V-28a: Number of Brick-and-Mortar Bookstores and Employees, 1992–2016*
* Complete data not available for all years.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns (American FactFinder, accessed April 24, 2019). Data analyzed and presented by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences’ Humanities Indicators (www.humanitiesindicators.org).
For detailed methodological information on the survey see http://www.census. gov/programs-surveys/susb/technical-documentation/methodology.html.