WC87A1 RECORD LAYOUT

         1987 WHOLESALE TRADE:  General Statistics for the U.S., States, 
                    Counties, Places, and Metropolitan Areas
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FIELD   TYPE SIZE   DESCRIPTION
NAME              
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GEOTYPE   C   1     Type of geography                                           
                      1    United States                           
                      2    State                                   
                      3    County                                  
                      4    Consolidated city                       
                      5    Place                                   
                      6    Metropolitan area (MSA, CMSA, or PMSA)  
ST        C   2     FIPS State code                                             
COUNTY    C   3     FIPS county code                                            
PLACE     C   5     FIPS place code                                             
CONSCITY  C   1     Consolidated city code                                 (N/A)
MSA       C   4     MSA or CMSA code      (9999=not in MSA, 0000 in New England)
PMSA      C   4     PMSA code             (9999=not in PMSA,0000 in New England)
PART      C   1     Part code      (P=part place in county or part MSA in State)
TRADEKEY  C   1     Trade area/SIC division code             (W=Wholesale Trade)
SICKEY    C   4     Wholesale kind-of-business code                             
OPTYPE    C   2     Type of operation  (only codes 00, 10, 60 below State level)
                                                                   
                      00   Wholesale trade, total                  
                      10   Merchant wholesalers                    
                      11    Wholesale distributors and jobbers     
                      12    Importers                              
                      13    Exporters                              
                      15    Terminal grain elevators               
                      17    Country grain elevators                
                      19    Assemblers of farm products, except cou
                      20   Manufacturers' sales branches and sales 
                      21    Sales branches                         
                      22    Sales offices                          
                      40   Agents, brokers, and commission merchant
                      41    Auction companies                      
                      42    Brokers                                
                      43    Commission merchants                   
                      44    Import agents                          
                      45    Export agents                          
                      46    Manufacturers' agents                  
                      60   Other (mfrs' sales + agents and brokers)
YR        C   2     Reference year                                     (92 only)
ESTAB     N   8     Number of establishments                                    
ESTABF    C   1       Flag for ESTAB                                            
VALUE     N  11     Sales ($1,000)                                              
VALUEF    C   1       Flag for VALUE                                            
EMP       N   9     Number of employees                                         
EMPF      C   1       Flag for EMP                                              
PAY       N  10     Annual payroll  ($1,000)                                    
PAYF      C   1       Flag for PAY                                              
PAY1Q     N  10     First quarter payroll  ($1,000)                             
PAY1QF    C   1       Flag for PAY1Q                                            
EXPENSE   N  10     Operating expenses  ($1,000)                                
EXPENSEF  C   1       Flag for EXPENSE                                          
INVENTB   N   9     Beginning-of-year inventories  ($1,000)                     
INVENTBF  C   1       Flag for INVENTB                                          
INVENT    N   9     End-of-year inventories  ($1,000)                           
INVENTF   C   1       Flag for INVENT                                           
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                    MSAxPMSAxSICKEYxOPTYPE