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

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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
 
Tennessee 24,808 50,813,221   304,452 4,810,252 5,371,693 9,459
 
Shelby County 3,574 8,959,224 1 56,612 891,298 865,318 10,354
Davidson County 3,017 7,737,622 2 44,452 782,705 535,032 14,462
Knox County 1,946 5,029,692 3 28,344 478,927 365,900 13,746
Hamilton County 1,531 3,269,550 4 20,122 325,831 294,865 11,088
Sullivan County 754 1,515,648 5 8,945 141,212 150,371 10,079
Rutherford County 594 1,515,612 6 8,766 144,375 159,987 9,473
Williamson County 540 1,421,389 7 7,729 142,063 111,453 12,753
Madison County 582 1,196,506 8 8,169 114,892 84,942 14,086
Blount County 385 1,189,093 9 5,590 99,277 100,218 11,865
Montgomery County 523 1,175,836 10 6,895 108,125 124,369 9,454
Washington County 540 1,123,126 11 6,873 103,087 101,368 11,080
Sevier County 683 857,545 12 5,554 86,340 62,774 13,661
Bradley County 392 745,734 13 4,103 66,142 80,800 9,229
Anderson County 331 700,918 14 3,923 60,835 71,498 9,803
Sumner County 403 665,189 15 4,252 64,410 121,936 5,455
Putnam County 379 648,631 16 3,925 60,157 58,326 11,121
Hamblen County 323 645,912 17 3,595 54,693 53,699 12,028
Maury County 306 572,949 18 3,451 55,687 68,268 8,393
Wilson County 290 566,457 19 3,216 49,600 81,327 6,965
Coffee County 283 490,649 20 3,127 43,839 45,347 10,820
Greene County 253 440,239 21 2,871 39,901 59,369 7,415
Dickson County 185 412,910 22 2,158 35,160 40,937 10,086
Cumberland County 222 368,640 23 2,171 32,436 43,217 8,530
Dyer County 220 362,394 24 2,237 30,394 36,465 9,938
McMinn County 209 361,684 25 2,119 30,326 46,000 7,863
Gibson County 248 358,380 26 2,221 33,030 48,083 7,453
Robertson County 178 331,410 27 1,823 29,109 51,533 6,431
Lawrence County 200 315,211 28 1,822 27,127 39,095 8,063
Roane County 176 308,939 29 1,832 25,948 49,885 6,193
Obion County 183 296,499 30 1,834 26,827 32,069 9,246
Tipton County 169 279,671 31 1,571 22,983 45,986 6,082
Loudon County 137 271,701 32 1,407 20,996 38,245 7,104
Warren County 177 267,035 33 1,803 26,244 35,777 7,464
Carter County 156 265,080 34 1,602 23,161 53,132 4,989
Jefferson County 120 249,453 35 1,415 21,100 42,168 5,916
Henry County 167 244,578 36 1,608 21,933 29,830 8,199
Monroe County 165 234,533 37 1,505 19,888 33,953 6,908
Franklin County 164 230,963 38 1,555 21,888 37,152 6,217
Campbell County 159 228,875 39 1,551 21,298 37,878 6,042
Bedford County 145 207,358 40 1,298 18,073 34,203 6,063
Lincoln County 138 205,559 41 1,360 18,033 29,336 7,007
Giles County 137 201,671 42 1,218 16,944 28,515 7,072
Hawkins County 138 194,862 43 1,230 16,014 48,821 3,991
Cocke County 126 191,333 44 1,361 16,251 31,657 6,044
Marion County 111 186,548 45 1,232 15,216 26,674 6,994
White County 90 183,525 46 856 13,243 22,201 8,267
Hardin County 131 183,261 47 1,079 15,448 24,816 7,385
Marshall County 122 180,916 48 1,153 16,675 25,687 7,043
Henderson County 124 177,732 49 1,090 16,026 24,000 7,406
Weakley County 153 171,779 50 1,211 16,063 32,808 5,236
Haywood County 100 146,414 51 830 12,026 19,709 7,429
Rhea County 100 137,768 52 903 12,295 27,672 4,979
Cheatham County 75 129,959 53 729 10,487 34,402 3,778
Carroll County 121 127,432 54 950 11,634 28,990 4,396
Lauderdale County 100 123,924 55 867 11,433 24,128 5,136
Hardeman County 103 120,708 56 860 11,202 24,702 4,887
McNairy County 100 117,183 57 728 9,942 23,678 4,949
Claiborne County 97 111,460 58 736 10,189 28,963 3,848
Humphreys County 77 110,799 59 657 9,499 16,839 6,580
Smith County 62 100,782 60 642 8,851 16,047 6,280
Chester County 65 99,765 61 481 7,811 14,469 6,895
Benton County 78 92,499 62 746 9,418 16,243 5,695
Macon County 81 89,283 63 582 7,778 17,854 5,001
Scott County 74 88,014 64 555 7,281 19,816 4,442
Fayette County 69 77,390 65 459 6,961 29,412 2,631
Fentress County 64 77,164 66 570 7,108 15,920 4,847
Overton County 64 77,076 67 439 5,919 19,171 4,020
Johnson County 57 67,494 68 417 6,286 16,572 4,073
DeKalb County 65 67,251 69 419 5,742 15,743 4,272
Lewis County 59 66,340 70 367 5,352 10,789 6,149
Decatur County 50 65,149 71 371 5,197 10,799 6,033
Unicoi County 50 59,074 72 342 4,874 17,221 3,430
Crockett County 58 58,379 73 339 4,392 13,841 4,218
Grainger County 59 57,175 74 385 4,548 19,456 2,939
Sequatchie County 42 56,068 75 288 4,185 10,119 5,541
Grundy County 57 51,463 76 414 5,445 14,012 3,673
Hickman County 66 48,841 77 360 4,457 19,926 2,451
Polk County 53 46,968 78 366 4,363 14,666 3,203
Wayne County 67 45,775 79 370 4,214 16,498 2,775
Stewart County 35 43,511 80 260 3,383 11,241 3,871
Cannon County 30 33,268 81 213 2,933 12,011 2,770
Morgan County 41 31,199 82 209 2,768 18,521 1,685
Union County 36 28,210 83 204 2,336 15,956 1,768
Meigs County 21 24,170 84 163 2,262 9,690 2,494
Houston County 29 23,733 85 164 1,995 7,769 3,055
Bledsoe County 31 23,602 86 162 1,771 10,650 2,216
Trousdale County 28 23,435 87 190 2,264 6,748 3,473
Perry County 27 21,537 88 145 1,720 7,438 2,896
Jackson County 27 20,473 89 145 1,366 9,537 2,147
Lake County 26 20,061 90 172 2,022 8,177 2,453
Clay County 23 18,996 91 127 1,661 7,311 2,598
Pickett County 20 17,039 92 109 1,326 4,631 3,679
Hancock County 20 13,386 93 100 1,399 6,801 1,968
Van Buren County 10 7,401 94 30 435 5,060 1,463
Moore County 12 5,582 95 51 492 5,205 1,072

These data include establishments with paid employees, except auxiliaries.
Source: 1997 Economic Census, and 1997 population estimates, data available as of 12/16/99 For data issued since that date, or other areas, see www.census.gov/econ97.