Title:  Number of persons employed in the services
Column Name:
 seremp
Span:  1940-2000
Units:  Persons
Format:  Integer


Service
employees - 1940
The number of full-time and part-time paid employees, including salaried officers of corporations and executives (but excluding proprietors of unincorporated businesses) is an average for the year. This average was derived by totaling the number of employees reported monthly (for full- and part-time separately) for the period ending nearest the 15th of each month, and dividing the sum by 12.

Source (where directly obtained):
Haines, Michael R., and the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. Historical, Demographic, Economic, and Social Data: The United States, 1790-2000, Database 2896. Hamilton, NY: Colgate University/Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producers], 2004. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2005.
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu

Original Source:
U.S. Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Decennial Census of the United States, 1940. Census of Business, Volume III, Service Establishments, Places of Amusement, Hotels, Tourist Courts and Tourist Camps: 1939. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1942.


Service employees - 1950
The total number of people in the civilian labor force employed in the services includes all civilians 14 years old or over. The industry data represented here are derived from a household enumeration, and may differ from data based on industry reports from establishments (e.g. the decennial census uses its own industrial classification system, and this enumeration represents an unduplicated count, with each person enumerated once whether or not he or she works at multiple establishments). Services represents people employed in: finance (including banks, credit agencies, and investment companies), insurance, and real estate; business services such as advertising, accounting, auditing, and bookkeeping; repair services including automobile repair and garages; personal services such as hotels and lodging places, dressmaking and shoe repair shops, and laundering, cleaning, and dyeing services; and professional and related services (including medical and other health services, educational services, welfare, religious, legal, engineering, and architectural services, and nonprofit membership organizations).

Source (where directly obtained):

Haines, Michael R., and the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. Historical, Demographic, Economic, and Social Data: The United States, 1790-2000, Database 2896. Hamilton, NY: Colgate University/Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producers], 2004. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2005.
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu

Original Source:
U.S. Bureau of the Census. County and City Data Book, 1952 (A Statistical Abstract Supplement). Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1953.


Service employees - 1972, 1982, 1987, 1997
Paid employees consist of the full-time and part-time employees, including salaried officers and executives of corporations, who were on the payroll in the pay period including March 12. Included are employees on paid sick leave, paid holidays, and paid vacations. Proprietors and partners of unincorporated businesses are not included.

Source (where directly obtained):
County and City Data Books from the University of Virginia, Geospatial and Statistical Data Center, 2003.
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/ccdb/

Original Source:
-U.S. Bureau of the Census. County & City Data Book, 1977. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1978.
-U.S. Bureau of the Census. County & City Data Book [CD-ROM], 1988 Technical Documentation. Washington D.C.: Bureau of the Census, Data User Services Division, 1989.
-U.S. Bureau of the Census. County & City Data Book, 1988-2000 [CDROM]. Washington D.C.: Bureau of the Census, Data User Services Division, 1989-2001.


Service employees - 2000
The count of service employees was derived from a series of questions asked of a twenty percent sample of the population. It represents all civilians sixteen years old and over (the employed, the experienced unemployed, and persons not currently in the labor force but with previous experience) employed in the services. The service industry includes: healthcare support; protective service (e.g. law enforcement); food preparation and serving related occupations; building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations; and personal care and service occupations.

Source (where directly obtained):
County and City Data Books from the University of Virginia, Geospatial and Statistical Data Center, 2003.
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/ccdb/


Original Source:
U.S. Bureau of the Census 2000 Census of Population and Housing, Summary File 3: Technical Documentation, 2002.