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

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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
 
Texas 74,105 182,516,112   950,848 16,197,114 19,385,699 9,415
 
Harris County 11,596 31,045,131 1 168,038 2,921,864 3,154,110 9,843
Dallas County 7,878 24,538,180 2 117,812 2,400,401 2,020,620 12,144
Travis County 2,925 16,072,809 3 45,335 915,986 693,092 23,190
Tarrant County 5,015 14,097,890 4 71,758 1,326,337 1,326,044 10,632
Bexar County 4,505 11,657,476 5 64,928 1,111,055 1,328,202 8,777
El Paso County 2,134 4,698,945 6 28,986 430,462 690,290 6,807
Collin County 1,301 4,220,443 7 20,311 407,195 401,114 10,522
Hidalgo County 1,582 3,337,625 8 20,862 313,057 504,654 6,614
Denton County 1,143 3,180,113 9 16,966 284,930 364,749 8,719
Nueces County 1,286 2,783,496 10 17,018 265,859 316,498 8,795
Lubbock County 1,084 2,672,954 11 14,538 237,995 230,671 11,588
Jefferson County 1,084 2,570,929 12 14,964 230,054 241,585 10,642
Fort Bend County 825 2,229,870 13 11,992 196,443 320,605 6,955
Montgomery County 835 2,224,780 14 11,926 187,447 258,218 8,616
Cameron County 1,117 1,903,987 15 13,089 179,313 318,522 5,978
Smith County 805 1,868,612 16 9,773 170,228 166,412 11,229
McLennan County 862 1,797,814 17 10,227 162,689 202,439 8,881
Galveston County 921 1,786,931 18 10,591 165,781 242,490 7,369
Bell County 829 1,733,490 19 10,409 163,431 221,816 7,815
Williamson County 623 1,582,128 20 8,402 152,917 210,769 7,506
Gregg County 734 1,549,702 21 8,825 145,101 112,949 13,720
Brazoria County 629 1,534,387 22 8,945 135,994 224,875 6,823
Potter County 641 1,531,297 23 7,939 137,320 108,907 14,061
Webb County 730 1,524,631 24 9,051 138,790 181,302 8,409
Brazos County 569 1,336,193 25 7,994 122,210 132,700 10,069
Taylor County 635 1,297,668 26 7,211 116,739 121,017 10,723
Midland County 549 1,226,250 27 6,649 108,490 117,864 10,404
Wichita County 598 1,198,730 28 7,268 107,290 128,958 9,296
Ector County 538 1,139,920 29 6,060 104,395 123,556 9,226
Grayson County 474 1,092,007 30 6,213 98,521 101,627 10,745
Bowie County 445 940,695 31 5,222 83,000 83,803 11,225
Tom Green County 471 890,734 32 5,404 84,337 102,344 8,703
Victoria County 398 868,704 33 5,052 80,115 81,956 10,600
Randall County 346 838,250 34 4,299 72,424 98,624 8,499
Johnson County 358 706,792 35 3,995 62,204 114,049 6,197
Hays County 382 698,028 36 4,056 61,012 85,413 8,172
Wise County 122 689,214 37 1,692 31,285 42,400 16,255
Angelina County 343 688,846 38 4,238 62,662 76,628 8,989
Comal County 317 633,331 39 3,242 55,707 70,471 8,987
Parker County 236 602,298 40 2,657 49,323 78,654 7,658
Kaufman County 286 573,292 41 2,693 42,978 63,847 8,979
Ellis County 310 572,709 42 3,054 47,457 100,296 5,710
Orange County 290 546,053 43 3,310 44,848 84,608 6,454
Nacogdoches County 279 501,225 44 3,036 45,040 56,669 8,845
Guadalupe County 215 498,112 45 2,665 41,705 77,665 6,414
Lamar County 242 482,492 46 2,591 39,950 45,649 10,570
Waller County 80 480,437 47 1,280 25,600 26,808 17,921
Hunt County 258 479,914 48 3,013 41,723 69,302 6,925
Liberty County 204 441,707 49 2,472 36,531 63,991 6,903
Kerr County 210 436,060 50 2,467 38,446 42,447 10,273
Bastrop County 135 396,960 51 1,450 20,797 48,830 8,129
Walker County 174 386,694 52 2,245 31,984 54,414 7,107
Henderson County 221 381,125 53 2,586 34,297 67,421 5,653
Harrison County 220 378,597 54 2,270 33,153 59,561 6,356
Hopkins County 174 357,220 55 1,753 27,808 30,262 11,804
Cooke County 240 355,634 56 2,013 28,879 32,846 10,827
Hardin County 152 350,610 57 1,630 24,538 48,289 7,261
San Patricio County 200 348,739 58 1,988 29,625 69,663 5,006
Navarro County 196 347,915 59 2,007 29,400 41,151 8,455
Hood County 159 346,578 60 1,702 30,288 36,021 9,622
Hill County 229 331,077 61 1,800 26,363 30,074 11,009
Anderson County 194 316,127 62 1,877 27,197 52,332 6,041
Kendall County 93 305,836 63 1,012 20,059 20,351 15,028
Brown County 194 301,973 64 1,843 24,554 36,807 8,204
Wharton County 217 301,021 65 1,799 27,386 40,037 7,519
Jasper County 190 301,011 66 1,658 23,744 33,275 9,046
Burnet County 159 281,031 67 1,534 24,619 30,787 9,128
Val Verde County 173 278,112 68 1,798 25,337 42,989 6,469
Erath County 157 274,106 69 1,674 24,596 31,227 8,778
Polk County 132 272,052 70 1,701 24,786 47,560 5,720
Titus County 147 271,094 71 1,483 23,715 25,145 10,781
Washington County 143 270,301 72 1,565 22,836 28,827 9,377
Coryell County 144 268,715 73 1,781 22,015 77,628 3,462
Rockwall County 112 266,851 74 1,488 24,054 35,664 7,482
Hale County 164 264,704 75 1,566 23,636 36,444 7,263
Cherokee County 146 262,633 76 1,542 21,506 42,853 6,129
Jim Wells County 160 258,097 77 1,531 23,356 39,758 6,492
Howard County 149 248,636 78 1,509 21,124 32,425 7,668
Van Zandt County 145 245,207 79 1,339 20,227 43,073 5,693
Maverick County 184 233,329 80 1,716 21,114 46,884 4,977
Matagorda County 152 224,698 81 1,443 21,738 37,876 5,932
Medina County 117 215,170 82 955 17,972 36,732 5,858
Kleberg County 113 214,314 83 1,414 19,974 30,172 7,103
Austin County 123 211,449 84 1,114 16,703 22,987 9,199
Wood County 146 211,108 85 1,173 17,256 34,152 6,181
Starr County 131 201,247 86 1,379 16,314 54,500 3,693
Fannin County 101 193,805 87 929 14,800 27,505 7,046
Rusk County 144 187,993 88 1,305 16,990 45,573 4,125
Fayette County 141 185,934 89 1,063 15,243 21,144 8,794
Uvalde County 124 177,984 90 1,054 15,547 25,503 6,979
Atascosa County 108 177,248 91 1,246 16,328 35,329 5,017
Gillespie County 153 172,942 92 1,361 18,585 19,866 8,705
Palo Pinto County 132 171,911 93 1,072 14,545 25,551 6,728
Gray County 130 169,059 94 1,068 15,954 23,653 7,147
Colorado County 113 163,299 95 879 13,315 18,963 8,611
Jones County 58 163,065 96 498 7,986 18,679 8,730
Cass County 137 161,488 97 1,261 16,838 30,641 5,270
Shelby County 103 154,969 98 984 12,435 22,541 6,875
Hutchinson County 104 150,983 99 1,028 13,798 23,950 6,304
Hockley County 86 150,620 100 725 11,272 23,788 6,332
Upshur County 101 145,082 101 895 11,731 35,513 4,085
Bee County 92 141,806 102 1,008 15,528 27,993 5,066
Limestone County 91 137,620 103 831 11,251 20,915 6,580
Madison County 46 136,985 104 462 7,484 11,934 11,479
Scurry County 80 135,335 105 762 10,910 18,178 7,445
Chambers County 83 133,758 106 648 9,421 23,264 5,750
Caldwell County 92 128,376 107 806 10,083 31,651 4,056
Moore County 83 127,459 108 724 10,968 19,321 6,597
Aransas County 90 124,783 109 771 11,845 22,516 5,542
Houston County 91 122,416 110 772 10,595 21,767 5,624
Nolan County 83 121,072 111 786 10,215 16,462 7,355
Grimes County 73 120,469 112 663 9,936 22,805 5,283
Lavaca County 108 118,147 113 797 10,692 18,747 6,302
Eastland County 113 116,546 114 682 8,823 17,873 6,521
Deaf Smith County 88 113,917 115 595 8,901 19,289 5,906
Young County 100 113,461 116 737 10,131 17,595 6,448
Wilbarger County 76 111,502 117 737 8,903 14,156 7,877
Calhoun County 77 111,116 118 725 10,274 20,643 5,383
Camp County 58 109,561 119 532 9,098 10,958 9,998
Wilson County 68 109,496 120 625 8,850 30,235 3,621
Milam County 82 106,827 121 701 9,761 24,182 4,418
Freestone County 63 105,904 122 481 7,678 17,514 6,047
Gonzales County 82 99,246 123 728 8,385 17,548 5,656
Montague County 86 97,918 124 640 7,958 18,349 5,336
Panola County 90 97,052 125 696 8,085 23,037 4,213
Dawson County 68 95,776 126 553 8,632 14,742 6,497
Lampasas County 65 94,377 127 562 7,773 17,476 5,400
DeWitt County 81 92,990 128 663 9,075 19,665 4,729
Jackson County 63 90,610 129 479 7,555 13,695 6,616
Gaines County 62 88,893 130 470 7,352 14,752 6,026
Tyler County 72 85,239 131 612 7,496 20,043 4,253
Pecos County 75 84,140 132 576 8,293 16,185 5,199
Frio County 52 82,090 133 461 6,172 15,787 5,200
Burleson County 66 81,445 134 477 6,520 15,392 5,291
Terry County 46 81,327 135 458 7,287 12,967 6,272
Lee County 59 79,908 136 665 9,019 14,723 5,427
Comanche County 77 79,646 137 456 6,374 13,565 5,871
Leon County 72 77,422 138 494 6,023 14,426 5,367
McCulloch County 55 75,521 139 473 5,928 8,784 8,598
Lamb County 63 75,412 140 450 5,861 14,815 5,090
Live Oak County 45 74,952 141 397 5,102 10,120 7,406
Bosque County 73 73,167 142 443 6,015 16,660 4,392
Runnels County 57 69,514 143 413 5,461 11,452 6,070
Llano County 77 69,064 144 380 5,343 13,193 5,235
Callahan County 36 65,395 145 266 4,314 12,748 5,130
Falls County 68 65,384 146 435 5,371 17,988 3,635
Dallam County 43 65,337 147 250 4,344 6,396 10,215
Reeves County 43 64,169 148 383 5,726 14,615 4,391
Ochiltree County 44 63,322 149 377 5,505 8,823 7,177
Willacy County 43 61,764 150 386 4,605 19,510 3,166
Red River County 59 61,183 151 482 4,828 13,798 4,434
Karnes County 54 59,828 152 434 5,137 12,464 4,800
Andrews County 52 59,697 153 356 5,668 13,922 4,288
Haskell County 41 58,909 154 238 3,339 6,145 9,586
Brewster County 56 58,146 155 460 6,064 9,023 6,444
Coleman County 53 57,142 156 324 4,183 9,689 5,898
Sutton County 31 56,311 157 206 4,032 4,418 12,746
Stephens County 47 56,106 158 421 5,768 9,963 5,631
Trinity County 60 56,087 159 365 4,520 12,451 4,505
Ward County 49 53,959 160 381 5,487 11,783 4,579
Clay County 34 53,283 161 267 4,059 10,436 5,106
Robertson County 55 52,030 162 364 4,538 15,464 3,365
San Saba County 38 51,127 163 254 3,593 5,745 8,899
Bandera County 54 50,912 164 275 3,925 14,978 3,399
Dimmit County 34 50,253 165 328 4,543 10,411 4,827
Refugio County 38 49,557 166 258 3,986 7,889 6,282
Parmer County 42 48,250 167 279 3,787 10,349 4,662
Castro County 41 47,739 168 208 3,179 8,293 5,757
Floyd County 32 47,736 169 206 3,223 8,197 5,824
Hamilton County 57 45,421 170 301 3,977 7,634 5,950
San Augustine County 42 45,025 171 312 3,621 8,140 5,531
Childress County 38 43,683 172 309 3,757 7,588 5,757
Winkler County 32 43,562 173 225 3,284 7,886 5,524
Hall County 22 43,135 174 137 2,092 3,678 11,728
Crosby County 33 41,793 175 226 3,237 7,345 5,690
Swisher County 39 41,235 176 255 3,178 8,362 4,931
Sabine County 47 40,597 177 284 4,020 10,593 3,832
Hansford County 38 38,965 178 233 3,620 5,342 7,294
Morris County 53 38,856 179 342 4,236 13,286 2,925
Brooks County 32 38,389 180 287 3,836 8,426 4,556
Marion County 41 37,447 181 246 2,775 10,635 3,521
Franklin County 32 37,191 182 220 3,345 9,536 3,900
Mitchell County 38 35,814 183 226 3,480 9,632 3,718
Blanco County 46 35,243 184 231 3,397 8,195 4,301
Duval County 36 35,172 185 203 2,619 13,579 2,590
Yoakum County 42 34,009 186 246 3,199 8,006 4,248
Bailey County 36 33,927 187 271 3,129 6,769 5,012
Wheeler County 45 33,147 188 226 2,713 5,348 6,198
Mills County 36 32,296 189 159 2,364 4,730 6,828
Jim Hogg County 34 31,443 190 207 2,548 4,905 6,410
Kimble County 33 31,416 191 201 2,754 4,157 7,557
Lynn County 24 30,643 192 122 2,084 6,590 4,650
San Jacinto County 33 29,689 193 235 2,949 20,822 1,426
Somervell County 29 29,050 194 220 2,505 6,228 4,664
Culberson County 25 28,198 195 162 1,727 3,119 9,041
Martin County 17 27,862 196 116 2,111 5,007 5,565
Zapata County 37 26,787 197 221 2,334 11,197 2,392
Newton County 36 26,782 198 185 2,114 14,397 1,860
Crockett County 31 26,625 199 263 3,172 4,588 5,803
Carson County 29 25,239 200 233 2,265 6,671 3,783
Knox County 31 24,710 201 163 2,000 4,312 5,731
Coke County 21 24,172 202 98 1,310 3,397 7,116
Donley County 20 23,567 203 114 1,723 3,802 6,199
Archer County 27 23,433 204 111 2,021 8,261 2,837
Zavala County 20 22,500 205 178 2,275 11,836 1,901
Rains County 33 22,329 206 186 2,422 8,218 2,717
Crane County 17 21,692 207 129 1,785 4,481 4,841
Presidio County 27 21,429 208 152 1,559 8,282 2,587
Baylor County 21 21,405 209 126 1,464 4,160 5,145
Jack County 35 21,261 210 181 2,322 7,308 2,909
La Salle County 27 20,035 211 142 1,763 5,922 3,383
Hemphill County 22 19,687 212 132 2,030 3,600 5,469
Reagan County 16 19,502 213 84 1,259 4,195 4,649
Garza County 29 18,335 214 123 1,451 4,691 3,909
Collingsworth County 17 17,396 215 113 2,119 3,323 5,235
Goliad County 20 17,367 216 100 1,261 6,839 2,539
Hardeman County 21 16,282 217 115 1,479 4,676 3,482
Delta County 19 16,184 218 94 1,175 4,932 3,281
Cochran County 15 15,631 219 87 1,517 3,947 3,960
Shackelford County 22 14,756 220 86 950 3,303 4,467
Upton County 16 14,731 221 94 1,072 3,785 3,892
Hartley County 10 14,370 222 84 1,247 5,124 2,804
Concho County 14 14,092 223 82 1,164 3,080 4,575
Fisher County 17 12,354 224 96 1,255 4,302 2,872
Mason County 20 10,859 225 107 1,049 3,666 2,962
Lipscomb County 17 10,612 226 82 836 3,011 3,524
Cottle County 10 10,302 227 40 630 1,959 5,259
Menard County 11 10,153 228 60 652 2,348 4,324
Sherman County 12 8,108 229 47 818 2,910 2,786
Oldham County 11 8,040 230 60 820 2,231 3,604
Schleicher County 11 7,702 231 45 681 3,022 2,549
Dickens County 12 7,405 232 54 497 2,269 3,264
Real County 19 6,318 233 57 624 2,665 2,371
Motley County 11 6,142 234 37 481 1,302 4,717
Hudspeth County 9 6,123 235 52 451 3,219 1,902
Edwards County 9 5,810 236 47 395 3,616 1,607
Sterling County 5 5,800 237 38 407 1,362 4,258
Stonewall County 10 5,703 238 39 511 1,807 3,156
Throckmorton County 11 4,865 239 37 427 1,717 2,833
Briscoe County 9 4,342 240 29 329 1,925 2,256
Foard County 6 4,334 241 22 308 1,713 2,530
Kinney County 9 4,189 242 41 392 3,381 1,239
Jeff Davis County 8 3,718 243 37 466 2,231 1,667
Armstrong County 6 2,940 244 19 152 2,184 1,346
Terrell County 7 2,736 245 26 315 1,192 2,295
McMullen County 5 1,904 246 13 168 794 2,398
Roberts County 4 1,749 247 20 208 993 1,761
Irion County 4 1,546 248 19 148 1,700 ,909
Borden County 1 D   (1-19) D 762 N/A
Glasscock County 5 D   (1-19) D 1,426 N/A
Kent County 4 D   (1-19) D 877 N/A
Kenedy County   428 N/A
King County   350 N/A
Loving County   105 N/A

These data include establishments with paid employees, except auxiliaries.
Source: 1997 Economic Census, and 1997 population estimates, data available as of 1/21/00 For data issued since that date, or other areas, see www.census.gov/econ97.