United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

808 Domestic Trade and Services
N o . 1449. Retail Trade—Sales by Broad Merchandise Lines: 1972 and 1977
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G ro c e rie s a n d o th e r f o o d .............................................................................. 2 5 5 86 , 3 9 1 19.6 2 7 1 1 3 7 , 5 0 6 51 . 8 19.7
M e a ls a n d s n a c k s ............................................................................................ 3 0 3 2 8 , 2 9 7 6.7 3 4 1 5 4 , 7 3 5 37.1 7.8
A lc o h o lic d rin k s ,........................................ ......................................................... 131 7 , 3 0 6 1.7 1 3 8 9 , 9 9 8 3 1 . 9 1.4
P a c k a g e d a lc o h o lic b e v e r a g e s ................................................................. 1 1 3 1 1 , 2 8 6 2.6 1 3 6 1 6 , 1 6 4 15.9 2.3
C ig a rs , c ig a re tte s , a n d to b a c c o ................................................................ 2 2 5 6,110 1.4 2 3 1 8 , 4 7 5 4 . 6 1.2
D ru g s .......................................................................................................................... I 2 7 3 1 5 , 6 5 5 3.5 f 1 1 0 1 2 , 4 3 8 11.3 1.8
H e a lth a n d b e a u ty a id s ................................................................................... J 1 6 6 1 1 , 3 2 5 5.4 1.6
M e n 's , b o y s ' clo th in g , e x c lu d in g fo o tw e a r......................................... 9 7 1 4 , 9 9 5 3.4 1 0 6 2 2 , 7 4 0 17 . 3 3.3
W o m e n 's , g irls ' w e a r, e x c lu d in g fo o tw e a r........................................... 131 2 5 , 9 3 3 5,9 1 3 9 3 6 , 5 2 7 2 6 . 3 5.2
F o o tw e a r , e x c . in fa n ts , t o d d le r s .............................................................. 9 4 7, 6 7 3 1.7 9 8 1 0 , 6 5 0 6.9 1.5
C u rta in s , d ra p e rie s , a n d d ry g o o d s ......................................................... 8 3 8 , 1 6 4 1.9 8 2 10,011 8.6 1.4
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A u d io e q u ip m e n t, m u s ic a l In s tru m e n ts , su p p lies............................ 1 1 8 9 9,191 7.8 1.3
F u rn itu re a n d s le e p e q u ip m e n t................................................................. 6 9 1 0 , 2 5 2 2.3 7 2 1 4 , 6 8 5 1 4 . 6 2.1
F lo o r c o v e r in g s .................................................................................................. 6 3 3 . 9 4 7 .9 66 5 , 7 7 0 6.0 .8
J e w e lr y ..................................................................................................................... 4 , 9 7 9 I 9 5 1.1 / 1 11 8, 1 5 1 6.4 1J2
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S p o rtin g g o o d s ...................................... I 7 5 7 , 2 4 4 1.6 f 8 0 9 , 4 5 1 8 . 7 1.4
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H a r d w a r e a n d to o ls ............................ 6 9 4 , 5 7 4 1.0 9 4 8 , 5 5 5 7 . 2 1.2
L a w n a n d g a rd e n e q u ip m e n t, s u p p lies 8 0 3 , 9 5 9 .9 9 9 7 , 2 1 7 6.5 1.0
L u m b e r a n d b u ilding m a te ria ls .... 7 8 1 5 , 7 2 3 3.6 8 0 2 6 , 7 6 6 2 6 . 2 3.8
C a rs , tru c k s , p o w e re d v e h ic le s ... 5 3 6 6 , 4 8 6 15.1 5 6 1 1 2 , 2 8 5 8 2 . 7 16.0
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A u to tire s , b a tte rie s , a c c e s s o rie s „ 2 3 5 1 6 , 4 6 5 3.7 1 9 5 2 1 , 1 9 6 8.9 3.0
H o u s e h o ld f u e ls a,............................................................................................ 2 7 4 , 1 3 8 .9 2 3 8 , 9 2 3 4 7 . 6 1.3
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S o u r c e : U .S . B u re a u o f th e C e n s u s , C e n s u s o f R etell Trade, 1972, v o l. I, a n d 1977, M erchandise Line Sales, R C 7 7 - L
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D u ra b le g o o d s ...................................., ................................. .
N o n d u ra b le g o o d s ................................................................
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a n d m o b ile h o m e d e a le r s .............................. .......................
G e n e r a l m e rc h a n d is e s t o r e s .. ..,............. .................. .........
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A u to m o tiv e d e a le r s ...................... ............... .................................
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1 9 0 ,3 7 5 9 0 ,5 3 4 1 0 ,7 4 3 1 4 ,3 6 9 9 ,6 5 6 6 ,9 9 0 4 7 .6 5 .6 7 .6
5 3 ,2 9 1 2 6 ,4 3 7 2 ,6 6 9 3 ,7 4 3 3 ,2 4 7 1 ,3 6 4 4 9 .6 5 .0 7 .0
1 3 7 ,0 8 4 6 4 ,0 9 7 8 ,0 7 4 1 0 ,6 2 6 6 ,4 0 9 5 ,6 2 6 4 6 .6 6 .9 7 .8
9 ,0 9 6 4 ,6 0 7 5 3 2 4 4 7 4 2 1 2 5 5 5 0 .6 5 .6 4 .9
2 7 ,2 0 8 1 3 ,2 4 4 1 ,9 2 2 1 ,9 2 9 2 ,1 4 4 7 9 3 4 8 .7 7 .1 7 .1
3 3 ,1 3 1 1 6 ,2 1 8 2 ^ 4 7 2 ,1 0 9 1 ,3 1 0 1 ,8 3 0 4 9 .0 7 .1 6 .4
2 3 ,1 1 6 (S ) 1 .1 9 8 1 ,2 2 9 1 ,2 4 0 4 6 2 (S) 5 .2 5 .3
9 ,6 6 6 3 ,8 8 8 3 8 5 7 8 9 1 2 9 3 9 4 3 9 .3 3 . 9 9 .0
A p p a re l a n d a c c e s s o ry s t o r e s ................................................
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E a tin g a n d d rin k in g p la c e s ............................ ..........................
D r u g a n d p ro p rie ta ry s to re s ............................................ .
L iq u o r s to re s ................................................................... ..................
1 3 ,1 0 5 5 ,9 7 8 7 3 8 1 .6 7 5 7 0 9 3 9 6 4 5 .6 5 . 6 1 2 .6
1 0 ,9 5 9 4 ,9 8 0 4 9 6 9 2 5 1 ,0 2 0 2 9 6 4 5 .4 4 .5 6 .4
3 3 ,3 1 6 1 5 ,2 6 3 1 ,5 6 5 2 ,6 8 5 1 ,0 3 9 1 ,6 8 1 4 5 .8 4 .7 8.1
6 ,1 7 5 3 ,3 9 6 3 4 1 6 2 4 2 6 5 1 7 0 5 5.0 5 .5 10.1
2 ,0 2 1 9 1 7 1 0 6 2 0 7 4 6 1 0 3 4 5 .4 5 .2 1 0 .3
S F ig u r e d o e s n o t m e e t p u b licatio n stan d ard s. in c lu d e s o th e r o p e ra tin g e x p e n s e s , n o t s h o w n s e p a ra te ly . ‘ In c lu d e s
k in d s o f b u s in e s s e s n o t s h o w n se p a ra te rly .
Source; U.S. Bureau of Census, 1977 Selected Characteristics o f R etell Trade, B R -7 7 -1 4 .