TABLE 3-A
COUNTY TAXABLE RETAIL SALES COMPARING
3RD QUARTER, 1995 TO 3RD QUARTER, 1996
($000)
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Percent 3rd
County 3rd Quarter, 1995 3rd Quarter, 1996 Change
Adams $ 50,722 $ 43,114 -15.0%
Asotin 30,328 32,243 6.3
Benton 331,272 337,614 1.9
Chelan 219,984 229,148 4.2
Clallam 156,202 152,983 -2.1
Clark 672,505 722,356 7.4
Columbia 6,291 6,241 -0.8
Cowlitz 252,217 241,220 -4.4
Douglas 57,717 59,169 2.5
Ferry 10,408 11,334 8.9
Franklin 133,893 138,609 3.5
Garfield 3,676 3,790 3.1
Grant 179,085 184,314 2.9
Grays Harbor 176,032 161,228 -8.4
Island 100,724 108,709 7.9
Jefferson 58,081 60,217 3.7
King 6,448,784 6,862,419 6.4
Kitsap 453,926 483,553 6.5
Kittitas 77,748 101,101 30.0
Klickitat 28,141 27,061 -3.8
Lewis 191,096 191,051 0.0
Lincoln 31,337 22,792 -27.3
Mason 73,747 75,758 2.7
Okanogan 87,407 86,495 -1.0
Pacific 51,571 42,779 -17.0
Pend Orielle 18,374 17,350 -5.6
Pierce 1,536,447 1,603,278 4.3
San Juan 58,817 61,766 5.0
Skagit 305,534 314,395 2.9
Skamania 14,199 16,851 18.7
Snohomish 1,362,380 1,424,505 4.6
Spokane 1,157,237 1,204,889 4.1
Stevens 58,375 57,786 -1.0
Thurston 496,329 505,355 1.8
Wahkiakum 5,453 3,467 -36.4
Walla Walla 111,196 105,796 -4.9
Whatcom 446,045 465,129 4.3
Whitman 80,571 92,444 14.7
Yakima 493,369 517,255 4.8
TOTAL $16,027,220 $16,775,564 4.7%
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