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

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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
 
Kentucky 17,369 33,332,675   212,189 3,128,099 3,910,366 8,524
 
Jefferson County 2,950 7,200,828 1 47,517 761,633 671,735 10,720
Fayette County 1,251 3,133,071 2 20,363 308,747 239,907 13,060
Boone County 435 1,666,235 3 8,561 132,532 76,120 21,890
Warren County 525 1,108,766 4 7,144 102,489 86,587 12,805
McCracken County 515 1,011,954 5 6,266 91,143 64,773 15,623
Hardin County 422 896,979 6 5,431 82,948 90,783 9,880
Daviess County 470 853,769 7 6,011 84,487 90,880 9,394
Kenton County 452 829,409 8 5,904 86,618 146,218 5,672
Pike County 347 664,743 9 4,618 61,194 72,582 9,159
Campbell County 266 644,097 10 3,874 57,608 87,490 7,362
Boyd County 345 641,588 11 4,313 60,789 49,829 12,876
Madison County 288 564,950 12 3,824 51,374 65,465 8,630
Pulaski County 336 543,286 13 3,508 48,708 55,798 9,737
Laurel County 230 499,830 14 2,827 40,550 50,105 9,976
Christian County 301 464,879 15 2,836 43,670 73,308 6,341
Franklin County 202 443,445 16 3,096 39,167 46,195 9,599
Henderson County 208 422,159 17 2,252 36,776 44,446 9,498
Hopkins County 246 408,958 18 2,805 39,915 46,237 8,845
Jessamine County 132 393,972 19 2,078 32,744 36,071 10,922
Barren County 208 355,477 20 2,171 31,236 36,730 9,678
Clark County 147 348,172 21 1,922 30,331 31,658 10,998
Calloway County 192 336,498 22 2,020 28,394 33,197 10,136
Boyle County 149 301,751 23 2,152 28,953 27,027 11,165
Bell County 163 299,239 24 1,955 36,190 29,792 10,044
Perry County 183 294,601 25 1,917 25,747 31,153 9,457
Graves County 141 286,239 26 1,580 24,412 35,635 8,033
Whitley County 164 275,640 27 1,609 23,501 35,636 7,735
Floyd County 185 259,359 28 1,568 22,898 43,354 5,982
Knox County 123 254,409 29 1,556 20,579 31,491 8,079
Shelby County 111 253,039 30 1,338 19,635 28,814 8,782
Taylor County 152 252,849 31 1,555 22,450 22,872 11,055
Mason County 109 246,332 32 1,467 20,154 16,972 14,514
Bullitt County 151 243,342 33 1,547 22,503 57,874 4,205
Scott County 115 230,728 34 1,396 17,497 29,447 7,835
Johnson County 127 229,154 35 1,606 20,702 24,032 9,535
Montgomery County 117 225,179 36 1,479 18,051 20,734 10,860
Nelson County 178 218,840 37 1,445 19,470 35,170 6,222
Simpson County 77 205,672 38 914 13,940 16,095 12,779
Muhlenberg County 130 198,709 39 1,405 19,973 32,008 6,208
Oldham County 113 192,136 40 1,209 19,062 43,237 4,444
Grant County 100 181,342 41 1,098 16,523 19,812 9,153
Rowan County 131 180,731 42 1,319 15,563 21,950 8,234
Marshall County 128 179,225 43 1,054 16,394 29,876 5,999
Carter County 130 179,205 44 1,071 14,826 26,553 6,749
Harlan County 132 168,815 45 1,261 17,149 35,300 4,782
Logan County 106 147,846 46 975 13,751 26,129 5,658
Grayson County 103 131,407 47 942 12,003 23,287 5,643
Bourbon County 75 127,859 48 781 10,117 19,335 6,613
Caldwell County 64 126,335 49 752 11,827 13,338 9,472
Mercer County 84 125,579 50 637 10,057 20,431 6,146
Woodford County 75 124,901 51 724 9,724 22,324 5,595
Meade County 85 122,787 52 570 9,406 28,217 4,352
Carroll County 59 121,813 53 549 8,686 9,589 12,703
Greenup County 111 119,668 54 788 11,190 37,080 3,227
Letcher County 92 110,241 55 837 10,783 26,503 4,160
Clay County 78 110,166 56 812 9,429 22,572 4,881
Fleming County 68 108,182 57 526 9,455 13,203 8,194
Harrison County 64 106,644 58 695 8,962 17,272 6,174
Russell County 88 104,919 59 797 13,962 16,332 6,424
Breathitt County 52 102,798 60 715 8,715 15,668 6,561
Wayne County 65 98,953 61 663 12,973 18,802 5,263
Breckinridge County 69 95,052 62 525 7,431 17,321 5,488
Anderson County 54 92,662 63 528 7,954 18,071 5,128
Union County 77 91,370 64 623 7,731 16,531 5,527
Henry County 53 90,541 65 470 7,017 14,716 6,153
Ohio County 75 89,772 66 614 8,169 21,959 4,088
Marion County 79 84,779 67 642 7,146 17,002 4,986
Adair County 65 83,024 68 525 6,271 16,471 5,041
Allen County 70 78,584 69 469 5,895 16,185 4,855
Hart County 90 76,680 70 589 7,281 16,549 4,634
Webster County 59 73,286 71 431 6,470 13,524 5,419
Lincoln County 64 70,943 72 471 6,582 22,024 3,221
Fulton County 61 70,486 73 498 7,013 7,620 9,250
Morgan County 52 65,723 74 388 5,581 13,484 4,874
Lawrence County 51 63,747 75 440 5,514 15,468 4,121
Monroe County 64 63,651 76 405 5,250 11,301 5,632
Estill County 61 58,878 77 375 4,542 15,451 3,811
Martin County 51 57,960 78 344 5,261 12,227 4,740
McCreary County 50 52,448 79 318 4,165 16,632 3,153
Lyon County 68 52,400 80 461 5,165 7,984 6,563
Trigg County 52 51,761 81 324 4,102 12,138 4,264
Owen County 23 50,363 82 220 2,892 10,057 5,008
Ballard County 37 48,983 83 264 3,639 8,370 5,852
Clinton County 55 47,199 84 374 4,545 9,279 5,087
Magoffin County 47 46,872 85 314 3,527 13,908 3,370
Todd County 48 45,664 86 274 3,301 11,179 4,085
Washington County 41 44,636 87 301 3,896 10,821 4,125
Rockcastle County 54 44,281 88 365 4,297 15,723 2,816
Casey County 53 44,217 89 310 4,232 14,548 3,039
Larue County 41 42,465 90 294 4,326 12,877 3,298
McLean County 30 40,751 91 209 3,366 9,759 4,176
Metcalfe County 40 39,769 92 272 3,510 9,491 4,190
Bath County 42 38,498 93 238 2,878 10,361 3,716
Powell County 39 38,124 94 297 3,014 12,692 3,004
Butler County 41 35,694 95 270 3,149 11,774 3,032
Pendleton County 40 35,475 96 287 2,934 13,840 2,563
Knott County 48 35,352 97 242 3,394 18,032 1,961
Cumberland County 34 35,091 98 231 3,055 6,861 5,115
Garrard County 44 33,845 99 238 2,972 13,601 2,488
Green County 41 33,386 100 230 3,104 10,567 3,159
Jackson County 30 31,226 101 179 2,291 12,826 2,435
Leslie County 42 30,212 102 215 2,844 13,487 2,240
Hancock County 22 29,335 103 168 2,275 8,873 3,306
Crittenden County 29 28,932 104 261 3,206 9,434 3,067
Owsley County 16 25,939 105 99 1,031 5,362 4,838
Lee County 27 25,781 106 179 2,758 7,981 3,230
Wolfe County 27 25,746 107 161 1,731 7,276 3,538
Livingston County 33 22,657 108 188 2,681 9,362 2,420
Lewis County 34 22,582 109 241 2,009 13,556 1,666
Gallatin County 19 21,567 110 179 1,971 6,778 3,182
Carlisle County 19 20,303 111 134 3,046 5,374 3,778
Bracken County 27 19,713 112 127 1,545 8,351 2,361
Edmonson County 22 18,876 113 140 1,491 11,186 1,687
Nicholas County 14 18,472 114 114 1,581 7,031 2,627
Spencer County 23 16,887 115 147 2,537 9,179 1,840
Hickman County 19 13,512 116 93 1,355 5,238 2,580
Menifee County 16 11,769 117 81 803 5,621 2,094
Elliott County 20 11,505 118 87 868 6,560 1,754
Trimble County 14 11,139 119 96 1,068 7,282 1,530
Robertson County 7 2,411 120 25 172 2,181 1,105

These data include establishments with paid employees, except auxiliaries.
Source: 1997 Economic Census, and 1997 population estimates, data available as of 02/11/2000 For data issued since that date, or other areas, see www.census.gov/econ97.