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

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
 
Wyoming 2,939 4,530,537   26,934 426,666 480,043 9,438
 
Laramie County 358 855,532 1 4,851 77,814 78,593 10,886
Natrona County 399 645,634 2 3,985 65,236 63,635 10,146
Sweetwater County 212 402,786 3 2,399 38,574 39,716 10,142
Albany County 168 339,738 4 1,663 27,455 29,762 11,415
Teton County 242 300,868 5 1,619 33,708 13,889 21,662
Fremont County 204 296,794 6 1,735 27,834 35,959 8,254
Campbell County 179 280,267 7 1,733 27,970 32,071 8,739
Park County 219 271,303 8 1,528 24,484 25,665 10,571
Sheridan County 179 240,767 9 1,561 23,874 25,145 9,575
Uinta County 96 174,506 10 1,027 15,013 20,313 8,591
Carbon County 103 141,221 11 847 11,677 15,808 8,934
Lincoln County 80 86,434 12 623 7,283 13,855 6,238
Washakie County 70 80,739 13 474 7,211 8,612 9,375
Goshen County 65 69,283 14 509 7,661 12,949 5,350
Platte County 46 68,466 15 374 4,813 8,548 8,010
Converse County 59 64,226 16 430 5,577 12,332 5,208
Big Horn County 59 50,677 17 340 4,973 11,098 4,566
Johnson County 56 38,544 18 287 3,931 6,769 5,694
Weston County 39 38,381 19 267 3,306 6,508 5,898
Sublette County 33 26,404 20 189 2,721 5,647 4,676
Crook County 27 25,680 21 180 2,393 5,820 4,412
Hot Springs County 32 20,352 22 229 2,186 4,704 4,327
Niobrara County 14 11,935 23 84 972 2,645 4,512

These data include establishments with paid employees, except auxiliaries.
Source: 1997 Economic Census, and 1997 population estimates, data available as of 6/14/1999 For data issued since that date, or other areas, see www.census.gov/econ97.