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

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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
 
Mississippi 12,791 20,774,508   138,372 1,935,338 2,731,644 7,605
 
Hinds County 1,092 2,760,812 1 17,356 280,333 247,493 11,155
Harrison County 883 1,613,867 2 10,553 153,304 176,257 9,156
Lee County 541 975,837 3 6,341 92,309 73,733 13,235
Jackson County 512 948,644 4 6,119 82,280 128,664 7,373
Forrest County 427 852,439 5 5,509 77,916 73,753 11,558
Rankin County 350 808,910 6 5,001 72,946 107,059 7,556
Lauderdale County 496 793,678 7 5,305 76,217 76,824 10,331
Madison County 377 679,784 8 4,987 69,636 70,857 9,594
DeSoto County 278 663,236 9 4,248 58,504 92,185 7,195
Lowndes County 367 601,178 10 3,856 54,250 61,275 9,811
Washington County 324 507,247 11 3,441 48,232 65,608 7,731
Jones County 303 467,130 12 3,059 43,323 63,389 7,369
Warren County 281 454,745 13 3,316 43,696 49,241 9,235
Pike County 252 343,006 14 2,339 33,222 37,959 9,036
Pearl River County 178 336,338 15 2,086 30,167 45,681 7,363
Adams County 225 328,915 16 2,356 33,308 34,546 9,521
Lincoln County 164 315,201 17 1,809 24,669 31,592 9,977
Alcorn County 200 315,126 18 2,152 29,438 32,818 9,602
Bolivar County 187 296,293 19 1,775 24,097 40,634 7,292
Lamar County 170 283,449 20 2,250 28,048 35,822 7,913
Leflore County 222 277,832 21 2,033 26,426 37,193 7,470
Lafayette County 174 254,187 22 2,099 26,359 34,302 7,410
Coahoma County 160 250,400 23 1,613 22,195 31,317 7,996
Grenada County 139 249,544 24 1,506 20,943 22,458 11,112
Oktibbeha County 172 241,378 25 2,029 23,500 39,314 6,140
Panola County 186 239,702 26 1,525 20,825 32,865 7,294
Monroe County 169 228,148 27 1,525 21,285 38,133 5,983
Neshoba County 117 225,993 28 1,384 18,410 27,223 8,302
Tate County 93 220,409 29 1,182 17,045 23,575 9,349
Hancock County 128 214,213 30 1,583 19,858 39,358 5,443
Sunflower County 144 212,326 31 1,250 16,767 34,883 6,087
Yazoo County 121 196,456 32 1,043 15,957 25,385 7,739
Marion County 130 167,392 33 1,154 15,049 26,335 6,356
Scott County 144 156,245 34 1,216 14,622 25,094 6,226
Simpson County 103 147,897 35 1,039 13,338 25,167 5,877
Attala County 93 146,708 36 1,022 13,873 18,475 7,941
Prentiss County 129 138,364 37 891 11,489 24,242 5,708
Union County 107 138,280 38 1,084 12,783 23,568 5,867
Leake County 99 125,150 39 769 10,914 19,316 6,479
Wayne County 99 124,051 40 868 12,664 20,144 6,158
Pontotoc County 103 120,236 41 808 9,732 24,801 4,848
Newton County 91 116,044 42 829 10,636 21,461 5,407
Clay County 94 109,522 43 771 9,404 21,574 5,077
Tippah County 105 106,706 44 831 10,169 20,954 5,092
Winston County 90 103,857 45 741 10,244 19,399 5,354
Chickasaw County 94 102,049 46 741 9,053 18,234 5,597
Marshall County 115 101,958 47 892 10,849 32,279 3,159
Copiah County 107 100,090 48 815 9,444 28,883 3,465
Holmes County 95 94,986 49 673 8,612 21,458 4,427
George County 70 92,422 50 706 7,977 18,994 4,866
Covington County 63 92,400 51 479 7,211 17,560 5,262
Tishomingo County 98 91,132 52 635 8,741 18,568 4,908
Itawamba County 65 85,061 53 555 6,774 21,000 4,051
Jasper County 63 76,070 54 480 7,222 17,579 4,327
Humphreys County 44 70,448 55 334 5,024 11,351 6,206
Stone County 59 63,647 56 425 6,719 12,861 4,949
Calhoun County 86 63,177 57 525 6,606 14,956 4,224
Montgomery County 68 63,074 58 507 5,536 12,454 5,065
Tunica County 40 61,773 59 304 4,830 8,070 7,655
Walthall County 54 56,237 60 378 5,331 14,292 3,935
Noxubee County 62 50,895 61 378 4,308 12,377 4,112
Claiborne County 34 46,757 62 229 4,268 11,681 4,003
Jefferson Davis County 51 45,544 63 357 4,630 13,914 3,273
Quitman County 35 44,429 64 249 3,927 9,838 4,516
Webster County 45 42,353 65 329 3,875 10,452 4,052
Yalobusha County 50 41,007 66 372 4,182 12,287 3,337
Lawrence County 62 40,058 67 350 4,012 12,942 3,095
Clarke County 63 38,315 68 325 3,712 18,034 2,125
Smith County 49 35,549 69 279 3,420 15,195 2,340
Tallahatchie County 45 35,265 70 276 3,252 14,986 2,353
Amite County 44 34,577 71 228 3,054 13,644 2,534
Wilkinson County 31 31,142 72 228 2,710 9,223 3,377
Perry County 36 29,395 73 253 2,726 11,871 2,476
Greene County 36 28,187 74 203 2,133 11,863 2,376
Kemper County 37 27,676 75 176 2,491 10,421 2,656
Choctaw County 29 26,491 76 183 2,317 9,300 2,848
Sharkey County 33 25,422 77 204 2,818 6,639 3,829
Franklin County 37 25,351 78 198 2,215 8,293 3,057
Benton County 24 23,583 79 178 1,821 8,059 2,926
Carroll County 24 15,489 80 161 1,898 10,038 1,543
Jefferson County 22 D   (100-249) D 8,479 N/A
Issaquena County 2 D   (1-19) D 1,643 N/A

D = Withheld to avoid disclosure of confidential information.
These data include establishments with paid employees, except auxiliaries.
Source: 1997 Economic Census, and 1997 population estimates, data available as of 12/16/99 For data issued since that date, or other areas, see www.census.gov/econ97.