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Do You Agree? Census Says Construction Industry Dominates Enumclaw Business Landscape
In an overview of business patterns in Enumclaw for the year 2009, there were 129 businesses listed as construction -- more than any other single industry.
Even into the end of 2011, the U.S. Census Bureau continues to release new data analyses from the 2010 Census. While perusing the numbers recently on the bureau's website (www.census.gov), we came across an interesting look at business patterns in the Enumclaw area from the year 2009.
By selecting the local zip code '98022' at the County Business Patterns page (www.census.gov/econ/cbp/) we turned up that there were 590 businesses under that zip code that year, and 129 of those businesses were listed as Construction. The majority of those 129 had employees under four.
Having spoken to city officials earlier this year about the , we were wondering if this jibes with what you, our readers, know of the local business landscape. Is it just that the local businesses are doing their work outside of the city?
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The next largest industry type was listed as Retail Trade and there were 81 such businesses that year. Again, the majority had less than five employees. Interestingly enough, we searched business patterns in the year 1998 and found there were also 81 retail trade businesses that year. Recession or no recession, the number of small retail businesses appears to stay rather stable.
The next industry down is Health care and social assistance, with 60 businesses. We think this probably makes sense with a local hospital (then Enumclaw Regional Hospital.)
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Take a look at the breakdown below. What do you think? Is this an accurate reflection of the Enumclaw business landscape from 2009? How do you think things have changed two years later, if at all?
Industry Code Description Total Estabs Total for all sectors 590 Forestry, fishing, hunting, and Agriculture Support 10 Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 1 Utilities 1 Construction 129 Manufacturing 23 Wholesale trade 20 Retail trade 81 Transportation and warehousing 24 Information 6 Finance and insurance 25 Real estate and rental and leasing 26 Professional, scientific, and technical services 41 Management of companies and enterprises 1 Administrative and Support and Waste Mang and Remediation Srvs 23 Educational services 7 Health care and social assistance 60 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 10 Accommodation and food services 47 Other services (except public administration) 55
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