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NAICS 454312
Liquefied petroleum gas (bottled gas) dealers

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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
454	Nonstore retailers	54,921	172,864,966	17,094,498	571,438
4543	Direct selling establishments	33,090	45,087,735	6,771,428	241,666
45431	Fuel dealers	11,079	23,609,510	3,099,852	98,574
454312	Liquefied petroleum gas (bottled gas) dealers	6,203	9,286,126	1,382,109	47,946

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
454	Nonstore retailers	897,741	189,534,784	842,820	93.9	16,669,818	8.8	54,921	172,864,966
4543	Direct selling establishments	794,364	59,226,043	761,274	95.8	14,138,308	23.9	33,090	45,087,735
45431	Fuel dealers	14,557	23,987,839	3,478	23.9	378,329	1.6	11,079	23,609,510
454312	Liquefied petroleum gas (bottled gas) dealers	N	N	N	N	N	N	6,203	9,286,126

Definition: NAICS 454312 Liquefied petroleum gas (bottled gas) dealers

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in retailing liquefied petroleum (LP) gas via direct selling.

Historical comparability

NAICS 454312, Liquefied petroleum gas (bottled gas) dealers, 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 -- Liquefied petroleum gas (bottled gas) dealers: 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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Indus-
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Description

Estab-
lish-
ments

Sales
($1,000)

Sales
% of
U.S.

Sales
per capita
($)

Annual
payroll
($1,000)

Paid
employees

United States

6,203

9,286,126

100.00

1,382,109

47,946

California

300

709,376

7.64

91,999

2,818

Michigan

277

554,818

5.97

68,861

2,101

Texas

487

516,713

5.56

82,679

3,141

North Carolina

323

480,465

5.17

77,408

2,748

Florida

278

401,369

4.32

69,838

2,439

Pennsylvania

164

373,554

4.02

54,568

1,805

Ohio

173

354,120

3.81

48,380

1,571

New York

180

344,940

3.71

61,476

1,796

Missouri

309

303,006

3.26

41,778

1,666

Georgia

274

302,619

3.26

53,398

1,980

Wisconsin

198

300,867

3.24

40,362

1,470

Indiana

174

295,503

3.18

42,541

1,418

Illinois

195

286,066

3.08

37,852

1,230

Minnesota

155

259,207

2.79

30,136

1,149

Virginia

117

256,160

2.76

36,861

1,323

Alabama

232

247,631

2.67

43,275

1,597

Tennessee

154

227,464

2.45

30,189

1,295

Colorado

116

203,133

2.19

27,712

822

Arkansas

168

174,595

1.88

25,281

1,021

Mississippi

157

174,428

1.88

31,445

1,165

South Carolina

132

163,319

1.76

28,729

1,115

Iowa

134

158,832

1.71

19,107

773

Kentucky

123

151,181

1.63

21,349

786

Massachusetts

148,659

1.60

29,326

747

Washington

139,886

1.51

18,189

606

Oklahoma

158

131,016

1.41

21,084

889

Maryland

124,125

1.34

21,409

700

New Mexico

106

115,770

1.25

16,160

698

Kansas

106,797

1.15

12,536

489

Connecticut

105,361

1.13

24,060

693

Arizona

94,351

1.02

15,086

530

Louisiana

78,625

0.85

13,100

580

Vermont

76,567

0.82

124

13,999

455

Delaware

58,499

0.63

11,764

322

Nevada

57,713

0.62

8,102

304

Montana

51,760

0.56

6,605

277

South Dakota

47,355

0.51

5,934

245

West Virginia

47,066

0.51

5,570

244

Utah

46,521

0.50

4,917

202

Maine

40,019

0.43

6,590

247

Wyoming

32,087

0.35

4,371

165

North Dakota

19,807

0.21

1,637

All other states, including those below

269

524,776

5.65

76,446

2,251

New Hampshire

(500-999)

Idaho

(250-499)

Nebraska

(250-499)

New Jersey

(250-499)

Oregon

(250-499)

Hawaii

(100-249)

Rhode Island

(100-249)

Alaska

(20-99)

Products Lines for Liquefied petroleum gas (bottled gas) dealers
Product code	Product description	Sales of this line ($000)	Percent of industry sales (%)
20000	Industry total	9,286,126	100.00
20781	LP gas, including bulk & bottled	8,106,169	87.29
29904	Labor charges for work performed by this establishment	139,304	1.50
20725	Diesel fuel	127,577	1.37
	-Other	913,076	9.83

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Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Liquefied petroleum gas (bottled gas) dealers
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-15	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 454312
Hypertext Tables	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
	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