INDUSTRIAL LAND IN A POST-INDUSTRIAL CITY District of ...

District of Columbia Industrial Areas Study DC Office of Planning
Prepared by Phillips Preiss Shapiro Associates, Inc.
the nation. However, when considered collectively, the importance of DC’s PDR industries is not
as small as normally assumed. In fact, the sectors identified as PDR sectors (based on the
nature of the industry and their presence in DC’s industrial zones) account for about 10 percent
of total District employment, as shown in Table 2.1.
Table 2.1: PDR Employment, District of Columbia, 2004
Percent Percent
Industry Employment of Total of PDR
Total Employment
PDR Employment
429,176 100.0%
NAICS 221 Utilities 2,487 0.6% 5.0%
NAICS 236 Construction of buildings 4,512 1.1% 9.1%
NAICS 237 Heavy and civil engineering construction 1,858 0.4% 3.7%
NAICS 238 Specialty trade contractors 5,963 1.4% 12.0%
NAICS 311 Food manufacturing 400 0.1% 0.8%
NAICS 315 Apparel manufacturing 18 0.0% 0.0%
NAICS 323 Printing and related support activities 868 0.2% 1.7%
NAICS 324 Petroleum and coal products manufacturing 74 0.0% 0.1%
NAICS 327 Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing 109 0.0% 0.2%
NAICS 332 Fabricated metal product manufacturing 80 0.0% 0.2%
NAICS 333 Machinery manufacturing 33 0.0% 0.1%
NAICS 334 Computer and electronic product manufacturing 263 0.1% 0.5%
NAICS 336 Transportation equipment manufacturing 50 0.0% 0.1%
NAICS 337 Furniture and related product manufacturing 131 0.0% 0.3%
NAICS 339 Miscellaneous manufacturing 163 0.0% 0.3%
NAICS 423 Merchant wholesalers, durable goods 2,135 0.5% 4.3%
NAICS 424 Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods 1,871 0.4% 3.8%
NAICS 444 Building material and garden supply stores 760 0.2% 1.5%
NAICS 481 Air transportation 154 0.0% 0.3%
NAICS 483 Water transportation 153 0.0% 0.3%
NAICS 484 Truck transportation 185 0.0% 0.4%
NAICS 485 Transit and ground passenger transportation 1,058 0.2% 2.1%
NAICS 488 Support activities for transportation 138 0.0% 0.3%
NAICS 492 Couriers and messengers 668 0.2% 1.3%
NAICS 511 Publishing industries, except Internet 9,180 2.1% 18.5%
NAICS 512 Motion picture and sound recording industries 1,591 0.4% 3.2%
NAICS 515 Broadcasting, except Internet 4,374 1.0% 8.8%
NAICS 517 Telecommunications 3,232 0.8% 6.5%
NAICS 562 Waste management and remediation services 336 0.1% 0.7%
NAICS 811 Repair and maintenance 875 0.2% 1.8%
NAICS 812 Personal and laundry services 5,915 1.4% 11.9%
Total PDR Employment 49,634 11.6% 100.0%
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Covered Employment & Wages (CEW) Series
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