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Total merchant wholesaler sales, 2012 ($1,000) - (Thousands of USD)
County
Value
Alameda
37,580,614
Colusa
428,726
Contra Costa
6,887,164
El Dorado
316,707
Fresno
9,266,337
Glenn
160,076
Humboldt
361,890
Imperial
1,599,144
Kern
6,987,888
Kings
746,638
Los Angeles
199,804,798
Madera
508,930
Marin
1,864,552
Mariposa
18,908
Mendocino
407,625
Merced
2,260,180
Monterey
5,775,222
Orange
97,795,982
Placer
4,474,436
Riverside
18,716,807
Sacramento
18,746,336
San Benito
275,366
San Bernardino
30,996,187
San Diego
35,937,366
San Francisco
11,121,715
San Joaquin
11,713,538
San Mateo
15,969,681
Santa Barbara
3,475,600
Santa Clara
91,858,973
Santa Cruz
5,898,193
Shasta
1,023,859
Siskiyou
165,194
Solano
2,803,726
Sonoma
4,443,204
Stanislaus
5,295,116
Sutter
1,197,304
Tehama
88,813
Tulare
3,890,547
Yolo
6,762,093
Value for California (Thousands of USD): 666,652,186
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census, 2012. Economic Census of the Island Areas, Puerto Rico, 2012. Both are updated every 5 years.
Definitions:
The wholesale trade sector comprises establishments engaged in wholesaling merchandise, generally without transformation, and rendering services incidental to the sale of merchandise. The wholesaling process is an intermediate step in the distribution of merchandise. Wholesalers are organized to sell or arrange the purchase or sale of goods for resale (i.e., goods sold to other wholesalers or retailers), capital or durable non-consumer goods, or raw and intermediate materials and supplies used in production. Wholesalers sell merchandise to other businesses and normally operate from a warehouse or office.
The 2012 Economic Census classifies businesses according to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), 2012.
Sales includes merchandise sold for cash or credit by establishments primarily engaged in wholesale trade; receipts from rental of vehicles, equipment, instruments, tools, etc.; receipts for delivery, installation, maintenance, repair, alteration, storage, and other services; gasoline, liquor, tobacco, and other excise taxes that are paid by the manufacturer and passed on to the wholesaler; and shipping and handling receipts.
Sales are net after deductions for refunds and allowances for merchandise returned by customers. Trade-in allowances are not deducted from sales. Sales do not include carrying or other credit charges; sales and other taxes (including Hawaii's General Excise Tax) collected from customers and forwarded to taxing authorities; and nonoperating income from such sources as investments, rental or sales of real estate, and interest.
Sales do not include wholesale sales made by manufacturers, retailers, service establishments, or other businesses whose primary activity is other than wholesale trade. They do include receipts other than from the sale of merchandise at wholesale, e.g., service receipts, retail sales, etc., by establishments primarily engaged in wholesale trade.
