| Special Question 12: | How should the federal government spend the budget surplus? | |||
| Reduce the national debt | Reduce taxes | Apply to Social Security shortfall | ||
| By Industry | Retail & Wholesale | 21 | 25 | 13 |
| Mining/Construction | 11 | 14 | 7 | |
| Manufacturing | 63 | 45 | 25 | |
| Transportation & Energy | 10 | 8 | 6 | |
| Communications and Media | 4 | 6 | 6 | |
| Tech (software/Biotech) | 12 | 5 | 10 | |
| Bank/Finance/Insurance | 15 | 12 | 12 | |
| NR | 1 | 5 | 7 | |
| Total | 137 | 120 | 86 | |
| By Revenue | $0-24 million | 18 | 11 | 13 |
| $25-99 million | 42 | 29 | 31 | |
| $100-499 million | 45 | 37 | 21 | |
| $500-999 million | 10 | 16 | 4 | |
| $1-4.9 billion | 16 | 20 | 16 | |
| $5 billion and over | 5 | 7 | 1 | |
| NR | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 137 | 120 | 86 | |
| By Employees | Less than 100 | 12 | 12 | 15 |
| 100-499 | 51 | 30 | 26 | |
| 500-999 | 20 | 15 | 16 | |
| 1000-2499 | 21 | 18 | 9 | |
| 2500-4999 | 12 | 14 | 4 | |
| 5,000-9,999 | 9 | 17 | 7 | |
| Over 10000 | 12 | 14 | 9 | |
| NR | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 137 | 120 | 86 | |
| By Hq. Location | Northeast | 43 | 29 | 25 |
| Midwest | 40 | 39 | 25 | |
| South Atlantic | 19 | 12 | 7 | |
| Mountain | 8 | 3 | 3 | |
| South Central | 11 | 18 | 12 | |
| Pacific | 16 | 17 | 14 | |
| NR | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 137 | 120 | 86 | |
| By Ownership | Public | 61 | 58 | 30 |
| Private | 73 | 62 | 56 | |
| NR | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 137 | 120 | 86 | |
| By Foreign Markets | 0% | 45 | 32 | 31 |
| 1 - 24% | 66 | 69 | 40 | |
| 25- - 49% | 14 | 8 | 7 | |
| 50 - or more | 11 | 10 | 7 | |
| NR | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 137 | 120 | 86 |