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Total merchant wholesaler sales, 2012 ($1,000) - (Thousands of USD)
County
Value
Baldwin
1,118,210
Barbour
113,959
Bibb
41,014
Blount
153,662
Butler
63,499
Calhoun
1,808,828
Chambers
32,600
Cherokee
55,181
Chilton
260,520
Clarke
75,184
Cleburne
6,575
Coffee
213,198
Colbert
657,389
Conecuh
103,861
Covington
470,482
Crenshaw
308,961
Cullman
1,068,757
Dale
41,019
Dallas
107,106
DeKalb
160,975
Elmore
136,088
Escambia
134,147
Etowah
549,937
Fayette
34,801
Franklin
44,306
Hale
29,373
Henry
40,638
Jefferson
15,668,520
Lauderdale
577,642
Lawrence
38,941
Lee
504,250
Limestone
332,711
Madison
3,768,847
Marengo
105,913
Marion
222,071
Marshall
1,177,741
Mobile
3,680,031
Monroe
100,981
Montgomery
4,140,806
Morgan
1,416,980
Perry
14,700
Pickens
29,821
Shelby
4,651,335
St. Clair
476,371
Sumter
60,158
Tuscaloosa
1,180,814
Walker
279,364
Winston
207,692
Value for Alabama (Thousands of USD): 57,746,565
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.
