Industry Statistics Sampler NAICS 4241 Paper and paper product merchant wholesalers

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Employers: 2002
Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Nonemployers are shown below. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, non-sampling error, and confidentiality protection. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.

Indus- try Detail	NAICS code	Description		Estab- lish- ments	Sales ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees
	42	Wholesale trade		435,521	4,634,755,112	259,653,080	5,878,405
	424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers		142,661	1,980,329,666	92,564,262	2,272,823
	4241	Paper & paper product merchant wholesalers		13,395	114,410,461	8,162,837	208,974
	42411	Printing & writing paper merchant wholesalers		1,839	34,446,174	1,544,423	27,981
	42412	Stationery & office supplies merchant wholesalers		6,887	34,477,603	3,616,045	115,373
	42413	Industrial & personal serv paper merchant wholesalers		4,669	45,486,684	3,002,369	65,620

This NAICS Industry Group includes establishments classified in the following NAICS Industries: 42411, Printing and Writing Paper Merchant Wholesalers; 42412, Stationery and Office Supplies Merchant Wholesalers; and 42413, Industrial and Personal Service Paper Merchant Wholesalers.

  NAICS 4241, Paper and paper product merchant wholesalers, is not directly comparable to 1997 NAICS 4221 Paper & paper product whsle. See the Bridge Between 2002 NAICS and 1997 NAICS for changes to constituent industries.

For comparisons with data before 1997, see the Bridge Between 1997 NAICS and 1987 SIC.

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Geographic Distribution -- Paper and paper product merchant wholesalers: 2002

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

Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Nonemployers are shown above. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, non-sampling error, and confidentiality protection. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.

Other Indus- tries	Description		Estab- lish- ments	Sales ($1,000)	Sales % of U.S.	Sales per capita ($)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees
	United States		13,395	114,410,461	100.00	397	8,162,837	208,974
	Illinois		832	12,836,593	11.22	1,019	718,802	16,538
	California		1,676	11,902,205	10.40	340	1,011,850	25,369
	New York		1,190	10,658,958	9.32	556	578,973	12,977
	Ohio		611	8,111,921	7.09	711	486,001	12,294
	New Jersey		687	5,677,234	4.96	662	475,278	11,889
	Texas		882	5,283,362	4.62	243	436,218	12,997
	Missouri		276	4,716,021	4.12	830	347,535	19,739
	Connecticut		218	4,443,037	3.88	1,285	212,579	3,122
	Massachusetts		316	4,353,751	3.81	677	277,370	5,642
	Pennsylvania		565	3,868,522	3.38	314	328,240	7,033
	Florida		802	3,441,787	3.01	206	316,893	8,195
	Wisconsin		235	3,072,623	2.69	565	181,835	3,851
	Washington		260	3,020,848	2.64	498	160,426	3,768
	Maryland		216	2,939,336	2.57	540	196,544	4,095
	North Carolina		365	2,416,994	2.11	291	218,929	5,305
	Virginia		231	2,085,657	1.82	286	130,840	2,930
	Minnesota		259	1,886,238	1.65	375	185,823	3,996
	Tennessee		246	1,616,240	1.41	279	144,650	3,555
	Colorado		235	1,381,566	1.21	307	126,665	2,778
	Oregon		166	1,300,673	1.14	369	96,565	2,054
	Indiana		222	1,066,015	0.93	173	104,802	2,737
	Kansas		149	968,229	0.85	357	78,397	1,864
	Kentucky		117	865,054	0.76	212	62,366	1,611
	Alabama		165	696,508	0.61	156	70,530	2,022
	South Carolina		164	643,742	0.56	157	52,971	1,398
	Oklahoma		139	588,517	0.51	169	51,205	1,376
	Louisiana		150	581,074	0.51	130	63,788	1,919
	Utah		95	494,463	0.43	213	42,166	1,075
	Iowa		117	442,146	0.39	151	50,912	1,258
	Maine		46	387,986	0.34	299	30,557	626
	Arkansas		94	334,941	0.29	124	46,994	1,484
	New Hampshire		56	274,555	0.24	216	29,698	625
	Hawaii		83	258,639	0.23	210	30,604	853
	Nevada		69	214,414	0.19	99	22,275	582
	Nebraska		56	196,565	0.17	114	23,331	615
	Idaho		32	184,350	0.16	137	22,863	533
	Mississippi		78	172,925	0.15	60	23,552	767
	New Mexico		56	129,696	0.11	70	15,742	479
	Vermont		26	96,695	0.08	157	10,146	227
	North Dakota		21	81,711	0.07	129	7,272	176
	Alaska		18	57,077	0.05	89	8,822	236
	Montana		35	52,571	0.05	58	7,052	205
	South Dakota		24	40,264	0.04	53	5,753	246
	All other states, including those below		1,115	10,568,758	9.24		669,023	17,933
	Georgia		425	D			D	(5000-9999)
	Michigan		382	D			D	(5000-9999)
	Arizona		182	D			D	(1000-2499)
	Rhode Island		43	D			D	(250-499)
	West Virginia		39	D			D	(250-499)
	Delaware		23	D			D	(100-249)
	District of Columbia		12	D			D	(20-99)
	Wyoming		9	D			D	(20-99)

 

Products Lines for Paper and paper product merchant wholesalers

Product code	Product description	Sales of this line ($000)	Percent of industry sales (%)	Graph
10000	Industry total	114,410,46	100.00
13400	Paper and plastic products	42,586,576	37.22
13200	Printing and writing paper	31,287,066	27.35
13300	Office paper, office supplies, greeting cards, and labels	29,030,531	25.37
	-Other	11,506,288	10.06

For more product detail, see the AFF links below for Product Lines

 

Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Paper and paper product merchant wholesalers

Link to pdf	Series number	Title	Link to AFF or Drill-down tables	Contents	Geography
	EC02-00C-BDG	Bridge Between NAICS 2002 and NAICS 1997		Relationships between NAICS 1997 and NAICS 2002 for those industries redefined	US
	EC02-00C-COMP	Comparative Statistics		2002 and 1997 data side by side on a comparable NAICS 1997 basis	US, states
	EC02-42SL-LS	Product Lines		All Types of Operation by Kind of Business & Product Line	US, states, metros
	All Types of Operation by Broad Product Line & Kind of Business	US, states, metros
	Merchant Wholesalers by Kind of Business & Product Line	US, states, metros
	Merchant Wholesalers by Broad Product Line & Kind of Business	US, states, metros
	Manufacturers' Sales Branches & Offices by Kind of Business and Product Line	US, states, metros
	Manufacturers' Sales Branches & Offices by Broad Product Line and Kind of Business	US, states, metros
	EC02-42SS-SZ	Establishment and Firm Size		Sales Size of Establishments	US
	Employment Size of Establishments	US
	Single Units & Multiunits	US
	Sales Size of Firms	US
	Employment Size of Firms	US
	Concentration by Largest Firms	US
	Legal Form of Organization	US
	EC02-42SX-SB	Miscellaneous Subjects		Sales by Class of Customer	US
	Employment by Primary Function	US
	End-of-Year Inventories	US
	Detailed Type of Operation	US
	Gross Margin & its Components for Merchant Wholesalers	US
	Gross Profit & its Components	US
	EC02-42I-02	Industry Series		Preliminary data now superseded	US
	BE02-00I-1	Business Expenses		Sales & Operating Expenses by Kind of Business (2002 NAICS Basis)	US
	Relative Standard Errors for Sales & Operating Expenses by Kind of Business (2002 NAICS Basis)	US
	EC02-42A	Geographic Area Series		Summary Statistics	US, states, counties, metros

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Data from the Other Census Bureau Programs -- NAICS 4241

Hypertext Tables	Title (with link to data)	Frequency	Contents	Geography
	Annual Benchmark Report for Wholesale Trade	Annual	Monthly sales and inventories back to 1992	US
	County Business Patterns	Annual	Employees; payroll; number of establishments by employment size of establishment	US, states, metro areas, counties
	E-Commerce Statistics	Annual	Total sales and e-commerce sales, receipts or value of shipments	US
	Monthly Wholesale Trade	Monthly	Monthly sales, inventories, and inventory/sales ratios for merchant wholesalers	US
	Nonemployer Statistics	Annual	Number of establishments and sales of firms with no paid employees	US, states, metro areas, counties
	Statistics of U.S. Businesses	Annual	Number of firms, employees, payroll, (and revenue, for 2002 only) by employment-size of the enterprise	US, states, metro areas

For more data sets, check a broader NAICS category, such as NAICS 424

 

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