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 |
Maryland | 19,798 | 46,428,206 |   | 274,260 | 4,913,952 | 5,094,924 | 9,113 |
Montgomery County | 3,000 | 8,914,414 | 1 | 46,311 | 957,769 | 828,467 | 10,760 |
Baltimore County | 3,138 | 8,243,411 | 2 | 49,690 | 902,671 | 720,520 | 11,441 |
Prince George's County | 2,425 | 6,390,538 | 3 | 38,214 | 675,798 | 770,786 | 8,291 |
Anne Arundel County | 1,863 | 4,757,649 | 4 | 27,922 | 487,049 | 470,234 | 10,118 |
Baltimore | 2,256 | 3,438,384 | 5 | 23,159 | 414,701 | 657,545 | 5,229 |
Howard County | 766 | 2,010,755 | 6 | 11,823 | 216,158 | 229,501 | 8,761 |
Frederick County | 741 | 1,839,289 | 7 | 10,644 | 186,775 | 183,099 | 10,045 |
Harford County | 741 | 1,755,419 | 8 | 10,518 | 174,587 | 212,339 | 8,267 |
Charles County | 490 | 1,243,620 | 9 | 7,750 | 128,031 | 115,233 | 10,792 |
Washington County | 598 | 1,220,539 | 10 | 7,450 | 117,345 | 127,933 | 9,540 |
Carroll County | 604 | 1,160,569 | 11 | 7,366 | 116,514 | 146,834 | 7,904 |
Wicomico County | 464 | 994,145 | 12 | 6,111 | 100,033 | 79,048 | 12,576 |
Allegany County | 385 | 663,495 | 13 | 4,719 | 63,503 | 72,101 | 9,202 |
Cecil County | 284 | 613,373 | 14 | 3,526 | 58,241 | 80,771 | 7,594 |
St. Mary's County | 278 | 553,190 | 15 | 3,615 | 55,351 | 85,304 | 6,485 |
Worcester County | 505 | 545,995 | 16 | 3,285 | 59,061 | 42,135 | 12,958 |
Talbot County | 262 | 457,504 | 17 | 2,621 | 46,959 | 32,744 | 13,972 |
Calvert County | 190 | 404,019 | 18 | 2,566 | 42,736 | 69,327 | 5,828 |
Queen Anne's County | 217 | 321,537 | 19 | 1,833 | 28,726 | 38,979 | 8,249 |
Dorchester County | 132 | 285,883 | 20 | 1,476 | 27,731 | 29,847 | 9,578 |
Garrett County | 157 | 222,946 | 21 | 1,367 | 20,580 | 29,435 | 7,574 |
Caroline County | 104 | 191,265 | 22 | 901 | 13,673 | 29,427 | 6,500 |
Kent County | 125 | 132,288 | 23 | 908 | 13,907 | 18,927 | 6,989 |
Somerset County | 73 | 67,979 | 24 | 485 | 6,053 | 24,388 | 2,787 |
These data include establishments with paid employees, except auxiliaries.
Source: 1997 Economic Census, and 1997 population estimates, data available as of 02/18/2000
For data issued since that date, or other areas, see www.census.gov/econ97.