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 |
Georgia | 33,073 | 72,212,484 |   | 420,676 | 6,943,559 | 7,489,982 | 9,641 |
Fulton County | 3,569 | 9,248,184 | 1 | 51,556 | 990,136 | 725,851 | 12,741 |
Cobb County | 2,234 | 6,971,649 | 2 | 37,323 | 663,578 | 551,314 | 12,646 |
Gwinnett County | 2,013 | 6,828,970 | 3 | 33,639 | 632,496 | 500,418 | 13,647 |
DeKalb County | 2,407 | 6,229,317 | 4 | 34,901 | 635,686 | 590,660 | 10,546 |
Clayton County | 832 | 2,731,688 | 5 | 16,204 | 285,332 | 204,725 | 13,343 |
Chatham County | 1,261 | 2,466,926 | 6 | 15,625 | 244,046 | 225,667 | 10,932 |
Bibb County | 912 | 1,977,335 | 7 | 12,885 | 194,166 | 156,099 | 12,667 |
Muscogee County | 845 | 1,950,857 | 8 | 11,718 | 186,553 | 182,830 | 10,670 |
Richmond County | 912 | 1,909,882 | 9 | 12,332 | 189,321 | 191,762 | 9,960 |
Hall County | 548 | 1,240,762 | 10 | 6,357 | 114,566 | 115,807 | 10,714 |
Dougherty County | 574 | 1,154,667 | 11 | 7,707 | 113,861 | 95,931 | 12,036 |
Clarke County | 540 | 1,118,808 | 12 | 7,760 | 110,334 | 90,728 | 12,331 |
Whitfield County | 508 | 1,068,085 | 13 | 5,908 | 103,691 | 81,196 | 13,154 |
Lowndes County | 533 | 1,008,480 | 14 | 6,187 | 91,280 | 84,721 | 11,904 |
Douglas County | 312 | 974,735 | 15 | 4,781 | 82,592 | 86,730 | 11,239 |
Cherokee County | 351 | 968,854 | 16 | 5,202 | 86,691 | 127,164 | 7,619 |
Houston County | 403 | 941,203 | 17 | 5,818 | 86,567 | 103,847 | 9,063 |
Floyd County | 442 | 808,143 | 18 | 4,991 | 75,038 | 84,777 | 9,533 |
Rockdale County | 281 | 765,983 | 19 | 4,411 | 71,387 | 66,974 | 11,437 |
Glynn County | 504 | 716,087 | 20 | 4,847 | 69,599 | 66,569 | 10,757 |
Fayette County | 298 | 677,611 | 21 | 4,697 | 69,850 | 85,015 | 7,970 |
Henry County | 300 | 660,705 | 22 | 3,580 | 58,915 | 97,652 | 6,766 |
Forsyth County | 255 | 653,899 | 23 | 3,503 | 63,544 | 76,213 | 8,580 |
Columbia County | 247 | 613,013 | 24 | 3,731 | 59,982 | 88,731 | 6,909 |
Bartow County | 246 | 580,007 | 25 | 3,219 | 53,252 | 69,225 | 8,379 |
Carroll County | 348 | 574,547 | 26 | 3,505 | 53,221 | 81,202 | 7,076 |
Coweta County | 259 | 550,040 | 27 | 3,728 | 52,705 | 80,728 | 6,813 |
Troup County | 293 | 526,008 | 28 | 3,500 | 52,717 | 58,403 | 9,007 |
Spalding County | 248 | 521,547 | 29 | 3,119 | 52,065 | 57,468 | 9,075 |
Bulloch County | 259 | 471,872 | 30 | 3,386 | 43,999 | 49,869 | 9,462 |
Tift County | 260 | 440,436 | 31 | 2,500 | 36,083 | 36,572 | 12,043 |
Laurens County | 265 | 417,521 | 32 | 2,872 | 38,419 | 43,430 | 9,614 |
Catoosa County | 172 | 406,172 | 33 | 2,524 | 35,379 | 49,412 | 8,220 |
Thomas County | 256 | 395,830 | 34 | 2,661 | 39,000 | 42,640 | 9,283 |
Paulding County | 124 | 390,784 | 35 | 2,137 | 31,385 | 68,801 | 5,680 |
Ware County | 226 | 390,105 | 36 | 2,628 | 35,752 | 35,636 | 10,947 |
Coffee County | 210 | 389,874 | 37 | 2,120 | 32,991 | 33,816 | 11,529 |
Baldwin County | 218 | 371,968 | 38 | 2,407 | 34,261 | 41,933 | 8,871 |
Gordon County | 241 | 360,119 | 39 | 2,260 | 33,899 | 40,281 | 8,940 |
Barrow County | 145 | 344,841 | 40 | 1,798 | 30,825 | 38,900 | 8,865 |
Colquitt County | 214 | 326,040 | 41 | 2,026 | 29,447 | 39,595 | 8,234 |
Newton County | 173 | 319,821 | 42 | 2,023 | 32,441 | 55,222 | 5,792 |
McDuffie County | 112 | 312,341 | 43 | 1,382 | 24,963 | 21,593 | 14,465 |
Jackson County | 218 | 288,437 | 44 | 1,673 | 25,540 | 36,427 | 7,918 |
Sumter County | 162 | 283,886 | 45 | 1,984 | 28,057 | 31,541 | 9,001 |
Camden County | 143 | 275,703 | 46 | 1,687 | 21,665 | 45,164 | 6,104 |
Habersham County | 153 | 256,257 | 47 | 1,677 | 24,078 | 31,228 | 8,206 |
Liberty County | 165 | 255,045 | 48 | 1,762 | 22,188 | 60,107 | 4,243 |
Toombs County | 152 | 253,661 | 49 | 1,706 | 23,115 | 25,675 | 9,880 |
Walton County | 162 | 247,551 | 50 | 1,567 | 25,036 | 51,384 | 4,818 |
Decatur County | 172 | 243,644 | 51 | 1,656 | 21,658 | 26,702 | 9,125 |
Walker County | 180 | 240,059 | 52 | 1,515 | 22,350 | 62,265 | 3,855 |
Pickens County | 74 | 238,524 | 53 | 694 | 12,900 | 18,599 | 12,825 |
Crisp County | 158 | 234,539 | 54 | 1,859 | 23,668 | 20,549 | 11,414 |
White County | 139 | 230,380 | 55 | 1,028 | 18,285 | 16,846 | 13,676 |
Stephens County | 121 | 203,932 | 56 | 1,247 | 17,820 | 25,247 | 8,077 |
Franklin County | 92 | 202,273 | 57 | 937 | 15,223 | 18,540 | 10,910 |
Polk County | 146 | 183,929 | 58 | 1,377 | 18,295 | 35,886 | 5,125 |
Upson County | 121 | 174,454 | 59 | 1,119 | 14,525 | 27,129 | 6,431 |
Wayne County | 125 | 172,506 | 60 | 1,145 | 16,635 | 24,999 | 6,901 |
Murray County | 108 | 166,905 | 61 | 743 | 13,551 | 31,877 | 5,236 |
Oconee County | 55 | 166,633 | 62 | 799 | 14,655 | 23,216 | 7,178 |
Morgan County | 71 | 166,334 | 63 | 886 | 15,567 | 14,538 | 11,441 |
Effingham County | 91 | 165,769 | 64 | 1,193 | 15,713 | 35,041 | 4,731 |
Peach County | 110 | 146,690 | 65 | 862 | 11,533 | 23,868 | 6,146 |
Haralson County | 98 | 145,738 | 66 | 845 | 11,281 | 24,210 | 6,020 |
Ben Hill County | 93 | 144,013 | 67 | 884 | 12,307 | 17,369 | 8,291 |
Emanuel County | 102 | 139,576 | 68 | 902 | 11,970 | 20,998 | 6,647 |
Washington County | 108 | 139,302 | 69 | 925 | 13,234 | 20,031 | 6,954 |
Gilmer County | 89 | 136,118 | 70 | 778 | 11,937 | 17,975 | 7,573 |
Elbert County | 85 | 130,740 | 71 | 726 | 10,497 | 19,210 | 6,806 |
Grady County | 111 | 130,096 | 72 | 824 | 12,219 | 21,505 | 6,050 |
Jeff Davis County | 79 | 127,934 | 73 | 660 | 9,248 | 12,679 | 10,090 |
Fannin County | 103 | 126,669 | 74 | 779 | 10,684 | 18,128 | 6,987 |
Chattooga County | 82 | 122,526 | 75 | 922 | 11,855 | 22,937 | 5,342 |
Mitchell County | 107 | 122,261 | 76 | 897 | 12,086 | 21,058 | 5,806 |
Cook County | 89 | 121,109 | 77 | 824 | 10,743 | 14,620 | 8,284 |
Lumpkin County | 64 | 120,093 | 78 | 740 | 11,810 | 18,131 | 6,624 |
Dawson County | 106 | 119,415 | 79 | 704 | 12,174 | 13,946 | 8,563 |
Burke County | 81 | 118,578 | 80 | 700 | 10,552 | 22,476 | 5,276 |
Appling County | 88 | 116,850 | 81 | 616 | 9,654 | 16,384 | 7,132 |
Butts County | 71 | 111,918 | 82 | 613 | 8,348 | 17,240 | 6,492 |
McIntosh County | 106 | 104,873 | 83 | 732 | 9,097 | 9,905 | 10,588 |
Dodge County | 84 | 102,391 | 84 | 799 | 8,999 | 18,100 | 5,657 |
Union County | 75 | 101,802 | 85 | 592 | 8,226 | 15,743 | 6,466 |
Worth County | 62 | 101,493 | 86 | 461 | 8,121 | 22,297 | 4,552 |
Meriwether County | 85 | 99,373 | 87 | 556 | 9,437 | 22,913 | 4,337 |
Rabun County | 91 | 97,645 | 88 | 561 | 8,748 | 13,249 | 7,370 |
Hart County | 78 | 96,869 | 89 | 778 | 9,571 | 21,516 | 4,502 |
Jefferson County | 83 | 94,276 | 90 | 681 | 10,231 | 17,788 | 5,300 |
Dade County | 54 | 92,263 | 91 | 476 | 5,934 | 14,590 | 6,324 |
Evans County | 60 | 85,776 | 92 | 444 | 7,118 | 9,726 | 8,819 |
Bryan County | 61 | 85,344 | 93 | 537 | 7,390 | 23,153 | 3,686 |
Putnam County | 56 | 83,716 | 94 | 490 | 8,322 | 16,873 | 4,962 |
Screven County | 56 | 82,147 | 95 | 483 | 6,995 | 14,390 | 5,709 |
Berrien County | 62 | 79,315 | 96 | 471 | 8,090 | 15,932 | 4,978 |
Madison County | 74 | 76,408 | 97 | 453 | 5,869 | 24,179 | 3,160 |
Tattnall County | 78 | 76,236 | 98 | 581 | 6,705 | 19,040 | 4,004 |
Banks County | 69 | 75,652 | 99 | 560 | 7,067 | 12,467 | 6,068 |
Candler County | 50 | 74,583 | 100 | 388 | 5,479 | 8,876 | 8,403 |
Lamar County | 51 | 74,076 | 101 | 440 | 6,840 | 14,440 | 5,130 |
Seminole County | 61 | 71,547 | 102 | 413 | 5,420 | 9,640 | 7,422 |
Monroe County | 75 | 70,293 | 103 | 503 | 6,710 | 19,406 | 3,622 |
Early County | 68 | 69,850 | 104 | 519 | 6,380 | 12,163 | 5,743 |
Pierce County | 69 | 68,641 | 105 | 417 | 6,475 | 15,524 | 4,422 |
Greene County | 56 | 66,775 | 106 | 465 | 6,203 | 13,373 | 4,993 |
Dooly County | 51 | 65,676 | 107 | 336 | 4,769 | 10,473 | 6,271 |
Brooks County | 57 | 63,456 | 108 | 349 | 5,345 | 15,812 | 4,013 |
Bleckley County | 53 | 58,988 | 109 | 392 | 4,818 | 11,087 | 5,320 |
Turner County | 54 | 58,256 | 110 | 316 | 4,405 | 9,091 | 6,408 |
Macon County | 52 | 57,715 | 111 | 409 | 5,485 | 13,274 | 4,348 |
Wilkes County | 65 | 56,286 | 112 | 414 | 5,239 | 10,612 | 5,304 |
Terrell County | 57 | 55,301 | 113 | 321 | 4,154 | 11,090 | 4,987 |
Lee County | 39 | 54,041 | 114 | 362 | 4,396 | 21,903 | 2,467 |
Telfair County | 60 | 49,544 | 115 | 407 | 4,852 | 11,476 | 4,317 |
Pulaski County | 53 | 48,784 | 116 | 319 | 4,618 | 8,308 | 5,872 |
Bacon County | 37 | 47,121 | 117 | 291 | 4,091 | 10,319 | 4,566 |
Towns County | 52 | 42,415 | 118 | 289 | 3,923 | 8,207 | 5,168 |
Miller County | 43 | 39,216 | 119 | 286 | 3,425 | 6,352 | 6,174 |
Jenkins County | 34 | 38,034 | 120 | 235 | 3,186 | 8,433 | 4,510 |
Jones County | 36 | 37,669 | 121 | 249 | 3,612 | 22,630 | 1,665 |
Taylor County | 36 | 36,462 | 122 | 227 | 2,787 | 8,194 | 4,450 |
Charlton County | 49 | 31,794 | 123 | 201 | 3,058 | 9,259 | 3,434 |
Harris County | 59 | 31,303 | 124 | 259 | 3,244 | 22,208 | 1,410 |
Marion County | 23 | 30,071 | 125 | 181 | 2,701 | 6,524 | 4,609 |
Wilkinson County | 29 | 29,527 | 126 | 190 | 2,293 | 10,781 | 2,739 |
Calhoun County | 25 | 28,971 | 127 | 212 | 2,648 | 5,078 | 5,705 |
Irwin County | 31 | 28,295 | 128 | 226 | 3,071 | 8,941 | 3,165 |
Oglethorpe County | 25 | 27,903 | 129 | 140 | 1,949 | 11,237 | 2,483 |
Randolph County | 40 | 27,469 | 130 | 261 | 3,288 | 7,926 | 3,466 |
Johnson County | 29 | 27,304 | 131 | 250 | 2,915 | 8,365 | 3,264 |
Brantley County | 32 | 26,356 | 132 | 180 | 2,092 | 13,289 | 1,983 |
Clinch County | 32 | 25,075 | 133 | 220 | 2,520 | 6,601 | 3,799 |
Lanier County | 29 | 24,026 | 134 | 167 | 2,325 | 6,748 | 3,560 |
Atkinson County | 30 | 20,858 | 135 | 154 | 1,864 | 7,126 | 2,927 |
Montgomery County | 29 | 20,174 | 136 | 138 | 1,941 | 7,756 | 2,601 |
Wilcox County | 30 | 20,102 | 137 | 138 | 1,800 | 7,322 | 2,745 |
Jasper County | 21 | 19,914 | 138 | 148 | 2,005 | 9,880 | 2,016 |
Twiggs County | 14 | 17,237 | 139 | 116 | 1,558 | 9,786 | 1,761 |
Heard County | 21 | 17,170 | 140 | 117 | 1,673 | 9,983 | 1,720 |
Hancock County | 24 | 16,991 | 141 | 149 | 2,026 | 9,005 | 1,887 |
Lincoln County | 21 | 15,879 | 142 | 118 | 1,417 | 8,120 | 1,956 |
Pike County | 23 | 15,860 | 143 | 109 | 1,448 | 12,191 | 1,301 |
Stewart County | 26 | 14,465 | 144 | 133 | 1,349 | 5,440 | 2,659 |
Treutlen County | 23 | 14,224 | 145 | 111 | 1,346 | 5,979 | 2,379 |
Warren County | 22 | 12,457 | 146 | 128 | 1,937 | 6,010 | 2,073 |
Crawford County | 14 | 11,194 | 147 | 84 | 1,176 | 10,717 | 1,045 |
Wheeler County | 13 | 11,051 | 148 | 64 | 742 | 4,970 | 2,224 |
Clay County | 17 | 10,523 | 149 | 123 | 1,206 | 3,464 | 3,038 |
Schley County | 14 | 9,857 | 150 | 96 | 1,069 | 3,843 | 2,565 |
Webster County | 8 | 7,631 | 151 | 80 | 750 | 2,256 | 3,383 |
Long County | 9 | 7,137 | 152 | 37 | 448 | 8,336 | ,856 |
Talbot County | 13 | 7,130 | 153 | 68 | 659 | 6,902 | 1,033 |
Baker County | 5 | 4,367 | 154 | 45 | 441 | 3,730 | 1,171 |
Chattahoochee County | 6 | 4,213 | 155 | 26 | 368 | 16,589 | ,254 |
Quitman County | 6 | 4,121 | 156 | 30 | 357 | 2,468 | 1,670 |
Glascock County | 7 | 2,864 | 157 | 30 | 294 | 2,478 | 1,156 |
Taliaferro County | 4 | D |   | (20-99) | D | 1,884 | N/A |
Echols County | 3 | D |   | (1-19) | D | 2,414 | N/A |
D = Withheld to avoid disclosure of confidential information.
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.