MAIN CATEGORIES:
 1. Population
2. Vital Statistics
3. Health and Nutrition
4. Education
5. Law Enforcement, Courts
and Prisons
6. Geography and Environment
7. Parks, Recreation, Travel
8. Elections
9. State and Local Government
Finances and Employment
10. Federal Government
Finances and Employment
11. National Defense and
Veterans Affairs
12. Social Insurance and Human
Services
13. Labor Force, Employment,
and Earnings
14. Income, Expenditures, and
Wealth
15. Prices
16. Banking, Finance, and
Insurance
17. Business Enterprise
18. Communications and
Information Technology
19. Energy
20. Science and Technology
21. Transportation - Land
22. Transportation - Air
and Water
23. Agriculture
24. Natural Resources
25. Construction and Housing
26. Manufactures
27. Domestic Trade and
Services
28. Foreign Commerce and Aid
29. Outlying Areas
30. Comparative International
Statistics
31. Industrial Outlook
32. 1997 Economic Census
|
|
1289. U.S. Mail Order Sales
[In millions of dollars (318,500 represents $318,500,000,000 except where noted). Mail order sales represent orders placed by mail, phone, or electronically without the person
ordering,coming to the point of sale to place the order, or the seller coming to the office or home of the orderer to take the order or using an agent to collect theorder. Excludes
orders placed at catalog desks or elsewhere in storeseven in response to a catalog but does include products or servicesdelivered in the store as long as the order was placed by mail,
phone,or electronically. Statistics are generated independently each yearand are not adjusted for any discontinuity of available data]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1997
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1998
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Percent of
|
|
|
|
|
Percent of
|
|
|
|
Percent of
|
|
|
|
|
Percent of
|
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Per
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Per
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(mil. dol.)
|
|
Mail
|
capita
|
|
|
General
|
|
|
(mil. dol.)
|
|
Mail
|
capita
|
|
|
General
|
|
|
|
Category
|
|
Total
|
order
|
(dol.)
|
GNP
|
Retail
|
merchan-
|
Consumer
|
|
|
Total
|
order
|
(dol.)
|
GNP
|
Retail
|
merchandise
|
Consumer
|
|
|
|
consumers
|
total
|
|
|
sales
|
dise sales1
|
services
|
|
|
consumers
|
total
|
|
|
sales
|
sales 1
|
services
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total mail order sales
|
318,500
|
(X)
|
100
|
(X)
|
(X)
|
(X)
|
(X)
|
(X)
|
|
357,240
|
(X)
|
100
|
(X)
|
(X)
|
(X)
|
(X)
|
(X)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total products & services
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Products
|
101,690
|
60
|
32
|
378
|
1.2
|
4.0
|
11.7
|
(X)
|
|
108,910
|
59
|
30
|
403
|
1.2
|
4.0
|
11.5
|
(X)
|
|
|
Specialty
|
85,350
|
50
|
27
|
317
|
1.0
|
3.3
|
9.8
|
(X)
|
|
90,810
|
49
|
25
|
336
|
1.0
|
3.3
|
9.6
|
(X)
|
|
|
General merchandise
|
16,340
|
10
|
5
|
61
|
0.2
|
0.6
|
1.9
|
(X)
|
|
18,100
|
10
|
5
|
67
|
0.2
|
0.6
|
1.9
|
(X)
|
|
|
Services
|
67,800
|
40
|
21
|
252
|
0.8
|
(X)
|
(X)
|
2.0
|
|
76,080
|
41
|
21
|
282
|
0.8
|
(X)
|
(X)
|
2.2
|
|
|
Non-financial
|
37,840
|
22
|
12
|
141
|
0.5
|
(X)
|
(X)
|
1.2
|
|
39,840
|
22
|
11
|
148
|
0.4
|
(X)
|
(X)
|
1.1
|
|
|
Financial
|
29,960
|
18
|
9
|
111
|
0.3
|
(X)
|
(X)
|
0.9
|
|
36,240
|
20
|
10
|
134
|
0.4
|
(X)
|
(X)
|
1.0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Business products & services
|
85,250
|
(X)
|
27
|
(X)
|
(X)
|
(X)
|
(X)
|
(X)
|
|
104,020
|
(X)
|
29
|
(X)
|
(X)
|
(X)
|
(X)
|
(X)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Charitable contributions
|
63,700
|
(X)
|
20
|
(X)
|
(X)
|
(X)
|
(X)
|
(X)
|
|
68,230
|
(X)
|
19
|
(X)
|
(X)
|
(X)
|
(X)
|
(X)
|
|
X Not applicable.
1 Includes apparel, drug, liquor, building materials, hardware, garden supply, mobile home,furniture, home furnishings and equipment.
Source: National Mail Order Association, LLC, Minneapolis, MN, Guide to Mail Order Sales annual(copyright).
https://allcountries.org/uscensus/1289_u_s_mail_order_sales.html
These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.
Copyright © 2019 Photius Coutsoukis and Information Technology Associates, all rights reserved.
|
