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

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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
 
Missouri 24,181 51,269,881   297,556 4,945,014 5,408,455 9,480
 
St. Louis County 4,287 12,385,474 1 72,497 1,347,763 1,002,159 12,359
Jackson County 2,670 7,239,055 2 39,198 704,767 653,745 11,073
Greene County 1,302 3,271,783 3 17,819 293,993 225,626 14,501
Clay County 721 2,476,478 4 11,919 211,351 173,955 14,236
St. Louis 1,241 2,361,726 5 14,511 282,422 344,801 6,850
St. Charles County 934 2,343,711 6 13,688 220,691 264,122 8,874
Boone County 602 1,469,676 7 8,880 135,261 127,872 11,493
Jasper County 597 1,153,114 8 7,658 108,849 98,858 11,664
Jefferson County 549 1,110,005 9 6,265 99,948 192,919 5,754
Cape Girardeau County 473 959,463 10 5,997 88,007 66,026 14,532
Franklin County 398 803,124 11 4,495 74,460 90,825 8,843
Buchanan County 399 797,915 12 4,841 73,372 81,820 9,752
Cole County 349 764,052 13 4,884 71,976 68,793 11,107
Platte County 204 581,459 14 2,471 40,425 68,797 8,452
Cass County 218 492,897 15 2,833 44,418 78,017 6,318
Taney County 391 442,558 16 2,976 47,304 34,028 13,006
St. Francois County 260 440,101 17 2,792 39,880 54,693 8,047
Camden County 328 437,031 18 2,639 42,147 33,270 13,136
Butler County 248 425,676 19 2,419 35,858 40,416 10,532
Phelps County 209 375,771 20 2,352 33,743 38,315 9,807
Pettis County 204 355,674 21 2,230 33,494 36,868 9,647
Scott County 243 355,103 22 2,248 34,313 40,375 8,795
Howell County 213 351,722 23 2,123 30,067 35,582 9,885
Laclede County 191 318,909 24 1,964 28,146 30,488 10,460
Marion County 178 298,626 25 1,889 25,395 27,808 10,739
Newton County 193 291,246 26 1,644 24,836 48,381 6,020
Lawrence County 120 270,844 27 1,202 21,448 32,770 8,265
Dunklin County 186 256,592 28 1,690 25,212 32,833 7,815
Barry County 160 255,255 29 1,383 19,750 32,687 7,809
Christian County 176 247,665 30 1,298 20,691 47,005 5,269
Stoddard County 152 245,114 31 1,292 18,668 29,558 8,293
Johnson County 154 243,843 32 1,551 22,111 47,192 5,167
Lincoln County 110 234,123 33 1,249 18,932 35,231 6,645
Adair County 143 225,240 34 1,595 21,719 24,338 9,255
Crawford County 83 224,512 35 1,014 14,154 21,964 10,222
Randolph County 110 211,657 36 1,384 19,070 23,976 8,828
Callaway County 119 208,235 37 1,109 16,265 36,897 5,644
Miller County 130 208,124 38 1,004 17,788 22,534 9,236
Lafayette County 185 201,395 39 1,516 19,258 32,453 6,206
Warren County 114 188,837 40 1,027 15,256 23,695 7,969
Pulaski County 143 178,798 41 1,041 15,564 38,175 4,684
Henry County 136 177,070 42 1,126 15,030 21,095 8,394
Perry County 83 170,197 43 880 14,675 17,515 9,717
Polk County 110 167,191 44 919 14,559 25,393 6,584
Audrain County 122 166,473 45 1,108 16,763 23,474 7,092
Livingston County 83 150,442 46 987 14,814 14,251 10,557
Webster County 114 146,301 47 876 11,942 28,445 5,143
Morgan County 112 145,998 48 921 12,810 18,074 8,078
New Madrid County 95 145,035 49 741 10,377 20,509 7,072
Vernon County 89 143,684 50 1,003 14,509 19,247 7,465
Saline County 122 140,929 51 1,025 12,915 22,856 6,166
Texas County 105 136,652 52 916 11,906 22,356 6,113
Stone County 131 133,988 53 828 13,130 26,450 5,066
Wright County 94 130,403 54 795 10,687 19,445 6,706
Pemiscot County 91 129,788 55 667 10,413 21,557 6,021
Clinton County 72 129,324 56 787 11,516 18,690 6,919
Nodaway County 100 128,108 57 1,029 12,512 20,956 6,113
Ray County 72 109,897 58 608 8,941 23,314 4,714
Moniteau County 59 108,866 59 447 7,162 13,244 8,220
Dent County 77 105,502 60 675 9,137 14,080 7,493
Washington County 67 101,730 61 633 11,589 22,707 4,480
Benton County 82 99,272 62 587 8,156 16,601 5,980
Cooper County 71 96,461 63 640 8,580 16,059 6,007
Mississippi County 67 94,710 64 588 7,636 13,478 7,027
Harrison County 56 92,709 65 605 8,746 8,451 10,970
Osage County 52 91,949 66 387 7,056 12,489 7,362
Gasconade County 84 91,187 67 605 9,834 14,901 6,120
Andrew County 47 86,789 68 513 7,112 15,372 5,646
Pike County 95 86,107 69 636 9,036 16,069 5,359
Macon County 73 85,584 70 642 7,735 15,282 5,600
McDonald County 79 82,606 71 478 6,369 19,698 4,194
Ste. Genevieve County 64 82,484 72 469 6,729 17,151 4,809
Bates County 82 81,447 73 636 7,799 15,742 5,174
Dallas County 59 80,924 74 423 6,760 15,052 5,376
Linn County 71 80,397 75 531 7,039 13,961 5,759
Barton County 58 78,360 76 546 6,735 11,918 6,575
Montgomery County 67 74,383 77 438 6,291 11,816 6,295
Cedar County 67 70,000 78 416 5,520 13,080 5,352
Ripley County 54 68,382 79 371 5,077 13,914 4,915
Grundy County 54 65,703 80 451 6,506 10,226 6,425
Madison County 53 62,899 81 475 6,960 11,469 5,484
Atchison County 45 59,539 82 376 4,840 7,095 8,392
Wayne County 53 57,521 83 457 5,220 12,872 4,469
Oregon County 46 57,056 84 378 4,946 9,993 5,710
Iron County 53 56,083 85 317 4,299 10,977 5,109
Chariton County 49 47,877 86 260 3,624 8,794 5,444
Lewis County 49 47,168 87 261 4,034 10,140 4,652
Monroe County 42 47,140 88 267 3,791 8,993 5,242
Douglas County 40 46,587 89 324 4,258 12,284 3,792
DeKalb County 28 44,904 90 232 3,082 11,043 4,066
Clark County 38 44,199 91 327 3,792 7,520 5,878
St. Clair County 48 42,527 92 314 3,549 9,127 4,659
Gentry County 48 40,916 93 304 4,076 6,898 5,932
Bollinger County 41 40,488 94 274 3,839 11,472 3,529
Ozark County 37 39,588 95 249 3,191 9,637 4,108
Holt County 28 39,387 96 191 2,940 5,640 6,984
Carroll County 52 36,343 97 286 3,220 10,217 3,557
Sullivan County 31 34,369 98 191 2,658 6,752 5,090
Maries County 30 31,492 99 199 2,348 8,350 3,771
Shelby County 45 27,969 100 233 2,768 6,794 4,117
Caldwell County 31 25,390 101 175 2,174 8,731 2,908
Howard County 41 24,770 102 199 2,059 9,740 2,543
Daviess County 45 24,752 103 203 2,287 7,795 3,175
Scotland County 33 24,223 104 170 2,110 4,865 4,979
Ralls County 31 23,216 105 172 2,314 8,776 2,645
Schuyler County 22 22,631 106 138 1,611 4,394 5,150
Hickory County 28 22,462 107 141 1,699 8,586 2,616
Dade County 27 20,932 108 156 1,731 7,917 2,644
Knox County 31 20,427 109 115 1,274 4,350 4,696
Reynolds County 27 19,133 110 123 1,529 6,678 2,865
Shannon County 29 19,088 111 128 1,458 8,151 2,342
Carter County 29 17,902 112 149 1,319 6,334 2,826
Putnam County 18 17,697 113 116 1,413 4,955 3,572
Mercer County 16 17,456 114 78 1,111 3,996 4,368
Worth County 14 6,135 115 58 615 2,335 2,627

These data include establishments with paid employees, except auxiliaries.
Source: 1997 Economic Census, and 1997 population estimates, data available as of 2/16/00 For data issued since that date, or other areas, see www.census.gov/econ97.