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NAICS 4512
Book, periodical, and music 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
451	Sporting goods, hobby, book, & music stores	62,236	73,212,205	8,703,271	611,144
4512	Book, periodical, & music stores	19,694	23,095,522	2,616,707	204,033
45121	Book stores & news dealers	12,707	15,869,900	1,874,513	141,386
45122	Prerecorded tape, compact disc, & record stores	6,987	7,225,622	742,194	62,647

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)

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
451	Sporting goods, hobby, book, & music stores	156,406	76,987,819	94,170	60.2	3,775,614	4.9	62,236	73,212,205
4512	Book, periodical, & music stores	50,604	24,068,375	30,910	61.1	972,853	4.0	19,694	23,095,522
45121	Book stores & news dealers	38,229	16,588,207	25,522	66.8	718,307	4.3	12,707	15,869,900
45122	Prerecorded tape, compact disc, & record stores	12,375	7,480,168	5,388	43.5	254,546	3.4	6,987	7,225,622

Definition: NAICS 4512 Book, periodical, and music stores

This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in retailing new books, newspapers, magazines, and prerecorded audio and video media.

Historical comparability

NAICS 4512, Book, periodical, and music stores, is comparable between 2002 and 1997.

In comparisons with data before 1997, 1997 NAICS 4512 corresponds to the sum of multiple SIC codes. See the Bridge Between 1997 NAICS and 1987 SIC.

Comparative Statistics: 2002 and 1997

Data are in current dollars and have not been adjusted for inflation. Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, non-sampling error, and confidentiality protection. "% change" rows show percent change between 1997 and 2002.
1997 NAICS code	1997 NAICS Description	Year	Establishments	Sales ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees

4512	Book, periodical, & music stores	2002	19,694	23,095,522	2,616,707	204,033
		1997	22,834	20,595,699	2,294,557	197,866
		% change	-13.8	12.1	14.0	3.1

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Geographic Distribution -- Book, periodical, and music 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

19,694

23,095,522

100.00

2,616,707

204,033

California

2,253

3,261,258

14.12

395,078

29,518

New York

1,784

2,000,591

8.66

104

212,145

15,002

Texas

1,109

1,505,659

6.52

161,967

12,745

Florida

951

1,180,643

5.11

127,989

9,772

Pennsylvania

914

1,018,939

4.41

113,307

8,801

Illinois

842

996,931

4.32

123,044

9,407

Massachusetts

553

835,886

3.62

130

90,387

6,254

Ohio

750

806,586

3.49

92,747

7,946

New Jersey

668

781,146

3.38

81,086

5,880

Virginia

555

699,647

3.03

75,415

6,140

Georgia

558

601,582

2.60

67,075

5,217

Washington

486

534,083

2.31

63,048

4,655

North Carolina

546

516,530

2.24

62,099

5,188

Maryland

375

470,463

2.04

50,500

4,100

Colorado

348

462,811

2.00

103

52,374

4,045

Tennessee

412

461,348

2.00

53,933

4,285

Indiana

391

401,028

1.74

44,259

3,892

Connecticut

285

394,181

1.71

114

42,066

2,998

Missouri

360

341,356

1.48

38,817

3,339

Minnesota

304

331,014

1.43

39,632

3,488

Oregon

299

329,237

1.43

41,520

2,856

Wisconsin

349

320,466

1.39

38,081

3,350

Louisiana

267

253,295

1.10

27,668

2,357

South Carolina

244

242,821

1.05

26,500

2,241

Alabama

273

237,753

1.03

28,534

2,569

Kentucky

233

235,869

1.02

26,276

2,193

Oklahoma

171

211,922

0.92

22,692

1,941

Utah

173

208,751

0.90

22,660

2,013

Kansas

196

203,696

0.88

25,945

2,300

New Hampshire

129

182,962

0.79

144

18,141

1,386

Iowa

195

168,497

0.73

19,916

1,834

Nevada

114

153,231

0.66

15,363

1,127

New Mexico

137

149,433

0.65

18,105

1,484

Hawaii

112

140,630

0.61

114

19,186

1,153

Arkansas

141

139,538

0.60

15,384

1,399

Mississippi

149

132,866

0.58

14,227

1,263

Nebraska

109

127,971

0.55

14,223

1,317

Maine

121

102,462

0.44

11,616

886

West Virginia

124

94,920

0.41

9,475

814

Idaho

94,773

0.41

10,774

1,028

Rhode Island

90,947

0.39

9,413

709

Delaware

90,644

0.39

113

9,296

638

Montana

87,703

0.38

10,125

919

Vermont

59,238

0.26

7,675

576

Alaska

49,584

0.21

5,819

425

North Dakota

43,412

0.19

4,251

432

South Dakota

37,923

0.16

4,463

392

Wyoming

33,286

0.14

3,840

371

All other states, including those below

1,060

1,270,010

5.50

148,571

11,388

Michigan

631

(5000-9999)

Arizona

324

(2500-4999)

District of Columbia

105

(1000-2499)

Products Lines for Book, periodical, and music stores
Product code	Product description	Sales of this line ($000)	Percent of industry sales (%)
20000	Industry total	23,095,522	100.00
20420	Books	11,220,019	48.58
20330	Audio equip, musical instr, radios, stereos, CDs, records, etc	5,417,726	23.46
20320	TVs, video recorders, video cameras, video tapes, DVDs, etc	2,056,520	8.90
	-Other	4,401,257	19.06

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Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Book, periodical, and music 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-04	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 4512
Title (with link to data)	Frequency	Contents	Geography
County Business Patterns	Annual	Employees; payroll; number of establishments by employment size of establishment	US, states, metro areas, counties
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