United
States Census Data for Used Car Dealers in the
United States as of 1997
| State |
Estab-
lish-
ments |
Sales
($1,000) |
Sales
% of
U.S. |
Annual
payroll
($1,000) |
Paid
employees |
| United States |
23,340 |
34,680,468 |
100.00 |
2,197,396 |
92,752 |
| Texas |
2,045 |
3,225,204 |
9.30 |
221,387 |
8,657 |
| Florida |
1,468 |
2,500,919 |
7.21 |
156,399 |
5,952 |
| California |
1,255 |
2,296,607 |
6.62 |
144,149 |
5,882 |
| Ohio |
995 |
1,637,645 |
4.72 |
92,883 |
4,060 |
| North Carolina |
1,085 |
1,488,706 |
4.29 |
86,565 |
3,796 |
| Pennsylvania |
1,055 |
1,487,011 |
4.29 |
93,940 |
4,233 |
| Indiana |
861 |
1,242,889 |
3.58 |
75,142 |
3,357 |
| Georgia |
815 |
1,215,208 |
3.50 |
75,789 |
3,171 |
| Illinois |
784 |
1,076,773 |
3.10 |
76,266 |
3,099 |
| Virginia |
734 |
1,057,700 |
3.05 |
72,147 |
3,044 |
| Michigan |
666 |
1,036,042 |
2.99 |
68,505 |
2,681 |
| New York |
935 |
1,032,813 |
2.98 |
62,394 |
2,859 |
| Tennessee |
766 |
991,824 |
2.86 |
56,751 |
2,518 |
| Missouri |
705 |
963,513 |
2.78 |
59,031 |
2,489 |
| Alabama |
672 |
942,001 |
2.72 |
52,456 |
2,582 |
| Washington |
493 |
828,867 |
2.39 |
64,576 |
2,306 |
| Kentucky |
465 |
824,694 |
2.38 |
39,428 |
1,933 |
| Arizona |
301 |
741,921 |
2.14 |
63,651 |
2,338 |
| Wisconsin |
540 |
692,820 |
2.00 |
45,352 |
2,229 |
| Colorado |
352 |
662,862 |
1.91 |
48,304 |
1,769 |
| New Jersey |
464 |
598,414 |
1.73 |
34,487 |
1,317 |
| Massachusetts |
423 |
595,316 |
1.72 |
35,762 |
1,346 |
| South Carolina |
501 |
578,720 |
1.67 |
37,879 |
1,830 |
| Oklahoma |
335 |
548,609 |
1.58 |
26,031 |
1,308 |
| Arkansas |
401 |
537,317 |
1.55 |
31,535 |
1,590 |
| Utah |
164 |
523,740 |
1.51 |
27,429 |
1,068 |
| Oregon |
285 |
436,314 |
1.26 |
30,769 |
1,192 |
| Minnesota |
309 |
416,945 |
1.20 |
21,785 |
1,014 |
| Maryland |
246 |
404,541 |
1.17 |
26,637 |
953 |
| Kansas |
276 |
403,136 |
1.16 |
26,925 |
1,090 |
| Iowa |
327 |
380,073 |
1.10 |
23,411 |
1,187 |
| Mississippi |
371 |
364,556 |
1.05 |
20,654 |
1,187 |
| Connecticut |
202 |
317,478 |
0.92 |
23,742 |
868 |
| Louisiana |
259 |
298,363 |
0.86 |
16,250 |
888 |
| New Hampshire |
141 |
242,066 |
0.70 |
18,301 |
679 |
| Nebraska |
206 |
236,812 |
0.68 |
14,726 |
716 |
| New Mexico |
169 |
235,249 |
0.68 |
12,782 |
666 |
| Nevada |
120 |
231,426 |
0.67 |
20,785 |
712 |
| West Virginia |
228 |
229,426 |
0.66 |
11,572 |
671 |
| Idaho |
136 |
228,897 |
0.66 |
12,530 |
556 |
| Montana |
98 |
149,128 |
0.43 |
9,373 |
423 |
| Maine |
173 |
144,921 |
0.42 |
10,721 |
538 |
| South Dakota |
78 |
118,990 |
0.34 |
6,739 |
294 |
| Delaware |
87 |
111,233 |
0.32 |
10,715 |
451 |
| Rhode Island |
120 |
104,784 |
0.30 |
6,967 |
323 |
| North Dakota |
54 |
75,652 |
0.22 |
4,889 |
206 |
| Vermont |
78 |
70,419 |
0.20 |
6,309 |
268 |
| Wyoming |
45 |
46,311 |
0.13 |
2,617 |
133 |
| Hawaii |
18 |
46,234 |
0.13 |
4,893 |
164 |
| Alaska |
20 |
44,337 |
0.13 |
4,285 |
122 |
| District of
Columbia |
14 |
15,042 |
0.04 |
781 |
37 |
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