RETAIL TRADE ESTABLISHMENTS AND SALES BY INDUSTRY
Nebraska - 1982, 1987, 1992, 1997, and 2002
Industry 1	NAICS	1982	1987	1992	1997	2002
Total Establishments (Number)		11,140	11,485	11,375	8,295	8,157
Motor Vehicle & Parts Dealers	441	822	841	817	1,055	1,126
Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores	442	651	666	640	328	328
Electronics & Appliance Stores	443	NA	NA	NA	301	278
Building Materials, Hardware, Garden
Supply, and Mobile Home Dealers	444	820	786	709	1,083	1,022
Food and Bverage Stores	445	1,229	1,222	1,095	936	892
Health & Personal Care (Drug Stores & Proprietary)	446	421	416	364	547	520
Gasoline Service Stations	447	1,129	1,163	1,011	1,129	1,116
Clothing & Clothing Accessory (Apparel & Access)	448	1,022	977	907	938	828
Sporting Goods, Hobby, Book, & Music	451	NA	NA	NA	467	401
General Merchandise Stores	452	328	276	300	299	322
Eating & Drinking Places/Foodservices & Drinking		2,870	3,207	3,502	NA	NA
Miscellaneous  Stores Retailers	453	1,848	1,949	2,030	900	878
Nonstore Retailers	454	NA	NA	NA	312	446
Total Sales ($1,000s)		$6,774,893	$8,486,334	$11,521,818	$16,529,333	$20,249,200
Motor Vehicle & Parts Dealers	441	1,295,442	1,792,514	2,367,629	3,973,161	5,077,726
Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores	442	327,710	458,284	609,451	734,973	584,200
Electronics & Appliance Stores	443	NA	NA	NA	347,094	355,814
Building Materials, Hardware, Garden
Supply, and Mobile Home Dealers	444	439,295	458,476	577,278	1,993,154	2,124,233
Food and Bverage Stores	445	1,419,864	1,672,434	2,156,006	2,284,888	2,405,385
Health & Personal Care (Drug Stores & Proprietary)	446	200,632	276,300	400,446	653,431	973,513
Gasoline Service Stations	447	743,238	786,392	972,919	1,488,262	2,086,125
Clothing & Clothing Accessory (Apparel & Access)	448	344,553	365,021	492,112	620,194	687,877
Sporting Goods, Hobby, Book, & Music	451	NA	NA	NA	365,419	455,833
General Merchandise Stores	452	784,103	1,084,413	1,567,227	2,199,033	2,834,114
Eating & Drinking Places/Foodservices & Drinking		668,506	867,173	1,175,868	NA	NA
Miscellaneous  Stores Retailers	453	551,550	725,327	1,202,882	2,128,792	466,252
Nonstore Retailers	454	NA	NA	NA	1,474,056	2,198,128
Source:  U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Census of Retail Trade, 1982, 1987, 1992, and June 2005.
1 1997 and 2002 numbers not entirely comparable with previous years because of switch to NIACS industry codes.  "Eating and drinking places" not included in retail sector under NAICS.
NA = not available because industry sector did not exist prior to 1997 Economic Census.
D = number withheld to avoid disclosure for individual businesses.
Last Update:	June 30, 2005
by Nebraska Databook
email:	michael.lundeen@ded.ne.gov