Table 14-3
Research and development performers — as a percentage of enterprises with one or more employees, 2005 to 2009

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as a percentage of enterprises with one or more employees, 2005 to 2009


Table summary
This table displays the results of as a percentage of enterprises with one or more employees 2005, 2006, 2007,  2008 and 2009, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).

  2005 2006 2007  2008Note r: revised 2009
  percent
Total 2.0 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.5
Agriculture, forestry, fishing
and hunting
1.3 1.6 2.0 2.2 2.1
Agriculture 1.6 1.9 2.5 2.6 2.5
Forestry and logging 0.7 0.8 1.1 1.2 1.2
Fishing, hunting and trapping 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.0
Mining and oil and gas extraction 2.2 2.3 2.5 2.6 2.7
Oil and gas extraction 1.7 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.2
Mining 4.3 4.0 4.5 5.0 4.4
Utilities 3.5 4.2 4.6 5.0 5.0
Electric power 4.1 5.3 7.9 9.6 10.6
Other utilities 3.4 4.0 4.0 4.5 4.4
Construction 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7
Manufacturing 16.3 17.5 18.6 19.7 19.4
Food 12.4 13.8 14.5 15.6 15.0
Beverage and tobacco 10.0 12.7 12.9 14.7 15.5
Textile 11.8 13.7 13.0 13.9 13.6
Wood products 8.3 9.4 9.7 10.7 10.0
Paper 22.7 22.9 25.5 28.3 25.5
Printing 5.7 6.4 8.2 9.4 9.6
Petroleum and coal products 35.9 33.3 33.3 30.2 33.3
Pharmaceutical and medicine 50.0 50.6 50.6 46.7 42.5
Other chemicals 30.3 32.8 33.2 36.0 34.5
Plastic products 29.0 32.5 32.0 34.2 32.7
Rubber products 24.7 24.6 24.7 26.4 25.2
Non-metallic mineral products 11.8 12.7 13.7 14.0 13.6
Primary metal (ferrous) 26.1 21.0 22.8 29.4 26.6
Primary metal (non-ferrous) 31.3 36.7 35.6 35.5 36.4
Fabricated metal products 16.1 17.2 18.6 19.2 19.0
Machinery 29.8 30.8 32.6 33.5 33.3
Computer and peripheral equipment 34.5 37.0 38.5 39.0 34.4
Communications equipment 56.2 55.7 58.3 57.3 52.2
Semiconductor and other electronic
components
38.4 41.9 43.4 47.7 46.9
Navigational, measuring, medical
and control instruments
42.6 44.2 46.3 49.9 50.9
Other computer and electronic
products
26.2 28.3 27.8 30.7 27.4
Electrical equipment, appliance
and components
28.3 28.8 30.6 33.9 33.5
Motor vehicle and parts 23.3 25.5 28.3 30.0 29.3
Aerospace products and parts 34.9 38.5 38.6 40.4 39.6
All other transportation equipment 17.7 19.9 21.5 19.6 21.7
Furniture and related products 7.3 8.2 9.3 10.0 9.4
Other manufacturing industries 9.7 10.7 11.5 12.3 12.6
Services 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.6 1.6
Wholesale trade 3.0 3.5 4.1 4.3 4.3
Retail trade 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.6
Transportation and warehousing 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5
Information and cultural industries 5.9 6.3 7.6 8.5 8.9
Finance, insurance and real estate 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.6
Architectural, engineering and
related services
5.1 4.9 5.4 6.0 6.0
Computer system design and related
services
11.0 10.9 12.6 13.0 12.9
Management, scientific and technical
consulting services
1.7 1.5 1.9 2.2 2.2
Scientific research and development
services
37.4 37.2 41.4 40.2 41.1
Health care and social assistance 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4
All other services 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6
Note(s):
Components may not add to totals due to rounding.
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