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

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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
 
Virginia 29,032 62,569,924   379,039 6,202,575 6,737,489 9,287
 
Fairfax County 3,025 9,261,010 1 48,037 980,607 915,121 10,120
Virginia Beach 1,621 3,342,718 2 21,987 337,224 431,179 7,753
Henrico County 1,148 2,974,355 3 19,119 302,444 244,204 12,180
Prince William County 915 2,563,138 4 13,936 240,488 254,966 10,053
Chesterfield County 938 2,412,612 5 15,275 230,717 243,341 9,915
Chesapeake 779 1,993,340 6 12,554 184,481 195,924 10,174
Norfolk 918 1,900,364 7 12,628 207,305 230,018 8,262
Roanoke 792 1,843,734 8 12,425 191,252 94,062 19,601
Arlington County 665 1,819,374 9 10,098 188,683 175,737 10,353
Richmond 1,013 1,738,092 10 11,579 193,461 192,669 9,021
Hampton 514 1,638,883 11 9,930 150,547 138,549 11,829
Alexandria 593 1,507,569 12 7,746 159,960 116,514 12,939
Newport News 681 1,488,616 13 9,284 143,575 175,083 8,502
Fairfax 305 1,288,014 14 5,870 115,522 20,383 63,191
Loudoun County 478 1,282,010 15 6,933 128,958 132,995 9,640
Lynchburg 446 1,228,549 16 7,209 115,781 65,256 18,827
Hanover County 309 830,043 17 4,693 80,607 79,261 10,472
Montgomery County 355 749,685 18 4,976 74,351 75,931 9,873
Spotsylvania County 261 737,610 19 4,038 66,613 80,989 9,108
Charlottesville 360 730,271 20 4,345 73,214 37,855 19,291
Albemarle County 314 718,023 21 4,270 67,361 77,420 9,274
Harrisonburg 308 690,756 22 4,161 64,000 33,364 20,704
Manassas 230 647,495 23 3,355 64,917 34,363 18,843
Danville 334 585,472 24 3,787 56,903 51,137 11,449
Winchester 283 571,299 25 3,667 58,698 22,366 25,543
Fredericksburg 317 567,275 26 3,701 60,709 21,071 26,922
Tazewell County 267 565,471 27 3,193 47,175 46,865 12,066
Colonial Heights 205 496,410 28 3,776 46,543 16,872 29,422
Portsmouth 295 468,443 29 3,291 51,216 99,451 4,710
Frederick County 211 464,701 30 2,574 46,076 54,528 8,522
Roanoke County 202 461,815 31 2,559 41,694 81,243 5,684
Salem 174 452,503 32 3,089 51,795 24,774 18,265
Stafford County 202 413,532 33 2,336 39,714 87,795 4,710
Washington County 253 408,897 34 2,609 40,835 48,972 8,350
Suffolk 212 379,979 35 2,697 37,957 61,105 6,218
Rockingham County 242 356,174 36 2,075 35,375 63,417 5,616
Falls Church 120 355,628 37 1,536 34,667 9,888 35,966
Fauquier County 223 353,092 38 2,052 36,550 52,992 6,663
Henry County 240 346,286 39 2,263 30,677 55,918 6,193
Wythe County 204 346,056 40 1,933 27,166 26,314 13,151
Campbell County 209 337,975 41 2,169 31,261 50,119 6,743
Bristol 155 331,695 42 2,266 29,205 17,372 19,094
Staunton 168 330,513 43 2,213 32,015 23,279 14,198
Williamsburg 163 330,198 44 2,262 33,682 11,865 27,830
York County 255 326,927 45 2,681 32,564 57,608 5,675
Wise County 183 310,871 46 1,961 28,260 38,980 7,975
Augusta County 214 310,783 47 1,925 29,354 61,672 5,039
Culpeper County 153 306,977 48 1,812 28,366 32,403 9,474
James City County 190 303,812 49 2,064 30,960 43,218 7,030
Pittsylvania County 213 300,524 50 2,170 27,917 57,729 5,206
Petersburg 189 290,027 51 1,764 29,521 34,526 8,400
Shenandoah County 158 279,342 52 1,574 23,579 34,165 8,176
Mecklenburg County 200 272,476 53 2,109 26,281 30,928 8,810
Prince Edward County 125 267,397 54 1,703 24,448 18,855 14,182
Franklin County 180 257,730 55 1,707 23,354 44,111 5,843
Pulaski County 133 250,857 56 1,541 21,633 34,344 7,304
Martinsville 142 248,784 57 1,927 25,261 15,768 15,778
Smyth County 170 232,065 58 1,560 20,770 32,838 7,067
Gloucester County 134 228,076 59 1,505 20,737 34,432 6,624
Waynesboro 115 216,634 60 1,512 22,159 18,510 11,704
Halifax County 164 215,878 61 1,570 20,586 36,792 5,868
Warren County 142 199,740 62 1,354 19,565 29,929 6,674
Amherst County 104 190,201 63 1,082 17,991 29,984 6,343
Accomack County 208 180,465 64 1,335 18,645 32,062 5,629
Rockbridge County 79 165,330 65 961 13,927 19,404 8,520
Carroll County 114 162,556 66 957 13,752 27,929 5,820
Orange County 104 160,066 67 946 15,756 24,877 6,434
Russell County 102 154,242 68 910 14,500 29,049 5,310
Scott County 91 143,010 69 788 10,994 22,724 6,293
Isle of Wight County 97 141,911 70 1,049 12,417 28,596 4,963
Bedford 81 136,343 71 975 13,494 6,290 21,676
Buchanan County 130 135,235 72 1,018 13,747 29,328 4,611
Galax 71 134,604 73 906 12,585 6,875 19,579
Botetourt County 81 130,247 74 796 11,006 28,202 4,618
Norton 66 127,795 75 921 11,912 4,206 30,384
Essex County 68 125,954 76 787 12,090 9,193 13,701
Caroline County 69 118,392 77 608 8,469 21,690 5,458
Lexington 68 108,877 78 686 9,633 7,192 15,139
Hopewell 83 100,873 79 754 10,574 22,426 4,498
Lancaster County 89 98,477 80 687 10,869 11,318 8,701
Emporia 81 97,299 81 714 9,670 5,505 17,675
Page County 83 97,192 82 645 8,856 22,808 4,261
Franklin 57 94,969 83 635 9,347 8,786 10,809
Prince George County 66 91,821 84 632 8,396 30,055 3,055
Giles County 71 91,208 85 563 8,181 16,178 5,638
Covington 61 90,426 86 539 7,863 6,932 13,045
King William County 58 88,803 87 485 8,901 12,457 7,129
Madison County 48 86,898 88 418 7,398 12,509 6,947
Lee County 90 86,361 89 578 7,691 24,030 3,594
Nottoway County 80 86,273 90 676 8,794 15,081 5,721
Bedford County 92 83,913 91 604 9,956 55,596 1,509
Westmoreland County 71 83,399 92 546 7,986 16,273 5,125
Radford 58 79,213 93 561 8,648 15,303 5,176
Powhatan County 55 78,807 94 391 7,290 21,230 3,712
Louisa County 73 77,677 95 530 7,356 23,875 3,253
Appomattox County 60 75,471 96 536 8,335 12,969 5,819
Northampton County 79 73,013 97 594 7,486 12,778 5,714
Goochland County 50 72,503 98 391 6,710 17,655 4,107
Sussex County 47 71,517 99 358 5,647 10,051 7,115
Patrick County 59 66,099 100 432 6,085 18,269 3,618
Alleghany County 38 65,254 101 430 6,071 12,276 5,316
Dinwiddie County 44 64,535 102 514 6,045 24,606 2,623
Dickenson County 71 64,171 103 447 6,145 17,172 3,737
Richmond County 49 62,649 104 460 5,812 8,581 7,301
Floyd County 45 55,305 105 364 4,263 13,010 4,251
New Kent County 39 53,655 106 412 4,914 12,788 4,196
King George County 48 53,247 107 306 4,781 16,913 3,148
Brunswick County 60 49,621 108 455 5,304 16,787 2,956
Rappahannock County 33 49,000 109 244 4,259 7,133 6,869
Middlesex County 53 48,394 110 358 5,421 9,542 5,072
Clifton Forge 34 47,429 111 321 4,586 4,389 10,806
Clarke County 44 44,797 112 297 3,736 12,746 3,515
Northumberland County 54 42,413 113 338 5,013 11,428 3,711
Charlotte County 46 42,234 114 286 3,654 12,170 3,470
Southampton County 56 41,300 115 378 4,560 17,641 2,341
Amelia County 36 41,022 116 226 3,974 10,211 4,017
Lunenburg County 56 39,674 117 368 4,886 12,128 3,271
Buckingham County 42 34,383 118 254 3,739 14,589 2,357
Greene County 37 33,835 119 254 4,086 13,377 2,529
Mathews County 42 33,466 120 287 3,611 9,094 3,680
Grayson County 38 33,413 121 176 2,251 16,137 2,071
Buena Vista 32 33,184 122 257 3,544 6,131 5,412
Cumberland County 29 31,399 123 230 3,593 7,779 4,036
Poquoson 28 29,822 124 247 2,994 11,368 2,623
Manassas Park 16 28,702 125 142 2,937 8,485 3,383
Nelson County 51 27,584 126 225 2,611 13,780 2,002
Fluvanna County 33 24,537 127 196 2,621 17,790 1,379
Greensville County 26 23,021 128 179 1,853 11,409 2,018
Bland County 18 19,812 129 145 1,448 6,827 2,902
Bath County 25 10,804 130 105 1,197 4,890 2,209
Surry County 17 8,912 131 84 1,031 6,427 1,387
King and Queen County 9 5,228 132 40 466 6,502 ,804
Highland County 18 4,088 133 36 339 2,548 1,604
Craig County 8 3,673 134 25 297 4,873 ,754
Charles City County 6 3,346 135 24 280 6,942 ,482

These data include establishments with paid employees, except auxiliaries.
Source: 1997 Economic Census, and 1997 population estimates, data available as of 12/ 1/99 For data issued since that date, or other areas, see www.census.gov/econ97.