1997 Economic Census of Wholesale Trade

1997 Total Wholesale Establishments, Sales, Employees and Payroll
U.S. and Mountain States*
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                                                                   Annual
                                     Sales      Employees 2/      Payroll
State                Estab.1/      ($000's)      (Mid-March)      ($000's)
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U.S.                 453,470   $4,059,657,778     5,796,557    $214,915,405

Mountain States*:
  Arizona              6,689      $45,899,068        80,155      $2,748,880
  Colorado             7,383       60,310,393        88,364       3,282,007
  Idaho                1,980       10,127,777        22,828         628,027
  Montana              1,574        7,596,802        14,356         371,642
  Nevada               2,253       12,806,893        27,251         918,454
  New Mexico           2,182        7,397,572        21,344         601,143
  Utah                 3,277       21,271,857        44,312       1,420,376
  Wyoming                800        2,547,065         5,761         161,855


*    States that comprise the Mountain Division as defined by the U.S. 
     Census Bureau.

1/   Data include only establishments with a payroll.

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

Source: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1997 Economic Census,
Geographic Area Series, Wholesale Trade, various states.

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