Employer establishments: mining in Tennessee
Employer establishments: mining in Tennessee was 182 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 1.1% from 2022. That is the 31st highest of 50 states in 2023.
Employer establishments: mining in Tennessee, 2012 to 2023
All 12 values
| Period | count |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 182 |
| 2022 | 180 |
| 2021 | 177 |
| 2020 | 184 |
| 2019 | 186 |
| 2018 | 188 |
| 2017 | 199 |
| 2016 | 204 |
| 2015 | 192 |
| 2014 | 204 |
| 2013 | 209 |
| 2012 | 207 |
Compared with United States
| Place | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Tennessee | 182 |
| United States | 23,360 |
Rankings
Definition
Number of establishments with paid employees in mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21), from the U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns.
County Business Patterns: establishments (single physical locations, not firms) with paid employees during the pay period including 12 March. Excludes the self-employed and businesses without employees (nonemployer_establishments_*), government employers, crop and animal production, rail transportation, the Postal Service and private households. Establishment counts are not perturbed; the noise Census adds since 2017 applies to employment and payroll, which are not served here. Published about 18 months after the reference year.
How to cite
U.S. Census Bureau. County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21), all legal forms. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.Citation styles
APA 7
U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21), all legal forms (Employer establishments: mining, Tennessee, 2012 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/
MLA 9
County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21), all legal forms, Employer establishments: mining, Tennessee, 2012 to 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 26 June 2025, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-establishments-mining/tennessee. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21), all legal forms. Employer establishments: mining, Tennessee, 2012 to 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-establishments-mining/tennessee.
Harvard
U.S. Census Bureau (2025) County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21), all legal forms, Employer establishments: mining, Tennessee, 2012 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/employer-establishments-mining/tennessee (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{census_employer_establishments_mining_tennessee_2023,
author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
title = {{County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21), all legal forms: Employer establishments: mining, Tennessee, 2012 to 2023}},
year = {2025},
howpublished = {Data set},
url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/},
urldate = {2026-10-12},
note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-establishments-mining/tennessee. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21), all legal forms. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
RIS
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What is the employer establishments: mining in Tennessee?
Employer establishments: mining in Tennessee was 182 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 1.1% from 2022. That is the 31st highest of 50 states in 2023.
Where does this figure come from?
U.S. Census Bureau. County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21), all legal forms. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.
What was the highest employer establishments: mining in Tennessee?
209 in 2013, the highest value since 2012 in this series.