Quarterly Business Review
2nd Quarter, 1997
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TABLE 4-A:
CITY TAXABLE RETAIL SALES COMPARING
2ND QUARTER, 1996 TO 2ND QUARTER, 1997
($000)
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Percent
City 2nd Quarter, 1996 2nd Quarter, 1997 Change
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Aberdeen $ 67,297 $ 71,351 6.0%
Auburn 230,317 243,853 5.9
Bellevue 777,104 865,611 11.4
Bellingham 276,053 291,198 5.5
Bremerton 117,448 128,943 9.8
Camas 35,364 36,936 4.4
Centralia 54,053 48,874 -9.6
Chehalis 60,521 62,656 3.5
Colville 28,117 31,465 11.9
Des Moines 25,267 28,505 12.8
Edmonds 78,414 100,580 28.3
Ellensburg 47,565 58,851 23.7
Ephrata 16,670 17,684 6.1
Everett 386,019 475,296 23.1
Federal Way 211,794 229,667 8.4
Fife 68,149 81,669 19.8
Issaquah 131,954 150,261 13.9
Kelso 41,159 41,939 1.9
Kennewick 197,882 211,595 6.9
Kent 415,831 501,845 20.7
Kirkland 263,521 284,406 7.9
Lacey 92,130 89,242 -3.1
Longview 131,968 133,454 1.1
Lynnwood 317,060 331,503 4.6
Marysville 72,080 77,768 7.9
Mercer Island 34,113 46,988 37.7
Moses Lake 82,525 84,144 2.0
Mount Vernon 79,521 92,385 16.2
Mountlake Terrace 28,241 28,293 0.2
Oak Harbor 44,205 47,723 8.0
Olympia 252,510 273,135 8.2
Omak 22,490 23,721 5.5
Pasco 123,930 127,808 3.1
Port Angeles 61,635 59,281 -3.8
Port Townsend 30,288 27,171 -10.3
Pullman 50,389 53,995 7.2
Puyallup 215,294 232,471 8.0
Redmond 341,080 383,388 12.4
Renton 296,958 336,232 13.2
Richland 85,515 84,654 -1.0
SeaTac 134,977 149,919 11.1
Seattle 2,383,591 2,640,897 10.8
Shelton 32,161 35,385 10.0
Spokane 672,525 692,239 2.9
Sunnyside 43,441 45,745 5.3
Tacoma 690,078 718,743 4.2
Tukwila 397,371 355,828 -10.5
Vancouver 314,235 381,437 21.4
Walla Walla 82,032 84,199 2.6
Wenatchee 119,510 134,355 12.4
Yakima 267,310 292,242 9.3
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