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

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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
 
Montana 5,042 7,779,112   48,337 746,459 878,730 8,853
 
Yellowstone County 717 1,575,647 1 8,736 144,884 125,869 12,518
Missoula County 540 1,069,048 2 6,800 105,729 88,856 12,031
Cascade County 427 803,040 3 5,049 81,764 79,039 10,160
Gallatin County 472 710,320 4 4,594 73,589 61,196 11,607
Flathead County 475 696,383 5 4,285 70,026 71,699 9,713
Lewis and Clark County 304 529,376 6 3,196 49,667 53,319 9,928
Silver Bow County 220 333,086 7 2,147 32,042 34,389 9,686
Ravalli County 154 179,798 8 1,197 16,788 34,528 5,207
Lake County 125 157,540 9 1,056 15,768 25,410 6,200
Hill County 90 140,695 10 907 12,993 17,490 8,044
Custer County 72 113,545 11 770 10,717 12,093 9,389
Park County 111 102,670 12 588 8,498 16,054 6,395
Lincoln County 94 91,488 13 602 8,695 18,725 4,886
Fergus County 80 89,610 14 581 7,211 12,476 7,183
Richland County 66 83,596 15 506 7,526 10,176 8,215
Glacier County 54 71,119 16 426 6,790 12,627 5,632
Dawson County 61 69,598 17 522 6,874 9,007 7,727
Beaverhead County 60 69,534 18 474 7,187 8,980 7,743
Big Horn County 50 56,511 19 415 5,719 12,614 4,480
Valley County 52 53,127 20 342 4,849 8,318 6,387
Roosevelt County 53 53,030 21 367 5,225 11,122 4,768
Pondera County 32 51,753 22 260 4,159 6,448 8,026
Teton County 33 50,123 23 247 3,563 6,327 7,922
Deer Lodge County 42 49,535 24 259 3,845 10,004 4,952
Stillwater County 37 47,746 25 339 4,010 7,864 6,071
Rosebud County 39 42,368 26 392 4,573 10,177 4,163
Sweet Grass County 26 36,428 27 177 2,873 3,393 10,736
Chouteau County 34 33,474 28 169 2,359 5,242 6,386
Sanders County 51 33,175 29 239 3,233 10,236 3,241
Carbon County 45 32,775 30 267 3,188 9,453 3,467
Phillips County 29 31,142 31 209 2,750 4,929 6,318
Daniels County 17 30,851 32 125 2,660 2,056 15,005
Blaine County 36 30,534 33 204 2,739 7,151 4,270
Sheridan County 41 26,184 34 176 2,277 4,302 6,086
Madison County 40 24,616 35 165 2,319 6,878 3,579
Toole County 30 24,158 36 181 2,507 4,818 5,014
Fallon County 20 22,485 37 120 1,587 2,992 7,515
Mineral County 19 20,266 38 164 2,471 3,726 5,439
Jefferson County 25 17,846 39 148 1,873 9,822 1,817
Powell County 24 15,763 40 131 1,879 7,011 2,248
Musselshell County 22 15,561 41 134 1,640 4,599 3,384
Granite County 11 13,209 42 73 922 2,646 4,992
Broadwater County 17 12,659 43 103 1,114 4,080 3,103
Liberty County 14 11,072 44 72 879 2,334 4,744
Wheatland County 14 10,602 45 89 781 2,349 4,513
Powder River County 14 8,996 46 78 940 1,900 4,735
Meagher County 12 8,171 47 43 572 1,797 4,547
McCone County 8 7,967 48 58 685 2,020 3,944
Prairie County 5 5,214 49 37 422 1,331 3,917
Garfield County 5 4,424 50 35 414 1,437 3,079
Judith Basin County 8 4,366 51 26 217 2,317 1,884
Carter County 4 2,588 52 18 181 1,516 1,707
Treasure County 5 2,205 53 25 183 843 2,616
Golden Valley County 2 D   (1-19) D 1,038 N/A
Petroleum County 2 D   (1-19) D 521 N/A
Wibaux County 2 D   (1-19) D 1,132 N/A
Yellowstone National Park County   54 N/A

These data include establishments with paid employees, except auxiliaries.
Source: 1997 Economic Census, and 1997 population estimates, data available as of 8/ 2/1999 For data issued since that date, or other areas, see www.census.gov/econ97.