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2002 Economic Census Industry Series Reports

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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
452 General Merchandise Stores EC02-44I-11 11/01/2004 link to full pdf 563 link to tables-only pdf 375

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
  452 General merchandise stores 36,171 330,444,460 30,870,965 2,507,540
Go to industry detail 4521 Department stores (excl leased depts) 10,366 220,108,157 22,083,291 1,795,577
Go to industry detail 4529 Other general merchandise stores 25,805 110,336,303 8,787,674 711,963

Table includes only establishments with payroll.

 

NAICS 452: General Merchandise Stores .   Industries in the General Merchandise Stores subsector retail new general merchandise from fixed point-of-sale locations. Establishments in this subsector are unique in that they have the equipment and staff capable of retailing a large variety of goods from a single location. This includes a variety of display equipment and staff trained to provide information on many lines of products.

 

Geographic Distribution -- General merchandise stores: 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 36,171 330,444,460 100.00 30,870,965 2,507,540
Go to industry detail California 2,367 34,519,458 10.45 3,017,969 215,325
Go to industry detail Texas 2,752 25,910,198 7.84 2,368,429 190,380
Go to industry detail Florida 1,914 19,703,433 5.96 1,872,649 143,248
Go to industry detail New York 2,092 15,878,852 4.81 1,603,782 118,379
Go to industry detail Michigan 1,214 15,066,221 4.56 1,394,624 116,058
Go to industry detail Ohio 1,617 15,028,178 4.55 1,465,393 129,491
Go to industry detail Illinois 1,440 14,010,163 4.24 1,338,221 113,502
Go to industry detail Pennsylvania 1,608 12,697,513 3.84 1,199,459 105,437
Go to industry detail Georgia 1,218 9,338,642 2.83 900,537 74,468
Go to industry detail Indiana 940 8,799,028 2.66 832,615 73,621
Go to industry detail Virginia 1,130 8,634,830 2.61 790,684 65,241
Go to industry detail North Carolina 1,433 8,596,717 2.60 834,899 74,486
Go to industry detail New Jersey 826 8,161,353 2.47 771,246 56,016
Go to industry detail Missouri 859 7,783,896 2.36 745,336 62,480
Go to industry detail Tennessee 1,031 7,762,543 2.35 750,895 64,223
Go to industry detail Washington 494 7,454,518 2.26 696,850 46,693
Go to industry detail Wisconsin 620 6,792,282 2.06 619,136 54,081
Go to industry detail Minnesota 585 6,213,033 1.88 575,087 50,297
Go to industry detail Massachusetts 674 5,897,758 1.78 580,200 45,293
Go to industry detail Maryland 598 5,805,388 1.76 545,683 45,060
Go to industry detail Louisiana 730 5,805,222 1.76 535,357 46,951
Go to industry detail Arizona 409 5,708,312 1.73 492,170 38,525
Go to industry detail Alabama 909 5,678,146 1.72 553,189 47,697
Go to industry detail Oregon 354 5,612,818 1.70 499,961 33,171
Go to industry detail Kentucky 734 5,363,351 1.62 514,599 44,452
Go to industry detail Colorado 404 5,176,060 1.57 463,553 37,873
Go to industry detail Oklahoma 607 4,525,534 1.37 415,365 35,788
Go to industry detail South Carolina 741 4,366,182 1.32 429,223 37,949
Go to industry detail Arkansas 563 3,984,845 1.21 370,903 31,801
Go to industry detail Mississippi 762 3,586,492 1.09 334,433 32,314
Go to industry detail Iowa 508 3,486,191 1.06 319,484 30,028
Go to industry detail Kansas 443 3,453,976 1.05 324,819 27,776
Go to industry detail Connecticut 337 3,322,594 1.01 316,822 24,650
Go to industry detail Utah 204 2,553,579 0.77 244,004 21,022
Go to industry detail Nevada 134 2,461,565 0.74 222,374 15,910
Go to industry detail Hawaii 136 2,273,713 0.69 185,352 12,586
Go to industry detail West Virginia 446 2,273,055 0.69 210,949 18,530
Go to industry detail Nebraska 299 2,199,033 0.67 205,273 18,531
Go to industry detail New Mexico 241 2,127,456 0.64 192,332 15,779
Go to industry detail New Hampshire 243 2,065,242 0.62 179,270 14,470
Go to industry detail Idaho 180 1,529,783 0.46 139,296 11,112
Go to industry detail Maine 354 1,393,936 0.42 129,674 11,281
Go to industry detail Alaska 140 1,252,667 0.38 116,543 6,912
Go to industry detail Montana 149 1,141,560 0.35 98,159 8,231
Go to industry detail Delaware 120 1,108,027 0.34 100,495 8,412
Go to industry detail South Dakota 130 964,293 0.29 84,234 7,759
Go to industry detail North Dakota 106 933,937 0.28 80,722 7,559
Go to industry detail Rhode Island 110 763,396 0.23 88,055 6,974
Go to industry detail Wyoming 91 664,201 0.20 57,590 4,846
Go to industry detail Vermont 146 440,544 0.13 41,433 3,420
Go to industry detail District of Columbia 29 174,746 0.05 21,638 1,452

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 Capital Expenditures Survey Annual U.S. Capital expenditures for structures and equipment for companies with paid employees
  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?