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2002 Economic Census Industry Series Reports

Industry Series data are preliminary and are subject to change; they will be superseded by data released in later reports. Data are released in American FactFinder biweekly and may lag availability in PDF by up to four weeks. Data are released on DVD-ROM quarterly starting in January and may lag availability in PDF by up to four months.

2002 NAICS Report title Report number Release
date (PDF)		 Full report Tables only
Link to
PDF		 Size
in kb		 Link to
PDF		 Size
in kb
4441 Building Material and Supplies Dealers EC02-44I-18 11/30/2004 link to full pdf 374 link to tables-only pdf 196
4442 Lawn and Garden Equipment and Supplies Stores EC02-44I-08 09/14/2004 link to full pdf 400 link to tables-only pdf 218

NAICS Hierarchy: 1997

Introductory text includes scope and methodology. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
Indus-
try
Detail		 NAICS
code		 NAICS Title
(and link to definition) 		Estab-
lish-
ments		 Sales
($1,000)		 Annual
payroll
($1,000)		 Paid
employees
Go to industry detail 44-45 Retail trade 1,118,447 2,460,886,012 237,195,503 r 13,991,103
  444 Building material & garden equipment & supplies dealers 93,117 227,566,101 25,608,856 1,117,912
Go to industry detail 4441 Building material & supplies dealers 71,916 195,888,196 22,313,100 952,296
Go to industry detail 4442 Lawn & garden equipment & supplies stores 21,201 31,677,905 3,295,756 165,616

Table includes only establishments with payroll.

 

NAICS 444: Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers .   Industries in the Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers subsector retail new building material and garden equipment and supplies merchandise from fixed point-of-sale locations. Establishments in this subsector have display equipment designed to handle lumber and related products and garden equipment and supplies that may be kept either indoors or outdoors under covered areas. The staff is usually knowledgeable in the use of the specific products being retailed in the construction, repair, and maintenance of the home and associated grounds.

 

Geographic Distribution -- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers: 1997

Data for the Retail trade sector are published for the U.S., states, metropolitan areas, counties, places, and ZIP Codes.

For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
Other
Indus-
tries		 State Estab-
lish-
ments		 Sales
($1,000)		 Sales
% of
U.S.		 Annual
payroll
($1,000)		 Paid
employees
Go to industry detail United States 93,117 227,566,101 100.00 25,608,856 1,117,912
Go to industry detail California 7,103 21,469,463 9.43 2,505,520 99,235
Go to industry detail Texas 5,819 14,536,276 6.39 1,598,003 72,803
Go to industry detail Florida 4,723 11,694,267 5.14 1,324,411 59,226
Go to industry detail New York 5,217 10,862,679 4.77 1,350,088 53,906
Go to industry detail Illinois 3,947 10,175,618 4.47 1,199,956 53,014
Go to industry detail Ohio 4,000 9,427,187 4.14 1,105,365 50,717
Go to industry detail Pennsylvania 4,229 9,354,573 4.11 1,092,479 49,552
Go to industry detail Michigan 3,541 8,775,490 3.86 1,041,425 43,263
Go to industry detail North Carolina 3,026 8,126,227 3.57 809,574 37,729
Go to industry detail Georgia 2,767 7,942,034 3.49 850,113 36,553
Go to industry detail New Jersey 2,342 6,031,878 2.65 746,810 26,974
Go to industry detail Indiana 2,511 5,976,053 2.63 663,115 31,127
Go to industry detail Wisconsin 2,367 5,770,115 2.54 638,396 28,712
Go to industry detail Virginia 2,108 5,639,221 2.48 607,442 29,477
Go to industry detail Minnesota 2,335 5,520,963 2.43 601,699 25,183
Go to industry detail Washington 2,026 5,473,722 2.41 621,985 25,265
Go to industry detail Missouri 2,408 5,133,333 2.26 589,905 27,117
Go to industry detail Massachusetts 1,893 5,052,820 2.22 623,205 22,182
Go to industry detail Tennessee 2,044 5,046,986 2.22 555,746 25,233
Go to industry detail Colorado 1,528 4,578,442 2.01 539,714 22,004
Go to industry detail Maryland 1,418 4,216,006 1.85 478,626 21,312
Go to industry detail South Carolina 1,476 3,883,564 1.71 349,736 16,335
Go to industry detail Oregon 1,408 3,788,736 1.66 419,124 16,669
Go to industry detail Arizona 1,203 3,760,577 1.65 398,672 17,080
Go to industry detail Iowa 1,915 3,662,847 1.61 370,236 17,951
Go to industry detail Kentucky 1,696 3,510,607 1.54 374,374 18,909
Go to industry detail Alabama 1,660 3,472,144 1.53 365,739 17,751
Go to industry detail Louisiana 1,521 3,276,992 1.44 355,243 17,865
Go to industry detail Connecticut 1,183 3,216,164 1.41 410,601 14,168
Go to industry detail Arkansas 1,237 2,432,316 1.07 245,815 12,340
Go to industry detail Mississippi 1,084 2,315,645 1.02 222,128 11,092
Go to industry detail Kansas 1,230 2,283,435 1.00 258,596 12,185
Go to industry detail Utah 709 2,143,820 0.94 234,081 10,659
Go to industry detail Oklahoma 1,250 2,142,682 0.94 231,721 12,464
Go to industry detail Nebraska 1,083 1,993,154 0.88 203,689 9,950
Go to industry detail Nevada 446 1,663,773 0.73 171,605 7,075
Go to industry detail Idaho 704 1,388,811 0.61 149,516 6,779
Go to industry detail New Hampshire 592 1,340,790 0.59 155,879 6,386
Go to industry detail New Mexico 585 1,335,020 0.59 157,206 7,153
Go to industry detail West Virginia 698 1,292,202 0.57 140,684 7,235
Go to industry detail Maine 651 1,032,010 0.45 117,736 5,354
Go to industry detail North Dakota 439 1,002,333 0.44 88,857 3,936
Go to industry detail South Dakota 572 957,142 0.42 89,124 4,637
Go to industry detail Montana 579 931,645 0.41 94,451 4,681
Go to industry detail Delaware 304 814,424 0.36 88,031 3,993
Go to industry detail Alaska 223 680,204 0.30 81,169 2,632
Go to industry detail Hawaii 278 676,787 0.30 78,874 3,127
Go to industry detail Vermont 405 668,805 0.29 78,511 3,221
Go to industry detail Rhode Island 293 542,609 0.24 67,691 2,605
Go to industry detail Wyoming 287 385,380 0.17 44,289 2,212
Go to industry detail District of Columbia 54 168,130 0.07 21,901 884

D = Withheld to avoid disclosure; N = Not available


 

Other Data from the 1997 Economic Census

Hypertext
tables		 Link
to pdf 		Series number Title Contents
  link to PDF EC97R44S-LS Merchandise Line Sales ** Includes sales by industry by merchandise line for the U.S. AFF and CD-ROM include data for states and metropolitan areas.
  link to PDF EC97R44S-SZ Establishment and Firm Size Includes firms by sales size, employment size, legal form of organization, number of units, and concentration in the largest companies for the U.S. Also includes establishments by sales size and by employment size for the U.S.
  link to PDF EC97R44S-SB Miscellaneous Subjects Includes topics that vary from industry to industry
  link to PDF EC97R44S-SM Summary Republication of key tables from other reports
Link to Bridge tables  EC97X-CS3 Bridge Between NAICS and SIC (national only) Defines comparability of individual industries.
Link to Comparative Statistics  EC97X-CS2 Comparative Statistics (U.S. and states) 1997 and 1992 data side by side on a comparable SIC basis
Link to Nonemployer Statistics  EC97X-CS4 Nonemployer Statistics (U.S., states, counties, metros) Nonemployers account for 62 % of establishments and 2.7 % of receipts in this sector, but are excluded from the reports above.

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Data from the Other Census Bureau Programs

Hypertext Tables Title (with link to data) Frequency Smallest Geography Contents
  Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services Monthly U.S. Estimated monthly sales for retail and food services, adjusted and unadjusted for seasonal variations.
  Annual Retail Trade Survey: 1992 to [latest year] Annual U.S. Sales by year, starting with 1992
  County Business Patterns Annual County, metro area, ZIP Employees; payroll; number of establishments by employment size of establishment
  E-Commerce Statistics Annual U.S. Total sales and e-commerce sales, receipts or value of shipments
  Monthly Retail Trade Survey Monthly U.S. Monthly sales for retail and food services, adjusted and unadjusted for seasonal variations
  Monthly Retail Trade Survey: 1992 to [latest year] Annual U.S. Monthly sales for retail and food services back to 1992
  Monthly Trade Inventory and Sales Monthly U.S. Monthly ...
Link to hypertext table Nonemployer Statistics Annual State, metro area, county Number of establishments and sales of firms with no paid employees
Link to hypertext table Statistics of U.S. Businesses Annual State, metro area Number of firms, employees, payroll, and revenue by employment-size of the enterprise

 

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Source: 1997 Economic Census

Last revised: December 02 2004   Questions?