Census of Retail Trade

1992 Summary Statistics for Retail Trade 1/,
by Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Portions

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

Metropolitan Portion 3/            4,981    $6,979,023       68,467      $808,243
   Albuquerque MSA 4/              3,248     4,990,647       47,155       560,919
   Las Cruces MSA 5/                 647       793,457        8,942        89,953
   Santa Fe MSA 6/                 1,086     1,194,919       12,370       157,371
Nonmetropolitan Portion 3/         4,330     4,300,239       43,873       485,729

NEW MEXICO                         9,311   $11,279,262      112,340    $1,293,972


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.