TABLE 4-A
CITY TAXABLE RETAIL SALES COMPARING
1ST QUARTER, 1995 TO 1ST QUARTER, 1996 ($000)
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Percent
City 1st Quarter, 1995 1st Quarter, 1996 Change
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Aberdeen $ 63,004 $ 63,696 1.1%
Auburn 223,840 225,127 0.6
Bellevue 714,005 719,094 1.6
Bremerton 104,406 110,668 6.0
Camas 29,962 33,459 11.7
Centralia 50,826 49,601 -2.4
Chehalis 55,422 52,422 -5.4
Colville 24,856 24,135 -2.9
Des Moines 20,527 23,332 13.7
Edmonds 73,093 73,634 0.7
Ellensburg 39,252 39,239 -0.0
Ephrata 14,342 13,502 -5.9
Everett 386,571 370,560 -4.1
Federal Way 195,518 214,046 9.5
Fife 62,420 62,451 0.0
Issaquah 96,926 114,900 18.5
Kelso 178,962 175,422 -2.0
Kent 341,275 376,761 10.4
Kirkland 241,573 238,999 -1.1
Lacey 82,384 82,428 0.1
Longview 120,625 297,001 8.0
Marysville 54,873 68,559 24.9
Mercer Island 33,270 33,763 1.5
Moses Lake 59,849 69,016 15.3
Mount Vernon 69,556 70,340 1.1
Mountlake Terrace 25,126 28,440 13.2
Oak Harbor 38,220 41,286 8.0
Olympia 216,255 230,664 6.7
Omak 17,373 18,734 7.8
Pasco 105,024 107,267 2.1
Port Angeles 55,534 61,427 10.6
Port Townsend 24,211 22,087 -8.8
Pullman 45,807 45,215 -1.3
Puyallup 167,206 193,685 15.8
Redmond 294,616 323,668 9.9
Renton 262,003 289,185 10.4
Richland 93,859 72,041 -23.2
Sea Tac 104,545 123,789 18.4
Seattle 2,123,246 2,195,902 3.4
Shelton 30,936 28,386 -8.2
Spokane 586,294 598,949 2.2
Sunnyside 35,143 38,680 10.1
Tacoma 660,131 641,264 -2.9
Tukwila 341,836 375,232 9.8
Vancouver 252,536 303,265 20.1
Walla Walla 67,440 73,916 9.6
Wenatchee 97,553 100,346 2.9
Yakima 221,540 240,103 8.4