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 |
New Jersey | 34,837 | 79,914,892 |   | 420,724 | 7,926,020 | 8,058,384 | 9,917 |
Bergen County | 4,284 | 10,766,061 | 1 | 52,065 | 1,052,771 | 852,448 | 12,630 |
Middlesex County | 2,785 | 7,364,019 | 2 | 39,421 | 720,839 | 708,826 | 10,389 |
Morris County | 2,241 | 6,499,877 | 3 | 30,767 | 635,507 | 454,490 | 14,301 |
Monmouth County | 2,870 | 6,400,501 | 4 | 34,839 | 627,677 | 596,987 | 10,721 |
Union County | 2,100 | 4,809,175 | 5 | 22,616 | 464,942 | 498,201 | 9,653 |
Ocean County | 1,923 | 4,728,321 | 6 | 23,431 | 431,450 | 482,421 | 9,801 |
Passaic County | 1,843 | 4,659,927 | 7 | 25,468 | 469,018 | 483,217 | 9,644 |
Camden County | 2,052 | 4,612,439 | 8 | 26,577 | 480,965 | 504,814 | 9,137 |
Essex County | 2,819 | 4,518,098 | 9 | 27,068 | 512,920 | 750,861 | 6,017 |
Burlington County | 1,570 | 4,410,774 | 10 | 22,857 | 426,598 | 418,459 | 10,541 |
Hudson County | 2,327 | 3,842,879 | 11 | 22,670 | 384,928 | 554,508 | 6,930 |
Somerset County | 1,178 | 3,305,796 | 12 | 15,351 | 306,681 | 276,420 | 11,959 |
Mercer County | 1,442 | 3,183,067 | 13 | 18,217 | 326,081 | 329,797 | 9,652 |
Atlantic County | 1,258 | 2,513,182 | 14 | 14,308 | 253,780 | 236,331 | 10,634 |
Gloucester County | 989 | 2,441,735 | 15 | 14,030 | 231,254 | 245,957 | 9,927 |
Hunterdon County | 600 | 1,454,478 | 16 | 6,415 | 143,656 | 120,558 | 12,065 |
Cumberland County | 578 | 1,226,489 | 17 | 7,157 | 130,093 | 140,983 | 8,700 |
Cape May County | 784 | 961,058 | 18 | 4,990 | 102,681 | 97,961 | 9,811 |
Sussex County | 502 | 953,563 | 19 | 4,689 | 92,663 | 141,871 | 6,721 |
Warren County | 466 | 862,193 | 20 | 5,106 | 90,052 | 98,032 | 8,795 |
Salem County | 226 | 401,260 | 21 | 2,682 | 41,464 | 65,242 | 6,150 |
These data include establishments with paid employees, except auxiliaries.
Source: 1997 Economic Census, and 1997 population estimates, data available as of 11/29/99
For data issued since that date, or other areas, see www.census.gov/econ97.