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

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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
 
Arizona 16,283 43,960,933   232,050 4,223,879 4,553,249 9,655
 
Maricopa County 9,214 29,331,041 1 144,912 2,792,364 2,699,098 10,867
Pima County 2,785 6,853,821 2 39,285 693,365 778,860 8,800
Mohave County 578 1,236,918 3 6,944 111,078 128,390 9,634
Yavapai County 757 1,203,080 4 7,325 120,799 144,297 8,338
Coconino County 653 1,081,174 5 7,217 112,073 113,700 9,509
Yuma County 455 1,035,665 6 5,984 94,469 129,171 8,018
Cochise County 421 712,109 7 4,557 68,110 111,688 6,376
Pinal County 404 680,832 8 4,355 63,862 142,932 4,763
Navajo County 296 602,716 9 3,667 55,231 94,789 6,359
Gila County 176 329,556 10 2,040 32,858 48,232 6,833
Santa Cruz County 207 320,272 11 2,169 30,719 37,198 8,610
Graham County 110 205,435 12 1,377 19,401 31,223 6,580
La Paz County 79 177,489 13 830 10,759 14,779 12,010
Apache County 126 170,032 14 1,242 17,035 69,481 2,447
Greenlee County 22 20,793 15 146 1,756 9,411 2,209

These data include establishments with paid employees, except auxiliaries.
Source: 1997 Economic Census, and 1997 population estimates, data available as of 2/ 7/00 For data issued since that date, or other areas, see www.census.gov/econ97.