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

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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
 
Colorado 18,299 40,536,034   225,647 4,163,312 3,892,029 10,415
 
Arapahoe County 2,003 6,353,603 1 30,860 603,516 462,958 13,724
Denver County 2,410 5,600,934 2 30,080 628,027 499,750 11,207
Jefferson County 1,986 5,114,830 3 28,098 509,186 496,515 10,301
El Paso County 1,901 5,015,051 4 27,806 503,606 479,721 10,454
Boulder County 1,275 2,914,990 5 17,269 309,949 261,584 11,144
Adams County 952 2,859,103 6 14,489 308,849 315,944 9,049
Larimer County 1,201 2,440,471 7 13,810 234,171 225,863 10,805
Douglas County 500 1,212,002 8 8,052 123,496 126,760 9,561
Pueblo County 600 1,180,702 9 7,040 121,653 132,610 8,904
Weld County 505 1,155,516 10 6,195 109,179 155,536 7,429
Mesa County 600 1,152,729 11 6,409 114,988 110,519 10,430
Garfield County 277 552,526 12 2,635 55,727 37,685 14,662
Eagle County 367 497,199 13 3,313 67,349 31,893 15,590
La Plata County 317 440,616 14 2,848 49,473 40,079 10,994
Summit County 339 387,891 15 2,801 45,786 18,465 21,007
Montrose County 171 304,077 16 1,710 31,271 30,193 10,071
Pitkin County 265 288,859 17 2,264 41,041 13,568 21,290
Montezuma County 136 228,617 18 1,302 22,445 22,307 10,249
Fremont County 143 203,779 19 1,311 21,575 43,001 4,739
Logan County 115 199,476 20 1,149 16,508 18,052 11,050
Routt County 184 190,334 21 1,484 22,535 17,257 11,029
Alamosa County 97 167,168 22 1,090 17,153 14,369 11,634
Morgan County 119 157,624 23 996 15,032 25,046 6,293
Delta County 129 156,784 24 957 15,025 25,836 6,068
Otero County 101 141,222 25 932 13,633 20,832 6,779
Gunnison County 139 135,572 26 969 13,639 12,263 11,055
Chaffee County 112 124,363 27 928 14,004 14,972 8,306
Moffat County 77 117,418 28 706 12,124 12,329 9,524
Prowers County 93 112,850 29 826 11,375 13,643 8,272
Kit Carson County 64 100,128 30 462 7,613 7,172 13,961
Rio Grande County 77 96,832 31 476 8,630 11,399 8,495
Grand County 116 95,596 32 706 10,497 9,810 9,745
Yuma County 68 89,408 33 529 8,643 9,353 9,559
Las Animas County 54 84,786 34 576 7,988 14,490 5,851
Teller County 72 77,609 35 516 8,606 19,833 3,913
Lincoln County 36 58,341 36 320 5,088 5,663 10,302
Archuleta County 67 54,590 37 370 5,926 8,512 6,413
San Miguel County 76 44,627 38 524 6,463 5,314 8,398
Clear Creek County 50 39,290 39 299 3,905 8,873 4,428
Elbert County 40 34,906 40 188 2,839 17,471 1,998
Huerfano County 39 32,960 41 211 3,302 6,725 4,901
Saguache County 24 30,096 42 118 2,397 5,929 5,076
Phillips County 23 28,402 43 165 2,355 4,310 6,590
Park County 35 28,235 44 175 3,062 12,652 2,232
Lake County 33 25,853 45 202 2,741 6,344 4,075
Sedgwick County 24 25,629 46 129 2,020 2,605 9,838
Washington County 21 23,018 47 162 2,770 4,600 5,004
Conejos County 22 22,516 48 139 2,046 7,850 2,868
Rio Blanco County 36 21,476 49 201 2,220 6,283 3,418
Baca County 27 18,569 50 127 1,668 4,390 4,230
Custer County 21 13,925 51 100 1,394 3,310 4,207
Crowley County 10 12,609 52 87 1,341 4,282 2,945
Ouray County 41 11,912 53 99 1,410 3,206 3,716
Bent County 16 11,610 54 94 1,138 5,476 2,120
Cheyenne County 13 11,394 55 68 852 2,273 5,013
Jackson County 6 6,155 56 50 636 1,516 4,060
Hinsdale County 14 5,116 57 15 500 706 7,246
San Juan County 18 5,107 58 39 762 547 9,336
Dolores County 6 4,536 59 34 431 1,716 2,643
Kiowa County 8 4,363 60 52 493 1,639 2,662
Mineral County 10 3,713 61 34 508 666 5,575
Costilla County 11 3,647 62 24 342 3,592 1,015
Gilpin County 7 2,774 63 27 411 3,972 ,698

These data include establishments with paid employees, except auxiliaries.
Source: 1997 Economic Census, and 1997 population estimates, data available as of 8/12/1999 For data issued since that date, or other areas, see www.census.gov/econ97.