TABLE 3-A
COUNTY TAXABLE RETAIL SALES COMPARING
1ST QUARTER, 1995 TO 1ST QUARTER, 1996
($000)
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Percent
County 1st Quarter, 1995 1st Quarter, 1996 Change
Adams $ 29,133 $ 30,629 5.1%
Asotin 26,550 26,086 -1.7
Benton 305,705 276,464 -9.6
Chelan 155,771 156,454 0.4
Clallam 113,143 119,782 5.9
Clark 553,243 627,814 13.5
Columbia 5,658 5,018 -11.3
Cowlitz 240,991 220,681 -8.4
Douglas 39,213 42,429 8.2
Ferry 6,421 6,784 5.7
Franklin 121,738 120,021 -1.4
Garfield 2,730 3,077 12.7
Grant 134,536 143,942 7.0
Grays Harbor 125,286 126,863 1.3
Island 81,725 84,937 3.9
Jefferson 44,786 43,235 -3.5
King 5,702,270 5,980,420 4.9
Kitsap 393,363 407,715 3.6
Kittitas 59,444 61,592 3.6
Klickitat 18,753 18,252 -2.7
Lewis 165,150 162,136 -1.8
Lincoln 11,163 12,495 11.9
Mason 60,398 57,339 -5.1
Okanogan 51,216 54,540 6.5
Pacific 27,821 26,911 -3.3
Pend Oreille 11,299 10,833 -4.1
Pierce 1,384,975 1,383,341 -0.1
San Juan 30,624 29,022 -5.2
Skagit 241,717 247,434 2.4
Skamania 8,650 7,753 -10.4
Snohomish 1,224,792 1,245,970 1.7
Spokane 972,734 989,760 1.8
Stevens 44,274 42,850 -3.2
Thurston 421,268 435,847 3.5
Wahkiakum 2,581 2,407 -6.7
Walla Walla 88,472 92,648 4.7
Whatcom 389,963 374,056 -4.1
Whitman 62,479 67,141 7.5
Yakima 404,527 419,088 3.6
TOTAL $13,764,562 $14,163,766 2.9%
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