Census of Retail Trade

1987 Summary Statistics for Retail Trade 1/,
New Mexico

                                                                   Paid     Annual
                                      Establish-      Sales   Employees,   Payroll
SIC Code  Description                   ments 1/     ($000s) Mid-March 2/  ($000s)

           Total                           9,032  $7,919,592    104,620   $941,225
52          Building materials & garden
              supplies stores                458    $487,754      4,037    $55,207
53          General merchandise stores       254     935,996     12,448     96,296
54          Food stores                      988   1,666,561     14,850    159,925
55 ex. 554  Automotive dealers               747   1,781,497      8,957    160,055
554         Gasoline service stations        696     639,911      4,510     39,822
56          Apparel & accessory stores       775     340,018      5,110     41,910
57          Furniture & homefurnishings
              stores                         607     330,826      3,880     49,053
58          Eating & drinking places       2,389     855,371     38,605    218,412
591         Drug & proprietary stores        226     251,315      2,511     30,129
59 ex. 591  Miscellaneous retail stores    1,892     630,343      9,712     90,416


1/  Includes only establishments with a payroll.  Excludes government organizations.

2/  Paid employees for the pay period including March 12.

Source:  U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1992 Economic Censuses CD-ROM,
Report Series: Disc 1H and Geographic Area Series: New Mexico, "1992 Census of Retail 
Trade", RC92-A-32 and "1987 Census of Retail Trade", RC87-A-32.

Table Prepared by: Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of New Mexico.