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

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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
 
Iowa 14,695 26,723,822   175,694 2,633,445 2,854,330 9,363
 
Polk County 1,680 4,454,041 1 28,123 461,433 356,132 12,507
Linn County 874 2,040,863 2 13,337 213,906 181,289 11,258
Scott County 747 1,831,506 3 11,397 187,283 157,842 11,603
Black Hawk County 598 1,344,763 4 9,386 139,335 121,594 11,059
Woodbury County 523 1,143,502 5 7,771 116,002 101,964 11,215
Johnson County 467 990,909 6 6,924 104,726 101,928 9,722
Pottawattamie County 382 978,501 7 5,742 87,104 85,294 11,472
Dubuque County 525 935,472 8 6,583 100,241 88,145 10,613
Story County 359 631,310 9 4,729 65,820 74,666 8,455
Cerro Gordo County 292 609,873 10 3,995 54,906 46,408 13,142
Des Moines County 238 499,896 11 3,724 51,693 42,108 11,872
Webster County 252 438,680 12 3,142 44,898 38,643 11,352
Clinton County 227 418,336 13 2,523 43,302 50,075 8,354
Lee County 194 344,182 14 2,166 33,980 38,677 8,899
Muscatine County 177 337,575 15 2,390 34,483 40,939 8,246
Wapello County 185 330,884 16 2,538 32,738 35,523 9,315
Marshall County 182 319,871 17 2,457 33,875 38,818 8,240
Sioux County 182 285,159 18 1,557 21,433 31,024 9,192
Jefferson County 107 279,198 19 1,165 38,549 17,079 16,347
Warren County 113 244,839 20 1,314 20,775 39,769 6,157
Marion County 156 243,091 21 1,519 22,436 31,221 7,786
Jasper County 175 232,278 22 1,703 25,239 35,772 6,493
Carroll County 176 226,049 23 1,706 22,923 21,663 10,435
Dallas County 134 220,676 24 1,371 21,116 35,798 6,164
Clay County 141 215,016 25 1,529 25,676 17,611 12,209
Plymouth County 118 194,933 26 1,052 16,170 24,888 7,832
Buena Vista County 122 192,129 27 1,450 20,089 19,541 9,832
Mahaska County 114 190,778 28 1,246 17,146 21,780 8,759
Poweshiek County 103 190,565 29 1,122 15,351 18,941 10,061
Winneshiek County 124 180,058 30 1,113 14,955 20,833 8,643
Fayette County 133 174,295 31 1,089 16,553 21,924 7,950
Boone County 98 173,245 32 1,134 15,541 26,190 6,615
Dickinson County 143 172,164 33 1,087 16,986 16,057 10,722
O'Brien County 111 169,502 34 976 13,970 14,987 11,310
Harrison County 78 166,934 35 647 11,467 15,298 10,912
Jackson County 110 165,534 36 889 12,040 20,048 8,257
Henry County 88 161,786 37 970 13,491 19,859 8,147
Washington County 128 155,615 38 1,036 16,170 20,899 7,446
Buchanan County 106 154,947 39 911 13,817 21,182 7,315
Iowa County 164 153,607 40 1,250 14,747 15,487 9,918
Kossuth County 118 152,222 41 1,091 13,614 17,909 8,500
Hardin County 114 151,015 42 1,097 13,604 18,575 8,130
Page County 108 148,543 43 1,185 14,277 17,147 8,663
Bremer County 115 144,729 44 1,037 13,720 23,297 6,212
Benton County 101 144,117 45 789 12,179 25,001 5,764
Clayton County 120 133,409 46 670 10,352 18,787 7,101
Jones County 90 124,428 47 771 11,430 20,274 6,137
Cass County 99 122,270 48 927 11,862 14,752 8,288
Floyd County 95 119,305 49 839 10,497 16,503 7,229
Shelby County 80 117,446 50 645 9,590 13,077 8,981
Union County 72 114,576 51 800 11,479 12,520 9,151
Crawford County 97 111,734 52 919 9,942 16,466 6,786
Delaware County 80 110,763 53 726 10,671 18,463 5,999
Cherokee County 83 107,679 54 787 10,270 13,342 8,071
Allamakee County 95 101,179 55 652 8,127 14,008 7,223
Cedar County 85 100,820 56 689 8,584 17,992 5,604
Monona County 61 95,360 57 576 8,390 10,131 9,413
Keokuk County 55 94,286 58 449 6,568 11,519 8,185
Appanoose County 73 92,440 59 702 9,376 13,532 6,831
Hamilton County 82 90,769 60 747 9,033 16,034 5,661
Tama County 90 90,763 61 646 8,059 17,668 5,137
Sac County 76 83,670 62 491 6,214 11,933 7,012
Montgomery County 68 82,827 63 581 7,409 11,874 6,975
Madison County 61 82,777 64 522 7,077 13,740 6,025
Winnebago County 74 81,586 65 573 6,228 12,014 6,791
Calhoun County 71 81,313 66 484 6,125 11,399 7,133
Emmet County 61 79,180 67 550 7,682 10,973 7,216
Palo Alto County 60 75,408 68 479 6,468 10,075 7,485
Wright County 83 73,896 69 639 7,764 14,132 5,229
Chickasaw County 62 73,439 70 480 6,366 13,424 5,471
Humboldt County 56 71,324 71 496 7,251 10,351 6,891
Mitchell County 91 70,950 72 541 6,003 11,079 6,404
Butler County 86 67,602 73 428 5,452 15,739 4,295
Lyon County 62 63,815 74 476 5,508 11,985 5,325
Grundy County 49 61,371 75 377 5,305 12,291 4,993
Franklin County 65 61,090 76 459 5,797 10,909 5,600
Guthrie County 53 57,903 77 359 4,976 11,472 5,047
Hancock County 55 55,433 78 425 4,398 12,019 4,612
Howard County 54 54,378 79 361 4,007 9,711 5,600
Greene County 47 53,096 80 381 4,844 10,075 5,270
Ida County 44 52,836 81 389 4,648 8,008 6,598
Mills County 41 52,830 82 322 4,362 14,346 3,683
Audubon County 34 51,946 83 254 4,036 6,818 7,619
Monroe County 43 51,726 84 363 4,691 8,085 6,398
Clarke County 39 51,339 85 402 5,329 8,231 6,237
Lucas County 45 50,230 86 399 4,836 9,118 5,509
Adair County 49 46,197 87 320 3,730 8,152 5,667
Louisa County 39 45,724 88 256 3,585 11,885 3,847
Pocahontas County 46 43,443 89 301 3,402 8,828 4,921
Davis County 42 43,391 90 294 4,237 8,441 5,141
Ringgold County 28 38,192 91 214 2,699 5,356 7,131
Osceola County 36 31,994 92 211 2,560 7,064 4,529
Wayne County 38 31,589 93 252 3,473 6,769 4,667
Worth County 41 28,766 94 213 2,342 7,786 3,695
Fremont County 32 26,809 95 212 2,490 7,797 3,438
Decatur County 35 24,835 96 205 2,421 8,185 3,034
Taylor County 34 24,759 97 193 2,322 7,128 3,473
Van Buren County 34 19,787 98 154 1,927 7,835 2,525
Adams County 22 15,956 99 131 1,492 4,410 3,618

These data include establishments with paid employees, except auxiliaries.
Source: 1997 Economic Census, and 1997 population estimates, data available as of 2/11/00 For data issued since that date, or other areas, see www.census.gov/econ97.