1997 Economic Census of Retail Trade

1997 Total Retail Establishments, Sales, Employees and Payroll
U.S. and Mountain States*
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                                                                  Annual
                                    Sales       Employees 2/     Payroll
Area                Estab.1/       ($000s)      (Mid-March)      ($000s)
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U.S.               1,118,446   $2,460,963,028   13,991,004    $237,200,974

Mountain States*:
  Arizona            16,283      $43,960,933       232,050      $4,223,879
  Colorado           18,299       40,536,034       225,647       4,163,312
  Idaho               5,848       11,649,609        63,732       1,079,700
  Montana             5,042        7,779,112        48,337         746,459
  Nevada              6,222       18,220,790        89,452       1,798,249
  New Mexico          7,421       14,984,454        86,300       1,455,458
  Utah                7,656       19,964,601       114,474       1,856,875
  Wyoming             2,939        4,530,537        26,934         426,666


*    States that comprise the Mountain Division as defined by the
     U.S. Census Bureau.

1/   Data include only establishments with a payroll.

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

Source:  U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1997 Economic 
Census, Geographic Area Series, Retail Trade, various states.

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