TABLE 3-A
COUNTY TAXABLE RETAIL SALES COMPARING
1ST QUARTER, 1996 TO 1ST QUARTER, 1997
($000)
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Percent
County 1st Quarter, 1996 1st Quarter, 1997 Change
Adams $ 30,629 $ 32,355 5.6%
Asotin 26,086 26,819 2.8
Benton 276,464 287,545 4.0
Chelan 156,454 171,766 9.8
Clallam 119,782 115,310 -3.7
Clark 627,814 628,714 0.1
Columbia 5,018 5,153 2.7
Cowlitz 220,681 211,110 -4.3
Douglas 42,429 42,401 -0.1
Ferry 6,784 6,189 -8.8
Franklin 120,021 120,067 0.0
Garfield 3,077 3,083 0.2
Grant 143,942 142,319 -1.1
Grays Harbor 126,863 130,321 2.7
Island 84,937 90,188 6.2
Jefferson 43,235 46,444 7.4
King 5,980,420 6,542,324 9.4
Kitsap 407,715 431,160 5.8
Kittitas 61,592 72,985 18.5
Klickitat 18,252 20,922 14.6
Lewis 162,136 162,242 0.1
Lincoln 12,495 12,745 2.0
Mason 57,339 65,123 13.6
Okanogan 54,540 53,245 -2.4
Pacific 26,911 25,431 -5.5
Pend Oreille 10,833 11,952 10.3
Pierce 1,383,341 1,468,941 6.2
San Juan 29,022 34,666 19.4
Skagit 247,434 269,574 8.9
Skamania 7,753 8,973 15.7
Snohomish 1,245,970 1,411,404 13.3
Spokane 989,760 1,022,879 3.3
Stevens 42,850 41,613 -2.9
Thurston 435,847 459,757 5.5
Wahkiakum 2,407 3,112 29.3
Walla Walla 92,648 91,657 -1.1
Whatcom 374,056 408,235 9.1
Whitman 67,141 71,916 7.1
Yakima 419,088 440,369 5.1
TOTAL $14,163,766 $15,191,009 7.3%
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