Industry Statistics Sampler NAICS 454 Nonstore retailers

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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
	44-45	Retail trade		1,114,637	3,056,421,997	302,113,581	14,647,675
	454	Nonstore retailers		54,921	172,864,966	17,094,498	571,438
	4541	Electronic shopping & mail-order houses		15,910	120,728,725	8,929,933	269,252
	4542	Vending machine operators		5,921	7,048,506	1,393,137	60,520
	4543	Direct selling establishments		33,090	45,087,735	6,771,428	241,666

Industries in the Nonstore Retailers subsector retail merchandise using methods, such as the broadcasting of infomercials, the broadcasting and publishing of direct-response advertising, the publishing of paper and electronic catalogs, door-to-door solicitation, in-home demonstration, selling from portable stalls and distribution through vending machines. Establishments in this subsector include mail-order houses, vending machine operators, home delivery sales, door-to-door sales, party plan sales, electronic shopping, and sales through portable stalls (e.g., street vendors, except food). Establishments engaged in the direct sale (i.e., nonstore) of products, such as home heating oil dealers and newspaper delivery are included in this subsector.

  NAICS 454, Nonstore retailers, is close, but not quite comparable between 2002 and 1997. 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 -- Nonstore retailers: 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.

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		54,921	172,864,966	100.00	600	17,094,498	571,438
	California		5,424	17,285,586	10.00	494	2,182,033	55,665
	Illinois		2,199	13,056,757	7.55	1,037	986,930	29,131
	Pennsylvania		2,535	11,615,445	6.72	943	1,122,697	35,618
	Texas		3,169	11,571,893	6.69	532	766,469	27,716
	New York		3,967	10,716,769	6.20	559	1,326,535	38,831
	Florida		3,552	10,445,821	6.04	626	891,113	31,935
	Ohio		1,946	8,668,475	5.01	759	721,854	28,283
	New Jersey		1,624	8,019,491	4.64	935	606,994	18,215
	Washington		1,218	5,482,463	3.17	903	314,020	11,299
	Massachusetts		1,532	4,680,120	2.71	728	594,931	17,753
	Wisconsin		1,231	4,672,678	2.70	859	568,048	20,515
	Indiana		1,179	4,480,312	2.59	728	442,877	16,429
	Minnesota		1,322	4,267,342	2.47	849	516,027	15,836
	Michigan		1,658	3,998,764	2.31	398	396,169	13,724
	North Carolina		1,680	3,691,509	2.14	444	419,378	16,448
	Connecticut		884	3,682,261	2.13	1,065	457,052	12,246
	Missouri		1,349	3,674,489	2.13	647	341,309	13,556
	Virginia		1,355	3,555,402	2.06	488	404,851	15,871
	Nevada		436	3,411,671	1.97	1,573	159,818	5,530
	Arizona		896	2,675,578	1.55	491	226,415	7,626
	Maryland		1,006	2,665,938	1.54	490	318,711	10,085
	Georgia		1,377	2,500,813	1.45	291	327,833	12,070
	Tennessee		995	2,349,012	1.36	406	260,890	9,784
	Nebraska		446	2,198,128	1.27	1,273	153,302	6,704
	New Hampshire		415	1,856,561	1.07	1,457	193,502	5,441
	Maine		560	1,708,928	0.99	1,318	165,628	6,843
	Colorado		1,101	1,697,143	0.98	377	249,387	9,330
	Oregon		752	1,675,900	0.97	476	149,277	5,354
	Alabama		755	1,591,019	0.92	355	153,228	6,040
	Utah		493	1,575,036	0.91	677	143,061	5,704
	Iowa		758	1,442,417	0.83	491	144,431	5,863
	South Dakota		252	1,297,369	0.75	1,706	113,746	4,115
	New Mexico		385	1,230,482	0.71	663	79,004	3,154
	Kentucky		665	1,091,122	0.63	267	146,775	6,046
	Louisiana		574	913,240	0.53	204	103,963	4,222
	Kansas		618	903,583	0.52	333	102,715	4,108
	South Carolina		699	747,030	0.43	182	129,078	5,855
	Arkansas		500	730,288	0.42	270	75,785	3,589
	Vermont		307	713,154	0.41	1,157	95,960	3,054
	West Virginia		269	633,312	0.37	351	53,469	2,277
	Rhode Island		249	623,629	0.36	584	82,887	2,811
	Oklahoma		644	592,911	0.34	170	89,404	3,895
	Mississippi		446	391,558	0.23	137	63,963	2,958
	Delaware		183	388,504	0.22	482	51,651	1,725
	North Dakota		204	377,399	0.22	596	37,089	1,563
	Idaho		352	314,701	0.18	234	40,351	1,770
	Alaska		153	298,876	0.17	467	34,378	1,071
	Wyoming		149	255,074	0.15	511	28,324	1,191
	Montana		262	197,464	0.11	217	25,411	1,313
	Hawaii		147	163,812	0.09	133	20,768	894
	District of Columbia		49	87,737	0.05	152	15,007	382

 

Products Lines for Nonstore retailers

Product code	Product description	Sales of this line ($000)	Percent of industry sales (%)	Graph
20000	Industry total	172,864,96	100.00
20160	Drugs, health aids, beauty aids, including cosmetics	31,201,701	18.05
20370	Computer hardware, software, & supplies	20,060,438	11.60
20780	Household fuels, including oil, LP gas, wood, coal	18,180,007	10.52
20100	Groceries & other foods for human consumption off the premises	12,994,649	7.52
	-Other	90,428,171	52.31

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Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Nonstore retailers

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
	EC02-44SL-LS	Product Lines		Product Lines by Kind of Business	US, states, metros
	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
	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
	EC02-44A	Geographic Area Series		Summary Statistics	US, states, counties, metros
	SB02-00A	Survey of Business Owners		Business Ownership by Gender, Hispanic or Latino Origin, and Race	US

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Data from the Other Census Bureau Programs -- NAICS 454

Hypertext Tables	Title (with link to data)	Frequency	Contents	Geography
	Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services	Monthly	Estimated monthly sales for retail and food services, adjusted and unadjusted for seasonal variations.	US
	Annual Capital Expenditures Survey	Annual	Capital expenditures for structures and equipment for companies with paid employees	US
	Annual Retail Trade Survey: 1992 to [latest year]	Annual	Sales by year, starting with 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 Retail Trade Survey	Monthly	Monthly sales for retail and food services, adjusted and unadjusted for seasonal variations	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

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