According to data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2002 Q4, among all US states, California had the highest number of private business establishments in the NAICS 424 Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods Industry (18,404), followed by New York (13,059), and Florida (9,847).

The chart and table below shows the number of business establishments for each state.

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