TABLE 4-A
CITY TAXABLE RETAIL SALES COMPARING
3RD QUARTER, 1995 TO 3RD QUARTER, 1996 ($000)
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Percent
City 3rd Quarter, 1995 3rd Quarter, 1996 Change
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Aberdeen $74,871 $74,698 -0.2%
Auburn 224,494 240,044 6.9
Bellevue 774,634 809,202 4.5
Bellingham 282,259 296,144 4.9
Bremerton 114,768 130,351 13.6
Camas 32,911 34,660 5.3
Centralia 53,778 56,092 4.3
Chehalis 59,911 61,390 2.5
Colville 29,193 30,020 2.8
Des Moines 26,716 27,447 2.7
Edmonds 79,251 82,973 4.7
Ellensburg 47,505 56,321 18.6
Ephrata 15,749 18,405 16.9
Everett 387,003 402,063 3.9
Federal Way 226,050 231,787 2.5
Fife 77,297 81,389 5.3
Issaquah 128,556 147,121 14.4
Kelso 44,369 43,904 -1.0
Kennewick 209,826 203,778 -2.9
Kent 397,702 486,511 22.3
Kirkland 263,209 280,559 6.6
Lacey 90,733 95,292 5.0
Longview 127,702 132,488 3.7
Lynnwood 324,439 328,734 1.3
Marysville 67,376 72,012 6.9
Mercer Island 39,620 36,318 -8.3
Moses Lake 81,123 86,575 6.7
Mount Vernon 77,218 90,986 17.8
Mountlake Terrace 25,346 30,167 19.0
Oak Harbor 45,879 47,354 3.2
Olympia 263,541 257,507 -2.3
Omak 23,859 24,121 1.1
Pasco 114,332 122,393 7.1
Port Angeles 76,077 68,094 -10.5
Port Townsend 29,786 30,534 2.5
Pullman 53,591 61,774 15.3
Puyallup 204,427 233,383 14.2
Redmond 360,709 332,902 -7.7
Renton 279,922 290,675 3.8
Richland 88,964 92,749 4.3
SeaTac 171,197 185,933 8.6
Seattle 2,358,811 2,489,718 5.5
Shelton 35,002 32,026 -8.5
Spokane 689,325 700,230 1.6
Sunnyside 41,787 44,342 6.1
Tacoma 716,523 726,112 1.3
Tukwila 394,696 382,788 -3.0
Vancouver 309,464 329,920 6.6
Walla Walla 82,173 82,795 0.8
Wenatchee 120,815 126,913 5.0
Yakima 264,881 283,050 6.9
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