Table 1A. Comparative Statistics for Colorado: 1992 and 1987
Number of Establishments, Sales, and Percent Change
1987 to 1992
(Includes only establishments with payroll. Refer to special symbols file
for meaning of abbreviations and symbols. For explanation of terms and
comparability of 1987 and 1992 censuses, refer to the published
final report)
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Estab- -------Sales-------
lish- Percent
ments change
SIC 1992 1992 1987 to
code Kind of business (number) ($1,000) 1992
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Retail trade........................ 22 921 28 532 646 37.9
521 Lumber and other building materials
dealers............................. 358 1 161 535 57.3
523 Paint, glass, and wallpaper stores.. 176 107 272 32.3
525 Hardware stores..................... 246 175 837 33.6
526 Retail nurseries, lawn and garden
supply stores....................... 91 52 201 7.1
527 Manufactured (mobile) home dealers.. 50 61 194 48.5
531 Department stores (incl. leased
depts.) *, **....................... 157 2 790 300 37.2
531 Department stores (excl. leased
depts.) *........................... 157 2 743 661 38.4
533 Variety stores...................... 66 59 262 -16.3
539 Miscellaneous general merchandise
stores.............................. 151 815 509 71.3
541 Grocery stores...................... 1 197 5 454 639 31.7
542 Meat and fish (seafood) markets..... 52 23 079 -21.9
546 Retail bakeries..................... 265 58 576 8.3
543, 4, Other food stores................... 254 66 856 30.6
5, 9
551 New car dealers..................... 262 5 024 487 37.0
552 Used car dealers.................... 284 281 362 93.2
553 Auto and home supply stores......... 621 440 557 11.6
555, 6, Miscellaneous automotive dealers.... 173 272 136 32.8
7, 9
554 Gasoline service stations........... 1 459 1 961 027 27.9
561 Men's and boys' clothing and
accessory stores.................... 175 117 747 17.8
562 Women's clothing stores............. 605 368 340 27.8
563 Women's accessory and specialty
stores.............................. 128 48 548 53.2
565 Family clothing stores.............. 328 339 267 42.6
566 Shoe stores......................... 526 221 696 28.6
564, 9 Other apparel and accessory stores.. 275 106 713 54.4
5712 Furniture stores.................... 449 447 968 34.5
5713, 4, Homefurnishings stores.............. 548 327 867 50.4
9
572 Household appliance stores.......... 129 71 962 -46.8
5731 Consumer electronics stores......... 291 408 730 75.2
5734 Computer and software stores........ 126 155 966 250.8
5735 Record and prerecorded tape stores.. 129 88 651 51.3
5736 Musical instrument stores........... 77 42 725 26.5
5812 pt. Restaurants......................... 3 159 1 563 677 36.1
5812 pt. Cafeterias.......................... 122 85 362 -6.2
5812 pt. Refreshment places.................. 2 268 1 021 493 29.1
5812 pt. Other eating places................. 509 215 977 25.1
5813 Drinking places..................... 904 213 025 19.7
591 Drug and proprietary stores......... 411 584 096 31.4
592 Liquor stores....................... 772 490 015 25.9
593 Used merchandise stores............. 410 112 150 62.4
5941 Sporting goods stores............... 675 459 092 31.8
5942 Book stores......................... 259 143 628 84.8
5944 Jewelry stores...................... 409 184 787 33.0
5943, 5, Other miscellaneous shopping goods
6, 7, 8, stores.............................. 1 227 549 246 53.1
9
5961 Catalog and mail-order houses....... 157 550 498 238.3
5962 Vending machine operators........... 111 76 345 62.3
5963 Direct selling establishments....... 263 206 506 43.0
598 Fuel dealers........................ 118 89 433 7.8
5992 Florists............................ 367 80 259 20.1
5993 Tobacco stores and stands........... 16 5 405 82.5
5994 News dealers and newsstands......... 10 5 752 40.4
5995 Optical goods stores................ 287 85 091 28.5
5999 Other miscellaneous retail stores,
n.e.c............................... 819 305 439 94.9
* Includes sales from catalog order desks.
**Includes data for leased departments operated within department stores.
Data for this line not included in broader kind-of-business totals.
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Table 1B. Comparative Statistics for Colorado: 1992 and 1987
Number of Establishments, Employees, and Percent Change
1987 to 1992
(Includes only establishments with payroll. Refer to special symbols file
for meaning of abbreviations and symbols. For explanation of terms and
comparability of 1987 and 1992 censuses, refer to the published
final report)
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Estab- -----Employees-----
lish- Percent
ments change
SIC 1992 1992 1987 to
code Kind of business (number) (number) 1992
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Retail trade........................ 22 921 283 457 5.8
521 Lumber and other building materials
dealers............................. 358 6 085 18.6
523 Paint, glass, and wallpaper stores.. 176 805 -14.7
525 Hardware stores..................... 246 2 095 16.6
526 Retail nurseries, lawn and garden
supply stores....................... 91 573 -13.3
527 Manufactured (mobile) home dealers.. 50 285 13.1
531 Department stores (incl. leased
depts.) **.......................... 157 (NA) (NA)
531 Department stores (excl. leased
depts.)............................. 157 25 826 9.0
533 Variety stores...................... 66 823 -40.4
539 Miscellaneous general merchandise
stores.............................. 151 4 655 28.0
541 Grocery stores...................... 1 197 35 987 19.3
542 Meat and fish (seafood) markets..... 52 270 -25.2
546 Retail bakeries..................... 265 2 455 -
543, 4, Other food stores................... 254 1 022 -21.6
5, 9
551 New car dealers..................... 262 12 503 -5.0
552 Used car dealers.................... 284 1 128 22.6
553 Auto and home supply stores......... 621 4 130 -3.6
555, 6, Miscellaneous automotive dealers.... 173 1 171 -14.8
7, 9
554 Gasoline service stations........... 1 459 9 203 -9.3
561 Men's and boys' clothing and
accessory stores.................... 175 1 102 -17.4
562 Women's clothing stores............. 605 4 727 -4.5
563 Women's accessory and specialty
stores.............................. 128 634 68.2
565 Family clothing stores.............. 328 3 523 6.1
566 Shoe stores......................... 526 2 321 -14.7
564, 9 Other apparel and accessory stores.. 275 1 448 4.2
5712 Furniture stores.................... 449 2 899 7.1
5713, 4, Homefurnishings stores.............. 548 2 838 10.2
9
572 Household appliance stores.......... 129 453 -43.7
5731 Consumer electronics stores......... 291 2 313 13.7
5734 Computer and software stores........ 126 664 77.5
5735 Record and prerecorded tape stores.. 129 831 10.5
5736 Musical instrument stores........... 77 382 -11.4
5812 pt. Restaurants......................... 3 159 58 289 7.0
5812 pt. Cafeterias.......................... 122 3 414 -8.1
5812 pt. Refreshment places.................. 2 268 36 845 5.1
5812 pt. Other eating places................. 509 6 763 -14.2
5813 Drinking places..................... 904 6 895 2.9
591 Drug and proprietary stores......... 411 4 811 .5
592 Liquor stores....................... 772 2 900 -9.2
593 Used merchandise stores............. 410 2 054 31.8
5941 Sporting goods stores............... 675 5 137 6.6
5942 Book stores......................... 259 1 690 43.6
5944 Jewelry stores...................... 409 2 098 -8.6
5943, 5, Other miscellaneous shopping goods
6, 7, 8, stores.............................. 1 227 6 742 7.8
9
5961 Catalog and mail-order houses....... 157 3 019 128.7
5962 Vending machine operators........... 111 902 38.8
5963 Direct selling establishments....... 263 2 106 -21.0
598 Fuel dealers........................ 118 582 -1.5
5992 Florists............................ 367 1 589 -3.5
5993 Tobacco stores and stands........... 16 60 -13.0
5994 News dealers and newsstands......... 10 48 -40.7
5995 Optical goods stores................ 287 1 093 -1.6
5999 Other miscellaneous retail stores,
n.e.c............................... 819 3 269 36.0
**Includes data for leased departments operated within department stores.
Data for this line not included in broader kind-of-business totals.
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Table 2. Counties Ranked by Volume of Sales: 1992
(Includes only establishments with payroll. Refer to special symbols file
for meaning of abbreviations and symbols. Refer to the published final
report for explanation of terms and comparability of 1987 and 1992
censuses. Refer to Appendix F in the published final report for
information on geographic areas followed by #)
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---Cumulative---
Sales Sales Percent of
Geographic area Rank * ($1,000) ($1,000) State total
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Colorado....................... (X) 28 532 646 28 532 646 100.0
Arapahoe....................... 1 4 847 391 4 847 391 17.0
Denver......................... 2 3 822 903 8 670 294 30.4
Jefferson...................... 3 3 758 576 12 428 870 43.6
El Paso........................ 4 3 447 400 15 876 270 55.6
Boulder........................ 5 2 144 042 18 020 312 63.2
Adams.......................... 6 2 055 684 20 075 996 70.4
Larimer........................ 7 1 617 604 21 693 600 76.0
Pueblo......................... 8 893 566 22 587 166 79.2
Weld........................... 9 769 619 23 356 785 81.9
Mesa........................... 10 765 119 24 121 904 84.5
Eagle.......................... 11 361 552 24 483 456 85.8
Garfield....................... 12 351 852 24 835 308 87.0
Douglas........................ 13 345 225 25 180 533 88.3
La Plata....................... 14 307 838 25 488 371 89.3
Summit......................... 15 295 236 25 783 607 90.4
Pitkin......................... 16 284 456 26 068 063 91.4
Montrose....................... 17 215 291 26 283 354 92.1
Routt.......................... 18 160 897 26 444 251 92.7
Montezuma...................... 19 150 529 26 594 780 93.2
Logan.......................... 20 146 871 26 741 651 93.7
Fremont........................ 21 142 913 26 884 564 94.2
Alamosa........................ 22 126 813 27 011 377 94.7
Morgan......................... 23 116 705 27 128 082 95.1
Delta.......................... 24 111 602 27 239 684 95.5
Otero.......................... 25 108 750 27 348 434 95.8
Gunnison....................... 26 102 987 27 451 421 96.2
Chaffee........................ 27 87 485 27 538 906 96.5
Moffat......................... 28 84 624 27 623 530 96.8
Prowers........................ 29 84 475 27 708 005 97.1
Teller......................... 30 70 602 27 778 607 97.4
Grand.......................... 31 69 466 27 848 073 97.6
Las Animas..................... 32 63 344 27 911 417 97.8
Kit Carson..................... 33 58 635 27 970 052 98.0
San Miguel..................... 34 49 578 28 019 630 98.2
Rio Grande..................... 35 47 230 28 066 860 98.4
Yuma........................... 36 46 621 28 113 481 98.5
Lincoln........................ 37 43 850 28 157 331 98.7
Clear Creek.................... 38 43 612 28 200 943 98.8
Archuleta...................... 39 35 302 28 236 245 99.0
Lake........................... 40 25 653 28 261 898 99.1
Huerfano....................... 41 25 378 28 287 276 99.1
Baca........................... 42 23 796 28 311 072 99.2
Rio Blanco..................... 43 22 483 28 333 555 99.3
Sedgwick....................... 44 20 453 28 354 008 99.4
Phillips....................... 45 18 984 28 372 992 99.4
Elbert......................... 46 16 497 28 389 489 99.5
Conejos........................ 47 16 017 28 405 506 99.6
Park........................... 48 15 561 28 421 067 99.6
Washington..................... 49 13 852 28 434 919 99.7
Saguache....................... 50 13 817 28 448 736 99.7
Ouray.......................... 51 12 732 28 461 468 99.8
Bent........................... 52 9 030 28 470 498 99.8
Crowley........................ 53 8 335 28 478 833 99.8
Cheyenne....................... 54 8 119 28 486 952 99.8
Custer......................... 55 7 955 28 494 907 99.9
Jackson........................ 56 7 404 28 502 311 99.9
San Juan....................... 57 6 695 28 509 006 99.9
Gilpin......................... 58 5 534 28 514 540 99.9
Costilla....................... 59 4 258 28 518 798 100.0
Kiowa.......................... 60 3 773 28 522 571 100.0
Dolores........................ 61 3 438 28 526 009 100.0
Hinsdale....................... 62 3 396 28 529 405 100.0
Mineral........................ 63 3 241 28 532 646 100.0
*Counties with suppressed sales (if applicable) are listed at end of table
rather than by rank to avoid disclosing data for individual companies.
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CONTACT: Anne Russell, Services Division, Bureau of the Census,
Washington, D.C. 20233. (301-763-7038)
Source: Washington, DC: Bureau of the Census, 1994.
Retail trade searchable on a city/county level available via the Web from Economic Census 1992.