TABLE 3-A
COUNTY TAXABLE RETAIL SALES COMPARING
2ND QUARTER, 1995 TO 2ND QUARTER, 1996
($000)
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County 2nd Quarter, 1995 2nd Quarter, 1996 Change
Adams $ 34,998 $ 40,427 15.5%
Asotin 30,993 31,490 1.6
Benton 354,252 326,940 -7.7
Chelan 206,411 206,263 -0.1
Clallam 137,877 134,413 -2.5
Clark 634,761 682,675 7.5
Columbia 5,390 6,113 13.4
Cowlitz 269,239 237,087 -11.9
Douglas 57,646 56,464 -2.1
Ferry 9,595 9,569 -0.3
Franklin 144,280 141,417 -2.0
Garfield 3,442 3,728 8.3
Grant 156,708 171,110 9.2
Grays Harbor 148,601 142,981 -3.8
Island 93,095 99,139 6.5
Jefferson 54,888 56,967 3.8
King 6,322,808 6,464,432 2.2
Kitsap 443,049 453,979 2.5
Kittitas 71,683 77,815 8.6
Klickitat 23,441 23,306 -0.6
Lewis 184,686 182,333 -1.3
Lincoln 15,011 18,746 24.9
Mason 70,774 65,410 -7.6
Okanogan 75,057 78,243 4.2
Pacific 33,753 35,407 4.9
Pend Orielle 15,294 12,562 -17.9
Pierce 1,529,221 1,524,618 -0.3
San Juan 42,388 43,629 2.9
Skagit 289,554 287,558 -0.7
Skamania 11,755 12,348 5.0
Snohomish 1,351,076 1,358,659 0.6
Spokane 1,138,675 1,156,303 1.5
Stevens 53,126 50,553 -4.8
Thurston 487,594 487,876 0.1
Wahkiakum 3,387 2,989 -11.8
Walla Walla 107,191 105,488 -1.6
Whatcom 442,385 440,060 -0.5
Whitman 72,856 74,358 2.1
Yakima 487,428 485,048 -0.5
TOTAL $15,614,368 $15,788,503 1.1%
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