Census of Wholesale Trade

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

                                                            Paid         Annual
                           Establish-      Sales 2/    Employees,       Payroll
Area                         ments 1/       ($000s)  Mid-March 3/       ($000s)

Metropolitan Portion 4/         1,459    $3,538,701        15,109      $315,186
    Albuquerque MSA 5/          1,195     3,072,379        12,782       273,979
    Las Cruces MSA 6/             129       229,776         1,141        17,892
    Santa Fe MSA 7/               135       236,546         1,186        23,315
Nonmetropolitan Portion 4/        939     1,563,652         7,028       106,597

NEW MEXICO                      2,398    $5,102,353        22,137      $421,783


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

2/  Includes wholesale and retail sales of establishments primarily engaged in wholesale trade.

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

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

5/  Bernalillo, Sandoval and Valencia counties.

6/  Dona Ana County.

7/  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 Wholesale 
Trade", WC92-A-32 and "1987 Census of Wholesale Trade", WC87-A-32.

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