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

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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 1,120,249 2,460,963,028   14,115,559 238,792,423 267,636,061 9,195
 
Maryland 19,798 46,428,206   274,260 4,913,952 5,094,924 9,113
 
Montgomery County 3,000 8,914,414 1 46,311 957,769 828,467 10,760
Baltimore County 3,138 8,243,411 2 49,690 902,671 720,520 11,441
Prince George's County 2,425 6,390,538 3 38,214 675,798 770,786 8,291
Anne Arundel County 1,863 4,757,649 4 27,922 487,049 470,234 10,118
Baltimore 2,256 3,438,384 5 23,159 414,701 657,545 5,229
Howard County 766 2,010,755 6 11,823 216,158 229,501 8,761
Frederick County 741 1,839,289 7 10,644 186,775 183,099 10,045
Harford County 741 1,755,419 8 10,518 174,587 212,339 8,267
Charles County 490 1,243,620 9 7,750 128,031 115,233 10,792
Washington County 598 1,220,539 10 7,450 117,345 127,933 9,540
Carroll County 604 1,160,569 11 7,366 116,514 146,834 7,904
Wicomico County 464 994,145 12 6,111 100,033 79,048 12,576
Allegany County 385 663,495 13 4,719 63,503 72,101 9,202
Cecil County 284 613,373 14 3,526 58,241 80,771 7,594
St. Mary's County 278 553,190 15 3,615 55,351 85,304 6,485
Worcester County 505 545,995 16 3,285 59,061 42,135 12,958
Talbot County 262 457,504 17 2,621 46,959 32,744 13,972
Calvert County 190 404,019 18 2,566 42,736 69,327 5,828
Queen Anne's County 217 321,537 19 1,833 28,726 38,979 8,249
Dorchester County 132 285,883 20 1,476 27,731 29,847 9,578
Garrett County 157 222,946 21 1,367 20,580 29,435 7,574
Caroline County 104 191,265 22 901 13,673 29,427 6,500
Kent County 125 132,288 23 908 13,907 18,927 6,989
Somerset County 73 67,979 24 485 6,053 24,388 2,787

These data include establishments with paid employees, except auxiliaries.
Source: 1997 Economic Census, and 1997 population estimates, data available as of 02/18/2000 For data issued since that date, or other areas, see www.census.gov/econ97.