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Mail-Order Houses aren't as prevalent as some other kinds of businesses that dominate the nation's shopping malls. Still, across the entire United States, there are more than 8,000 Mail-Order Houses. Given the current population of the United States, each one of those Mail-Order Houses serves about 37,500 citizens on average.

According to our business employment data, Mail-Order Houses will typically employ 1 to 4 employees. Hence, Mail-Order Houses play an important role in the national economy.

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States with Mail-Order Houses
(Ordered by # per 100,000 Residents)

State

Businesses

Businesses per 100K Residents

Vermont

9.03

Maine

5.66

New Hampshire

5.58

Connecticut

144

4.30

Oregon

146

4.28

Minnesota

204

4.15

Colorado

168

3.91

Nevada

3.86

Utah

3.77

10.

New York

691

3.64

11.

Florida

570

3.57

12.

Wyoming

3.46

13.

Rhode Island

3.43

14.

Washington

200

3.42

15.

Arizona

173

3.37

16.

California

1,110

3.28

17.

Nebraska

3.22

18.

New Jersey

269

3.20

19.

Idaho

3.10

20.

Massachusetts

194

3.06

21.

Wisconsin

161

3.00

22.

Iowa

2.94

23.

Delaware

2.94

24.

Missouri

159

2.84

25.

Georgia

228

2.82

26.

Montana

2.78

27.

Illinois

334

2.69

28.

Ohio

301

2.66

29.

Pennsylvania

326

2.65

30.

Kansas

2.64

31.

Maryland

136

2.57

32.

Virginia

181

2.56

33.

South Dakota

2.53

34.

District of Columbia

2.47

35.

North Carolina

198

2.46

36.

Kentucky

2.40

37.

New Mexico

2.37

38.

Tennessee

128

2.25

39.

Michigan

213

2.14

40.

Alaska

2.08

41.

North Dakota

2.03

42.

Indiana

114

1.87

43.

Texas

388

1.86

44.

Arkansas

1.65

45.

South Carolina

1.65

46.

Alabama

1.60

47.

Oklahoma

1.48

48.

West Virginia

1.39

49.

Mississippi

1.09

50.

Louisiana

1.08

51.

Hawaii

1.07

Number of Mail-Order Houses by Number of Employees
(Data for Entire United States)

Range

Number of Employees

1 to 4

4285

5 to 9

1458

10 to 19

955

20 to 49

677

50 to 99

266

100 to 249

220

250 to 499

500 to 999

1000 or more

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