1997 Economic Census:
Comparative Statistics for the States
1987 SIC Basis: Retail Trade

 
Retail Trade - States Ranked by Growth in Sales 1992 to 1997
Includes only establishments with payroll. Data are in current dollars and have not been adjusted for inflation. Introductory text includes scope and methodology. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table. An alternate display has fewer columns.

State Establishments Sales
($1,000)		 Paid employees Annual payroll
($1,000)
1997 1992 % chg 1997 1992 % chg 1997 1992 % chg 1997 1992 % chg
South Dakota 5,752 5,567 3.3 9,872,544 5,108,398 93.3 66,008 57,481 14.8 761,528 575,874 32.2
Nevada 9,002 7,502 20.0 19,019,702 11,546,436 64.7 137,171 99,279 38.2 2,224,801 1,422,269 56.4
Utah 10,509 9,175 14.5 20,110,336 12,373,482 62.5 167,441 126,284 32.6 2,170,334 1,384,893 56.7
Arizona 23,469 21,351 9.9 44,916,454 29,365,954 53.0 363,999 288,297 26.3 5,130,701 3,436,805 49.3
North Carolina 46,815 44,164 6.0 74,507,525 49,564,327 50.3 628,124 507,759 23.7 8,174,994 5,687,453 43.7
Idaho 7,998 6,992 14.4 11,510,569 7,726,843 49.0 93,090 73,929 25.9 1,233,031 845,978 45.8
Georgia 44,037 40,934 7.6 74,096,020 49,940,017 48.4 630,376 509,283 23.8 8,458,918 5,809,323 45.6
Colorado 26,130 22,921 14.0 42,188,444 28,532,646 47.9 366,950 283,457 29.5 5,183,681 3,488,242 48.6
New Hampshire 8,776 8,594 2.1 16,264,348 11,099,193 46.5 117,518 97,133 21.0 1,687,429 1,261,477 33.8
Nebraska 11,268 11,375 -0.9 16,350,932 11,521,818 41.9 149,478 132,157 13.1 1,799,417 1,307,961 37.6
Mississippi 15,786 15,285 3.3 20,923,871 14,780,984 41.6 194,483 151,005 28.8 2,257,567 1,596,928 41.4
South Carolina 24,572 22,836 7.6 34,912,588 24,743,214 41.1 328,850 263,943 24.6 3,934,406 2,844,767 38.3
Oregon 20,920 19,561 6.9 34,066,578 24,170,222 40.9 274,347 226,690 21.0 4,001,005 2,872,332 39.3
Tennessee 32,139 30,582 5.1 52,750,245 37,508,350 40.6 457,976 368,010 24.4 5,927,923 4,230,785 40.1
Texas 102,185 98,404 3.8 183,274,112 130,686,364 40.2 1,464,183 1,230,404 19.0 20,061,530 14,675,679 36.7
Indiana 34,398 33,448 2.8 59,181,921 42,373,476 39.7 516,853 442,111 16.9 6,483,600 4,772,465 35.9
New Mexico 10,176 9,311 9.3 15,585,757 11,279,262 38.2 135,164 112,340 20.3 1,787,439 1,293,972 38.1
Arkansas 15,980 14,866 7.5 21,903,527 15,925,313 37.5 189,643 152,019 24.7 2,241,624 1,632,770 37.3
Missouri 32,757 32,185 1.8 52,001,235 37,918,234 37.1 451,894 391,523 15.4 5,990,982 4,411,312 35.8
Minnesota 28,378 27,710 2.4 48,814,277 35,622,218 37.0 419,310 371,951 12.7 5,423,993 4,068,740 33.3
Kentucky 22,349 22,091 1.2 34,364,705 25,267,776 36.0 315,734 261,189 20.9 3,843,736 2,803,015 37.1
Ohio 63,662 63,701 0.1 107,417,375 79,030,973 35.9 971,264 837,874 15.9 12,234,786 9,256,512 32.2
North Dakota 4,810 4,790 0.4 6,382,015 4,696,871 35.9 59,130 51,754 14.3 682,581 514,354 32.7
Alabama 25,586 24,059 6.3 37,614,376 27,733,562 35.6 342,835 269,662 27.1 4,039,301 2,988,698 35.2
Michigan 55,276 54,519 1.4 96,836,422 71,523,046 35.4 796,730 706,807 12.7 10,728,469 8,186,831 31.0
Virginia 38,588 37,360 3.3 64,575,911 48,048,593 34.4 555,088 474,595 17.0 7,513,550 5,752,573 30.6
United States 1,561,195 1,526,215 2.3 2,545,881,473 1,894,880,209 34.4 21,165,862 18,407,453 15.0 290,525,257 222,867,879 30.4
Louisiana 23,558 22,644 4.0 37,222,865 27,806,373 33.9 333,931 288,816 15.6 4,089,854 3,095,546 32.1
Florida 89,744 87,653 2.4 158,693,907 118,741,770 33.6 1,274,403 1,102,279 15.6 17,477,577 13,275,960 31.6
Oklahoma 19,710 19,440 1.4 28,306,597 21,212,771 33.4 251,502 211,279 19.0 3,021,070 2,305,093 31.1
Wisconsin 32,260 31,955 1.0 51,066,574 38,350,527 33.2 453,927 405,026 12.1 5,636,864 4,349,836 29.6
Alaska 4,090 3,693 10.8 6,598,019 4,981,919 32.4 46,235 39,471 17.1 837,287 670,639 24.8
Delaware 5,040 4,865 3.6 8,555,393 6,491,936 31.8 69,887 60,197 16.1 980,593 762,661 28.6
Iowa 19,647 19,732 -0.4 26,283,470 19,959,786 31.7 250,724 226,109 10.9 2,985,443 2,304,395 29.6
Kansas 16,629 16,255 2.3 23,080,403 17,566,800 31.4 214,819 185,810 15.6 2,651,788 2,022,204 31.1
Massachusetts 38,975 38,491 1.3 62,533,487 47,663,248 31.2 522,783 469,519 11.3 7,533,875 5,985,928 25.9
West Virginia 10,652 10,480 1.6 14,639,608 11,194,130 30.8 129,956 112,070 16.0 1,580,346 1,208,336 30.8
Illinois 65,254 64,826 0.7 111,805,925 85,765,697 30.4 931,248 846,122 10.1 12,998,071 10,076,429 29.0
New Jersey 49,551 48,648 1.9 81,672,814 63,109,174 29.4 585,436 522,363 12.1 9,316,914 7,613,038 22.4
Connecticut 20,606 21,012 -1.9 35,832,852 27,753,739 29.1 264,497 240,886 9.8 4,263,558 3,464,195 23.1
Maine 9,528 9,270 2.8 13,275,829 10,286,757 29.1 102,614 90,051 14.0 1,418,745 1,119,644 26.7
Pennsylvania 70,702 71,652 -1.3 113,092,636 87,787,842 28.8 940,957 861,565 9.2 12,505,713 10,042,888 24.5
Maryland 27,422 27,965 -1.9 48,297,830 37,624,742 28.4 404,802 366,554 10.4 5,916,600 4,800,594 23.2
Montana 7,387 6,808 8.5 8,014,759 6,246,712 28.3 75,840 64,398 17.8 919,324 697,353 31.8
Vermont 5,277 5,164 2.2 6,018,347 4,734,763 27.1 52,529 45,895 14.5 716,044 563,500 27.1
New York 109,098 110,771 -1.5 148,865,467 118,885,698 25.2 1,181,372 1,088,429 8.5 18,094,333 14,867,302 21.7
Rhode Island 6,474 6,412 1.0 8,207,824 6,734,282 21.9 75,777 67,276 12.6 1,001,897 838,878 19.4
Hawaii 7,722 7,807 -1.1 12,837,212 11,250,217 14.1 110,892 110,411 0.4 1,670,323 1,481,034 12.8
California 159,385 162,111 -1.7 D 224,593,152 N (100,000+) 2,050,594 N D 28,063,781 N
District of Columbia 3,645 3,847 -5.3 D 3,586,625 N (25k-49999) 46,890 N D 642,123 N
Washington 33,512 31,683 5.8 D 40,909,824 N (100,000+) 381,184 N D 5,081,452 N
Wyoming 4,009 3,748 7.0 D 3,554,153 N (25k-49999) 37,323 N D 413,062 N
N=Comparable data not available D=Withheld to avoid disclosure

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Source: 1997 Economic Census, Comparative Statistics

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