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

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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
 
Nebraska 8,295 16,529,333   102,684 1,554,621 1,657,009 9,975
 
Douglas County 1,931 5,634,500 1 34,920 591,714 441,239 12,770
Lancaster County 996 2,270,447 2 15,734 231,990 233,788 9,712
Hall County 347 722,070 3 4,646 69,246 51,537 14,011
Sarpy County 291 695,565 4 4,663 63,668 118,631 5,863
Cheyenne County 61 649,802 5 964 22,223 9,544 68,085
Dodge County 185 479,844 6 2,313 37,759 35,132 13,658
Madison County 226 479,570 7 3,048 41,559 34,792 13,784
Buffalo County 239 455,259 8 3,234 48,665 40,273 11,304
Scotts Bluff County 239 391,868 9 2,624 38,831 36,355 10,779
Lincoln County 198 314,466 10 2,107 28,923 33,515 9,383
Platte County 176 293,741 11 1,984 27,854 30,631 9,590
Adams County 180 289,533 12 2,204 30,376 29,649 9,765
Washington County 72 233,886 13 675 14,329 18,385 12,722
Gage County 153 190,134 14 1,310 15,821 22,806 8,337
Dawson County 149 185,350 15 1,401 18,928 23,179 7,996
Red Willow County 109 176,293 16 1,124 15,675 11,367 15,509
York County 98 160,176 17 1,027 13,914 14,580 10,986
Cass County 77 113,457 18 740 8,818 23,949 4,737
Otoe County 98 110,611 19 694 9,469 14,538 7,608
Box Butte County 72 107,284 20 698 9,695 12,974 8,269
Dakota County 80 105,028 21 878 11,493 18,644 5,633
Holt County 95 99,633 22 610 7,540 12,154 8,198
Cuming County 60 97,788 23 466 6,676 10,024 9,755
Keith County 75 97,760 24 669 9,591 8,626 11,333
Saline County 62 95,643 25 584 8,850 13,039 7,335
Saunders County 79 92,845 26 602 7,514 19,167 4,844
Phelps County 70 81,827 27 533 7,353 9,958 8,217
Dawes County 61 81,390 28 663 6,692 9,004 9,039
Custer County 83 81,226 29 534 6,665 12,119 6,702
Seward County 63 80,692 30 564 6,754 16,170 4,990
Colfax County 51 76,250 31 383 5,857 10,548 7,229
Cedar County 51 62,915 32 308 4,345 9,793 6,424
Knox County 73 61,346 33 373 4,492 9,356 6,557
Cherry County 49 60,701 34 399 5,771 6,424 9,449
Jefferson County 51 60,628 35 448 6,143 8,417 7,203
Boone County 49 60,507 36 334 5,236 6,430 9,410
Richardson County 66 59,430 37 387 4,643 9,466 6,278
Sheridan County 58 56,889 38 397 4,415 6,594 8,627
Furnas County 41 55,221 39 285 3,998 5,424 10,181
Antelope County 51 52,136 40 314 3,727 7,348 7,095
Nemaha County 45 51,498 41 323 3,735 7,829 6,578
Burt County 51 49,215 42 241 3,695 7,940 6,198
Wayne County 46 47,022 43 386 4,502 9,336 5,037
Pierce County 51 45,131 44 312 3,559 7,906 5,708
Chase County 35 44,796 45 240 3,732 4,252 10,535
Thayer County 45 44,183 46 285 3,531 6,282 7,033
Clay County 40 43,925 47 202 2,853 7,135 6,156
Nuckolls County 40 43,151 48 284 3,740 5,335 8,088
Thurston County 29 42,448 49 239 3,096 7,214 5,884
Hamilton County 35 39,868 50 302 4,222 9,443 4,222
Garfield County 26 32,983 51 135 1,822 2,068 15,949
Greeley County 19 32,767 52 111 1,929 2,904 11,283
Merrick County 39 31,454 53 250 3,218 8,152 3,858
Fillmore County 38 30,545 54 229 2,499 6,910 4,420
Johnson County 34 29,124 55 196 2,582 4,597 6,335
Brown County 30 28,796 56 191 2,458 3,598 8,003
Valley County 38 27,284 57 226 2,910 4,748 5,746
Howard County 38 25,098 58 210 2,835 6,436 3,900
Deuel County 15 24,628 59 136 1,603 2,031 12,126
Kearney County 28 24,202 60 166 2,089 6,704 3,610
Morrill County 23 23,913 61 162 2,013 5,405 4,424
Polk County 24 23,813 62 126 1,703 5,629 4,230
Dixon County 16 23,497 63 97 1,355 6,339 3,707
Butler County 25 23,328 64 210 2,389 8,626 2,704
Webster County 22 21,323 65 143 2,021 4,015 5,311
Kimball County 30 21,101 66 183 2,107 4,026 5,241
Hitchcock County 14 18,183 67 93 1,322 3,406 5,339
Sherman County 18 17,788 68 84 1,206 3,532 5,036
Harlan County 20 17,020 69 103 1,259 3,780 4,503
Dundy County 17 15,727 70 84 1,350 2,307 6,817
Nance County 21 14,849 71 111 1,214 4,218 3,520
Franklin County 23 13,043 72 97 1,202 3,812 3,422
Perkins County 18 12,397 73 92 1,210 3,248 3,817
Garden County 15 9,638 74 80 929 2,210 4,361
Stanton County 13 8,249 75 59 801 6,183 1,334
Boyd County 15 7,936 76 62 638 2,663 2,980
Pawnee County 12 7,139 77 53 600 3,181 2,244
Rock County 10 6,359 78 57 646 1,763 3,607
Frontier County 17 6,270 79 78 624 3,156 1,987
Thomas County 6 4,177 80 27 296 804 5,195
Hooker County 8 4,115 81 43 502 714 5,763
Grant County 6 2,927 82 41 362 750 3,903
Sioux County 5 2,152 83 17 182 1,510 1,425
Keya Paha County 6 2,071 84 12 185 976 2,122
Gosper County 5 1,973 85 17 112 2,270 ,869
Wheeler County 4 1,708 86 16 126 945 1,807
Blaine County 4 933 87 7 60 623 1,498
Arthur County 3 332 88 5 26 428 ,776
Hayes County 1 D   (1-19) D 1,091 N/A
Logan County 2 D   (1-19) D 899 N/A
Loup County 3 D   (1-19) D 675 N/A
McPherson County 2 D   (1-19) D 564 N/A
Banner County 89 872 N/A

These data include establishments with paid employees, except auxiliaries.
Source: 1997 Economic Census, and 1997 population estimates, data available as of 2/11/00 For data issued since that date, or other areas, see www.census.gov/econ97.