Retail_Trade_____ | Number of establish- ments | Retail sales | Number of employees | Payroll ($1,000) | Popu- lation | Retail sales per capita ($) | |
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($1,000) | rank | ||||||
United States (preliminary) | 1,120,249 | 2,456,574,247 |   | 14,115,559 | 238,792,423 | 267,636,061 | 9,179 |
Alabama | 20,163 | 36,623,327 |   | 231,665 | 3,381,730 | 4,322,113 | 8,473 |
Jefferson County | 3,020 | 7,636,774 | 1 | 44,165 | 705,631 | 660,119 | 11,569 |
Mobile County | 1,681 | 3,404,545 | 2 | 22,860 | 338,083 | 398,232 | 8,549 |
Madison County | 1,224 | 2,610,697 | 3 | 17,275 | 253,558 | 272,584 | 9,578 |
Montgomery County | 1,144 | 2,482,797 | 4 | 15,998 | 237,805 | 217,863 | 11,396 |
Tuscaloosa County | 790 | 1,543,208 | 5 | 10,852 | 150,950 | 160,805 | 9,597 |
Houston County | 656 | 1,288,175 | 6 | 7,801 | 124,551 | 85,164 | 15,126 |
Baldwin County | 801 | 1,215,305 | 7 | 7,850 | 114,784 | 128,820 | 9,434 |
Morgan County | 583 | 1,136,530 | 8 | 6,426 | 95,533 | 108,333 | 10,491 |
Marshall County | 560 | 1,008,171 | 9 | 5,254 | 73,575 | 79,933 | 12,613 |
Calhoun County | 578 | 981,985 | 10 | 6,747 | 92,535 | 117,227 | 8,377 |
Shelby County | 476 | 891,296 | 11 | 5,173 | 85,160 | 135,752 | 6,566 |
Lauderdale County | 462 | 780,838 | 12 | 5,546 | 74,940 | 84,042 | 9,291 |
Lee County | 425 | 774,446 | 13 | 5,437 | 73,701 | 98,412 | 7,869 |
Etowah County | 452 | 737,764 | 14 | 4,935 | 65,942 | 103,756 | 7,111 |
Walker County | 359 | 678,979 | 15 | 3,923 | 54,709 | 70,684 | 9,606 |
Cullman County | 360 | 650,927 | 16 | 3,334 | 52,117 | 74,152 | 8,778 |
Colbert County | 273 | 527,473 | 17 | 2,915 | 44,997 | 53,073 | 9,939 |
Talladega County | 348 | 474,729 | 18 | 3,236 | 43,540 | 76,913 | 6,172 |
Coffee County | 223 | 410,960 | 19 | 2,405 | 34,593 | 42,072 | 9,768 |
Limestone County | 255 | 404,610 | 20 | 2,539 | 37,798 | 60,937 | 6,640 |
Autauga County | 161 | 367,299 | 21 | 2,200 | 32,065 | 41,284 | 8,897 |
DeKalb County | 269 | 343,027 | 22 | 2,576 | 31,319 | 57,699 | 5,945 |
Dallas County | 232 | 338,967 | 23 | 2,430 | 31,870 | 47,182 | 7,184 |
Jackson County | 218 | 299,787 | 24 | 1,849 | 25,734 | 50,748 | 5,907 |
Elmore County | 199 | 296,817 | 25 | 1,780 | 23,748 | 60,198 | 4,931 |
Escambia County | 210 | 295,116 | 26 | 2,097 | 27,992 | 36,598 | 8,064 |
Covington County | 239 | 287,933 | 27 | 1,974 | 27,806 | 37,392 | 7,700 |
St. Clair County | 205 | 270,618 | 28 | 1,724 | 21,451 | 60,694 | 4,459 |
Chilton County | 180 | 246,640 | 29 | 1,510 | 21,755 | 36,360 | 6,783 |
Tallapoosa County | 196 | 239,005 | 30 | 1,800 | 24,053 | 40,316 | 5,928 |
Clarke County | 188 | 233,155 | 31 | 1,669 | 21,434 | 28,566 | 8,162 |
Russell County | 168 | 229,607 | 32 | 1,797 | 23,096 | 50,739 | 4,525 |
Pike County | 145 | 223,166 | 33 | 1,559 | 19,925 | 28,572 | 7,811 |
Chambers County | 131 | 215,990 | 34 | 1,502 | 19,741 | 36,655 | 5,893 |
Blount County | 143 | 202,002 | 35 | 1,328 | 17,760 | 44,930 | 4,496 |
Dale County | 182 | 201,800 | 36 | 1,402 | 18,101 | 49,107 | 4,109 |
Franklin County | 144 | 184,459 | 37 | 1,167 | 15,474 | 29,593 | 6,233 |
Monroe County | 120 | 170,419 | 38 | 1,086 | 15,212 | 24,155 | 7,055 |
Marion County | 138 | 167,610 | 39 | 1,063 | 14,248 | 30,920 | 5,421 |
Barbour County | 129 | 163,202 | 40 | 1,076 | 14,951 | 26,791 | 6,092 |
Butler County | 122 | 144,194 | 41 | 1,023 | 13,851 | 21,786 | 6,619 |
Marengo County | 140 | 143,484 | 42 | 1,060 | 13,588 | 23,531 | 6,098 |
Pickens County | 96 | 130,588 | 43 | 654 | 9,045 | 20,970 | 6,227 |
Cherokee County | 88 | 123,145 | 44 | 678 | 8,973 | 21,611 | 5,698 |
Lawrence County | 100 | 116,561 | 45 | 721 | 9,633 | 33,305 | 3,500 |
Fayette County | 82 | 111,079 | 46 | 709 | 9,403 | 18,129 | 6,127 |
Geneva County | 124 | 108,477 | 47 | 813 | 10,502 | 24,836 | 4,368 |
Winston County | 108 | 103,774 | 48 | 751 | 10,848 | 23,966 | 4,330 |
Randolph County | 89 | 89,358 | 49 | 722 | 9,302 | 19,932 | 4,483 |
Henry County | 81 | 84,581 | 50 | 524 | 7,910 | 15,725 | 5,379 |
Bibb County | 60 | 77,189 | 51 | 527 | 6,663 | 18,595 | 4,151 |
Sumter County | 66 | 69,294 | 52 | 511 | 6,003 | 15,922 | 4,352 |
Choctaw County | 76 | 69,121 | 53 | 386 | 6,105 | 15,917 | 4,343 |
Lamar County | 69 | 65,037 | 54 | 445 | 5,362 | 15,714 | 4,139 |
Macon County | 66 | 64,075 | 55 | 437 | 5,988 | 23,280 | 2,752 |
Crenshaw County | 54 | 56,580 | 56 | 444 | 5,339 | 13,698 | 4,131 |
Cleburne County | 47 | 53,951 | 57 | 262 | 3,605 | 14,101 | 3,826 |
Wilcox County | 62 | 53,010 | 58 | 331 | 4,953 | 13,496 | 3,928 |
Hale County | 45 | 52,810 | 59 | 322 | 4,115 | 16,423 | 3,216 |
Washington County | 53 | 52,074 | 60 | 319 | 4,234 | 17,586 | 2,961 |
Clay County | 49 | 45,696 | 61 | 376 | 4,552 | 13,860 | 3,297 |
Bullock County | 38 | 40,311 | 62 | 289 | 3,759 | 11,256 | 3,581 |
Conecuh County | 49 | 39,075 | 63 | 275 | 3,765 | 14,085 | 2,774 |
Lowndes County | 29 | 34,707 | 64 | 215 | 3,745 | 12,878 | 2,695 |
Perry County | 41 | 31,723 | 65 | 249 | 3,743 | 12,611 | 2,516 |
Greene County | 34 | 31,345 | 66 | 232 | 2,679 | 9,939 | 3,154 |
Coosa County | 28 | 15,260 | 67 | 130 | 1,828 | 11,589 | 1,317 |
These data include establishments with paid employees, except auxiliaries.
Source: 1997 Economic Census, and 1997 population estimates, data available as of 11/29/99
For data issued since that date, or other areas, see www.census.gov/econ97.