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REVENUE (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2020
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract] |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Table Text Block] | The following tables disaggregate WESCO’s revenue by end market and geography:
| Three Months Ended |  |  |  | Six Months Ended |  |
| June 30 |  |  |  | June 30 |  |
(In thousands) | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Industrial | $ | 605,536 |  |  | $ | 761,934 |  |  | $ | 1,307,750 |  |  | $ | 1,498,825 |
Construction | 573,176 |  |  | 704,183 |  |  | 1,209,675 |  |  | 1,337,483 |
Utility | 370,315 |  |  | 346,941 |  |  | 711,260 |  |  | 655,213 |
Commercial, Institutional and Government | 315,822 |  |  | 337,030 |  |  | 604,811 |  |  | 619,834 |
Total by WESCO end market | 1,864,849 |  |  | 2,150,088 |  |  | 3,833,496 |  |  | 4,111,355 |
Anixter(1) | 221,857 |  |  | — |  |  | 221,857 |  |  | — |
Total consolidated | $ | 2,086,706 |  |  | $ | 2,150,088 |  |  | $ | 4,055,353 |  |  | $ | 4,111,355 |
| Three Months Ended |  |  |  | Six Months Ended |  |
| June 30 |  |  |  | June 30 |  |
(In thousands) | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
United States | $ | 1,431,763 |  |  | $ | 1,616,347 |  |  | $ | 2,910,257 |  |  | $ | 3,077,263 |
Canada | 330,533 |  |  | 415,030 |  |  | 707,948 |  |  | 799,700 |
Other International | 102,553 |  |  | 118,711 |  |  | 215,291 |  |  | 234,392 |
Total by geography | 1,864,849 |  |  | 2,150,088 |  |  | 3,833,496 |  |  | 4,111,355 |
Anixter(1) (2) | 221,857 |  |  | — |  |  | 221,857 |  |  | — |
Total consolidated | $ | 2,086,706 |  |  | $ | 2,150,088 |  |  | $ | 4,055,353 |  |  | $ | 4,111,355 |

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