1982 Census of Retail Trade: Geographic Area Series, File 3 RC82A3 These files present summary statistics, including 10 kinds of business, for the state (RECTYPE=02), all counties (RECTYPE=06), and all incorporated places with 2,500 or more inhabitants (RECTYPE=07). Data correspond to Table 8 in the 1982 printed report. Places crossing county boundaries have multiple records, one for each part-within-county. DATA HAVE NOT BEEN ADJUSTED FOR COMPARABILITY WITH 1987 CENSUS (affects sales for misc. retail and all establishment counts.) On the FILE SELECTION MENU - Select one state. On the MAIN MENU you may 1 Select ITEMS select specific statistics to display out of each record 2 Select RECORDS select which counties, places or record types to display 3 Add LABELS add state, MSA, or untruncated county or place names 4 Select an INDEX --not needed for this file-- 5 Format options select a columnar report or rowwise listing 6 Display to Screen 7 Print send output to printer (use option 5 to configure) 8 EXTRACT DATA create an extract file in any of 3 formats