1997 Economic Census:
Comparative Statistics for the States
1987 SIC Basis: Wholesale Trade

 
Wholesale Trade - States Ranked by Growth in Sales 1992 to 1997
Includes only establishments with payroll. Data are in current dollars and have not been adjusted for inflation. Introductory text includes scope and methodology. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table. An alternate display has fewer columns.

State Establishments Sales
($1,000)		 Paid employees Annual payroll
($1,000)
1997 1992 % chg 1997 1992 % chg 1997 1992 % chg 1997 1992 % chg
Nevada 2,627 2,075 26.6 14,067,392 7,811,988 80.1 32,203 21,833 47.5 1,051,407 606,531 73.3
Arizona 7,708 6,518 18.3 49,465,094 27,974,530 76.8 93,586 68,836 36.0 3,117,675 1,836,957 69.7
South Carolina 5,965 5,564 7.2 36,680,250 21,310,443 72.1 67,606 56,686 19.3 2,083,589 1,457,455 43.0
Arkansas 4,463 4,296 3.9 29,094,166 18,070,271 61.0 48,274 43,879 10.0 1,298,113 989,074 31.2
South Dakota 1,796 1,809 -0.7 10,357,776 6,504,726 59.2 19,329 16,366 18.1 493,062 334,812 47.3
Utah 3,818 3,231 18.2 22,789,697 15,281,408 49.1 50,823 39,604 28.3 1,592,842 1,004,512 58.6
New Hampshire 2,444 2,104 16.2 12,157,681 8,152,393 49.1 26,379 20,464 28.9 970,119 634,916 52.8
Georgia 16,132 14,608 10.4 169,616,237 113,803,525 49.0 214,242 179,383 19.4 8,166,296 5,328,901 53.2
Florida 34,936 30,137 15.9 195,495,814 132,562,218 47.5 333,153 280,916 18.6 10,641,150 7,485,098 42.2
Tennessee 9,673 9,341 3.6 85,925,887 59,681,975 44.0 135,432 115,416 17.3 4,351,058 3,063,926 42.0
Minnesota 10,915 10,219 6.8 103,287,268 72,451,248 42.6 147,559 123,135 19.8 5,479,893 3,819,114 43.5
Missouri 11,260 11,236 0.2 96,009,109 68,415,829 40.3 144,328 129,640 11.3 5,130,520 3,553,289 44.4
Montana 1,939 1,853 4.6 8,249,519 5,884,442 40.2 17,417 16,401 6.2 439,090 343,022 28.0
West Virginia 2,385 2,427 -1.7 10,979,160 7,842,599 40.0 27,352 24,472 11.8 761,823 575,303 32.4
Alabama 7,476 7,066 5.8 43,345,729 31,971,429 35.6 90,151 80,080 12.6 2,665,198 1,950,712 36.6
Colorado 8,532 7,554 12.9 63,481,099 46,871,508 35.4 101,918 84,006 21.3 3,658,671 2,478,231 47.6
North Carolina 14,502 13,351 8.6 103,199,221 76,365,206 35.1 178,604 151,131 18.2 6,122,329 4,166,832 46.9
Massachusetts 11,423 10,950 4.3 116,391,186 86,657,382 34.3 161,894 141,497 14.4 6,954,390 5,034,884 38.1
New Mexico 2,640 2,515 5.0 8,408,873 6,264,418 34.2 26,259 22,603 16.2 725,940 513,472 41.4
Indiana 10,612 10,264 3.4 70,169,880 52,394,654 33.9 129,290 115,730 11.7 4,170,280 3,051,594 36.7
New Jersey 19,595 18,444 6.2 233,041,288 176,021,592 32.4 287,964 262,705 9.6 12,558,945 9,628,768 30.4
Louisiana 7,497 7,347 2.0 49,321,765 37,287,195 32.3 87,291 81,251 7.4 2,634,472 1,993,586 32.1
Pennsylvania 20,135 20,230 -0.5 166,524,386 126,369,922 31.8 269,103 254,410 5.8 9,438,720 7,485,376 26.1
Michigan 16,060 15,517 3.5 165,291,997 125,670,957 31.5 213,537 185,205 15.3 8,338,463 5,960,174 39.9
United States 521,127 495,457 5.2 4,235,400,325 3,238,520,447 30.8 6,509,333 5,791,264 12.4 234,516,934 173,272,138 35.3
Iowa 6,755 6,971 -3.1 38,422,230 29,420,132 30.6 75,462 69,367 8.8 2,118,459 1,639,133 29.2
Illinois 24,757 24,637 0.5 284,546,480 219,361,442 29.7 357,606 331,906 7.7 14,310,760 10,931,299 30.9
Wisconsin 9,663 9,383 3.0 61,464,527 47,597,932 29.1 128,690 117,623 9.4 4,267,164 3,222,625 32.4
Virginia 9,697 9,290 4.4 65,348,420 51,453,045 27.0 125,191 115,806 8.1 4,271,495 3,268,081 30.7
Mississippi 3,881 3,868 0.3 20,072,266 15,814,624 26.9 43,026 39,934 7.7 1,163,509 914,165 27.3
Washington 11,507 10,732 7.2 79,247,592 62,468,028 26.9 134,842 122,516 10.1 4,826,192 3,627,635 33.0
Kansas 5,965 5,854 1.9 44,113,075 34,866,660 26.5 68,008 61,783 10.1 2,155,061 1,638,272 31.5
Idaho 2,490 2,288 8.8 11,201,238 8,880,966 26.1 27,231 24,894 9.4 737,146 528,225 39.6
Kentucky 6,215 5,931 4.8 39,671,609 31,574,538 25.6 80,672 70,250 14.8 2,342,131 1,701,150 37.7
North Dakota 1,963 2,086 -5.9 9,490,288 7,599,616 24.9 20,321 18,452 10.1 539,816 406,386 32.8
Nebraska 3,894 4,035 -3.5 39,737,729 32,488,750 22.3 48,010 47,053 2.0 1,344,281 1,076,038 24.9
Maine 2,084 1,974 5.6 7,956,976 6,520,526 22.0 23,360 21,880 6.8 694,494 540,945 28.4
Rhode Island 1,802 1,771 1.8 7,991,515 6,648,064 20.2 20,487 19,538 4.9 687,749 551,316 24.7
New York 41,060 40,935 0.3 328,515,445 288,944,095 13.7 450,559 433,815 3.9 18,292,181 15,231,668 20.1
Maryland 7,433 7,188 3.4 58,060,786 52,876,692 9.8 105,973 100,501 5.4 4,045,868 3,179,825 27.2
Delaware 1,118 1,088 2.8 13,159,122 12,258,065 7.4 15,805 16,082 -1.7 685,466 673,832 1.7
Hawaii 2,106 2,202 -4.4 7,660,732 8,001,621 -4.3 20,809 23,308 -10.7 636,834 624,541 2.0
Alaska 951 908 4.7 D 3,599,886 N (5000-9999) 8,523 N D 290,453 N
California 63,528 58,437 8.7 D 432,945,928 N (100,000+) 731,618 N D 23,537,233 N
Connecticut 6,091 6,262 -2.7 D 72,445,745 N (50k-99999) 77,114 N D 3,200,357 N
District of Columbia 394 499 -21.0 D 3,308,499 N (5000-9999) 6,568 N D 231,162 N
Ohio 20,099 19,305 4.1 D 127,343,908 N (100,000+) 260,100 N D 7,282,750 N
Oklahoma 6,037 5,993 0.7 D 26,381,216 N (50k-99999) 57,902 N D 1,397,620 N
Oregon 6,929 6,455 7.3 D 42,415,081 N (50k-99999) 72,100 N D 2,021,255 N
Texas 37,984 36,610 3.8 D 274,614,352 N (100,000+) 408,613 N D 11,787,629 N
Vermont 1,200 1,112 7.9 D 4,523,215 N (10k-24999) 11,353 N D 306,913 N
Wyoming 991 987 0.4 D 2,545,963 N (5000-9999) 7,016 N D 165,091 N
N=Comparable data not available D=Withheld to avoid disclosure

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Source: 1997 Economic Census, Comparative Statistics

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