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

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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
 
Ohio 44,521 102,938,830   630,098 9,924,531 11,192,932 9,197
 
Franklin County 4,276 13,622,183 1 76,175 1,355,391 1,017,393 13,389
Cuyahoga County 5,700 12,662,922 2 78,658 1,310,328 1,389,559 9,113
Hamilton County 3,774 9,310,392 3 59,154 938,236 851,688 10,932
Montgomery County 2,143 5,603,508 4 35,936 549,851 561,331 9,983
Summit County 2,172 5,515,657 5 32,463 546,672 536,838 10,274
Lucas County 1,860 4,842,235 6 29,585 473,690 450,459 10,750
Stark County 1,618 3,671,174 7 23,170 357,154 373,707 9,824
Lake County 975 2,831,227 8 15,509 260,678 223,496 12,668
Mahoning County 1,187 2,547,859 9 16,420 235,546 257,284 9,903
Lorain County 929 2,379,824 10 13,595 210,108 282,164 8,434
Butler County 922 2,188,575 11 13,529 208,473 327,081 6,691
Trumbull County 913 1,943,241 12 12,617 192,918 225,896 8,602
Clermont County 540 1,656,227 13 8,901 140,984 172,922 9,578
Medina County 524 1,346,012 14 7,764 123,365 141,663 9,502
Greene County 564 1,321,898 15 8,922 124,955 146,935 8,996
Richland County 590 1,297,673 16 8,848 127,713 127,811 10,153
Allen County 542 1,291,403 17 7,908 116,016 107,789 11,981
Portage County 465 1,117,940 18 5,828 92,845 150,454 7,430
Warren County 455 1,111,682 19 6,709 106,343 140,144 7,932
Licking County 502 1,105,158 20 6,392 104,219 135,488 8,157
Clark County 528 1,102,923 21 7,439 107,850 146,121 7,548
Wood County 436 947,173 22 5,864 83,399 118,855 7,969
Miami County 371 845,365 23 5,018 72,401 97,673 8,655
Fairfield County 405 841,680 24 5,430 81,881 121,567 6,924
Columbiana County 468 823,353 25 4,934 68,748 111,384 7,392
Wayne County 393 801,379 26 5,250 79,543 109,435 7,323
Delaware County 258 792,935 27 4,080 70,173 87,515 9,061
Muskingum County 428 787,916 28 4,690 68,066 84,327 9,344
Hancock County 323 767,894 29 4,557 67,634 68,606 11,193
Tuscarawas County 439 758,763 30 5,240 75,559 88,064 8,616
Belmont County 383 737,630 31 5,359 68,256 69,441 10,622
Erie County 382 732,016 32 4,784 71,401 78,635 9,309
Ashtabula County 429 711,144 33 4,962 68,854 103,012 6,904
Ross County 279 581,888 34 3,882 52,738 75,168 7,741
Geauga County 317 565,031 35 3,311 55,576 87,601 6,450
Marion County 237 548,894 36 3,549 53,786 65,121 8,429
Scioto County 321 542,974 37 3,629 53,361 80,744 6,725
Jefferson County 335 531,407 38 3,969 52,884 75,893 7,002
Washington County 279 501,007 39 3,063 45,812 63,624 7,874
Sandusky County 241 470,295 40 2,945 43,202 62,384 7,539
Huron County 234 445,046 41 2,616 38,140 60,017 7,415
Clinton County 154 434,719 42 2,101 33,376 39,414 11,030
Defiance County 195 424,807 43 2,580 39,697 39,984 10,624
Seneca County 231 407,869 44 2,447 38,930 60,196 6,776
Darke County 206 385,362 45 2,398 37,449 54,342 7,091
Lawrence County 206 360,726 46 2,503 31,719 64,365 5,604
Ottawa County 171 353,325 47 1,648 29,336 40,730 8,675
Athens County 232 345,660 48 2,609 36,344 61,311 5,638
Auglaize County 192 341,473 49 2,114 30,113 46,906 7,280
Mercer County 192 329,960 50 2,151 32,335 40,980 8,052
Fayette County 246 329,782 51 2,154 30,648 28,539 11,555
Knox County 183 313,435 52 2,076 28,844 52,552 5,964
Ashland County 183 311,147 53 2,242 33,039 51,835 6,003
Shelby County 167 309,392 54 2,126 28,377 47,261 6,546
Logan County 187 308,951 55 1,919 26,862 45,843 6,739
Fulton County 179 294,202 56 1,715 26,289 41,421 7,103
Guernsey County 167 294,006 57 1,722 24,917 40,715 7,221
Pickaway County 147 284,002 58 1,630 23,775 53,157 5,343
Gallia County 172 281,477 59 1,665 24,030 33,111 8,501
Union County 103 279,146 60 1,291 21,958 38,551 7,241
Madison County 122 276,776 61 1,423 22,478 41,320 6,698
Highland County 160 258,534 62 1,698 22,922 39,705 6,511
Crawford County 173 251,784 63 1,726 23,631 47,252 5,329
Holmes County 159 242,041 64 1,495 24,030 37,294 6,490
Jackson County 162 234,814 65 1,542 21,479 32,455 7,235
Williams County 153 227,727 66 1,573 21,361 37,947 6,001
Preble County 112 218,281 67 1,334 18,711 42,996 5,077
Coshocton County 146 209,812 68 1,538 20,083 36,161 5,802
Van Wert County 110 207,605 69 1,279 17,866 30,407 6,828
Champaign County 124 204,143 70 1,254 18,270 38,113 5,356
Henry County 106 191,492 71 1,060 16,282 29,939 6,396
Putnam County 115 181,208 72 1,344 17,176 35,057 5,169
Hardin County 111 160,719 73 1,089 14,495 31,699 5,070
Pike County 98 153,475 74 1,105 12,917 27,530 5,575
Hocking County 92 145,109 75 880 14,272 28,742 5,049
Brown County 114 141,727 76 922 12,439 40,135 3,531
Adams County 105 134,469 77 913 12,005 28,348 4,744
Carroll County 79 129,591 78 819 11,299 28,859 4,490
Meigs County 98 113,874 79 798 10,996 23,999 4,745
Morrow County 65 113,540 80 670 8,623 31,052 3,656
Wyandot County 94 109,421 81 842 11,247 22,663 4,828
Perry County 83 105,156 82 648 8,918 34,223 3,073
Paulding County 62 102,364 83 638 8,894 20,243 5,057
Harrison County 60 55,244 84 379 5,025 16,135 3,424
Noble County 47 54,033 85 393 4,868 12,318 4,387
Monroe County 58 50,469 86 445 5,288 15,291 3,301
Morgan County 35 45,359 87 345 3,824 14,540 3,120
Vinton County 28 27,119 88 201 2,345 12,007 2,259

These data include establishments with paid employees, except auxiliaries.
Source: 1997 Economic Census, and 1997 population estimates, data available as of 2/ 9/00 For data issued since that date, or other areas, see www.census.gov/econ97.