WHOLESALE TRADE BY ESTABLISHMENTS AND SALES
Sales in Thousands of Dollars
Nebraska - 1982, 1987, 1992, 1997, and 2002
	Establishments					Sales
Kind of Business	1982	1987	1992	1997	2002	1982	1987	1992	1997	2002
Total	4,073	3,913	4,035	3,894	2,907	$17,408,968	$21,358,883	$32,448,750	$39,737,729	$26,155,770
Motor Vehicles and Automotive Parts and Supplies	379	421	420	407	176	1,372,765	1,295,410	1,299,405	(D)	689,406
Furniture and Home Furnishings	60	53	52	72	47	56,649	94,139	124,180	202,156	94,140
Lumber and Other Construction Materials	108	98	121	130	92	212,450	289,706	387,260	416,469	334,290
Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies (W)	226	287	270	265	189	502,345	985,719	2,240,348	3,771,932	1,451,404
Sporting, Recreational and Hobby Goods	36	24	26	26		81,740	42,262	34,225	51,407	(D)
Metals and Minerals, except Petroleum	24	29	39	35	42	118,645	121,228	171,846	(D)	(D)
Electrical Goods	173	168	192	208	133	342,915	446,739	605,201	835,239	490,021
Hardware, Plumbing, Heating Equipment, Supplies	141	143	161	175	135	214,265	238,402	462,644	571,980	476,152
Machinery, Equipment and Supplies	966	698	648	675	574	1,806,956	1,058,814	1,437,999	2,428,730	2,052,769
Scrap and Waste Materials	40	45	62	58	NA	38,657	112,232	172,702	231,254	NA
Jewelry, Watches and Precious Stones	10	16	8	7	8	5,888	9,503	(D)	(D)	(D)
Paper and Paper Products	81	79	99	95	56	164,979	225,264	351,116	501,724	196,565
Drugs, Proprietaries and Sundries	18	31	32	39	32	150,751	280,435	300,034	(D)	(D)
Apparel, Piece Goods and Notions	18	25	33	34	27	18,915	30,235	29,151	(D)	(D)
Groceries and Related Products	195	210	200	201	166	4,464,657	7,919,644	15,341,513	18,002,877	5,767,348
Farm-Product Raw Materials	705	609	564	498	385	5,045,657	4,940,733	5,851,118	6,070,869	4,162,427
Chemical and Allied Products	58	63	67	82	NA	116,430	219,139	145,771	(D)	NA
Petroleum and Petroleum Products	340	276	293	200	80	1,069,848	974,065	862,122	984,202	819,692
Beer, Wine and Distilled Alcoholic Beverages	64	53	44	37	35	221,988	228,111	(D)	(D)	360,760
Farm Supplies	525	461	529	471	247	1,593,186	1,324,933	1,903,163	2,447,596	1,824,880
Tobacco and Tobacco Products	20	19	16	13	11	91,536	138,684	(D)	(D)	(D)
(W) - 1982 sales total incomplete because of withholding to avoid disclosing data for individual companies.
(D) - Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual companies.
Source:  U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Wholesale Trade, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1997, and 2002.
Last updated:	4/24/07
by Nebraska Databook
e-mail:	michael.lundeen@ded.ne.gov