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 |
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.