CENSUS OF WHOLESALE TRADE GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES Abstract =>CITATION Census of Wholesale Trade on CD-ROM, 1992: Geographic Area Series / prepared by the Bureau of the Census. Washington: The Bureau [producer and distributor], 1994. =>TYPE OF FILE Summary statistics =>UNIVERSE DESCRIPTION The universe is all wholesale trade establishments with payroll. Wholesalers are businesses that sell primarily to other businesses and institutions. =>SUBJECT-MATTER DESCRIPTION The information included on the Geographic Area Series files of this CD-ROM is generally the same as that shown in the printed Geographic Area Series, WC92-A-1 to 52, except that 1st quarter payroll, inventories, and operating expenses are shown below the state level in these files but not in printed reports. This series of three files provides 1992 and selected 1987 data by SIC category. Data items include: -------- File -------- Data Items WC92A1 WC92A2 WC92A3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Establishments..................................... XX XX XX Sales.............................................. XX XX XX Annual payroll..................................... XX XX XX First-quarter payroll.............................. XX XX XX Paid employees for pay period including March 12, 1992.................................... XX XX XX Inventories........................................ XX -- XX Operating expenses................................. XX XX XX Sales per establishment............................ -- XX -- Sales per employee................................. -- XX -- Annual payroll per employee........................ -- XX -- Annual payroll as a percent of operating expenses.......................................... -- XX -- Employees per establishment........................ -- XX -- Operating expenses as a percent of sales........... -- XX -- End-of-1992 inventories as a percent of sales...... -- XX -- 1987 to 1992 comparative statistics (sales, payroll, etc.)............................ -- XX -- Counties ranked by volume of sales................. -- -- XX Places ranked by volume of sales................... -- -- XX Percent of sales data based on administrative records........................................... -- XX -- Percent of sales data based on estimation.......... -- XX -- Establishments in business any time during year and establishments in business at end of year..... -- XX -- =>GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE Data are provided for the following geographic levels: -------- File -------- Geographic levels WC92A1 WC92A2 WC92A3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The United States.................................. XX XX XX States............................................. XX XX XX Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA's)............. XX -- XX Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas (CMSA's).................................... XX -- XX Primary Metropolitan Statistical Areas (PMSA's).......................................... XX -- -- Area outside Metropolitan Areas by state (non-MA's)........................................ XX -- -- Counties and Places with populations of 2500 or more............................................ XX -- XX =>SIC/KIND-OF-BUSINESS DETAIL The 1992 Census of Wholesale Trade covers wholesale trade as defined in the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Manual. This includes establishments classified in Major Groups 50 and 51. The Geographic Area Series uses 208 SIC or kind-of-business (KB) classifications. The level of kind-of-business detail varies by geography. The categories included in each "stub" group may be compared in SICKEY92.dbf. Number Stub Selection Criteria of KB's Stub --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The United States.......................................... 208 A States with 10,000 or more establishments. Total and merchant wholesalers......................... 208 A Manufacturers' sales branches and offices and agents, brokers, and commission merchants............. 88 B with less than 10,000 establishments. Total and merchant wholesalers......................... 88 B Manufacturers' sales branches and offices and agents, brokers, and commission merchants............. 21 C Metropolitan Areas and areas outside Metropolitan Areas with 500 or more establishments.......................... 88 B with less than 500 establishments........................ 21 C Counties and Places with populations of 2500 or more with 500 or more establishments.......................... 88 B with 200-499 establishments.............................. 21 C with less than 200 establishments........................ 1 None =>SOFTWARE ACCESS EXTRACT This software system, included on this CD-ROM, provides access to every file and data item discussed in the Technical Description section of this abstract. GO92 This software system, also included on this CD-ROM, provides a more "user-friendly" access to selected statistics from the economic censuses. These include the number of establishments, total number of employees, and sales by kind of business and type of operation (total and merchant wholesalers). GO92 allows the user to select any geographic area and show data by kind of business, or to select any kind of business and show data for all geographic areas of a particular type, for example, counties within a specified state. =>RELEASE SCHEDULE On the early CD-ROM releases the files consist of data for selected states, with no national totals. States included on the current disc are listed in the "What's New?" menu. See "What's New?" for a release schedule. =>FILE CHARACTERISTICS => WC92A1 - General Statistics: Sls., Payroll, Emp., Exp., and Inv's. File sequence: US records followed by records for States, Counties, and Places in hierarchic order, followed by metropolitan areas nationwide and by summaries for the non metropolitan parts for each state. Available indexes: WC92A1GS.ndx: Type of geography by State, place, and county by kind of business by type of operation WC92A1CO.ndx: State, county, and place by kind of business by type of operation WC92A1MA.ndx: Metropolitan area by kind of business by type of operation WC92A1KS.ndx: Kind of business by type of geography, by State, place, and county, by type of operation WC92A1KM.ndx: Kind of business by type of geography, by metropolitan area, by type of operation WC92A1TS.ndx: Type of geography by State, place, and county, by type of operation by kind of business Linkable label files: SICKEY92 (kind-of-business code) GEOREF92 (geographic area names) EC92MISC (type of operation codes, descriptions for data flags, and types of geography) => WC92A2 - Ratios and Comparative Statistics File sequence: US records followed by State records. Available indexes: WC92A2KS.ndx: Kind of business by State by type of operation WC92A2SK.ndx: State by kind of business by type of operation WC92A2ST.ndx: State by type of operation by kind of business Linkable label files: SICKEY92 (kind-of-business code) GEOREF92 (geographic area names) EC92MISC (type of operation codes, descriptions for data flags, and types of geography) => WC92A3 - Sales Rankings for the U.S. and States File sequence: States in rank order nationwide*, counties in rank order within State, places in rank order within State, metropolitan areas in rank order nationwide*. *Prior to the completion of all States, States and metropolitan areas are in random order unless accessed via one of the indexes below. Available indexes: WC92A3GS.ndx: Type of geography by State, place, and county WC92A3US.ndx: Type of geography (nationwide) by rank WC92A3MA.ndx: Type of geography by metropolitan area WC92A3ST.ndx: Type of geography by State (counties and places are in rank order within State) Linkable label files: GEOREF92 (geographic area names) EC92MISC (type of operation codes, descriptions for data flags, and types of geography)