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Total merchant wholesaler sales, 2012 ($1,000) - (Thousands of USD)
County
Value
Adams
12,918,646
Alamosa
78,756
Arapahoe
17,863,911
Archuleta
9,337
Baca
86,088
Chaffee
41,436
Conejos
4,603
Custer
403
Delta
47,197
Denver
14,625,818
Douglas
2,701,687
El Paso
2,563,264
Grand
4,688
Gunnison
3,456
Jefferson
3,082,119
Kiowa
20,109
Kit Carson
271,892
La Plata
222,287
Larimer
5,143,564
Mesa
876,451
Montezuma
72,634
Montrose
156,158
Otero
94,769
Prowers
97,502
Rio Grande
238,410
Routt
131,234
Saguache
108,134
San Miguel
3,965
Sedgwick
20,588
Teller
13,345
Washington
209,791
Weld
5,349,155
Yuma
855,489
Value for Colorado (Thousands of USD): 77,034,971
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.
