RC92A1 RECORD LAYOUT

          1992 RETAIL 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    (blank=not in a consolidated city)
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                (R=Retail Trade)
SICKEY    C   4     Retail kind-of-business code                                
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                                            
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