WHOLESALE TRADE BY ESTABLISHMENTS AND SALES
Sales in Thousands of Dollars
Nebraska - 1982, 1987, 1992, 1997, 2002, and 2007*
	Establishments						Sales
Kind of Business	1982	1987	1992	1997	2002	2007	1982	1987	1992	1997	2002	2007
Total	4,073	3,913	4,035	3,894	2,907	3,093	$17,408,968	$21,358,883	$32,448,750	$39,737,729	$26,155,770	$34,283,243
Furniture and Home Furnishings	60	53	52	72	47	55	56,649	94,139	124,180	202,156	94,140	117,809
Lumber and Other Construction Materials	108	98	121	130	92	104	212,450	289,706	387,260	416,469	334,290	553,507
Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies (W)	226	287	270	265	189	208	502,345	985,719	2,240,348	3,771,932	1,451,404	2,177,605
Sporting, Recreational and Hobby Goods	36	24	26	26	(D)	NA	81,740	42,262	34,225	51,407	(D)	NA
Metals and Minerals, except Petroleum	24	29	39	35	42	42	118,645	121,228	171,846	(D)	(D)	(D)
Electrical Goods	173	168	192	208	133	142	342,915	446,739	605,201	835,239	490,021	734,863
Hardware, Plumbing, Heating Equipment, Supplies	141	143	161	175	135	144	214,265	238,402	462,644	571,980	476,152	528,063
Machinery, Equipment and Supplies	966	698	648	675	574	583	1,806,956	1,058,814	1,437,999	2,428,730	2,052,769	3,205,078
Scrap and Waste Materials	40	45	62	58	NA	NA	38,657	112,232	172,702	231,254	NA	NA
Jewelry, Watches and Precious Stones	10	16	8	7	8	NA	5,888	9,503	(D)	(D)	(D)	NA
Paper and Paper Products	81	79	99	95	56	52	164,979	225,264	351,116	501,724	196,565	(D)
Drugs, Proprietaries and Sundries	18	31	32	39	32	42	150,751	280,435	300,034	(D)	(D)	2,306,378
Apparel, Piece Goods, and Notions	18	25	33	34	27	16	18,915	30,235	29,151	(D)	(D)	(D)
Groceries and Related Products	195	210	200	201	166	186	4,464,657	7,919,644	15,341,513	18,002,877	5,767,348	7,724,024
Farm-Product Raw Materials	705	609	564	498	385	375	5,045,657	4,940,733	5,851,118	6,070,869	4,162,427	6,659,270
Chemical and Allied Products	58	63	67	82	NA	75	116,430	219,139	145,771	(D)	NA	352,839
Petroleum and Petroleum Products	340	276	293	200	80	79	1,069,848	974,065	862,122	984,202	819,692	921,084
Beer, Wine and Distilled Alcoholic Beverages	64	53	44	37	35	35	221,988	228,111	(D)	(D)	360,760	(D)
Farm Supplies	525	461	529	471	247	NA	1,593,186	1,324,933	1,903,163	2,447,596	1,824,880	NA
Tobacco and Tobacco Products	20	19	16	13	11	NA	91,536	138,684	(D)	(D)	(D)	NA
*In 1997, the Census Bureau switched to the NAICS industrial classification system, so prior numbers not strictly comparable to later numbers.
(D) - Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual companies; NA - not available or not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Wholesale Trade, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1997, 2002, and 2007
Last updated:	8/17/11
by Nebraska Databook
e-mail:	michael.lundeen@nebraska.gov