united states 1997economiccensus retail trade geographicareaseries 1997 issuedmarch2000 ec97r44a us rv departmentofcommerce economicsandstatisticsadministration censusbureau many persons participated in the various activities of economic census for sector service statistics division prepared this report bobby e russell assistant chief programs was respon sible overall planning manage ment and coordination implementation were under direction fay dorsett branch assisted by thomas g dassel peter h lee maria p ray m yvonne wade primary staff assistance provided sean anthony nicole c carrigan kasey l dickenson darrell s dow charlene b harris ronald j mackenzie veronica r morgan deborah newton robert nusz barbara t parlett jeremy stash pamela stumler anna stump paula thompson keeley voor mathematical statistical techniques as well coverage operations pro vided carl a konschnik research methodology carol king statisti cal methods jock black program development with from cruz david kinyon