Census of Retail Trade

1992 Summary Statistics for Retail Trade 1/,
New Mexico

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

          Total                            9,311 $11,279,262     112,340  $1,293,972
52          Building materials & garden
              supplies stores                415    $607,826       3,785     $64,322
53          General merchandise stores       211   1,484,840      11,510     135,011
54          Food stores                      899   2,202,186      15,827     219,876
55 ex. 554  Automotive dealers               676   2,305,178       8,997     191,768
554         Gasoline service stations        692   1,014,088       4,927      54,408
56          Apparel & accessory stores       791     469,997       5,575      54,473
57          Furniture & homefurnishings
              stores                         638     491,042       4,461      67,455
58          Eating & drinking places       2,663   1,209,820      42,985     312,686
591         Drug & proprietary stores        226     395,118       3,012      49,692
59 ex. 591  Miscellaneous retail stores    2,100   1,099,167      11,261     144,281


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

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

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.