RETAIL TRADE ESTABLISHMENTS AND SALES BY INDUSTRY
Nebraska - 1982, 1987, 1992, 1997, 2002, and 2007
Industry 1	NAICS	1982	1987	1992	1997	2002	2007
Total Establishments (Number)		11,140	11,485	11,375	8,295	8,157	7,888
Motor Vehicle & Parts Dealers	441	822	841	817	1,055	1,126	1073
Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores	442	651	666	640	328	328	316
Electronics & Appliance Stores	443	NA	NA	NA	301	278	300
Building Materials, Hardware, Garden
Supply, and Mobile Home Dealers	444	820	786	709	1,083	1,022	951
Food and Bverage Stores	445	1,229	1,222	1,095	936	892	779
Health & Personal Care (Drug Stores & Proprietary)	446	421	416	364	547	520	558
Gasoline Service Stations	447	1,129	1,163	1,011	1,129	1,116	1,068
Clothing & Clothing Accessory (Apparel & Access)	448	1,022	977	907	938	828	808
Sporting Goods, Hobby, Book, & Music	451	NA	NA	NA	467	401	414
General Merchandise Stores	452	328	276	300	299	322	353
Eating & Drinking Places/Foodservices & Drinking		2,870	3,207	3,502	NA	NA	NA
Miscellaneous  Stores Retailers	453	1,848	1,949	2,030	900	878	810
Nonstore Retailers	454	NA	NA	NA	312	446	458
Total Sales ($1,000s)		$6,774,893	$8,486,334	$11,521,818	$16,529,333	$20,249,200	$26,486,612
Motor Vehicle & Parts Dealers	441	1,295,442	1,792,514	2,367,629	3,973,161	5,077,726	5,526,462
Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores	442	327,710	458,284	609,451	734,973	584,200	601,437
Electronics & Appliance Stores	443	NA	NA	NA	347,094	355,814	657,715
Building Materials, Hardware, Garden
Supply, and Mobile Home Dealers	444	439,295	458,476	577,278	1,993,154	2,124,233	2,548,701
Food and Bverage Stores	445	1,419,864	1,672,434	2,156,006	2,284,888	2,405,385	2,769,256
Health & Personal Care (Drug Stores & Proprietary)	446	200,632	276,300	400,446	653,431	973,513	1,297,881
Gasoline Service Stations	447	743,238	786,392	972,919	1,488,262	2,086,125	4,275,079
Clothing & Clothing Accessory (Apparel & Access)	448	344,553	365,021	492,112	620,194	687,877	834,725
Sporting Goods, Hobby, Book, & Music	451	NA	NA	NA	365,419	455,833	529,552
General Merchandise Stores	452	784,103	1,084,413	1,567,227	2,199,033	2,834,114	3,685,925
Eating & Drinking Places/Foodservices & Drinking		668,506	867,173	1,175,868	NA	NA	NA
Miscellaneous  Stores Retailers	453	551,550	725,327	1,202,882	2,128,792	466,252	494,723
Nonstore Retailers	454	NA	NA	NA	1,474,056	2,198,128	3,265,156
Source:  U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Census of Retail Trade, 1982, 1987, 1992, and 2010
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:	August 4, 2010
by Nebraska Databook
email:	michael.lundeen@nebraska.gov