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

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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 York 75,241 139,303,944   805,208 14,329,825 18,146,200 7,677
 
New York County 11,222 19,502,446 1 102,965 2,447,153 1,541,994 12,648
Nassau County 6,751 16,483,581 2 81,902 1,615,948 1,299,485 12,685
Suffolk County 6,393 13,509,684 3 68,059 1,352,715 1,361,138 9,925
Westchester County 4,191 9,188,974 4 46,984 958,643 894,022 10,278
Queens County 5,933 8,755,996 5 48,425 890,129 1,984,152 4,413
Erie County 3,628 8,036,261 6 55,286 797,237 943,514 8,517
Kings County 6,994 7,983,578 7 45,941 821,809 2,265,731 3,524
Monroe County 2,546 6,513,211 8 43,294 634,112 718,269 9,068
Onondaga County 1,974 4,372,310 9 30,203 443,377 460,898 9,487
Albany County 1,483 3,567,220 10 21,444 348,106 294,074 12,130
Bronx County 3,110 3,434,878 11 21,641 352,543 1,191,668 2,882
Orange County 1,438 3,047,696 12 17,131 290,449 326,265 9,341
Dutchess County 1,097 2,259,516 13 13,506 225,717 263,758 8,567
Richmond County 1,197 2,235,269 14 13,522 219,430 401,949 5,561
Rockland County 1,114 2,229,895 15 11,601 228,154 278,708 8,001
Oneida County 971 1,846,126 16 12,664 180,499 232,892 7,927
Broome County 829 1,763,285 17 11,881 164,249 198,103 8,901
Niagara County 886 1,607,559 18 11,500 159,939 219,635 7,319
Saratoga County 721 1,509,763 19 9,063 139,047 195,757 7,712
Ulster County 771 1,278,328 20 8,107 132,095 166,370 7,684
Schenectady County 582 1,173,981 21 7,606 119,087 146,474 8,015
Ontario County 520 1,118,634 22 7,791 106,300 99,734 11,216
Jefferson County 514 1,016,289 23 5,679 90,779 112,335 9,047
Chautauqua County 591 1,011,070 24 7,096 96,612 139,607 7,242
Chemung County 412 875,861 25 5,963 82,949 92,333 9,486
Rensselaer County 440 854,270 26 5,814 86,015 153,743 5,556
Warren County 466 850,557 27 5,236 83,939 61,259 13,885
St. Lawrence County 483 791,805 28 5,161 73,629 114,073 6,941
Clinton County 445 756,620 29 4,967 70,845 80,132 9,442
Oswego County 396 747,124 30 4,609 69,475 124,842 5,985
Steuben County 403 663,442 31 4,526 63,836 98,419 6,741
Tompkins County 373 616,319 32 4,367 65,694 96,060 6,416
Wayne County 296 576,406 33 3,569 54,205 94,566 6,095
Cattaraugus County 380 570,667 34 4,190 56,104 85,180 6,700
Otsego County 298 539,317 35 3,064 47,350 61,014 8,839
Cayuga County 265 516,840 36 3,250 50,460 81,694 6,327
Putnam County 320 497,639 37 2,707 49,878 92,201 5,397
Sullivan County 344 485,934 38 2,842 49,031 69,402 7,002
Madison County 260 463,263 39 2,935 43,238 71,016 6,523
Columbia County 260 424,112 40 2,647 42,030 63,291 6,701
Cortland County 200 423,897 41 2,658 38,515 48,207 8,793
Livingston County 245 411,334 42 2,676 38,357 65,982 6,234
Montgomery County 222 378,401 43 2,381 34,045 51,251 7,383
Genesee County 231 366,392 44 2,649 35,604 60,947 6,012
Fulton County 195 331,786 45 2,019 30,131 53,269 6,229
Herkimer County 254 313,356 46 2,183 29,661 65,015 4,820
Delaware County 243 307,800 47 1,810 29,164 46,451 6,626
Chenango County 204 293,779 48 1,793 27,254 51,620 5,691
Franklin County 215 283,920 49 1,834 26,013 48,870 5,810
Essex County 251 283,844 50 1,611 25,931 37,663 7,536
Greene County 230 278,347 51 1,673 27,134 47,461 5,865
Washington County 209 265,211 52 1,693 25,915 60,574 4,378
Seneca County 174 250,269 53 1,560 22,564 32,187 7,775
Wyoming County 159 246,995 54 1,609 23,768 44,105 5,600
Tioga County 145 218,095 55 1,205 20,024 52,395 4,163
Allegany County 181 210,580 56 1,646 20,431 51,141 4,118
Orleans County 139 191,524 57 1,371 18,118 44,717 4,283
Schoharie County 134 190,090 58 1,364 18,357 32,557 5,839
Lewis County 99 134,022 59 743 11,069 27,606 4,855
Schuyler County 72 119,503 60 713 11,695 19,072 6,266
Yates County 107 105,355 61 739 10,640 24,162 4,360
Hamilton County 35 23,718 62 140 2,628 5,191 4,569

These data include establishments with paid employees, except auxiliaries.
Source: 1997 Economic Census, and 1997 population estimates, data available as of 11/19/99 For data issued since that date, or other areas, see www.census.gov/econ97.