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NAICS 444220
Nursery, garden center, and farm supply stores

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Definition	Data from the Economic Census					Annual data
	Employers	Nonemployers	Compare to '97	States	Products, Size, etc.

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.
NAICS code	Description	Estab- lish- ments	Sales ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees

44-45	Retail trade	1,114,637	3,056,421,997	302,113,581	14,647,675
444	Building material & garden equipment & supplies dealers	88,314	246,560,851	30,066,671	1,160,016
4442	Lawn & garden equipment & supplies stores	21,124	30,919,932	3,784,175	171,309
44422	Nursery, garden center, & farm supply stores	16,703	26,402,463	3,178,334	146,584
444220	Nursery, garden center, & farm supply stores	16,703	26,402,463	3,178,334	146,584
4442202	Farm supply stores	0	0	0	0
4442204	Nurseries & garden centers	0	0	0	0

Nonemployers: 2002
Data based on 2002 Nonemployer Statistics. Table includes only firms subject to federal income tax. Nonemployers are businesses with no paid employees. Introductory text includes scope and methodology. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
NAICS code	NAICS Title	All firms		Nonemployers				Employers
		Establish- ments	Receipts ($1,000)	Establishments		Receipts		Establish- ments	Sales ($1,000)
		Establish- ments	Receipts ($1,000)	Number	% of all	$1,000	% of all	Establish- ments	Sales ($1,000)
N = Not available
44-45	Retail trade	2,953,629	3,134,317,733	1,838,992	62.3	77,895,736	2.5	1,114,637	3,056,421,997
444	Building material & garden equipment & supplies dealers	118,756	248,886,961	30,442	25.6	2,326,110	0.9	88,314	246,560,851
4442	Lawn & garden equipment & supplies stores	29,754	31,443,175	8,630	29.0	523,243	1.7	21,124	30,919,932
44422	Nursery, garden center, & farm supply stores	N	N	N	N	N	N	16,703	26,402,463
444220	Nursery, garden center, & farm supply stores	N	N	N	N	N	N	16,703	26,402,463

Definition: NAICS 444220 Nursery, garden center, and farm supply stores

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in retailing nursery and garden products, such as trees, shrubs, plants, seeds, bulbs, and sod, that are predominantly grown elsewhere. These establishments may sell a limited amount of a product they grow themselves.

Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--

Retailing nursery and garden products via electronic home shopping, mail-order, or direct sale--are classified in Subsector 454, Nonstore Retailers;
Providing landscaping services--are classified in Industry 561730, Landscaping Services; and
Growing and retailing nursery stock--are classified in U.S. Industry 111421, Nursery and Tree Production.

Historical comparability

NAICS 444220, Nursery, garden center, and farm supply stores, is comparable between 2002 and 1997.

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

Comparable statistics are not available between 1997 and 2002.

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Geographic Distribution -- Nursery, garden center, and farm supply stores: 2002

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

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.

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Description

Estab-
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Sales
($1,000)

Sales
% of
U.S.

Sales
per capita
($)

Annual
payroll
($1,000)

Paid
employees

United States

16,703

26,402,463

100.00

3,178,334

146,584

California

1,191

2,089,429

7.91

306,328

12,052

Texas

1,243

1,618,903

6.13

192,235

10,705

Illinois

640

1,409,281

5.34

112

170,376

6,664

Iowa

503

1,298,860

4.92

442

108,746

4,054

Minnesota

509

1,206,379

4.57

240

106,906

4,594

Ohio

675

1,019,589

3.86

125,110

6,381

Missouri

565

940,518

3.56

166

96,632

4,785

Wisconsin

435

937,237

3.55

172

117,524

4,981

New York

625

850,677

3.22

126,262

5,342

Michigan

517

816,877

3.09

97,389

4,292

Indiana

476

797,050

3.02

130

89,956

4,258

North Carolina

578

787,169

2.98

80,967

4,059

Pennsylvania

682

769,505

2.91

108,971

5,383

Tennessee

395

730,618

2.77

126

82,889

4,237

Washington

431

679,358

2.57

112

97,458

4,064

Nebraska

305

672,418

2.55

389

61,799

2,514

Virginia

444

655,126

2.48

94,001

4,631

Kentucky

362

616,702

2.34

151

66,245

3,185

Florida

624

572,557

2.17

76,086

4,079

Georgia

443

568,733

2.15

74,387

3,926

Kansas

281

530,343

2.01

195

50,062

2,465

Mississippi

215

466,164

1.77

163

31,816

1,564

Colorado

263

427,428

1.62

67,461

3,012

Alabama

351

413,068

1.56

37,604

2,046

Oklahoma

271

402,598

1.52

115

37,847

2,129

Arkansas

258

385,207

1.46

142

40,146

1,915

Oregon

267

382,530

1.45

109

48,571

2,434

North Dakota

124

370,993

1.41

585

26,261

1,130

New Jersey

357

369,301

1.40

64,519

2,688

Maryland

214

342,524

1.30

61,930

2,763

Louisiana

258

338,687

1.28

37,937

2,045

South Dakota

152

333,556

1.26

439

28,129

1,205

Massachusetts

258

288,759

1.09

54,788

2,066

Idaho

128

277,390

1.05

206

29,943

1,296

Arizona

206

265,737

1.01

45,131

2,188

Montana

125

247,955

0.94

272

22,979

1,064

Connecticut

190

234,020

0.89

44,691

2,001

South Carolina

284

229,115

0.87

28,928

1,634

Utah

109

172,857

0.65

21,895

1,152

Nevada

153,801

0.58

21,162

924

West Virginia

111

115,641

0.44

12,120

711

New Mexico

102,677

0.39

12,150

734

Wyoming

102,234

0.39

205

8,901

425

New Hampshire

106

97,721

0.37

15,968

678

Vermont

84,685

0.32

137

11,562

470

Maine

76,550

0.29

12,361

620

Delaware

60,807

0.23

9,021

396

Hawaii

48,463

0.18

6,324

300

Rhode Island

34,142

0.13

5,787

238

Alaska

8,450

0.03

1,697

District of Columbia

2,074

0.01

376

Products Lines for Nursery, garden center, and farm supply stores
Product code	Product description	Sales of this line ($000)	Percent of industry sales (%)
20000	Industry total	26,402,463	100.00
20620	Lawn, garden, & farm equipment & supplies	20,996,692	79.53
29900	All nonmerchandise receipts	769,628	2.91
20600	Hardware, tools, & plumbing & electrical supplies	718,718	2.72
	-Other	3,917,425	14.84

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Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Nursery, garden center, and farm supply stores
Series number	Title	Contents	Geography
EC02-00C-COMP	Comparative Statistics	2002 and 1997 data side by side on a comparable NAICS 1997 basis	US, states
EC02-44SL-LS	Product Lines	Product Lines by Kind of Business	US, states, metros
EC02-44SL-LS	Product Lines	Kinds of Business by Broad Product Line	US, states, metros
EC02-44SS-SZ	Establishment and Firm Size	Sales Size of Establishments	US
		Employment Size of Establishments	US
		Single Unit & Multiunit Firms	US
		Sales Size of Firms	US
		Employment Size of Firms	US
		Concentration by Largest Firms	US
		Legal Form of Organization	US
EC02-44SX-SB	Miscellaneous Subjects	Sales by Class of Customer	US
EC02-44I-08	Industry Series	Preliminary data now superseded	US
EC02-44A	Geographic Area Series	Summary Statistics	US, states, counties, metros

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Data from the Other Census Bureau Programs -- NAICS 444220
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	County Business Patterns	Annual	Employees; payroll; number of establishments by employment size of establishment	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