| 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 | |
| Washington | 22,841 | 52,472,866 | 283,653 | 5,385,915 | 5,614,151 | 9,347 | |
| King County | 7,031 | 19,399,797 | 1 | 99,542 | 2,025,267 | 1,639,804 | 11,831 |
| Pierce County | 2,289 | 5,468,169 | 2 | 28,956 | 550,094 | 665,171 | 8,221 |
| Snohomish County | 2,027 | 5,302,950 | 3 | 26,302 | 524,238 | 568,960 | 9,320 |
| Spokane County | 1,730 | 4,122,561 | 4 | 22,246 | 433,855 | 405,362 | 10,170 |
| Clark County | 868 | 2,214,708 | 5 | 12,284 | 230,886 | 316,988 | 6,987 |
| Yakima County | 854 | 1,741,635 | 6 | 10,174 | 174,855 | 215,771 | 8,072 |
| Kitsap County | 773 | 1,722,071 | 7 | 10,338 | 179,517 | 234,165 | 7,354 |
| Whatcom County | 840 | 1,673,273 | 8 | 9,758 | 165,652 | 154,342 | 10,841 |
| Thurston County | 730 | 1,616,846 | 9 | 9,008 | 166,313 | 199,895 | 8,088 |
| Benton County | 574 | 1,208,780 | 10 | 7,091 | 115,596 | 135,186 | 8,942 |
| Skagit County | 614 | 1,070,723 | 11 | 6,096 | 106,994 | 97,196 | 11,016 |
| Cowlitz County | 414 | 811,535 | 12 | 4,744 | 82,144 | 90,659 | 8,952 |
| Chelan County | 415 | 697,658 | 13 | 4,030 | 73,286 | 59,443 | 11,737 |
| Lewis County | 388 | 597,731 | 14 | 3,699 | 63,469 | 67,588 | 8,844 |
| Grant County | 326 | 576,426 | 15 | 3,291 | 57,983 | 68,944 | 8,361 |
| Franklin County | 196 | 487,439 | 16 | 2,205 | 45,926 | 45,792 | 10,645 |
| Grays Harbor County | 324 | 473,368 | 17 | 3,005 | 51,968 | 68,071 | 6,954 |
| Clallam County | 292 | 453,586 | 18 | 2,990 | 50,286 | 63,609 | 7,131 |
| Walla Walla County | 222 | 376,404 | 19 | 2,426 | 41,892 | 53,328 | 7,058 |
| Island County | 231 | 311,901 | 20 | 2,000 | 33,525 | 70,472 | 4,426 |
| Okanogan County | 204 | 263,223 | 21 | 1,657 | 25,858 | 38,177 | 6,895 |
| Whitman County | 156 | 243,937 | 22 | 1,520 | 23,954 | 39,691 | 6,146 |
| Mason County | 148 | 233,538 | 23 | 1,530 | 21,921 | 49,400 | 4,727 |
| Kittitas County | 178 | 230,773 | 24 | 1,427 | 22,954 | 31,614 | 7,300 |
| Douglas County | 91 | 184,871 | 25 | 1,109 | 17,425 | 32,930 | 5,614 |
| Stevens County | 141 | 183,967 | 26 | 1,239 | 18,582 | 39,286 | 4,683 |
| Asotin County | 66 | 160,141 | 27 | 714 | 13,700 | 20,971 | 7,636 |
| Jefferson County | 149 | 146,036 | 28 | 974 | 14,335 | 25,717 | 5,679 |
| Adams County | 71 | 100,189 | 29 | 526 | 9,737 | 15,305 | 6,546 |
| Pacific County | 115 | 87,077 | 30 | 680 | 10,958 | 20,980 | 4,150 |
| San Juan County | 115 | 81,656 | 31 | 561 | 10,102 | 12,147 | 6,722 |
| Lincoln County | 54 | 57,212 | 32 | 305 | 4,889 | 9,680 | 5,910 |
| Klickitat County | 69 | 47,399 | 33 | 346 | 5,361 | 18,938 | 2,503 |
| Pend Oreille County | 44 | 35,839 | 34 | 247 | 3,265 | 11,262 | 3,182 |
| Ferry County | 32 | 33,934 | 35 | 212 | 2,876 | 7,256 | 4,677 |
| Columbia County | 29 | 23,151 | 36 | 147 | 2,532 | 4,203 | 5,508 |
| Skamania County | 15 | 14,153 | 37 | 137 | 1,659 | 9,667 | 1,464 |
| Garfield County | 12 | 10,868 | 38 | 75 | 1,208 | 2,302 | 4,721 |
| Wahkiakum County | 14 | 7,341 | 39 | 62 | 853 | 3,879 | 1,892 |
These data include establishments with paid employees, except auxiliaries.
Source: 1997 Economic Census, and 1997 population estimates, data available as of 12/10/99
For data issued since that date, or other areas, see www.census.gov/econ97.