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Total merchant wholesaler sales, 2012 ($1,000) - (Thousands of USD)
County
Value
Aurora
65,384
Beadle
615,555
Bon Homme
76,219
Brookings
451,581
Brown
1,914,611
Brule
101,987
Charles Mix
180,830
Clay
30,151
Codington
580,598
Day
212,699
Deuel
37,636
Dewey
50,116
Edmunds
472,482
Faulk
113,500
Grant
193,185
Gregory
39,673
Haakon
232,132
Hamlin
149,840
Hand
89,073
Hutchinson
479,952
Hyde
173,074
Kingsbury
240,521
Lake
371,417
Lawrence
38,790
Lincoln
667,590
Marshall
69,119
McCook
99,986
Minnehaha
3,841,663
Moody
18,773
Pennington
1,248,744
Potter
577,279
Roberts
421,808
Sanborn
25,505
Spink
491,772
Tripp
130,141
Turner
250,402
Union
1,135,275
Walworth
350,966
Yankton
213,762
Value for South Dakota (Thousands of USD): 20,411,059
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.
