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E-Stats 2018: Measuring the Electronic Economy

May 21, 2020

Report Number: E18-ESTATS

Introduction

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The 2018 E-Stats provides estimates of e-commerce activity in key sectors of the U.S. economy for 2018, revises previously released estimates for 2017 and earlier, and places these estimates in historical context. Underlying data are collected in separate surveys of manufacturing, wholesale, service, and retail businesses. Data tables for each sector can be found at <www.census.gov/programs-surveys/e-stats/data/tables.html>.

Summary of Changes

Download 2018 Summary of Changes [PDF - <1.0 MB]

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Table 1. U.S. Manufacturing Shipments - Total and E-Commerce Value 2018 and 2017 [<1.0 MB]
Table 1A. Measures of Sampling Variability- U.S. Manufacturing Shipments- Total and E-Commerce Value 2018 and 2017 [<1.0 MB]
Table 2. U.S. Merchant Wholesale Trade Sales, Including Manufactures' Sales Branches and Offices- Total and E-Commerce 2018 and 2017 [<1.0 MB]
Table 2A. Meaures of Sampling Variability- U.S. Merchant Wholesale Trade Sales, Including Manufacturers' Sales Branches and Offices - Total and E-Commerce 2018 and 2017 [<1.0 MB]
Table 2.1. U.S. Merchant Wholesale Trade Sales, Excluding Manufacturers' Sales Branches and Offices- Total and E-Commerce 2018 and 2017 [<1.0 MB]
Table 2.1A. Measures of Sampling Variability- U.S. Merchant Wholesale Trade Sales, Excluding Manufacturers' Sales Branches and Offices- Total and E-Commerce 2018 and 2017 [<1.0 MB]
Table 2.2. U.S. Manufacturers' Sales Branches and Offices Sales- Total and E-Commerce 2018 and 2017 [<1.0 MB]
Table 2.2A. Measures of Sampling Variability- U.S. Manufacturers' Sales Branches and Offices- Total and E-Commerce 2018 and 2017 [<1.0 MB]
Table 3. U.S. Services Revenue- Total and Revenue from Electronic Sources 2018 [<1.0 MB]
Table 3A. Measures of Sampling Variability- U.S. Services Revenue- Total and Revenue from Electronic Sources 2018 [<1.0 MB]
Table 4. U.S. Retail Trade Sales - Total and E-Commerce 2018 and 2017 [<1.0 MB]
Table 4A. Meausre of Sampling Varability- U.S. Retail Trade Sales- Total and E-Commerce 2018 and 2017- Final [<1.0 MB]
Table 5. U.S. Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses (NAICS 4541) - Total and E-Commerce Sales by Merchandise Line 2018 and 2017 [<1.0 MB]
Table 5A. Estimates are based on data from the 2018 Annual Retail Trade Survey, are shown as percent's, and are associated with the estimates in Table 5 [<1.0 MB]

Historical Pages

Historical Table 1. U.S. Manufacturing Shipments- Total and E-Commerce Value 2018-1999 [<1.0 MB]
Historical Table 2. Estimated E-Commerce Sales of U.S. Merchant Wholesalers- 1992 through 2018 [<1.0 MB]
Historical Table 4. Estimated Annual U.S. Retail Trade Sales- Total and E-Commerce 1998-2018 [<1.0 MB]
Historical Table 5.- Estimated Annual Sales for U.S. Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses (NAICS 45411)- Total and E-Commerce Sales by Merchandise Line 1999-2018 [<1.0 MB]

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