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

EMPTEXT
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
 
Illinois 44,568 108,002,177   610,790 10,596,015 11,989,352 9,008
 
Cook County 17,318 42,547,231 1 240,539 4,369,920 5,187,717 8,202
DuPage County 3,625 12,825,281 2 64,962 1,231,080 869,151 14,756
Lake County 2,391 8,562,339 3 38,002 785,851 594,698 14,398
Will County 1,157 3,286,191 4 17,267 301,257 444,562 7,392
Kane County 1,353 3,116,605 5 19,688 331,102 381,816 8,163
Winnebago County 1,090 2,754,452 6 17,044 270,331 266,884 10,321
Madison County 969 2,057,045 7 11,722 181,430 258,899 7,945
St. Clair County 965 2,048,477 8 12,887 197,675 263,886 7,763
McHenry County 813 2,034,623 9 10,457 188,333 236,082 8,618
Sangamon County 836 1,991,949 10 12,054 187,004 191,447 10,405
Peoria County 801 1,847,369 11 11,817 182,587 182,304 10,133
Champaign County 675 1,556,747 12 10,645 151,880 168,597 9,234
McLean County 632 1,474,554 13 9,242 142,313 140,656 10,483
Rock Island County 623 1,427,413 14 8,593 142,185 147,916 9,650
Tazewell County 473 1,275,240 15 6,813 112,121 127,509 10,001
Macon County 506 1,129,633 16 6,967 110,391 114,179 9,894
La Salle County 502 1,047,729 17 6,352 96,777 109,618 9,558
Kankakee County 388 907,024 18 5,594 88,450 102,018 8,891
Adams County 341 669,529 19 4,752 68,176 67,337 9,943
DeKalb County 309 642,258 20 4,008 63,066 83,343 7,706
Vermilion County 351 639,194 21 4,505 64,382 84,814 7,536
Williamson County 306 576,198 22 3,405 51,085 60,544 9,517
Effingham County 236 561,284 23 3,205 50,247 33,342 16,834
Jackson County 287 551,852 24 3,992 60,746 60,751 9,084
Coles County 233 526,545 25 3,210 46,196 51,124 10,299
Whiteside County 241 515,381 26 3,303 54,122 59,945 8,598
Knox County 252 489,888 27 3,785 52,470 55,666 8,800
Stephenson County 191 414,558 28 2,522 40,332 49,061 8,450
Jefferson County 216 385,237 29 2,678 36,833 37,305 10,327
Henry County 217 371,945 30 2,583 37,060 51,540 7,217
Kendall County 118 370,951 31 1,755 36,637 49,864 7,439
Morgan County 192 344,748 32 2,207 31,886 35,861 9,613
Livingston County 186 336,309 33 1,909 28,689 40,265 8,352
Macoupin County 188 309,446 34 1,695 25,972 48,928 6,325
Marion County 226 309,413 35 2,119 30,172 42,081 7,353
Grundy County 137 287,971 36 1,604 27,235 36,219 7,951
Christian County 156 283,084 37 1,644 24,694 34,638 8,173
Franklin County 192 276,935 38 1,707 27,080 40,595 6,822
Ogle County 150 268,293 39 1,491 24,004 50,187 5,346
Randolph County 140 261,690 40 1,601 27,322 33,997 7,697
Fulton County 156 248,408 41 1,718 24,766 38,507 6,451
McDonough County 167 246,591 42 1,870 24,848 33,978 7,257
Clinton County 136 243,761 43 1,373 30,916 35,373 6,891
Logan County 140 238,030 44 1,283 20,251 31,197 7,630
Montgomery County 142 236,574 45 1,344 19,261 31,026 7,625
Lee County 138 234,796 46 1,379 23,581 35,782 6,562
Saline County 154 232,538 47 1,404 32,321 26,241 8,862
Bureau County 145 229,484 48 1,379 20,711 35,734 6,422
Woodford County 101 229,370 49 1,009 16,804 34,818 6,588
Boone County 91 198,677 50 1,156 19,416 37,922 5,239
Douglas County 165 185,808 51 1,299 16,667 19,874 9,349
Iroquois County 118 176,074 52 1,139 17,161 31,422 5,604
Monroe County 85 175,161 53 858 15,405 25,879 6,768
Jersey County 82 171,044 54 1,031 14,222 21,276 8,039
Washington County 83 157,077 55 662 12,957 15,357 10,228
Fayette County 103 153,310 56 933 12,698 21,612 7,094
Jo Daviess County 144 150,190 57 897 12,385 21,676 6,929
Richland County 94 149,006 58 940 13,807 16,863 8,836
De Witt County 70 141,994 59 756 12,380 16,785 8,460
Crawford County 93 136,423 60 907 12,509 21,028 6,488
Shelby County 86 123,874 61 554 7,720 22,685 5,461
Ford County 93 120,205 62 716 9,642 14,130 8,507
Pike County 85 119,948 63 725 10,561 17,302 6,933
Perry County 98 113,799 64 789 14,314 21,170 5,375
White County 84 109,698 65 644 9,327 15,704 6,985
Edgar County 68 108,338 66 721 9,816 19,716 5,495
Clark County 77 106,741 67 627 8,542 16,418 6,501
Wayne County 80 103,582 68 703 9,948 17,015 6,088
Hancock County 101 101,529 69 601 8,802 21,135 4,804
Piatt County 55 99,377 70 432 7,842 16,473 6,033
Mason County 59 98,404 71 601 9,503 16,859 5,837
Warren County 67 97,700 72 632 9,097 18,810 5,194
Bond County 60 97,657 73 496 7,058 15,759 6,197
Union County 66 96,801 74 641 9,426 18,060 5,360
Clay County 66 92,051 75 662 7,430 14,401 6,392
Mercer County 57 88,533 76 586 8,552 17,586 5,034
Carroll County 72 81,368 77 560 7,070 16,912 4,811
Massac County 55 79,674 78 414 6,448 15,485 5,145
Jasper County 45 78,506 79 366 5,879 10,615 7,396
Wabash County 49 75,649 80 508 6,723 12,704 5,955
Lawrence County 63 71,774 81 535 6,917 15,519 4,625
Greene County 70 71,111 82 480 6,557 15,525 4,580
Marshall County 49 68,730 83 395 6,422 12,864 5,343
Cass County 59 68,308 84 520 6,330 13,248 5,156
Menard County 41 58,263 85 320 4,641 12,425 4,689
Schuyler County 37 45,463 86 303 4,346 7,674 5,924
Johnson County 34 42,844 87 235 4,075 13,092 3,273
Moultrie County 46 42,475 88 303 3,897 14,432 2,943
Hamilton County 37 37,714 89 207 2,691 8,590 4,390
Cumberland County 42 37,196 90 253 3,328 11,140 3,339
Alexander County 35 29,111 91 237 2,869 9,846 2,957
Edwards County 34 28,368 92 235 2,414 7,030 4,035
Stark County 23 27,353 93 124 2,413 6,335 4,318
Calhoun County 24 26,767 94 134 1,989 5,005 5,348
Gallatin County 29 23,402 95 144 1,982 6,655 3,516
Putnam County 22 23,383 96 126 1,893 5,809 4,025
Henderson County 23 20,952 97 125 1,677 8,631 2,428
Scott County 13 20,474 98 113 1,537 5,613 3,648
Brown County 21 16,510 99 138 1,516 6,362 2,595
Pulaski County 27 15,505 100 127 1,361 7,207 2,151
Hardin County 15 8,602 101 60 827 4,972 1,730
Pope County 12 7,511 102 36 474 4,743 1,584

These data include establishments with paid employees, except auxiliaries.
Source: 1997 Economic Census, and 1997 population estimates, data available as of 1/28/00 For data issued since that date, or other areas, see www.census.gov/econ97.