Table 2: 1997 Economic Census: Ranking by Retail Sales
New Jersey

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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
 
New Jersey 34,837 79,914,892   420,724 7,926,020 8,058,384 9,917
 
Bergen County 4,284 10,766,061 1 52,065 1,052,771 852,448 12,630
Middlesex County 2,785 7,364,019 2 39,421 720,839 708,826 10,389
Morris County 2,241 6,499,877 3 30,767 635,507 454,490 14,301
Monmouth County 2,870 6,400,501 4 34,839 627,677 596,987 10,721
Union County 2,100 4,809,175 5 22,616 464,942 498,201 9,653
Ocean County 1,923 4,728,321 6 23,431 431,450 482,421 9,801
Passaic County 1,843 4,659,927 7 25,468 469,018 483,217 9,644
Camden County 2,052 4,612,439 8 26,577 480,965 504,814 9,137
Essex County 2,819 4,518,098 9 27,068 512,920 750,861 6,017
Burlington County 1,570 4,410,774 10 22,857 426,598 418,459 10,541
Hudson County 2,327 3,842,879 11 22,670 384,928 554,508 6,930
Somerset County 1,178 3,305,796 12 15,351 306,681 276,420 11,959
Mercer County 1,442 3,183,067 13 18,217 326,081 329,797 9,652
Atlantic County 1,258 2,513,182 14 14,308 253,780 236,331 10,634
Gloucester County 989 2,441,735 15 14,030 231,254 245,957 9,927
Hunterdon County 600 1,454,478 16 6,415 143,656 120,558 12,065
Cumberland County 578 1,226,489 17 7,157 130,093 140,983 8,700
Cape May County 784 961,058 18 4,990 102,681 97,961 9,811
Sussex County 502 953,563 19 4,689 92,663 141,871 6,721
Warren County 466 862,193 20 5,106 90,052 98,032 8,795
Salem County 226 401,260 21 2,682 41,464 65,242 6,150

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.