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

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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 (preliminary) 1,120,249 2,456,574,247   14,115,559 238,792,423 267,636,061 9,179
 
Georgia 33,073 72,212,484   420,676 6,943,559 7,489,982 9,641
 
Fulton County 3,569 9,248,184 1 51,556 990,136 725,851 12,741
Cobb County 2,234 6,971,649 2 37,323 663,578 551,314 12,646
Gwinnett County 2,013 6,828,970 3 33,639 632,496 500,418 13,647
DeKalb County 2,407 6,229,317 4 34,901 635,686 590,660 10,546
Clayton County 832 2,731,688 5 16,204 285,332 204,725 13,343
Chatham County 1,261 2,466,926 6 15,625 244,046 225,667 10,932
Bibb County 912 1,977,335 7 12,885 194,166 156,099 12,667
Muscogee County 845 1,950,857 8 11,718 186,553 182,830 10,670
Richmond County 912 1,909,882 9 12,332 189,321 191,762 9,960
Hall County 548 1,240,762 10 6,357 114,566 115,807 10,714
Dougherty County 574 1,154,667 11 7,707 113,861 95,931 12,036
Clarke County 540 1,118,808 12 7,760 110,334 90,728 12,331
Whitfield County 508 1,068,085 13 5,908 103,691 81,196 13,154
Lowndes County 533 1,008,480 14 6,187 91,280 84,721 11,904
Douglas County 312 974,735 15 4,781 82,592 86,730 11,239
Cherokee County 351 968,854 16 5,202 86,691 127,164 7,619
Houston County 403 941,203 17 5,818 86,567 103,847 9,063
Floyd County 442 808,143 18 4,991 75,038 84,777 9,533
Rockdale County 281 765,983 19 4,411 71,387 66,974 11,437
Glynn County 504 716,087 20 4,847 69,599 66,569 10,757
Fayette County 298 677,611 21 4,697 69,850 85,015 7,970
Henry County 300 660,705 22 3,580 58,915 97,652 6,766
Forsyth County 255 653,899 23 3,503 63,544 76,213 8,580
Columbia County 247 613,013 24 3,731 59,982 88,731 6,909
Bartow County 246 580,007 25 3,219 53,252 69,225 8,379
Carroll County 348 574,547 26 3,505 53,221 81,202 7,076
Coweta County 259 550,040 27 3,728 52,705 80,728 6,813
Troup County 293 526,008 28 3,500 52,717 58,403 9,007
Spalding County 248 521,547 29 3,119 52,065 57,468 9,075
Bulloch County 259 471,872 30 3,386 43,999 49,869 9,462
Tift County 260 440,436 31 2,500 36,083 36,572 12,043
Laurens County 265 417,521 32 2,872 38,419 43,430 9,614
Catoosa County 172 406,172 33 2,524 35,379 49,412 8,220
Thomas County 256 395,830 34 2,661 39,000 42,640 9,283
Paulding County 124 390,784 35 2,137 31,385 68,801 5,680
Ware County 226 390,105 36 2,628 35,752 35,636 10,947
Coffee County 210 389,874 37 2,120 32,991 33,816 11,529
Baldwin County 218 371,968 38 2,407 34,261 41,933 8,871
Gordon County 241 360,119 39 2,260 33,899 40,281 8,940
Barrow County 145 344,841 40 1,798 30,825 38,900 8,865
Colquitt County 214 326,040 41 2,026 29,447 39,595 8,234
Newton County 173 319,821 42 2,023 32,441 55,222 5,792
McDuffie County 112 312,341 43 1,382 24,963 21,593 14,465
Jackson County 218 288,437 44 1,673 25,540 36,427 7,918
Sumter County 162 283,886 45 1,984 28,057 31,541 9,001
Camden County 143 275,703 46 1,687 21,665 45,164 6,104
Habersham County 153 256,257 47 1,677 24,078 31,228 8,206
Liberty County 165 255,045 48 1,762 22,188 60,107 4,243
Toombs County 152 253,661 49 1,706 23,115 25,675 9,880
Walton County 162 247,551 50 1,567 25,036 51,384 4,818
Decatur County 172 243,644 51 1,656 21,658 26,702 9,125
Walker County 180 240,059 52 1,515 22,350 62,265 3,855
Pickens County 74 238,524 53 694 12,900 18,599 12,825
Crisp County 158 234,539 54 1,859 23,668 20,549 11,414
White County 139 230,380 55 1,028 18,285 16,846 13,676
Stephens County 121 203,932 56 1,247 17,820 25,247 8,077
Franklin County 92 202,273 57 937 15,223 18,540 10,910
Polk County 146 183,929 58 1,377 18,295 35,886 5,125
Upson County 121 174,454 59 1,119 14,525 27,129 6,431
Wayne County 125 172,506 60 1,145 16,635 24,999 6,901
Murray County 108 166,905 61 743 13,551 31,877 5,236
Oconee County 55 166,633 62 799 14,655 23,216 7,178
Morgan County 71 166,334 63 886 15,567 14,538 11,441
Effingham County 91 165,769 64 1,193 15,713 35,041 4,731
Peach County 110 146,690 65 862 11,533 23,868 6,146
Haralson County 98 145,738 66 845 11,281 24,210 6,020
Ben Hill County 93 144,013 67 884 12,307 17,369 8,291
Emanuel County 102 139,576 68 902 11,970 20,998 6,647
Washington County 108 139,302 69 925 13,234 20,031 6,954
Gilmer County 89 136,118 70 778 11,937 17,975 7,573
Elbert County 85 130,740 71 726 10,497 19,210 6,806
Grady County 111 130,096 72 824 12,219 21,505 6,050
Jeff Davis County 79 127,934 73 660 9,248 12,679 10,090
Fannin County 103 126,669 74 779 10,684 18,128 6,987
Chattooga County 82 122,526 75 922 11,855 22,937 5,342
Mitchell County 107 122,261 76 897 12,086 21,058 5,806
Cook County 89 121,109 77 824 10,743 14,620 8,284
Lumpkin County 64 120,093 78 740 11,810 18,131 6,624
Dawson County 106 119,415 79 704 12,174 13,946 8,563
Burke County 81 118,578 80 700 10,552 22,476 5,276
Appling County 88 116,850 81 616 9,654 16,384 7,132
Butts County 71 111,918 82 613 8,348 17,240 6,492
McIntosh County 106 104,873 83 732 9,097 9,905 10,588
Dodge County 84 102,391 84 799 8,999 18,100 5,657
Union County 75 101,802 85 592 8,226 15,743 6,466
Worth County 62 101,493 86 461 8,121 22,297 4,552
Meriwether County 85 99,373 87 556 9,437 22,913 4,337
Rabun County 91 97,645 88 561 8,748 13,249 7,370
Hart County 78 96,869 89 778 9,571 21,516 4,502
Jefferson County 83 94,276 90 681 10,231 17,788 5,300
Dade County 54 92,263 91 476 5,934 14,590 6,324
Evans County 60 85,776 92 444 7,118 9,726 8,819
Bryan County 61 85,344 93 537 7,390 23,153 3,686
Putnam County 56 83,716 94 490 8,322 16,873 4,962
Screven County 56 82,147 95 483 6,995 14,390 5,709
Berrien County 62 79,315 96 471 8,090 15,932 4,978
Madison County 74 76,408 97 453 5,869 24,179 3,160
Tattnall County 78 76,236 98 581 6,705 19,040 4,004
Banks County 69 75,652 99 560 7,067 12,467 6,068
Candler County 50 74,583 100 388 5,479 8,876 8,403
Lamar County 51 74,076 101 440 6,840 14,440 5,130
Seminole County 61 71,547 102 413 5,420 9,640 7,422
Monroe County 75 70,293 103 503 6,710 19,406 3,622
Early County 68 69,850 104 519 6,380 12,163 5,743
Pierce County 69 68,641 105 417 6,475 15,524 4,422
Greene County 56 66,775 106 465 6,203 13,373 4,993
Dooly County 51 65,676 107 336 4,769 10,473 6,271
Brooks County 57 63,456 108 349 5,345 15,812 4,013
Bleckley County 53 58,988 109 392 4,818 11,087 5,320
Turner County 54 58,256 110 316 4,405 9,091 6,408
Macon County 52 57,715 111 409 5,485 13,274 4,348
Wilkes County 65 56,286 112 414 5,239 10,612 5,304
Terrell County 57 55,301 113 321 4,154 11,090 4,987
Lee County 39 54,041 114 362 4,396 21,903 2,467
Telfair County 60 49,544 115 407 4,852 11,476 4,317
Pulaski County 53 48,784 116 319 4,618 8,308 5,872
Bacon County 37 47,121 117 291 4,091 10,319 4,566
Towns County 52 42,415 118 289 3,923 8,207 5,168
Miller County 43 39,216 119 286 3,425 6,352 6,174
Jenkins County 34 38,034 120 235 3,186 8,433 4,510
Jones County 36 37,669 121 249 3,612 22,630 1,665
Taylor County 36 36,462 122 227 2,787 8,194 4,450
Charlton County 49 31,794 123 201 3,058 9,259 3,434
Harris County 59 31,303 124 259 3,244 22,208 1,410
Marion County 23 30,071 125 181 2,701 6,524 4,609
Wilkinson County 29 29,527 126 190 2,293 10,781 2,739
Calhoun County 25 28,971 127 212 2,648 5,078 5,705
Irwin County 31 28,295 128 226 3,071 8,941 3,165
Oglethorpe County 25 27,903 129 140 1,949 11,237 2,483
Randolph County 40 27,469 130 261 3,288 7,926 3,466
Johnson County 29 27,304 131 250 2,915 8,365 3,264
Brantley County 32 26,356 132 180 2,092 13,289 1,983
Clinch County 32 25,075 133 220 2,520 6,601 3,799
Lanier County 29 24,026 134 167 2,325 6,748 3,560
Atkinson County 30 20,858 135 154 1,864 7,126 2,927
Montgomery County 29 20,174 136 138 1,941 7,756 2,601
Wilcox County 30 20,102 137 138 1,800 7,322 2,745
Jasper County 21 19,914 138 148 2,005 9,880 2,016
Twiggs County 14 17,237 139 116 1,558 9,786 1,761
Heard County 21 17,170 140 117 1,673 9,983 1,720
Hancock County 24 16,991 141 149 2,026 9,005 1,887
Lincoln County 21 15,879 142 118 1,417 8,120 1,956
Pike County 23 15,860 143 109 1,448 12,191 1,301
Stewart County 26 14,465 144 133 1,349 5,440 2,659
Treutlen County 23 14,224 145 111 1,346 5,979 2,379
Warren County 22 12,457 146 128 1,937 6,010 2,073
Crawford County 14 11,194 147 84 1,176 10,717 1,045
Wheeler County 13 11,051 148 64 742 4,970 2,224
Clay County 17 10,523 149 123 1,206 3,464 3,038
Schley County 14 9,857 150 96 1,069 3,843 2,565
Webster County 8 7,631 151 80 750 2,256 3,383
Long County 9 7,137 152 37 448 8,336 ,856
Talbot County 13 7,130 153 68 659 6,902 1,033
Baker County 5 4,367 154 45 441 3,730 1,171
Chattahoochee County 6 4,213 155 26 368 16,589 ,254
Quitman County 6 4,121 156 30 357 2,468 1,670
Glascock County 7 2,864 157 30 294 2,478 1,156
Taliaferro County 4 D   (20-99) D 1,884 N/A
Echols County 3 D   (1-19) D 2,414 N/A

D = Withheld to avoid disclosure of confidential information.
These data include establishments with paid employees, except auxiliaries.
Source: 1997 Economic Census, and 1997 population estimates, data available as of 11/29/99 For data issued since that date, or other areas, see www.census.gov/econ97.