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TABLE 3-A
COUNTY TAXABLE RETAIL SALES COMPARING
3RD QUARTER, 1996 TO 3RD QUARTER, 1997
($000)
Percent
County 3rd Quarter, 1996 3rd Quarter, 1997 Change
Adams $ 43,114 $ 40,871 -5.2%
Asotin 32,243 34,229 6.2
Benton 337,614 360,575 6.8
Chelan 229,148 252,644 10.3
Clallam 152,983 168,103 9.9
Clark 722,356 775,738 7.4
Columbia 6,241 5,775 -7.5
Cowlitz 241,220 248,311 2.9
Douglas 59,169 64,765 9.5
Ferry 11,334 11,138 -1.7
Franklin 138,609 147,620 6.5
Garfield 3,790 3,824 0.9
Grant 184,314 195,764 6.2
Grays Harbor 161,228 168,169 4.3
Island 108,709 118,905 9.4
Jefferson 60,217 66,318 10.1
King 6,862,419 7,520,529 9.6
Kitsap 483,553 511,798 5.8
Kittitas 101,101 108,278 7.1
Klickitat 27,061 35,294 30.4
Lewis 191,051 202,759 6.1
Lincoln 22,792 20,313 -10.9
Mason 75,758 75,696 -0.1
Okanogan 86,495 88,775 2.6
Pacific 42,779 44,409 3.8
Pend Oreille 17,350 17,007 -2.0
Pierce 1,603,278 1,715,482 7.0
San Juan 61,766 69,327 12.2
Skagit 314,395 350,905 11.6
Skamania 16,851 15,701 -6.8
Snohomish 1,424,505 1,673,160 17.5
Spokane 1,204,889 1,269,938 5.4
Stevens 57,786 66,435 15.0
Thurston 505,355 529,822 4.8
Wahkiakum 3,467 3,743 8.0
Walla Walla 105,796 108,409 2.5
Whatcom 465,129 505,034 8.6
Whitman 92,444 96,444 4.3
Yakima 517,255 562,997 8.8
TOTAL $16,775,564 $18,255,004 8.8%
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