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 | 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.