TABLE 3-A: COUNTY TAXABLE RETAIL SALES COMPARING 2ND QUARTER, 1996 TO 2ND QUARTER, 1997 ($000)
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Percent
County 2nd Quarter, 1996 2nd Quarter, 1997 Change
Adams $ 40,427 $ 40,685 0.6%
Asotin 31,490 33,114 5.2
Benton 326,940 344,744 5.4
Chelan 206,263 229,769 11.4
Clallam 134,413 137,669 2.4
Clark 682,675 717,366 5.1
Columbia 6,113 5,743 -6.1
Cowlitz 237,087 233,145 -1.7
Douglas 56,464 55,630 -1.5
Ferry 9,569 8,751 -8.5
Franklin 141,417 147,575 4.4
Garfield 3,728 4,495 20.6
Grant 171,110 190,276 11.2
Grays Harbor 142,981 145,445 1.7
Island 99,139 107,067 8.0
Jefferson 56,967 54,003 -5.2
King 6,464,432 7,153,706 10.7
Kitsap 453,979 478,530 5.4
Kittitas 77,815 94,970 22.0
Klickitat 23,306 26,217 12.5
Lewis 182,333 178,395 -2.2
Lincoln 18,746 16,090 -14.2
Mason 65,410 72,062 10.2
Okanogan 78,243 79,465 1.6
Pacific 35,407 31,298 -11.6
Pend Oreille 12,562 13,274 5.7
Pierce 1,524,618 1,613,617 5.8
San Juan 43,629 50,448 15.6
Skagit 287,558 319,614 11.1
Skamania 12,348 12,058 -2.3
Snohomish 1,358,659 1,576,936 16.1
Spokane 1,156,303 1,184,770 2.5
Stevens 50,553 55,190 9.2
Thurston 487,876 511,239 4.8
Wahkiakum 2,989 2,826 -5.5
Walla Walla 105,488 106,342 0.8
Whatcom 440,060 464,041 5.4
Whitman 74,358 78,658 5.8
Yakima 485,048 539,927 11.3
TOTAL $15,788,503 $17,115,150 8.4%
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