Table 2: 1997 Economic Census: Ranking by Retail Sales
Florida

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Retail_Trade_____ Number of establish- ments Retail sales Number of employees Payroll ($1,000) Popu- lation Retail sales per capita ($)
($1,000) rank
 
United States 1,120,249 2,460,963,028   14,115,559 238,792,423 267,636,061 9,195
 
Florida 66,643 151,191,241   841,814 14,169,511 14,677,181 10,301
 
Dade County 9,814 20,720,567 1 110,292 1,995,825 2,128,987 9,733
Broward County 6,804 17,979,812 2 89,290 1,639,860 1,472,927 12,207
Palm Beach County 4,967 11,731,186 3 61,563 1,126,092 1,012,828 11,583
Hillsborough County 3,821 10,931,594 4 57,038 1,001,403 908,928 12,027
Orange County 3,911 10,450,934 5 53,854 913,594 783,872 13,332
Pinellas County 3,895 10,183,888 6 51,843 911,442 873,222 11,662
Duval County 3,134 8,034,132 7 44,276 761,430 729,629 11,011
Lee County 1,924 4,367,000 8 25,417 430,463 385,758 11,321
Brevard County 1,856 3,900,522 9 23,867 370,263 459,537 8,488
Volusia County 1,865 3,887,639 10 23,251 360,500 417,769 9,306
Polk County 1,816 3,844,279 11 22,751 360,855 446,425 8,611
Sarasota County 1,669 3,606,588 12 20,311 343,782 300,298 12,010
Seminole County 1,512 3,550,143 13 21,219 352,086 343,452 10,337
Escambia County 1,301 2,874,679 14 16,602 261,380 281,529 10,211
Collier County 1,343 2,627,103 15 15,366 274,067 192,458 13,650
Pasco County 1,055 2,247,139 16 14,200 212,459 318,494 7,056
Leon County 1,038 2,244,368 17 15,478 229,664 215,905 10,395
Marion County 1,014 2,221,375 18 13,159 202,138 235,855 9,418
Manatee County 938 2,140,956 19 12,165 194,449 235,062 9,108
Alachua County 923 1,934,539 20 12,726 186,163 197,659 9,787
Okaloosa County 931 1,754,851 21 11,322 165,652 167,709 10,464
Lake County 760 1,514,280 22 9,663 148,178 194,741 7,776
Bay County 832 1,496,794 23 9,558 148,106 146,376 10,226
Martin County 712 1,454,037 24 8,425 147,469 113,823 12,775
St. Lucie County 610 1,387,215 25 7,644 125,063 177,233 7,827
Osceola County 612 1,349,700 26 8,289 124,762 140,893 9,580
Indian River County 667 1,143,861 27 7,793 121,525 97,821 11,693
Clay County 516 1,100,525 28 6,956 105,974 133,649 8,234
Charlotte County 515 1,063,313 29 6,840 100,404 132,417 8,030
Monroe County 707 914,215 30 6,246 99,504 81,169 11,263
St. Johns County 549 862,484 31 5,640 81,013 111,551 7,732
Hernando County 371 821,522 32 5,270 74,290 124,329 6,608
Citrus County 429 800,641 33 5,049 71,758 111,403 7,187
Highlands County 349 618,176 34 4,035 57,101 75,025 8,240
Santa Rosa County 319 561,093 35 3,615 44,201 113,357 4,950
Columbia County 239 555,998 36 3,132 48,972 51,670 10,761
Putnam County 250 397,730 37 2,395 36,094 70,067 5,676
Jackson County 221 376,889 38 2,289 31,612 45,685 8,250
Nassau County 215 332,224 39 2,172 28,551 54,003 6,152
Okeechobee County 149 270,099 40 1,657 23,600 30,904 8,740
Walton County 215 262,614 41 1,959 26,990 36,576 7,180
Flagler County 119 244,118 42 1,608 22,223 44,965 5,429
Levy County 132 234,515 43 1,455 19,211 31,126 7,534
Suwannee County 137 204,992 44 1,333 19,249 31,877 6,431
Hendry County 104 202,616 45 1,030 16,774 29,190 6,941
DeSoto County 81 196,983 46 937 14,876 24,779 7,950
Sumter County 111 185,283 47 1,192 14,826 39,318 4,712
Gadsden County 157 179,825 48 1,228 16,218 44,157 4,072
Bradford County 94 151,665 49 930 12,694 24,586 6,169
Taylor County 97 144,206 50 945 12,614 18,654 7,731
Hardee County 79 116,762 51 721 10,608 21,055 5,546
Washington County 70 104,421 52 742 9,135 20,239 5,159
Baker County 61 95,726 53 630 7,320 20,826 4,596
Calhoun County 49 81,037 54 478 6,355 12,380 6,546
Madison County 72 64,143 55 567 6,616 17,524 3,660
Wakulla County 53 57,596 56 418 4,963 18,414 3,128
Franklin County 69 57,007 57 389 5,606 10,114 5,636
Hamilton County 55 53,618 58 393 4,298 12,485 4,295
Jefferson County 55 51,505 59 426 4,340 12,816 4,019
Gulf County 60 48,906 60 404 4,740 13,505 3,621
Holmes County 55 46,291 61 327 3,938 18,379 2,519
Dixie County 42 39,174 62 271 3,589 12,694 3,086
Glades County 27 35,172 63 211 2,686 8,437 4,169
Gilchrist County 34 29,879 64 206 2,755 13,353 2,238
Union County 28 27,187 65 180 2,759 12,336 2,204
Liberty County 17 11,908 66 83 1,216 6,747 1,765
Lafayette County 17 10,002 67 93 1,168 6,230 1,605

These data include establishments with paid employees, except auxiliaries.
Source: 1997 Economic Census, and 1997 population estimates, data available as of 02/04/2000 For data issued since that date, or other areas, see www.census.gov/econ97.