U.S. Department of Commerce

Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2002:
Wholesale trade, nondurable goods
United States

By detailed employment size By year By state
 
U.S. - Wholesale trade, nondurable goods - by Employment Size of Enterprise
Introductory text includes scope and methodology. Table includes only establishments with payroll. Nonemployers are shown separately. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
Employment size of enterprise Firms Estab-
lish-
ments		 Paid
employees		 Annual
payroll
($1,000)		 Receipts
($1,000)
All firms 124,758 153,941 2,416,559 100,131,353 2,157,881,220
Firms with no employees (as of March 12) 13,932 13,964 0 855,483 12,883,438
Firms with 1 to 4 employees 55,947 56,039 116,393 4,037,003 81,732,727
Firms with 5 to 9 employees 20,636 21,012 135,800 4,827,810 81,872,704
Firms with 10 to 19 employees 14,434 15,425 192,366 7,006,936 110,283,253
Firms with 20 to 99 employees 15,026 19,636 547,308 20,582,841 314,532,298
Firms with 100 to 499 employees 3,343 8,581 405,975 16,434,412 270,697,489
Firms with 500 employees or more 1,440 19,284 1,018,717 46,386,868 1,285,879,311
Firms with 500 to 749 employees 325 1,426 76,104 3,195,013 63,497,790
Firms with 750 to 999 employees 164 923 46,578 1,900,127 34,524,476
Firms with 1,000 to 1,499 employees 192 1,356 54,780 2,265,845 43,049,792
Firms with 1,500 to 2,499 employees 202 1,576 74,614 3,461,915 63,819,274
Firms with 2,500 employees or more 557 14,003 766,641 35,563,968 1,080,987,979

 
 
U.S. - Wholesale trade, nondurable goods - by Year
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data		 Year Firms by employment size of enterprise Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
  2002 124,758 15.9% 3.8% 1.2% 2,416,559 81.6% 59.0% 42.2%
link to 2001 detail 2001 124,958 16.5% 4.0% 1.2% 2,508,609 81.8% 59.0% 41.7%
link to 2000 detail 2000 127,772 16.3% 3.9% 1.2% 2,487,412 81.3% 58.1% 41.2%
link to 1999 detail 1999 129,713 16.0% 3.8% 1.2% 2,444,109 80.8% 57.3% 41.0%
link to 1998 detail 1998 132,145 15.9% 3.8% 1.2% 2,418,522 80.1% 56.3% 39.9%

 
 
Wholesale trade, nondurable goods - by State
Introductory text includes scope and methodology. Table includes only establishments with payroll. Nonemployers are shown separately. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
State Firms by employment size of enterprise Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
Total20 + 100 +500 + Total20 + 100 +500 +
United States 124,758 15.9% 3.8% 1.2% 2,416,559 81.6% 59.0% 42.2%
Alabama 1,419 29.2% 14.7% 9.4% 31,374 85.0% 62.4% 43.7%
Alaska 290 27.2% 12.8% 9.3% 3,301 79.4% 41.7% 19.7%
Arizona 1,880 26.8% 14.5% 9.1% 33,333 82.9% 61.9% 46.5%
Arkansas 1,060 29.2% 14.8% 9.3% 18,838 80.2% 54.7% 39.1%
California 20,050 16.5% 5.1% 2.1% 334,017 78.9% 54.8% 37.1%
Colorado 2,060 25.4% 13.3% 8.5% 33,662 81.6% 55.3% 40.6%
Connecticut 1,502 26.7% 13.7% 8.9% 29,788 84.8% 64.0% 46.3%
Delaware 317 30.3% 18.6% 14.8% 16,151 94.8% 88.1% 83.4%
District of Columbia 163 32.5% 17.2% 11.0% 2,964 80.8% 56.8% 36.8%
Florida 9,591 13.2% 5.6% 2.9% 125,858 77.4% 57.7% 39.9%
Georgia 3,877 24.1% 12.8% 8.0% 70,026 82.7% 63.8% 49.4%
Hawaii 854 22.8% 9.7% 7.0% 11,197 70.6% 40.1% 26.9%
Idaho 631 34.7% 17.1% 10.6% 10,843 83.4% 48.6% 24.2%
Illinois 6,177 23.6% 10.0% 5.6% 135,045 84.6% 63.7% 50.4%
Indiana 2,095 27.4% 13.6% 8.3% 41,096 83.0% 59.9% 44.5%
Iowa 1,520 30.7% 13.6% 7.0% 29,090 81.2% 50.9% 26.8%
Kansas 1,351 31.8% 13.5% 8.4% 24,761 81.9% 50.0% 37.7%
Kentucky 1,394 29.8% 15.2% 10.0% 31,452 84.9% 64.1% 46.1%
Louisiana 1,695 28.1% 11.8% 7.7% 30,991 81.2% 51.3% 34.0%
Maine 671 21.5% 13.1% 8.2% 10,261 79.8% 58.1% 38.0%
Maryland 1,721 27.1% 14.2% 9.1% 36,292 85.4% 64.0% 45.0%
Massachusetts 2,979 23.2% 10.7% 6.5% 58,944 82.1% 59.3% 40.2%
Michigan 3,207 23.4% 10.9% 6.7% 58,402 81.4% 58.3% 40.1%
Minnesota 2,642 25.5% 12.0% 7.5% 48,722 82.7% 59.2% 42.0%
Mississippi 983 28.8% 13.9% 8.6% 17,433 79.3% 52.4% 35.5%
Missouri 2,561 26.5% 12.8% 7.5% 65,809 86.6% 69.8% 56.2%
Montana 510 25.9% 14.1% 9.6% 6,816 76.0% 47.6% 28.9%
Nebraska 942 33.2% 16.3% 9.9% 19,508 84.7% 59.1% 40.8%
Nevada 829 29.0% 16.2% 10.5% 12,574 82.0% 58.2% 40.4%
New Hampshire 529 28.4% 15.9% 11.3% 8,171 81.3% 56.4% 40.7%
New Jersey 6,270 20.0% 7.8% 4.4% 125,212 84.5% 63.7% 46.8%
New Mexico 643 29.1% 17.0% 11.0% 8,709 77.5% 56.2% 33.0%
New York 15,299 13.6% 4.4% 2.0% 192,087 74.4% 49.4% 32.1%
North Carolina 3,425 23.8% 11.6% 7.2% 65,872 83.3% 64.0% 47.2%
North Dakota 567 27.0% 12.9% 8.6% 8,568 74.2% 47.5% 38.5%
Ohio 3,842 26.4% 11.9% 6.8% 94,206 86.3% 65.3% 50.3%
Oklahoma 1,329 27.8% 12.8% 8.4% 21,904 79.4% 50.3% 35.6%
Oregon 1,624 27.3% 13.7% 8.9% 32,910 84.6% 64.6% 45.8%
Pennsylvania 4,734 23.9% 9.8% 5.9% 101,138 83.4% 61.2% 46.8%
Rhode Island 465 27.5% 13.5% 9.0% 5,835 73.5% 34.2% 20.2%
South Carolina 1,449 25.1% 13.5% 8.5% 23,418 79.8% 57.6% 39.6%
South Dakota 509 28.1% 11.4% 7.5% 7,378 76.7% 41.2% 26.3%
Tennessee 2,000 29.4% 16.2% 10.3% 48,778 85.4% 68.6% 54.5%
Texas 8,196 21.1% 8.7% 4.5% 154,316 81.7% 59.8% 42.5%
Utah 973 27.3% 15.7% 11.8% 15,948 81.8% 61.6% 51.2%
Vermont 313 31.0% 16.9% 9.9% 5,921 83.1% 55.9% 24.5%
Virginia 2,056 26.3% 12.9% 8.0% 40,150 84.1% 60.9% 46.2%
Washington 2,881 24.7% 11.5% 6.8% 50,179 82.3% 58.0% 35.4%
West Virginia 429 30.8% 15.2% 11.2% 7,191 77.1% 51.1% 34.5%
Wisconsin 2,144 29.4% 13.7% 7.6% 47,559 85.3% 61.9% 39.2%
Wyoming 257 30.4% 15.6% 12.5% 2,561 66.2% 33.0% 21.9%

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Source: Statistics of U.S. Businesses

Last modified: July 13, 2011   Questions?