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

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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 1,120,249 2,460,963,028   14,115,559 238,792,423 267,636,061 9,195
 
California 106,357 263,118,346   1,354,797 26,362,691 32,182,118 8,176
 
Los Angeles County 27,577 69,534,164 1 343,656 6,769,024 9,116,506 7,627
Orange County 9,084 26,172,823 2 126,575 2,571,976 2,663,561 9,826
San Diego County 9,109 22,215,341 3 119,022 2,241,097 2,723,711 8,156
Santa Clara County 5,278 16,673,573 4 79,921 1,696,731 1,620,453 10,289
Alameda County 4,363 12,404,947 5 59,289 1,227,835 1,374,804 9,023
San Bernardino County 4,372 11,342,798 6 60,940 1,100,452 1,608,531 7,052
Riverside County 4,030 10,609,047 7 54,433 1,028,917 1,439,210 7,371
Sacramento County 3,587 9,502,314 8 51,962 990,007 1,128,540 8,420
Contra Costa County 2,705 7,376,806 9 37,550 752,822 899,107 8,205
San Mateo County 2,285 7,335,405 10 33,757 735,417 694,576 10,561
San Francisco County 3,841 6,795,006 11 39,693 830,599 740,607 9,175
Ventura County 2,348 6,476,610 12 30,831 608,685 721,806 8,973
Fresno County 2,492 5,574,643 13 30,231 548,934 750,867 7,424
Kern County 1,918 4,224,354 14 22,792 412,087 624,983 6,759
Sonoma County 1,808 4,146,166 15 22,190 443,681 426,156 9,729
San Joaquin County 1,594 3,679,557 16 19,957 364,665 540,247 6,811
Stanislaus County 1,368 3,282,239 17 17,706 319,185 419,247 7,829
Santa Barbara County 1,653 3,183,542 18 19,187 354,020 386,524 8,236
Monterey County 1,558 3,035,858 19 16,413 327,884 358,360 8,472
Solano County 1,116 2,789,406 20 15,046 280,971 371,237 7,514
Marin County 1,291 2,775,733 21 14,793 321,992 234,514 11,836
Placer County 875 2,666,581 22 11,769 254,739 220,580 12,089
Tulare County 1,107 2,135,741 23 12,742 211,831 350,408 6,095
Santa Cruz County 986 1,970,172 24 11,794 215,526 238,393 8,264
San Luis Obispo County 1,132 1,780,702 25 10,917 182,405 231,416 7,695
Butte County 777 1,502,625 26 9,004 154,029 193,198 7,778
Shasta County 713 1,354,489 27 8,113 140,299 162,643 8,328
Merced County 551 1,102,108 28 6,122 107,953 194,085 5,678
Yolo County 458 1,026,737 29 5,776 110,625 151,779 6,765
Humboldt County 668 1,024,032 30 6,816 108,662 122,646 8,349
Imperial County 521 989,394 31 5,991 98,782 142,265 6,955
Napa County 525 952,590 32 5,292 102,808 117,776 8,088
El Dorado County 546 926,764 33 4,894 91,146 154,780 5,988
Mendocino County 490 711,400 34 4,572 76,796 83,288 8,541
Nevada County 430 654,826 35 3,914 73,735 89,986 7,277
Kings County 316 629,330 36 3,690 59,976 114,440 5,499
Sutter County 291 606,691 37 3,604 61,131 76,492 7,931
Madera County 313 527,342 38 3,173 53,013 112,433 4,690
Amador County 158 475,025 39 1,570 25,682 33,411 14,218
Tehama County 176 360,575 40 1,953 33,024 53,848 6,696
Tuolumne County 228 341,428 41 2,343 38,049 52,380 6,518
Lake County 197 309,252 42 1,954 30,668 54,829 5,640
San Benito County 117 276,838 43 1,731 30,893 46,514 5,952
Siskiyou County 233 256,064 44 1,770 25,435 44,260 5,785
Yuba County 155 244,605 45 1,525 25,592 60,166 4,066
Inyo County 145 171,127 46 1,092 17,764 18,291 9,356
Lassen County 106 159,182 47 1,032 15,524 33,415 4,764
Calaveras County 136 135,465 48 862 13,987 39,183 3,457
Plumas County 119 127,518 49 829 16,126 20,447 6,237
Del Norte County 88 123,078 50 982 12,512 27,176 4,529
Colusa County 67 121,714 51 545 10,842 18,375 6,624
Glenn County 79 98,917 52 720 10,456 26,217 3,773
Mono County 79 83,999 53 683 10,163 10,421 8,061
Mariposa County 78 57,373 54 397 6,332 15,610 3,675
Trinity County 54 38,922 55 334 4,558 13,217 2,945
Modoc County 46 34,279 56 256 3,506 9,621 3,563
Sierra County 13 8,826 57 64 913 3,368 2,621
Alpine County 7 2,303 58 28 228 1,214 1,897

These data include establishments with paid employees, except auxiliaries.
Source: 1997 Economic Census, and 1997 population estimates, data available as of 02/24/2000 For data issued since that date, or other areas, see www.census.gov/econ97.