| 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 | |
| Nevada | 6,222 | 18,220,790 | 89,452 | 1,798,249 | 1,678,691 | 10,854 | |
| Clark County | 3,803 | 12,321,538 | 1 | 58,477 | 1,201,651 | 1,106,900 | 11,132 |
| Washoe County | 1,328 | 3,751,114 | 2 | 19,418 | 389,506 | 306,534 | 12,237 |
| Carson City | 262 | 678,405 | 3 | 3,383 | 66,080 | 48,691 | 13,933 |
| Elko County | 171 | 426,801 | 4 | 2,226 | 39,088 | 45,534 | 9,373 |
| Douglas County | 141 | 203,314 | 5 | 1,143 | 23,504 | 36,216 | 5,614 |
| Humboldt County | 79 | 193,717 | 6 | 967 | 15,695 | 17,491 | 11,075 |
| Churchill County | 87 | 177,600 | 7 | 1,023 | 16,899 | 22,664 | 7,836 |
| Lyon County | 81 | 140,562 | 8 | 723 | 13,856 | 28,813 | 4,878 |
| Nye County | 107 | 140,426 | 9 | 777 | 12,999 | 27,137 | 5,175 |
| White Pine County | 51 | 55,543 | 10 | 376 | 6,106 | 10,205 | 5,443 |
| Lander County | 20 | 36,592 | 11 | 311 | 3,998 | 7,243 | 5,052 |
| Pershing County | 21 | 36,352 | 12 | 177 | 2,433 | 5,402 | 6,729 |
| Mineral County | 23 | 32,128 | 13 | 172 | 2,703 | 5,736 | 5,601 |
| Lincoln County | 15 | 12,526 | 14 | 141 | 1,487 | 4,132 | 3,031 |
| Storey County | 24 | 7,546 | 15 | 82 | 1,378 | 2,995 | 2,520 |
| Eureka County | 7 | D | (20-99) | D | 1,852 | N/A | |
| Esmeralda County | 2 | D | (1-19) | D | 1,146 | 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 9/ 1/1999
For data issued since that date, or other areas, see www.census.gov/econ97.