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

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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 (preliminary) 1,120,249 2,456,574,247   14,115,559 238,792,423 267,636,061 9,179
 
Alabama 20,163 36,623,327   231,665 3,381,730 4,322,113 8,473
 
Jefferson County 3,020 7,636,774 1 44,165 705,631 660,119 11,569
Mobile County 1,681 3,404,545 2 22,860 338,083 398,232 8,549
Madison County 1,224 2,610,697 3 17,275 253,558 272,584 9,578
Montgomery County 1,144 2,482,797 4 15,998 237,805 217,863 11,396
Tuscaloosa County 790 1,543,208 5 10,852 150,950 160,805 9,597
Houston County 656 1,288,175 6 7,801 124,551 85,164 15,126
Baldwin County 801 1,215,305 7 7,850 114,784 128,820 9,434
Morgan County 583 1,136,530 8 6,426 95,533 108,333 10,491
Marshall County 560 1,008,171 9 5,254 73,575 79,933 12,613
Calhoun County 578 981,985 10 6,747 92,535 117,227 8,377
Shelby County 476 891,296 11 5,173 85,160 135,752 6,566
Lauderdale County 462 780,838 12 5,546 74,940 84,042 9,291
Lee County 425 774,446 13 5,437 73,701 98,412 7,869
Etowah County 452 737,764 14 4,935 65,942 103,756 7,111
Walker County 359 678,979 15 3,923 54,709 70,684 9,606
Cullman County 360 650,927 16 3,334 52,117 74,152 8,778
Colbert County 273 527,473 17 2,915 44,997 53,073 9,939
Talladega County 348 474,729 18 3,236 43,540 76,913 6,172
Coffee County 223 410,960 19 2,405 34,593 42,072 9,768
Limestone County 255 404,610 20 2,539 37,798 60,937 6,640
Autauga County 161 367,299 21 2,200 32,065 41,284 8,897
DeKalb County 269 343,027 22 2,576 31,319 57,699 5,945
Dallas County 232 338,967 23 2,430 31,870 47,182 7,184
Jackson County 218 299,787 24 1,849 25,734 50,748 5,907
Elmore County 199 296,817 25 1,780 23,748 60,198 4,931
Escambia County 210 295,116 26 2,097 27,992 36,598 8,064
Covington County 239 287,933 27 1,974 27,806 37,392 7,700
St. Clair County 205 270,618 28 1,724 21,451 60,694 4,459
Chilton County 180 246,640 29 1,510 21,755 36,360 6,783
Tallapoosa County 196 239,005 30 1,800 24,053 40,316 5,928
Clarke County 188 233,155 31 1,669 21,434 28,566 8,162
Russell County 168 229,607 32 1,797 23,096 50,739 4,525
Pike County 145 223,166 33 1,559 19,925 28,572 7,811
Chambers County 131 215,990 34 1,502 19,741 36,655 5,893
Blount County 143 202,002 35 1,328 17,760 44,930 4,496
Dale County 182 201,800 36 1,402 18,101 49,107 4,109
Franklin County 144 184,459 37 1,167 15,474 29,593 6,233
Monroe County 120 170,419 38 1,086 15,212 24,155 7,055
Marion County 138 167,610 39 1,063 14,248 30,920 5,421
Barbour County 129 163,202 40 1,076 14,951 26,791 6,092
Butler County 122 144,194 41 1,023 13,851 21,786 6,619
Marengo County 140 143,484 42 1,060 13,588 23,531 6,098
Pickens County 96 130,588 43 654 9,045 20,970 6,227
Cherokee County 88 123,145 44 678 8,973 21,611 5,698
Lawrence County 100 116,561 45 721 9,633 33,305 3,500
Fayette County 82 111,079 46 709 9,403 18,129 6,127
Geneva County 124 108,477 47 813 10,502 24,836 4,368
Winston County 108 103,774 48 751 10,848 23,966 4,330
Randolph County 89 89,358 49 722 9,302 19,932 4,483
Henry County 81 84,581 50 524 7,910 15,725 5,379
Bibb County 60 77,189 51 527 6,663 18,595 4,151
Sumter County 66 69,294 52 511 6,003 15,922 4,352
Choctaw County 76 69,121 53 386 6,105 15,917 4,343
Lamar County 69 65,037 54 445 5,362 15,714 4,139
Macon County 66 64,075 55 437 5,988 23,280 2,752
Crenshaw County 54 56,580 56 444 5,339 13,698 4,131
Cleburne County 47 53,951 57 262 3,605 14,101 3,826
Wilcox County 62 53,010 58 331 4,953 13,496 3,928
Hale County 45 52,810 59 322 4,115 16,423 3,216
Washington County 53 52,074 60 319 4,234 17,586 2,961
Clay County 49 45,696 61 376 4,552 13,860 3,297
Bullock County 38 40,311 62 289 3,759 11,256 3,581
Conecuh County 49 39,075 63 275 3,765 14,085 2,774
Lowndes County 29 34,707 64 215 3,745 12,878 2,695
Perry County 41 31,723 65 249 3,743 12,611 2,516
Greene County 34 31,345 66 232 2,679 9,939 3,154
Coosa County 28 15,260 67 130 1,828 11,589 1,317

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.