Census of Retail Trade

1987 Summary Statistics for Retail Trade 1/,
by Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Portions

                                                              Paid        Annual
                              Establish-        Sales    Employees,      Payroll
Area                             ment 1/      ($000s)  Mid-March 2/      ($000s)

Metropolitan Portion 3/           4,686    $4,779,936       61,777      $577,734
   Albuquerque MSA 4/             3,190     3,556,230       45,292       425,241
   Las Cruces MSA 5/                606       515,581        7,063        60,899
   Santa Fe MSA 6/                  890       708,125        9,422        91,594
Nonmetropolitan Portion 3/        4,346     3,139,656       42,843       363,491

NEW MEXICO                        9,032    $7,919,592      104,620      $941,225


1/  Includes only establishments with a payroll.  Excludes government organizations.

2/  Paid employees for the pay period including March 12.

3/  Metropolitan and nonmetropolitan portions are based on current metropolitan statistical 
    area (MSA) definitions. 

4/  Bernalillo, Sandoval and Valencia counties.

5/  Dona Ana County.

6/  Los Alamos and Santa Fe counties.

Source:  U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1992 Economic Censuses CD-ROM,
Report Series: Disc 1H and Geographic Area Series: New Mexico, "1992 Census of Retail 
Trade", RC92-A-32 and "1987 Census of Retail Trade", RC87-A-32.

Table Prepared by: Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of New Mexico.