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Number of Exchange Establishments by Principal Sto.tes
Table XZCV shows the distribution of the 533 exchanges by six principal states in 1929, Hew York accounted for almost 16 per cent of the total number, California .and Pennsylvania each had more than 6 per cent. Ohio, Massachusetts and Illinois follow in the order mentioned, each having about 4 per cent of the to tod number of exchanges within their borders. The six states accounted for 42 per cent of the total number for the country.
TABLE ZHV
Iluaber of Exchanges and Volume of Business Handled, by Six Principal States, 1929
Exchange s Volume of Business
State lumber Per Cent Amount Per Cent
of Total (OOO's) of Total
U. S. Total
533
100.0
$220,605
100.0
California
36
6.8
16,057
7.3
Illinois
21
o • 9
14,952
6.8
Massachusetts
23
4.3
13,283
6.0
New York
85 a/
15.9
51,581
25.4
Ohio
25
4.9
13,326
6.0
Pennsylvania
34
6.4
25,097
11.4
Total, 6 states
225
42.2
134,306
50.9
Total, Other States
308
57.8
85,299
39*1
Source: Census of Distribution, 1929 "Motion Picture Films" (Trade Series, Distribution No. 7-201).
a/ Includes 14 export exchanges.
Volume of Business b" Principal States
Table EXIV, obove also shows the volume of business done by these six principal states in 1929. New York, which had the largest number of exchanges accounted for more than 23 per cent of the total exchange business (including exports by the 14 New York City exchanges which engaged in export business exclusively.) Pennsylvania was the second most important state in 1929, .accounting for aboiit 11 per cent of the total business; California accounted for 7 per cent of the business; and Illinois, Massachusetts, and Ohio, averaged a little more then 6 per cent each.
It is noteworthy that these six states containing less than 38 per cent of total population of United States accounted for more than 60 per cent of th< total volume" of the motion picture distributing business.
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