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Total merchant wholesaler sales, 2012 ($1,000) - (Thousands of USD)
County
Value
Acadia Parish
528,838
Allen Parish
18,795
Ascension Parish
995,462
Assumption Parish
79,359
Avoyelles Parish
306,455
Bienville Parish
27,564
Bossier Parish
941,902
Caddo Parish
5,800,117
Calcasieu Parish
1,941,073
Caldwell Parish
8,989
Cameron Parish
29,928
Catahoula Parish
315,846
Claiborne Parish
134,728
Concordia Parish
344,482
De Soto Parish
13,185
East Baton Rouge Parish
4,993,488
East Carroll Parish
466,456
Evangeline Parish
72,180
Franklin Parish
248,778
Iberia Parish
560,452
Jefferson Davis Parish
261,148
Jefferson Parish
8,453,858
La Salle Parish
257,752
Lafayette Parish
4,113,515
Lafourche Parish
947,889
Lincoln Parish
197,009
Livingston Parish
345,269
Madison Parish
258,931
Morehouse Parish
147,083
Natchitoches Parish
77,766
Orleans Parish
2,687,020
Plaquemines Parish
2,228,328
Pointe Coupee Parish
436,240
Red River Parish
22,905
Richland Parish
529,780
Sabine Parish
55,827
St. Charles Parish
4,939,886
St. Landry Parish
782,371
St. Martin Parish
458,283
St. Tammany Parish
5,060,238
Tangipahoa Parish
1,300,401
Tensas Parish
195,421
Terrebonne Parish
996,036
Vermilion Parish
235,761
Vernon Parish
57,310
Washington Parish
128,291
Webster Parish
204,659
West Baton Rouge Parish
967,901
Winn Parish
65,153
Value for Louisiana (Thousands of USD): 68,012,838
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.
