TABLE 3-A
COUNTY TAXABLE RETAIL SALES COMPARING
4TH QUARTER, 1995 TO 4TH QUARTER, 1996
($000)
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Percent
County 4th Quarter, 1995 4th Quarter, 1996 Change
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Adams $ 38,025 $ 38,080 0.1%
Asotin 31,940 31,727 -0.7
Benton 341,290 365,957 7.2
Chelan 203,670 207,628 1.9
Clallam 141,508 136,699 -3.4
Clark 683,429 741,715 8.5
Columbia 5,471 7,296 33.4
Cowlitz 246,445 243,433 -1.2
Douglas 58,343 58,921 1.0
Ferry 9,170 9,472 3.3
Franklin 120,262 125,800 4.6
Garfield 4,082 3,325 -18.5
Grant 158,749 164,669 3.7
Grays Harbor 144,906 150,977 4.2
Island 94,695 106,325 12.3
Jefferson 48,467 52,795 8.9
King 6,591,854 7,095,330 7.6
Kitsap 477,965 490,960 2.7
Kittitas 75,607 100,977 33.6
Klickitat 25,837 26,402 2.2
Lewis 186,239 201,381 8.1
Lincoln 16,848 18,663 10.8
Mason 73,593 69,303 -5.8
Okanogan 74,529 76,416 2.5
Pacific 32,124 33,221 3.4
Pend Orielle 13,548 17,571 29.7
Pierce 1,545,562 1,629,087 5.4
San Juan 37,160 41,315 11.2
Skagit 284,835 306,109 7.5
Skamania 11,698 12,957 10.8
Snohomish 1,408,488 1,530,467 8.7
Spokane 1,195,596 1,238,530 3.6
Stevens 59,083 61,905 4.8
Thurston 500,565 521,325 4.1
Wahkiakum 3,397 3,886 14.4
Walla Walla 109,968 109,078 -0.8
Whatcom 436,457 455,651 4.4
Whitman 74,857 84,796 13.3
Yakima 484,794 513,806 6.0
TOTAL $16,051,056 $17,083,955 6.4%
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