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REVENUE (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract] |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Table Text Block] | The following tables disaggregate Wesco’s net sales by segment and geography for the periods presented:
| Year Ended December 31,
(In thousands) | 2021 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Electrical & Electronic Solutions | $ | 7,621,263 |  |  | $ | 5,479,760 |  |  | $ | 4,860,541 |
Communications & Security Solutions | 5,715,238 |  |  | 3,323,264 |  |  | 909,496 |
Utility & Broadband Solutions | 4,881,011 |  |  | 3,522,971 |  |  | 2,588,880 |
Total by segment | $ | 18,217,512 |  |  | $ | 12,325,995 |  |  | $ | 8,358,917 |
| Year Ended December 31,
(In thousands) | 2021 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
United States | $ | 13,157,866 |  |  | $ | 9,110,453 |  |  | $ | 6,234,119 |
Canada | 2,747,187 |  |  | 1,892,321 |  |  | 1,647,066 |
Other International(1) | 2,312,459 |  |  | 1,323,221 |  |  | 477,732 |
Total by geography(2) | $ | 18,217,512 |  |  | $ | 12,325,995 |  |  | $ | 8,358,917 |
(1) No individual country's net sales are greater than 10% of total net sales. (2) Wesco attributes revenues from external customers to individual countries on the basis of point of sale.

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