SIC 51:   Wholesale trade - nondurable goods - 4-digit SIC to 6-digit NAICS
Includes only establishments with payroll. Introductory text includes scope and methodology. Figures to the left of NAICS codes indicate the percent of NAICS receipts represented by this part; and link to Table 1 where other parts of the NAICS are shown. links to 1997 and 1992 Comparative Statistics for whole SICs.

SIC	NAICS	Pt	Description		Establish- ments	Sales ($1,000)	Paid employees	Annual payroll ($1,000)
511			Paper and paper products		19,744	134,224,675	296,912	9,151,004
5111			Printing & writing paper		2,309	38,397,487	33,135	1,547,334
	422110		Printing & writing paper whsle		2,309	38,397,487	33,135	1,547,334
5112			Stationery & office supplies		11,942	50,433,224	192,328	4,728,933
	422120		Stationery & office supplies whsle		8,046	33,271,034	109,766	3,308,237
87% of	453210	23	Other office supplies stores (retail)		3,842	14,859,497	76,469	1,234,566
3% of	454110	60	Nonstore office supply merchants		54	2,302,693	6,093	186,130
5113			Industrial & personal service paper		5,493	45,393,964	71,449	2,874,737
	422130		Industrial & personal service paper whsle		5,493	45,393,964	71,449	2,874,737
SIC	NAICS	Pt	Description		Establish- ments	Sales ($1,000)	Paid employees	Annual payroll ($1,000)
512			Drugs, drug proprietaries, and druggists' sundries		8,053	203,147,771	190,127	8,394,864
5122			Drugs, drug proprietaries, & druggists' sundries		8,053	203,147,771	190,127	8,394,864
100% of	422210		Drugs, & druggists' sundries whsle		8,053	203,147,771	70,977	8,394,864
	422210	10	General-line drugs whsle		3,283	79,946,995	70,977	2,290,715
	422210	20	Specialty-line drug, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, & toiletries whsle		4,770	123,200,776	119,150	6,104,149
SIC	NAICS	Pt	Description		Establish- ments	Sales ($1,000)	Paid employees	Annual payroll ($1,000)
513			Apparel, piece goods, and notions		21,266	125,860,153	215,100	8,020,588
5131			Piece goods, notions, & other dry goods		6,225	27,532,660	52,961	1,872,454
19% of	313311	40	Broadwoven fabric finishing mills (pt)		559	1,755,733	7,526	261,011
100% of	422310		Piece goods, notions, & other dry goods whsle		5,666	25,776,927	33,068	1,611,443
	422310	10	Piece goods - jobbers		4,191	22,125,937	33,068	1,240,760
	422310	20	Notions & other dry goods whsle		1,475	3,650,990	12,367	370,683
5136			Men's & boys' clothing & furnishings		5,006	33,360,264	62,253	2,166,205
	422320		Men's & boys' clothing & furnishings whsle		5,006	33,360,264	62,253	2,166,205
5137			Women's & children's & infants' clothing & accessories		8,217	40,603,484	76,256	2,799,463
	422330		Women's, children's, & infants' clothing & accessories whsle		8,217	40,603,484	76,256	2,799,463
5139			Footwear		1,818	24,363,745	23,630	1,182,466
	422340		Footwear whsle		1,818	24,363,745	23,630	1,182,466
SIC	NAICS	Pt	Description		Establish- ments	Sales ($1,000)	Paid employees	Annual payroll ($1,000)
514			Groceries and related products		41,949	590,785,074	858,481	26,883,955
5141			Groceries, general-line		4,138	146,689,286	168,190	5,541,000
100% of	422410		General-line grocery whsle		4,138	146,689,286	17,064	5,541,000
	422410	10	General-line grocery whsle, voluntary group		186	16,156,029	17,064	554,986
	422410	20	General-line grocery whsle, retail cooperative		211	16,142,440	13,882	467,726
	422410	30	Other general-line grocery whsle		3,741	114,390,817	137,244	4,518,288
5142			Packaged frozen foods		3,838	69,114,831	85,067	2,800,272
	422420		Packaged frozen food whsle		3,838	69,114,831	85,067	2,800,272
5143			Dairy products, except dried or canned		2,862	34,594,779	47,742	1,637,129
100% of	422430		Dairy products, (except dried or canned) whsle		2,862	34,594,779	1,642	1,637,129
	422430	10	Raw milk whsle		140	4,900,769	1,642	49,043
	422430	20	Dairy product (except raw milk) whsle		2,722	29,694,010	46,100	1,588,086
5144			Poultry & poultry products		1,040	13,809,561	17,792	490,567
100% of	422440		Poultry & poultry product whsle		1,040	13,809,561	595	490,567
	422440	10	Live poultry whsle		50	317,047	595	17,713
	422440	20	Poultry & poultry product (except live) whsle		990	13,492,514	17,197	472,854
5145			Confectionery		2,621	27,169,914	60,010	1,835,202
	422450		Confectionery whsle		2,621	27,169,914	60,010	1,835,202
5146			Fish & seafoods		2,960	13,165,780	27,402	684,365
	422460		Fish & seafood whsle		2,960	13,165,780	27,402	684,365
5147			Meats & meat products		3,746	53,141,427	53,818	1,596,778
7% of	311612	20	Meat processed from carcasses (pt)		189	1,815,012	3,562	105,856
	422470		Meat & meat product whsle		3,557	51,326,415	50,256	1,490,922
5148			Fresh fruits & vegetables		6,121	46,340,833	109,771	3,021,175
	422480		Fresh fruit & vegetable whsle		6,121	46,340,833	109,771	3,021,175
5149			Other groceries & related products		14,623	186,758,663	288,689	9,277,467
100% of	422490		Other grocery & related products whsle		14,623	186,758,663	19,037	9,277,467
	422490	10	Coffee, tea, & spice whsle		1,788	13,421,054	19,037	587,048
	422490	20	Bread & baked goods whsle		3,290	20,275,213	55,337	1,607,505
	422490	30	Soft drinks whsle		3,150	29,142,717	100,272	3,212,389
	422490	40	Canned goods whsle		1,283	27,632,847	20,470	753,747
	422490	50	Food & beverage basic materials whsle		703	6,331,021	7,303	266,495
	422490	60	Other grocery specialties whsle		4,409	89,955,811	86,270	2,850,283
SIC	NAICS	Pt	Description		Establish- ments	Sales ($1,000)	Paid employees	Annual payroll ($1,000)
515			Farm-product raw materials		10,343	166,786,245	97,521	2,306,012
5153			Grain & field beans		6,569	120,312,556	56,368	1,642,921
	422510		Grain & field bean whsle		6,569	120,312,556	56,368	1,642,921
5154			Livestock		2,090	24,098,461	27,182	260,202
	422520		Livestock whsle		2,090	24,098,461	27,182	260,202
5159			Other farm-product raw materials		1,684	22,375,228	13,971	402,889
100% of	422590		Other farm product raw material whsle		1,684	22,375,228	1,983	402,889
	422590	10	Hides, skins, & pelts whsle		260	2,096,303	1,983	54,276
	422590	20	Leaf tobacco whsle		328	3,658,394	3,720	86,300
	422590	30	Wool, wool tops, & mohair whsle		80	202,820	307	7,838
	422590	40	Cotton whsle		297	10,618,437	2,595	110,196
	422590	50	Other farm-product raw material whsle		719	5,799,274	5,366	144,279
SIC	NAICS	Pt	Description		Establish- ments	Sales ($1,000)	Paid employees	Annual payroll ($1,000)
516			Chemicals and allied products		15,920	128,923,496	165,768	7,241,315
5162			Plastics materials & basic forms & shapes		4,349	35,193,271	43,680	1,743,650
	422610		Plastics materials & basic forms & shapes whsle		4,349	35,193,271	43,680	1,743,650
5169			Chemicals & allied products, n.e.c.		11,571	93,730,225	122,088	5,497,665
100% of	422690		Other chemical & allied products whsle		11,571	93,730,225	11,505	5,497,665
	422690	10	Industrial gases (except LP) whsle		1,106	2,806,880	11,505	407,882
	422690	20	Other chemical & allied products whsle		10,465	90,923,345	110,583	5,089,783
SIC	NAICS	Pt	Description		Establish- ments	Sales ($1,000)	Paid employees	Annual payroll ($1,000)
517			Petroleum and petroleum products		12,711	272,459,061	151,555	4,838,952
5171			Petroleum bulk stations & terminals		9,104	181,554,365	116,215	3,524,999
100% of	422710		Petroleum bulk stations & terminals		7,690	176,719,246	69,499	3,165,900
	422710	11	Petroleum bulk stations (except LP)		6,045	50,922,994	69,499	1,878,095
	422710	12	Petroleum bulk terminals (except LP)		1,225	120,085,945	28,253	1,113,250
	422710	20	Liquefied petroleum bulk stations & terminals		420	5,710,307	4,737	174,555
24% of	454311	20	Heating oil dealers (selling for consumption - retail)		813	3,283,889	7,673	194,968
18% of	454312	20	Liquefied petroleum dealers (selling for consumption - retail)		601	1,551,230	6,053	164,131
5172			Petroleum & petroleum products, except bulk stations & terminals		3,607	90,904,696	35,340	1,313,953
	422720		Petroleum & petroleum prod whsle (exc bulk stations & terminals)		3,607	90,904,696	35,340	1,313,953
SIC	NAICS	Pt	Description		Establish- ments	Sales ($1,000)	Paid employees	Annual payroll ($1,000)
518			Beer, wine, and distilled alcoholic beverages		4,850	69,703,203	151,677	5,667,069
5181			Beer & ale		3,013	34,997,239	96,284	3,308,583
	422810		Beer & ale whsle		3,013	34,997,239	96,284	3,308,583
5182			Wine & distilled alcoholic beverages		1,837	34,705,964	55,393	2,358,486
100% of	422820		Wine & distilled alcoholic beverage whsle		1,837	34,705,964	54,751	2,358,486
	422820	10	Wine & distilled alcoholic bev (licensed operation) whsle		1,715	34,325,562	54,751	2,348,175
	422820	20	Wine & distilled alcoholic beverage (State operated) whsle		122	380,402	642	10,311
SIC	NAICS	Pt	Description		Establish- ments	Sales ($1,000)	Paid employees	Annual payroll ($1,000)
519			Miscellaneous nondurable goods		49,014	244,016,844	494,821	14,275,833
5191			Farm supplies		16,103	74,776,800	146,676	4,220,725
100% of	422910		Farm supplies whsle		7,378	53,634,309	29,647	2,562,527
	422910	10	Farm supplies - farm dealers		3,873	12,772,801	29,647	836,054
	422910	20	Farm supplies - whsle distributors		3,505	40,861,508	44,861	1,726,473
77% of	444220	20	Farm supplies dealers (retail)		8,725	21,142,491	72,168	1,658,198
5192			Books, periodicals, & newspapers		4,265	33,630,300	89,309	2,618,123
	422920		Book, periodical, & newspaper whsle		4,265	33,630,300	89,309	2,618,123
5193			Flowers, nursery stock, & florists' supplies		4,762	9,048,364	53,918	1,216,044
	422930		Flower, nursery stock, & florists' supplies whsle		3,900	8,002,830	44,939	1,026,750
4% of	444220	30	Flower, nursery stock, & florists' supplies merchants (retail)		862	1,045,534	8,979	189,294
5194			Tobacco & tobacco products		1,561	50,268,772	57,046	1,589,663
	422940		Tobacco & tobacco product whsle		1,561	50,268,772	57,046	1,589,663
5198			Paints, varnishes, & supplies		3,079	8,873,485	25,395	840,199
100% of	422950	11	Paint, varnish, & supplies whsle		2,192	7,510,467	19,917	676,404
17% of	444120	20	Paint, varnish, & supplies merchants (retail)		887	1,363,018	5,478	163,795
5199			Other miscellaneous nondurable goods		19,244	67,419,123	122,477	3,791,079
100% of	422990		Other miscellaneous nondurable goods whsle		14,767	60,572,100	33,019	2,847,844
	422990	10	Art goods whsle		4,583	9,596,493	33,019	985,525
	422990	20	General merchandise (nondurable goods) whsle		3,248	34,597,404	20,477	729,329
	422990	30	Textile bags, bagging, & burlap whsle		446	802,397	2,966	77,465
	422990	40	Other nondurable goods whsle		6,490	15,575,806	36,350	1,055,525
75% of	541890	20	Advertising specialties goods distributor		4,477	6,847,023	29,665	943,235

N=Comparable data not available D=Withheld to avoid disclosure

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Source: 1997 Economic Census, Comparative Statistics

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