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 |
North Carolina | 35,563 | 72,356,763 |   | 416,287 | 6,697,393 | 7,430,675 | 9,738 |
Mecklenburg County | 2,971 | 8,517,207 | 1 | 44,557 | 815,736 | 614,920 | 13,851 |
Wake County | 2,719 | 7,391,943 | 2 | 38,755 | 664,316 | 551,537 | 13,402 |
Guilford County | 2,059 | 5,179,260 | 3 | 29,817 | 530,847 | 382,509 | 13,540 |
Forsyth County | 1,489 | 3,731,168 | 4 | 20,888 | 344,864 | 285,994 | 13,046 |
Cumberland County | 1,061 | 2,563,291 | 5 | 14,929 | 239,274 | 283,975 | 9,026 |
New Hanover County | 1,026 | 2,461,051 | 6 | 12,352 | 210,910 | 147,073 | 16,734 |
Buncombe County | 1,136 | 2,193,417 | 7 | 13,179 | 210,413 | 192,969 | 11,367 |
Durham County | 1,010 | 2,032,600 | 8 | 13,322 | 213,230 | 199,812 | 10,173 |
Catawba County | 779 | 1,719,804 | 9 | 10,011 | 161,074 | 130,307 | 13,198 |
Gaston County | 767 | 1,587,881 | 10 | 9,662 | 146,492 | 183,374 | 8,659 |
Pitt County | 643 | 1,384,806 | 11 | 7,956 | 124,755 | 124,096 | 11,159 |
Alamance County | 643 | 1,245,124 | 12 | 7,630 | 117,753 | 117,991 | 10,553 |
Cabarrus County | 468 | 1,131,835 | 13 | 6,467 | 103,586 | 116,171 | 9,743 |
Onslow County | 564 | 1,090,068 | 14 | 6,542 | 96,670 | 143,263 | 7,609 |
Iredell County | 510 | 1,065,762 | 15 | 5,993 | 93,165 | 109,034 | 9,775 |
Nash County | 524 | 1,035,544 | 16 | 5,885 | 92,999 | 89,652 | 11,551 |
Wayne County | 523 | 1,033,033 | 17 | 6,169 | 88,081 | 112,022 | 9,222 |
Robeson County | 450 | 1,011,717 | 18 | 4,844 | 79,793 | 114,318 | 8,850 |
Henderson County | 386 | 901,304 | 19 | 4,192 | 75,177 | 79,410 | 11,350 |
Davidson County | 494 | 891,966 | 20 | 5,131 | 88,736 | 139,220 | 6,407 |
Johnston County | 486 | 857,857 | 21 | 4,580 | 71,538 | 102,108 | 8,401 |
Randolph County | 457 | 844,986 | 22 | 4,821 | 77,071 | 119,446 | 7,074 |
Orange County | 387 | 837,230 | 23 | 5,549 | 95,024 | 108,585 | 7,710 |
Rowan County | 450 | 799,190 | 24 | 4,820 | 74,319 | 123,593 | 6,466 |
Surry County | 381 | 780,006 | 25 | 5,594 | 75,576 | 66,346 | 11,757 |
Craven County | 443 | 772,606 | 26 | 4,560 | 71,277 | 87,752 | 8,804 |
Union County | 383 | 753,019 | 27 | 4,245 | 69,213 | 105,976 | 7,106 |
Wilson County | 393 | 735,371 | 28 | 4,416 | 66,216 | 67,800 | 10,846 |
Cleveland County | 431 | 707,406 | 29 | 4,707 | 68,904 | 91,837 | 7,703 |
Rockingham County | 421 | 619,800 | 30 | 3,974 | 55,416 | 89,849 | 6,898 |
Moore County | 360 | 616,673 | 31 | 4,003 | 60,464 | 69,990 | 8,811 |
Carteret County | 406 | 598,704 | 32 | 3,510 | 53,416 | 59,560 | 10,052 |
Lee County | 292 | 591,946 | 33 | 3,109 | 51,035 | 48,176 | 12,287 |
Haywood County | 266 | 569,825 | 34 | 2,847 | 46,525 | 51,039 | 11,165 |
Lenoir County | 352 | 565,558 | 35 | 3,597 | 51,220 | 59,026 | 9,582 |
Burke County | 315 | 557,789 | 36 | 3,079 | 46,233 | 81,862 | 6,814 |
Watauga County | 342 | 519,808 | 37 | 3,207 | 44,261 | 40,738 | 12,760 |
Caldwell County | 330 | 515,134 | 38 | 3,329 | 45,774 | 75,561 | 6,817 |
Stanly County | 265 | 472,259 | 39 | 2,722 | 44,482 | 55,575 | 8,498 |
Halifax County | 306 | 461,971 | 40 | 3,255 | 43,674 | 56,622 | 8,159 |
Wilkes County | 259 | 458,624 | 41 | 2,906 | 41,252 | 62,367 | 7,354 |
Vance County | 251 | 454,018 | 42 | 2,763 | 42,058 | 41,692 | 10,890 |
Rutherford County | 286 | 443,512 | 43 | 2,861 | 41,072 | 60,143 | 7,374 |
Harnett County | 284 | 443,249 | 44 | 2,713 | 37,033 | 80,580 | 5,501 |
Dare County | 389 | 442,356 | 45 | 2,494 | 43,366 | 27,935 | 15,835 |
Brunswick County | 276 | 441,940 | 46 | 2,490 | 38,057 | 65,827 | 6,714 |
Lincoln County | 212 | 406,220 | 47 | 2,346 | 36,594 | 57,217 | 7,100 |
Pasquotank County | 201 | 405,035 | 48 | 2,548 | 37,642 | 35,200 | 11,507 |
Columbus County | 296 | 387,662 | 49 | 2,565 | 37,397 | 52,384 | 7,400 |
Beaufort County | 234 | 386,040 | 50 | 2,398 | 33,135 | 44,271 | 8,720 |
Sampson County | 246 | 373,789 | 51 | 2,125 | 31,089 | 51,750 | 7,223 |
Richmond County | 229 | 368,230 | 52 | 2,165 | 32,807 | 46,024 | 8,001 |
Macon County | 241 | 308,101 | 53 | 1,750 | 27,453 | 27,689 | 11,127 |
Duplin County | 226 | 280,387 | 54 | 1,879 | 25,174 | 42,842 | 6,545 |
McDowell County | 167 | 273,425 | 55 | 1,557 | 21,955 | 39,103 | 6,992 |
Scotland County | 178 | 255,265 | 56 | 1,856 | 26,055 | 35,658 | 7,159 |
Person County | 160 | 250,233 | 57 | 1,556 | 22,687 | 33,252 | 7,525 |
Chatham County | 177 | 226,094 | 58 | 1,451 | 21,331 | 44,670 | 5,061 |
Jackson County | 178 | 220,611 | 59 | 1,472 | 20,075 | 29,725 | 7,422 |
Granville County | 151 | 217,052 | 60 | 1,334 | 19,881 | 42,071 | 5,159 |
Cherokee County | 139 | 217,030 | 61 | 1,266 | 18,257 | 22,289 | 9,737 |
Edgecombe County | 196 | 214,222 | 62 | 1,631 | 21,473 | 55,633 | 3,851 |
Martin County | 117 | 195,096 | 63 | 1,263 | 17,093 | 26,324 | 7,411 |
Hertford County | 134 | 176,943 | 64 | 1,313 | 17,669 | 22,302 | 7,934 |
Franklin County | 127 | 176,195 | 65 | 1,057 | 15,007 | 43,646 | 4,037 |
Yadkin County | 144 | 167,929 | 66 | 851 | 13,624 | 34,516 | 4,865 |
Davie County | 107 | 166,197 | 67 | 902 | 14,387 | 31,150 | 5,335 |
Ashe County | 103 | 163,037 | 68 | 830 | 13,155 | 23,879 | 6,828 |
Transylvania County | 110 | 158,230 | 69 | 1,127 | 14,940 | 27,880 | 5,675 |
Pender County | 131 | 153,944 | 70 | 906 | 13,463 | 37,960 | 4,055 |
Alexander County | 100 | 142,450 | 71 | 900 | 11,587 | 30,673 | 4,644 |
Montgomery County | 100 | 137,049 | 72 | 825 | 11,715 | 23,977 | 5,716 |
Stokes County | 118 | 135,508 | 73 | 774 | 11,657 | 42,621 | 3,179 |
Avery County | 108 | 130,859 | 74 | 822 | 11,883 | 15,628 | 8,373 |
Bladen County | 111 | 129,377 | 75 | 895 | 11,932 | 30,614 | 4,226 |
Yancey County | 66 | 112,564 | 76 | 541 | 8,833 | 16,481 | 6,830 |
Chowan County | 67 | 109,591 | 77 | 730 | 9,784 | 14,162 | 7,738 |
Anson County | 96 | 105,436 | 78 | 771 | 9,770 | 24,297 | 4,339 |
Currituck County | 81 | 98,570 | 79 | 541 | 10,203 | 17,291 | 5,701 |
Mitchell County | 81 | 97,304 | 80 | 486 | 7,268 | 14,774 | 6,586 |
Northampton County | 66 | 85,388 | 81 | 532 | 8,878 | 21,174 | 4,033 |
Washington County | 65 | 71,031 | 82 | 446 | 6,354 | 13,812 | 5,143 |
Bertie County | 69 | 70,813 | 83 | 458 | 6,532 | 20,510 | 3,453 |
Hoke County | 74 | 67,483 | 84 | 486 | 5,910 | 29,364 | 2,298 |
Polk County | 61 | 63,344 | 85 | 417 | 5,943 | 16,640 | 3,807 |
Swain County | 118 | 62,076 | 86 | 472 | 6,264 | 12,193 | 5,091 |
Alleghany County | 53 | 59,017 | 87 | 317 | 4,658 | 9,776 | 6,037 |
Pamlico County | 49 | 53,827 | 88 | 364 | 4,982 | 12,143 | 4,433 |
Clay County | 38 | 52,200 | 89 | 324 | 3,829 | 8,312 | 6,280 |
Madison County | 51 | 49,026 | 90 | 327 | 4,024 | 18,536 | 2,645 |
Greene County | 38 | 47,668 | 91 | 302 | 4,214 | 18,058 | 2,640 |
Graham County | 36 | 44,558 | 92 | 278 | 3,477 | 7,647 | 5,827 |
Warren County | 55 | 44,128 | 93 | 369 | 5,308 | 18,172 | 2,428 |
Caswell County | 49 | 43,996 | 94 | 267 | 3,856 | 22,130 | 1,988 |
Gates County | 29 | 41,767 | 95 | 248 | 3,066 | 9,952 | 4,197 |
Jones County | 30 | 33,684 | 96 | 142 | 2,179 | 9,469 | 3,557 |
Perquimans County | 38 | 31,700 | 97 | 274 | 3,002 | 11,101 | 2,856 |
Hyde County | 36 | 26,782 | 98 | 164 | 2,539 | 5,626 | 4,760 |
Tyrrell County | 19 | 18,129 | 99 | 107 | 1,445 | 3,755 | 4,828 |
Camden County | 24 | 14,853 | 100 | 128 | 1,611 | 6,720 | 2,210 |
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.