED PAPER PRODUCTS 267........... 33 111,604,409 100,365,627 -10.1 PRINTING, PUBLISHING, ETC. 27............ 1,880 755,545,914 816,074,162 8.0 NEWSPAPERS 271......................... 177 262,424,500 305,569,932 16.4 PERIODICALS AND BOOKS 272-274.......... 884 198,894,424 197,637,761 -0.6 COMMERCIAL PRINTING 275................ 688 267,360,814 285,415,587 6.8 OTHER PRINTING......................... 131 26,866,176 27,450,882 2.2 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 28......... 173 360,077,263 363,110,482 0.8 CHEMICALS AND PLASTICS 281, 282........ 50 168,294,286 152,310,808 -9.5 DRUGS 283.............................. 24 15,777,726 23,105,457 46.4 OTHER CHEMICAL PRODUCTS 284-289........ 99 176,005,251 187,694,217 6.6 PETROLEUM REFINING 29.................... 19 381,047,706 317,351,224 -16.7 RUBBER AND PLASTICS PRODUCTS 30.......... 171 168,578,031 168,815,433 0.1 LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS 31.......... 28 15,720,068 20,247,879 28.8 STONE/CLAY/GLASS/CONCRETE PRODUCTS 32.... 250 287,940,345 312,571,990 8.6 PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES 33.............. 121 1,053,372,168 911,139,794 -13.5 IRON & STEEL FOUNDRIES, MILLS 331, 332. 58 138,079,764 132,162,408 -4.3 PRIMARY SMELTING/NONFERR0US METALS 333. 6 562,017,305 436,320,818 -22.4 FOUNDRIES, NONFERROUS METALS 334-339... 57 353,275,099 342,656,568 -3.0 FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS 34............. 578 517,307,078 545,512,916 5.5 CANS 341............................... 3 64,443,462 70,418,912 9.3 STRUCTURAL PRODUCTS 344................ 257 204,286,502 223,765,116 9.5 OTHER FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS........ 318 248,577,114 251,328,888 1.1

TABLE 1: TOTAL GROSS BUSINESS INCOME (PAGE 2 OF 3) STATEWIDE BY INDUSTRY (SIC) 4TH QUARTER, 1997 AND 1998 __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________

CURRENT 4TH QUARTER 4TH QUARTER PERCENT INDUSTRY AND SIC NUMBER UNITS 1997 1998 CHANGE __________________________________________________________________________________________

MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRIC 35............ 1,110 872,398,724 985,050,256 12.9 FARM MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 352....... 25 8,927,314 7,614,616 -14.7 CONSTRUCTION & HANDLING EQUIPMENT 353.. 57 110,546,330 141,395,401 27.9 SPECIAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY 355....... 85 152,536,168 162,879,195 6.8 OTHER MACHINERY........................ 943 600,388,912 673,161,044 12.1 ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AND SUPPLIES 36..... 247 792,598,467 675,904,708 -14.7 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT 37.............. 703 9,568,253,185 13,824,012,881 44.5 MOTOR VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT 371....... 81 63,648,371 44,226,923 -30.5 AIRCRAFT AND PARTS 372................. 105 8,992,433,615 13,180,165,201 46.6 SHIP AND BOAT BUILDINGS 373............ 456 173,737,726 171,234,329 -1.4 OTHER TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT 374-379. 61 338,433,473 428,386,428 26.6 PROFESSIONAL & SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 38. 218 509,874,360 425,252,498 -16.6 MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING 39........... 944 186,845,398 236,821,907 26.7 TRANSPORTATION AND ALLIED SERVICES......... 5,807 2,277,031,575 2,369,104,201 4.0 RAILROADS 40............................. 14 152,500,045 150,828,646 -1.1 LOCAL AND SUBURBAN TRANSIT 41............ 527 103,536,371 155,718,158 50.4 MOTOR FREIGHT AND WAREHOUSING 42......... 3,470 1,199,101,684 1,260,458,443 5.1 WATER TRANSPORTATION 44.................. 432 359,781,310 346,975,387 -3.6 AIR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES 45........... 264 75,073,510 92,406,761 23.1 TRANSPORTATION SERVICES 46, 47........... 1,100 387,038,655 362,716,806 -6.3 COMMUNICATION AND UTILITIES................ 1,733 3,704,507,105 3,948,955,739 6.6 COMMUNICATION 48......................... 903 1,635,914,249 1,694,034,034 3.6 ELECTRIC COMPANIES 491................... 71 1,082,142,254 1,297,526,417 19.9 GAS COMPANIES 492........................ 11 65,908,923 54,951,046 -16.6 WATER COMPANIES 494...................... 432 220,434,614 240,867,460 9.3 OTHER UTILITIES.......................... 316 700,107,065 661,576,782 -5.5 WHOLESALE TRADE............................ 17,696 24,329,250,587 23,651,870,598 -2.8 DURABLE GOODS 50......................... 10,921 12,809,436,202 13,297,911,171 3.8 MOTOR VEHICLES AND AUTO EQUIPMENT 501.. 892 1,945,438,285 2,126,520,719 9.3 FURNITURE AND HOME FURNISHINGS 502..... 502 423,281,175 442,981,481 4.7 LUMBER AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS 503.. 955 1,336,569,136 1,296,014,495 -3.0 PROF/COMM. EQUIP & SUPPLIES 504........ 2,263 2,198,374,122 2,355,143,323 7.1 ELECTRICAL GOODS 506................... 1,313 1,844,509,269 2,056,766,973 11.5 HARDWARE/PLUMBING/HEATING SUPPLIES 507. 644 537,357,774 577,721,686 7.5 MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 508............ 2,595 2,219,580,780 2,079,609,914 -6.3 OTHER WHOLESALERS 505, 509............. 1,757 2,304,325,661 2,363,152,580 2.6 NONDURABLE GOODS 51...................... 6,775 11,519,814,385 10,353,959,427 -10.1 PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS 511........... 458 623,516,258 457,563,004 -26.6 DRUGS AND SUNDRIES 512................. 274 835,927,220 1,032,175,931 23.5 APPAREL, PIECE GOODS AND NOTIONS 513... 434 455,636,451 507,343,209 11.3 GROCERIES AND RELATED PRODUCTS 514..... 1,802 3,735,865,827 3,660,294,946 -2.0 FARM-PRODUCT RAW MATERIALS 515......... 148 768,221,619 211,855,197 -72.4 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 516...... 430 632,507,379 659,586,751 4.3 PETROLEUM AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS 517... 264 2,390,267,089 1,846,696,990 -22.7 MISCELLANEOUS NONDURABLE GOODS......... 2,965 2,077,872,542 1,978,443,399 -4.8 RETAIL TRADE............................... 57,537 19,050,822,454 20,252,957,205 6.3 BLDG. MATERIALS, HARDWARE 52............. 2,792 1,207,037,005 1,239,904,373 2.7 LUMBER AND BLDG. MATERIALS 521......... 865 608,201,161 617,916,667 1.6 PAINT, GLASS, WALLPAPER 523............ 214 78,309,605 84,533,698 7.9 HARDWARE STORES 525.................... 554 302,986,598 320,642,746 5.8 NURSERIES, GARDEN SUPPLIES 526......... 1,024 105,285,724 100,980,359 -4.1 MOBILE HOME DEALERS 527................ 135 112,253,917 115,830,903 3.2 OTHER 522, 524......................... - - - 0.0 GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES 53............ 374 2,093,138,463 2,180,006,668 4.2 DEPARTMENT STORES 531.................. 33 1,183,903,245 1,182,676,608 -0.1 VARIETY STORES 533..................... 111 591,398,887 624,918,009 5.7 OTHER GENERAL MERCHANDISE.............. 230 317,836,331 372,412,051 17.2 FOOD STORES 54........................... 4,163 3,635,021,904 3,642,827,655 0.2 GROCERY STORES 541..................... 2,494 3,369,422,175 3,322,006,405 -1.4 FRUIT/VEGETABLE/MEAT MARKETS 542, 543.. 510 94,215,217 95,733,664 1.6 CANDY, NUT AND CONFECTIONERY 544....... 134 22,825,718 22,048,032 -3.4 DAIRY PRODUCTS 545..................... 50 12,671,241 13,210,452 4.3 BAKERIES 546........................... 361 43,132,767 96,520,769 123.8

(PAGE 3 OF 3) TABLE 1: TOTAL GROSS BUSINESS INCOME STATEWIDE BY INDUSTRY (SIC) 4TH QUARTER, 1997 AND 1998 __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________

CURRENT 4TH QUARTER 4TH QUARTER PERCENT INDUSTRY AND SIC NUMBER UNITS 1997 1998 CHANGE __________________________________________________________________________________________

OTHER FOOD STORES 549.................. 614 92,754,786 93,308,333 0.6 AUTOMOTIVE DEALERS & GAS STATIONS 55..... 4,307 4,021,941,776 4,374,949,753 8.8 AUTO DEALERS (NEW & USED) 551, 552..... 1,516 2,527,459,950 2,750,066,441 8.8 ACCESSORY DEALERS 553.................. 995 405,064,027 561,016,121 38.5 SERVICE STATIONS 554................... 1,051 809,909,808 749,684,594 -7.4 MARINE, AIRCRAFT, ETC.................. 745 279,507,991 314,182,597 12.4 APPAREL AND ACCESSORIES 56............... 2,171 1,320,097,039 1,277,308,823 -3.2 CLOTHING 561-565....................... 1,226 1,147,934,160 1,113,303,516 -3.0 SHOES 566.............................. 160 66,261,309 64,910,727 -2.0 OTHER ACCESSORIES 569.................. 785 105,901,570 99,094,580 -6.4 FURNITURE, FURNISHINGS & EQUIPMENT 57.... 5,266 2,003,739,614 2,281,185,634 13.8 FURNITURE 571.......................... 2,208 498,620,896 554,362,119 11.2 APPLIANCES 572......................... 330 171,194,436 175,646,406 2.6 ELECTRONICS/MUSIC STORES 573 .......... 2,728 1,333,924,282 1,551,177,109 16.3 EATING AND DRINKING PLACES 58............ 10,061 1,434,724,626 1,494,145,340 4.1 MISCELLANEOUS RETAIL 59.................. 28,403 3,335,122,027 3,762,628,959 12.8 DRUG STORES 591........................ 407 585,967,589 605,646,195 3.4 MISCELLANEOUS SHOPPING GOODS 594....... 5,253 1,051,467,350 1,026,355,498 -2.4 NONSTORE RETAILERS 596................. 5,433 493,110,712 510,153,639 3.5 FUEL DEALERS 598....................... 197 141,970,291 125,039,934 -11.9 OTHER RETAIL STORES.................... 17,113 1,062,606,085 1,495,433,693 40.7 FINANCE, INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE......... 9,982 4,378,819,182 4,888,871,633 11.6 FINANCE 60-62............................ 2,008 2,677,431,227 2,901,691,252 8.4 INSURANCE 63-64.......................... 3,460 924,697,187 1,029,992,587 11.4 REAL ESTATE 65........................... 4,316 626,168,225 733,733,189 17.2 OTHER FINANCE 67......................... 198 150,522,543 223,454,605 48.5 SERVICES AND OTHER BUSINESS................ 87,141 15,243,935,402 15,188,340,691 -0.4 HOTELS, MOTELS, ETC. 70.................. 1,940 314,417,953 306,079,623 -2.7 PERSONAL SERVICES 72..................... 9,925 411,689,906 414,475,310 0.7 LAUNDRIES, CLEANERS 721................ 2,422 144,741,531 144,262,126 -0.3 PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIOS 722............... 1,093 50,890,371 46,362,594 -8.9 BARBER AND BEAUTY SHOPS 723, 724....... 5,057 143,400,956 149,195,461 4.0 FUNERAL SERVICES 726................... 135 28,577,547 27,743,554 -2.9 OTHER PERSONAL SERVICES................ 1,218 44,079,501 46,911,575 6.4 BUSINESS SERVICES 73..................... 23,778 5,992,945,792 5,270,360,713 -12.1 ADVERTISING 731........................ 751 182,488,056 184,698,374 1.2 CREDIT AND COLLECTION AGENCIES 732..... 159 32,774,249 37,856,158 15.5 SERVICES TO DWELLINGS AND BLDGS. 734... 2,901 151,746,749 160,189,208 5.6 COMPUTER SERVICES 737 ................. 4,823 2,602,840,453 1,594,879,429 -38.7 OTHER BUSINESS SERVICES................ 15,144 3,023,096,285 3,292,737,544 8.9 AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR, SERVICES 75........... 6,393 912,489,314 951,413,270 4.3 RENTAL AND LEASING 751................. 467 385,145,643 399,507,579 3.7 REPAIR SHOPS 753....................... 4,915 434,039,243 452,486,116 4.3 OTHER AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES.............. 1,011 93,304,428 99,419,575 6.6 MISCELLANEOUS REPAIR SERVICES 76......... 6,002 324,405,404 327,807,557 1.0 MOTION PICTURE THEATERS & PRODUCTION 78.. 921 172,652,201 211,333,836 22.4 AMUSEMENT AND RECREATION SERVICES 79..... 3,153 434,053,484 450,337,155 3.8 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES 80........... 12,422 3,133,226,927 3,320,451,654 6.0 DRS/OTHER PRACTITIONERS 801, 803, 804.. 8,467 1,364,811,959 1,461,697,002 7.1 DENTISTS 802........................... 2,813 391,021,876 414,548,610 6.0 HOSPITALS 806.......................... 130 899,590,941 980,858,663 9.0 LABORATORIES 807....................... 530 137,657,423 144,316,126 4.8 OTHER HEALTH SERVICES.................. 482 340,144,728 319,031,253 -6.2 LEGAL SERVICES 81........................ 4,106 558,442,032 592,487,241 6.1 OTHER SERVICES 82-89..................... 17,776 2,930,210,576 3,282,789,126 12.0 ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECTS 871........... 2,851 767,197,697 835,453,487 8.9 ACCOUNTANTS AND BOOKKEEPERS 872........ 3,074 279,100,110 319,582,845 14.5 OTHER SERVICES......................... 11,851 1,883,912,769 2,127,752,794 12.9 GOVERNMENT 91-97......................... 292 37,103,344 45,265,157 22.0 OTHER BUSINESS 00,99..................... 433 22,298,469 15,540,049 -30.3