Retail_Trade_____ | Number of establish- ments | Retail sales | Number of employees | Payroll ($1,000) | Popu- lation | Retail sales per capita ($) | |
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($1,000) | rank | ||||||
United States (preliminary) | 1,120,249 | 2,456,574,247 |   | 14,115,559 | 238,792,423 | 267,636,061 | 9,179 |
Virginia | 29,032 | 62,569,924 |   | 379,039 | 6,202,575 | 6,737,489 | 9,287 |
Fairfax County | 3,025 | 9,261,010 | 1 | 48,037 | 980,607 | 915,121 | 10,120 |
Virginia Beach | 1,621 | 3,342,718 | 2 | 21,987 | 337,224 | 431,179 | 7,753 |
Henrico County | 1,148 | 2,974,355 | 3 | 19,119 | 302,444 | 244,204 | 12,180 |
Prince William County | 915 | 2,563,138 | 4 | 13,936 | 240,488 | 254,966 | 10,053 |
Chesterfield County | 938 | 2,412,612 | 5 | 15,275 | 230,717 | 243,341 | 9,915 |
Chesapeake | 779 | 1,993,340 | 6 | 12,554 | 184,481 | 195,924 | 10,174 |
Norfolk | 918 | 1,900,364 | 7 | 12,628 | 207,305 | 230,018 | 8,262 |
Roanoke | 792 | 1,843,734 | 8 | 12,425 | 191,252 | 94,062 | 19,601 |
Arlington County | 665 | 1,819,374 | 9 | 10,098 | 188,683 | 175,737 | 10,353 |
Richmond | 1,013 | 1,738,092 | 10 | 11,579 | 193,461 | 192,669 | 9,021 |
Hampton | 514 | 1,638,883 | 11 | 9,930 | 150,547 | 138,549 | 11,829 |
Alexandria | 593 | 1,507,569 | 12 | 7,746 | 159,960 | 116,514 | 12,939 |
Newport News | 681 | 1,488,616 | 13 | 9,284 | 143,575 | 175,083 | 8,502 |
Fairfax | 305 | 1,288,014 | 14 | 5,870 | 115,522 | 20,383 | 63,191 |
Loudoun County | 478 | 1,282,010 | 15 | 6,933 | 128,958 | 132,995 | 9,640 |
Lynchburg | 446 | 1,228,549 | 16 | 7,209 | 115,781 | 65,256 | 18,827 |
Hanover County | 309 | 830,043 | 17 | 4,693 | 80,607 | 79,261 | 10,472 |
Montgomery County | 355 | 749,685 | 18 | 4,976 | 74,351 | 75,931 | 9,873 |
Spotsylvania County | 261 | 737,610 | 19 | 4,038 | 66,613 | 80,989 | 9,108 |
Charlottesville | 360 | 730,271 | 20 | 4,345 | 73,214 | 37,855 | 19,291 |
Albemarle County | 314 | 718,023 | 21 | 4,270 | 67,361 | 77,420 | 9,274 |
Harrisonburg | 308 | 690,756 | 22 | 4,161 | 64,000 | 33,364 | 20,704 |
Manassas | 230 | 647,495 | 23 | 3,355 | 64,917 | 34,363 | 18,843 |
Danville | 334 | 585,472 | 24 | 3,787 | 56,903 | 51,137 | 11,449 |
Winchester | 283 | 571,299 | 25 | 3,667 | 58,698 | 22,366 | 25,543 |
Fredericksburg | 317 | 567,275 | 26 | 3,701 | 60,709 | 21,071 | 26,922 |
Tazewell County | 267 | 565,471 | 27 | 3,193 | 47,175 | 46,865 | 12,066 |
Colonial Heights | 205 | 496,410 | 28 | 3,776 | 46,543 | 16,872 | 29,422 |
Portsmouth | 295 | 468,443 | 29 | 3,291 | 51,216 | 99,451 | 4,710 |
Frederick County | 211 | 464,701 | 30 | 2,574 | 46,076 | 54,528 | 8,522 |
Roanoke County | 202 | 461,815 | 31 | 2,559 | 41,694 | 81,243 | 5,684 |
Salem | 174 | 452,503 | 32 | 3,089 | 51,795 | 24,774 | 18,265 |
Stafford County | 202 | 413,532 | 33 | 2,336 | 39,714 | 87,795 | 4,710 |
Washington County | 253 | 408,897 | 34 | 2,609 | 40,835 | 48,972 | 8,350 |
Suffolk | 212 | 379,979 | 35 | 2,697 | 37,957 | 61,105 | 6,218 |
Rockingham County | 242 | 356,174 | 36 | 2,075 | 35,375 | 63,417 | 5,616 |
Falls Church | 120 | 355,628 | 37 | 1,536 | 34,667 | 9,888 | 35,966 |
Fauquier County | 223 | 353,092 | 38 | 2,052 | 36,550 | 52,992 | 6,663 |
Henry County | 240 | 346,286 | 39 | 2,263 | 30,677 | 55,918 | 6,193 |
Wythe County | 204 | 346,056 | 40 | 1,933 | 27,166 | 26,314 | 13,151 |
Campbell County | 209 | 337,975 | 41 | 2,169 | 31,261 | 50,119 | 6,743 |
Bristol | 155 | 331,695 | 42 | 2,266 | 29,205 | 17,372 | 19,094 |
Staunton | 168 | 330,513 | 43 | 2,213 | 32,015 | 23,279 | 14,198 |
Williamsburg | 163 | 330,198 | 44 | 2,262 | 33,682 | 11,865 | 27,830 |
York County | 255 | 326,927 | 45 | 2,681 | 32,564 | 57,608 | 5,675 |
Wise County | 183 | 310,871 | 46 | 1,961 | 28,260 | 38,980 | 7,975 |
Augusta County | 214 | 310,783 | 47 | 1,925 | 29,354 | 61,672 | 5,039 |
Culpeper County | 153 | 306,977 | 48 | 1,812 | 28,366 | 32,403 | 9,474 |
James City County | 190 | 303,812 | 49 | 2,064 | 30,960 | 43,218 | 7,030 |
Pittsylvania County | 213 | 300,524 | 50 | 2,170 | 27,917 | 57,729 | 5,206 |
Petersburg | 189 | 290,027 | 51 | 1,764 | 29,521 | 34,526 | 8,400 |
Shenandoah County | 158 | 279,342 | 52 | 1,574 | 23,579 | 34,165 | 8,176 |
Mecklenburg County | 200 | 272,476 | 53 | 2,109 | 26,281 | 30,928 | 8,810 |
Prince Edward County | 125 | 267,397 | 54 | 1,703 | 24,448 | 18,855 | 14,182 |
Franklin County | 180 | 257,730 | 55 | 1,707 | 23,354 | 44,111 | 5,843 |
Pulaski County | 133 | 250,857 | 56 | 1,541 | 21,633 | 34,344 | 7,304 |
Martinsville | 142 | 248,784 | 57 | 1,927 | 25,261 | 15,768 | 15,778 |
Smyth County | 170 | 232,065 | 58 | 1,560 | 20,770 | 32,838 | 7,067 |
Gloucester County | 134 | 228,076 | 59 | 1,505 | 20,737 | 34,432 | 6,624 |
Waynesboro | 115 | 216,634 | 60 | 1,512 | 22,159 | 18,510 | 11,704 |
Halifax County | 164 | 215,878 | 61 | 1,570 | 20,586 | 36,792 | 5,868 |
Warren County | 142 | 199,740 | 62 | 1,354 | 19,565 | 29,929 | 6,674 |
Amherst County | 104 | 190,201 | 63 | 1,082 | 17,991 | 29,984 | 6,343 |
Accomack County | 208 | 180,465 | 64 | 1,335 | 18,645 | 32,062 | 5,629 |
Rockbridge County | 79 | 165,330 | 65 | 961 | 13,927 | 19,404 | 8,520 |
Carroll County | 114 | 162,556 | 66 | 957 | 13,752 | 27,929 | 5,820 |
Orange County | 104 | 160,066 | 67 | 946 | 15,756 | 24,877 | 6,434 |
Russell County | 102 | 154,242 | 68 | 910 | 14,500 | 29,049 | 5,310 |
Scott County | 91 | 143,010 | 69 | 788 | 10,994 | 22,724 | 6,293 |
Isle of Wight County | 97 | 141,911 | 70 | 1,049 | 12,417 | 28,596 | 4,963 |
Bedford | 81 | 136,343 | 71 | 975 | 13,494 | 6,290 | 21,676 |
Buchanan County | 130 | 135,235 | 72 | 1,018 | 13,747 | 29,328 | 4,611 |
Galax | 71 | 134,604 | 73 | 906 | 12,585 | 6,875 | 19,579 |
Botetourt County | 81 | 130,247 | 74 | 796 | 11,006 | 28,202 | 4,618 |
Norton | 66 | 127,795 | 75 | 921 | 11,912 | 4,206 | 30,384 |
Essex County | 68 | 125,954 | 76 | 787 | 12,090 | 9,193 | 13,701 |
Caroline County | 69 | 118,392 | 77 | 608 | 8,469 | 21,690 | 5,458 |
Lexington | 68 | 108,877 | 78 | 686 | 9,633 | 7,192 | 15,139 |
Hopewell | 83 | 100,873 | 79 | 754 | 10,574 | 22,426 | 4,498 |
Lancaster County | 89 | 98,477 | 80 | 687 | 10,869 | 11,318 | 8,701 |
Emporia | 81 | 97,299 | 81 | 714 | 9,670 | 5,505 | 17,675 |
Page County | 83 | 97,192 | 82 | 645 | 8,856 | 22,808 | 4,261 |
Franklin | 57 | 94,969 | 83 | 635 | 9,347 | 8,786 | 10,809 |
Prince George County | 66 | 91,821 | 84 | 632 | 8,396 | 30,055 | 3,055 |
Giles County | 71 | 91,208 | 85 | 563 | 8,181 | 16,178 | 5,638 |
Covington | 61 | 90,426 | 86 | 539 | 7,863 | 6,932 | 13,045 |
King William County | 58 | 88,803 | 87 | 485 | 8,901 | 12,457 | 7,129 |
Madison County | 48 | 86,898 | 88 | 418 | 7,398 | 12,509 | 6,947 |
Lee County | 90 | 86,361 | 89 | 578 | 7,691 | 24,030 | 3,594 |
Nottoway County | 80 | 86,273 | 90 | 676 | 8,794 | 15,081 | 5,721 |
Bedford County | 92 | 83,913 | 91 | 604 | 9,956 | 55,596 | 1,509 |
Westmoreland County | 71 | 83,399 | 92 | 546 | 7,986 | 16,273 | 5,125 |
Radford | 58 | 79,213 | 93 | 561 | 8,648 | 15,303 | 5,176 |
Powhatan County | 55 | 78,807 | 94 | 391 | 7,290 | 21,230 | 3,712 |
Louisa County | 73 | 77,677 | 95 | 530 | 7,356 | 23,875 | 3,253 |
Appomattox County | 60 | 75,471 | 96 | 536 | 8,335 | 12,969 | 5,819 |
Northampton County | 79 | 73,013 | 97 | 594 | 7,486 | 12,778 | 5,714 |
Goochland County | 50 | 72,503 | 98 | 391 | 6,710 | 17,655 | 4,107 |
Sussex County | 47 | 71,517 | 99 | 358 | 5,647 | 10,051 | 7,115 |
Patrick County | 59 | 66,099 | 100 | 432 | 6,085 | 18,269 | 3,618 |
Alleghany County | 38 | 65,254 | 101 | 430 | 6,071 | 12,276 | 5,316 |
Dinwiddie County | 44 | 64,535 | 102 | 514 | 6,045 | 24,606 | 2,623 |
Dickenson County | 71 | 64,171 | 103 | 447 | 6,145 | 17,172 | 3,737 |
Richmond County | 49 | 62,649 | 104 | 460 | 5,812 | 8,581 | 7,301 |
Floyd County | 45 | 55,305 | 105 | 364 | 4,263 | 13,010 | 4,251 |
New Kent County | 39 | 53,655 | 106 | 412 | 4,914 | 12,788 | 4,196 |
King George County | 48 | 53,247 | 107 | 306 | 4,781 | 16,913 | 3,148 |
Brunswick County | 60 | 49,621 | 108 | 455 | 5,304 | 16,787 | 2,956 |
Rappahannock County | 33 | 49,000 | 109 | 244 | 4,259 | 7,133 | 6,869 |
Middlesex County | 53 | 48,394 | 110 | 358 | 5,421 | 9,542 | 5,072 |
Clifton Forge | 34 | 47,429 | 111 | 321 | 4,586 | 4,389 | 10,806 |
Clarke County | 44 | 44,797 | 112 | 297 | 3,736 | 12,746 | 3,515 |
Northumberland County | 54 | 42,413 | 113 | 338 | 5,013 | 11,428 | 3,711 |
Charlotte County | 46 | 42,234 | 114 | 286 | 3,654 | 12,170 | 3,470 |
Southampton County | 56 | 41,300 | 115 | 378 | 4,560 | 17,641 | 2,341 |
Amelia County | 36 | 41,022 | 116 | 226 | 3,974 | 10,211 | 4,017 |
Lunenburg County | 56 | 39,674 | 117 | 368 | 4,886 | 12,128 | 3,271 |
Buckingham County | 42 | 34,383 | 118 | 254 | 3,739 | 14,589 | 2,357 |
Greene County | 37 | 33,835 | 119 | 254 | 4,086 | 13,377 | 2,529 |
Mathews County | 42 | 33,466 | 120 | 287 | 3,611 | 9,094 | 3,680 |
Grayson County | 38 | 33,413 | 121 | 176 | 2,251 | 16,137 | 2,071 |
Buena Vista | 32 | 33,184 | 122 | 257 | 3,544 | 6,131 | 5,412 |
Cumberland County | 29 | 31,399 | 123 | 230 | 3,593 | 7,779 | 4,036 |
Poquoson | 28 | 29,822 | 124 | 247 | 2,994 | 11,368 | 2,623 |
Manassas Park | 16 | 28,702 | 125 | 142 | 2,937 | 8,485 | 3,383 |
Nelson County | 51 | 27,584 | 126 | 225 | 2,611 | 13,780 | 2,002 |
Fluvanna County | 33 | 24,537 | 127 | 196 | 2,621 | 17,790 | 1,379 |
Greensville County | 26 | 23,021 | 128 | 179 | 1,853 | 11,409 | 2,018 |
Bland County | 18 | 19,812 | 129 | 145 | 1,448 | 6,827 | 2,902 |
Bath County | 25 | 10,804 | 130 | 105 | 1,197 | 4,890 | 2,209 |
Surry County | 17 | 8,912 | 131 | 84 | 1,031 | 6,427 | 1,387 |
King and Queen County | 9 | 5,228 | 132 | 40 | 466 | 6,502 | ,804 |
Highland County | 18 | 4,088 | 133 | 36 | 339 | 2,548 | 1,604 |
Craig County | 8 | 3,673 | 134 | 25 | 297 | 4,873 | ,754 |
Charles City County | 6 | 3,346 | 135 | 24 | 280 | 6,942 | ,482 |
These data include establishments with paid employees, except auxiliaries.
Source: 1997 Economic Census, and 1997 population estimates, data available as of 12/ 1/99
For data issued since that date, or other areas, see www.census.gov/econ97.