1992 Economic Census Profile: Retail, Wholesale, Service WASHINGTON Table 1 - General Statistics by Sector Number Sales or Annual Number of Receipts Payroll of Sector Year Estabs ($million) ($million) Employees WASHINGTON Retail Trade 1992 31,683 40,909.8 5,081.5 381,184 1987 28,499 27,249.8 3,401.6 329,204 1982 24,985 19,599.7 2,567.0 268,473 Wholesale Trade 1992 10,732 62,468.0 3,627.6 122,516 1987 9,335 41,499.0 2,380.1 102,778 1982 7,889 31,288.6 1,777.1 90,443 Service Industries ** 1992 39,503 21,448.1 8,091.5 354,873 1987 33,181 12,852.0 4,773.9 277,118 1982 25,402 7,359.3 2,793.8 198,126 United States Retail Trade 1992 1,526,215 1,894,880.2 222,867.9 18,407,453 1987 1,503,593 1,493,308.8 177,547.9 17,792,663 1982 1,421,988 1,037,917.9 123,393.0 14,448,489 Wholesale Trade 1992 495,457 3,249,874.0 173,272.5 5,971,401 1987 466,680 2,523,688.4 133,153.3 5,593,777 1982 435,143 1,997,894.8 95,208.7 4,984,880 Service Industries ** 1992 1,825,435 1,202,613.0 452,697.5 19,290,352 1987 1,626,017 772,194.1 289,806.5 16,054,738 1982 1,339,229 426,982.0 158,624.5 11,106,144 Table 2 - Selected Ratios by Sector -------Retail----- -----Wholesale----- --- Services ** --- Sales Payroll Sales Payroll Receipts Payroll per per per per per per Capita Employee Capita Employee Capita Employee Year Population ($) ($) ($) ($) ($) ($) WASHINGTON 1992 5,142,746 7,954.9 13,330.7 12,146.8 29,609.5 4,170.6 22,801.0 1987 4,531,903 6,012.9 10,332.8 9,157.1 23,158.1 2,835.9 17,226.8 1982 4,276,551 4,583.1 9,561.7 7,316.3 19,648.4 1,720.9 14,101.0 United States 1992 255,077,536 7,428.6 12,107.5 12,740.7 29,017.1 4,714.7 23,467.6 1987 242,288,936 6,163.3 9,978.7 10,416.0 23,803.8 3,187.1 18,051.2 1982 231,664,432 4,480.3 8,540.2 8,624.1 19,099.5 1,843.1 14,282.6 [See explanatory notes at end of Table 6B] Source: 1992 Economic Census 1992 Economic Census Profile: Retail, Wholesale, Service WASHINGTON Table 3 - Top Counties in WASHINGTON in terms of 1992 population --- Retail --- -- Wholesale -- --- Services--- Popu- Number Number Number lation of Sales of Sales of Rcpts Geo Area Name (1992) Estabs ($mil) Estabs ($mil) Estabs ($mil) King 1,557,537 10,542 14,898 5,114 41,186 16,531 11,702 Pierce 619,648 3,149 4,508 832 4,464 3,824 1,681 Snohomish 501,380 2,700 3,932 746 2,378 3,158 1,184 Spokane 381,186 2,293 3,234 902 3,928 2,951 1,476 Clark 260,586 1,131 1,545 402 1,702 1,556 646 Kitsap 210,766 1,095 1,491 160 344 1,207 493 Yakima 198,026 1,139 1,345 368 1,914 1,152 493 Thurston 176,567 991 1,354 223 496 1,199 516 Whatcom 137,913 1,153 1,552 301 726 1,114 438 Benton 120,399 726 933 125 348 825 1,014 * The reports and databases include more Kind-of-Business detail for this area Table 4 - Percent Change in Employment and Sales from Prior Census ----- Retail ------ ---- Wholesale ---- ---- Service** ---- Number of Number of Number of Years Sales Employees Sales Employees Receipts Employees WASHINGTON 1987 - 1992 50.13 15.79 50.53 19.20 66.89 28.06 1982 - 1987 39.03 22.62 32.63 13.64 74.64 39.87 United States 1987 - 1992 26.89 3.46 28.77 6.75 55.74 20.15 1982 - 1987 43.88 23.15 26.32 12.21 80.85 44.56 1992 Economic Census Profile: Retail, Wholesale, Service WASHINGTON Table 5A- Sales by Kind of Business - 1992: WASHINGTON |--Top County--| |------- State -------| |- US -| King WASHINGTON State Sales KB Sls Sales # of Sales # of by KB pct of Sales % of > Kind of Business < Estab ($mil) Estab ($mil) sctr(1) ($mil) US Retail Trade 10,542 14,897.9 31,683 40,909.8 100.0 1894,880.2 2.2 Bldg Materials & Etc 343 676.9 1,474 2,560.5 6.3 98,832.1 2.6 Gen Mdse Stores 113 1,857.6 469 5,452.2 13.3 245,329.7 2.2 Food Stores 1,181 2,680.1 3,609 8,192.9 20.0 369,198.6 2.2 Auto Dealers 564 2,790.4 2,178 8,086.1 19.8 395,147.9 2.0 Gas Stations 431 794.6 1,697 2,665.7 6.5 134,705.4 2.0 Apparel & Accessories 820 984.6 2,406 2,041.0 5.0 101,714.5 2.0 Furniture & Misc 951 932.4 2,503 2,132.9 5.2 93,206.0 2.3 Eating & Drinking 3,474 1,789.2 9,867 4,406.8 10.8 195,317.0 2.3 Drug Stores 270 556.4 808 1,517.8 3.7 77,487.6 2.0 Misc Retail 2,395 1,835.7 6,672 3,853.9 9.4 183,941.5 2.1 Wholesale Trade 5,114 41,185.5 10,732 62,468.0 100.0 3249,874.0 1.9 Merchant Wholesalers 3,890 22,749.3 8,803 38,681.6 61.9 1858,627.1 2.1 Other Wholesalers 1,224 18,436.2 1,929 23,786.4 38.1 1391,246.8 1.7 Table 5B- Sales by Kind of Business - 1992: WASHINGTON |--Top County--| |------- State -------| |- US -| King WASHINGTON State Sales KB Sls Sales # of Sales # of by KB pct of Sales % of > Kind of Business < Estab ($mil) Estab ($mil) sctr(1) ($mil) US Service Indust. ** 16,531 11,702.0 39,503 21,448.1 100.0 1202,613.0 1.8 Hotels, Motels, Etc. 271 583.4 1,155 1,056.8 4.9 69,203.9 1.5 Personal Services 1,460 377.0 3,884 815.7 3.8 43,279.8 1.9 Business Services 3,231 3,249.9 6,398 4,665.2 21.8 274,892.2 1.7 Auto Repair & Garages 1,446 743.1 3,841 1,451.4 6.8 70,032.6 2.1 Misc Repair Services 575 300.5 1,621 631.7 2.9 30,731.8 2.1 Amusements 936 674.2 2,522 1,327.4 6.2 92,915.5 1.4 Health Services ** 3,591 2,138.0 9,224 5,401.0 25.2 299,066.6 1.8 Legal Services 1,278 1,096.0 2,892 1,614.5 7.5 101,114.2 1.6 Social Services 604 145.7 1,868 396.2 1.8 13,349.2 3.0 Professional Services 2,781 2,149.5 5,401 3,735.3 17.4 192,818.6 1.9 [See explanatory notes at end of Table 6B] Source: 1992 Economic Census. 1992 Economic Census Profile: Retail, Wholesale, Service WASHINGTON Table 6A- Sales by Kind of Business - 1987: WASHINGTON |--Top County--| |------- State ---------------||- US -| King WASHINGTON Sales KB Sls % Chg # of Sales # of by KB pct of in Sls Sales > Kind of Business < Estab ($mil) Estab ($mil) sctr(1) 92/87 ($mil) Retail Trade 9,461 10,495.5 28,499 27,249.8 100.0 50.1 1493,308.8 Bldg Materials & Etc 349 489.3 1,463 1,542.0 5.7 66.1 81,486.6 Gen Mdse Stores 108 1,232.0 466 3,352.5 12.3 62.6 181,147.3 Food Stores 1,271 2,127.9 3,822 6,205.9 22.8 32.0 301,846.8 Auto Dealers 592 1,957.7 2,092 5,340.5 19.6 51.4 333,420.0 Gas Stations 579 616.3 2,003 1,734.6 6.4 53.7 101,997.4 Apparel & Accessories 734 698.1 2,103 1,371.4 5.0 48.8 77,390.8 Furniture & Misc 796 582.5 2,146 1,356.7 5.0 57.2 74,782.5 Eating & Drinking 2,768 1,233.6 8,094 2,962.9 10.9 48.7 148,776.5 Drug Stores 279 380.8 869 1,038.2 3.8 46.2 53,824.5 Misc Retail 1,985 1,177.3 5,441 2,345.1 8.6 64.3 139,439.7 Wholesale Trade 4,451 26,634.6 9,335 41,499.0 100.0 50.5 2523,688.4 Merchant Wholesalers 3,376 14,809.3 7,611 25,802.5 62.2 49.9 1477,131.6 Other Wholesalers 1,075 11,825.3 1,724 15,696.5 37.8 51.5 1046,556.8 Table 6B- Sales by Kind of Business - 1987: WASHINGTON |--Top County--| |------- State ---------------||- US -| King WASHINGTON Sales KB Sls % Chg # of Sales # of by KB pct of in Sls Sales > Kind of Business < Estab ($mil) Estab ($mil) sctr(1) 92/87 ($mil) Service Indust. ** 13,956 6,890.9 33,181 12,852.0 100.0 66.9 772,194.1 Hotels, Motels, Etc. 222 354.6 971 655.1 5.1 61.3 51,864.7 Auto Repair & Garages 1,223 482.2 3,124 924.7 7.2 57.0 51,423.0 Amusements 682 397.3 1,894 759.3 5.9 74.8 57,637.6 Health Services ** 3,338 1,229.4 8,662 3,305.6 25.7 63.4 182,289.2 Legal Services 1,149 677.1 2,582 1,028.2 8.0 57.0 66,997.5 (D) - Withheld to avoid disclosing operations of individual companies. ESTABS - Establishments. SALES - value of sales (retail/wholesale), or service for establs with paid employees. See the reports for other definitions. 1/ The PERCENT of SALES (RECEIPTS) for the SECTOR by the KIND OF BUSINESS ** Services includes only taxable estabs. Census-to-census comparisons are affected by coverage of hospitals, some other services. Private hospitals are included in 1987, excluded in 1982. How to Purchase Printed Reports and Electronic Data Products The 1992 Economic Censuses data presented in this profile can be obtained from printed reports sold by the Government Printing Office, or from electronic data products sold by the Bureau of the Census. _____________________________________________________________________________ | Printed reports for || Subscriptions for | | ||all reports in series| Sector/Report Series | || Subscr. | | WASHINGTON | GPO Stock No. |Price|Timing|| Code | Price | -------------------------|---------------|-----|------||----------|----------| Retail Trade | | | || | | Geographic Area Series | | | || | | -- | | |avail.|| CRTGF | $175.00| WASHINGTON 803-024-00101-1 6.00 Nonemployer Statistics | (call) |call |Spr 95||----------|----------| Wholesale Trade | | | || | | Geographic Area Series | | | || | | -- | | |avail.|| CWTGF | 170.00| WASHINGTON 803-033-00101-0 4.50 Service Industries | | | || | | Geographic Area Series | | | || | | -- | | |avail.|| CSIGF | 266.00| WASHINGTON 803-029-00101-2 9.50 Nonemployer Statistics | (call) |call |Spr 95||----------|----------| Transp, Commun, Util | | | || | | Geographic Area Series | (call) |call |Spr 95||----------|----------| Nonemployer Statistics | (call) |call |Spr 95||----------|----------| Finan, Insur, Real Est | | | || | | Geographic Area Series | (call) |call |Spr 95||----------|----------| Nonemployer Statistics | (call) |call |Spr 95||----------|----------| Manufactures | | | || | | Geographic Area Series | | | || | | -- | | |avail.|| CMFGF | 147.00| WASHINGTON 803-016-00099-2 4.25 Mineral Industries | | | || | | Geographic Area Series | | | || | | -- | | |avail.|| CMNGF | 31.00| Pacific 803-020-00018-3 4.50 Construction Industries | | | || | | Geographic Area Series | | | || | | -- | | |avail.|| CCIGF | 46.00| Pacific 803-012-00019-9 7.50 Census of Agric--Volume 1| | | || | | -- | | |avail.|| CAFR | 300.00| WASHINGTON 803-010-00100-1 22.00 Census of Governments | | | || | | Compendium of Govt Finan| (call) |call |Spr 95||----------|----------| Compendium of Public Emp| (call) |call |Spr 95||----------|----------| Taxable Property Values | (call) |call |Spr 95||----------|----------| Govt. 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