TABLE 3-A
COUNTY TAXABLE RETAIL SALES COMPARING
4TH QUARTER, 1996 TO 4TH QUARTER, 1997
($000)
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Percent
County 4th Quarter, 1996 4th Quarter, 1997 Change
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Adams $ 38,080 $ 34,800 -8.6%
Asotin 31,727 33,472 5.5
Benton 365,957 384,441 5.1
Chelan 207,628 243,936 17.5
Clallam 136,699 158,097 15.7
Clark 741,715 809,828 9.2
Columbia 7,296 5,936 -18.6
Cowlitz 243,433 256,162 5.2
Douglas 58,921 65,700 11.5
Ferry 9,472 9,065 -4.3
Franklin 125,800 137,362 9.2
Garfield 3,325 4,401 32.4
Grant 164,669 178,980 8.7
Grays Harbor 150,977 153,937 2.0
Island 106,325 116,477 9.5
Jefferson 52,795 59,623 12.9
King 7,095,330 7,938,069 11.9
Kitsap 490,960 536,874 9.4
Kittitas 100,977 91,517 -9.4
Klickitat 26,402 30,120 14.1
Lewis 201,381 195,151 -3.1
Lincoln 18,663 16,899 -9.5
Mason 69,303 76,565 10.5
Okanogan 76,416 77,035 0.8
Pacific 33,221 31,504 -5.2
Pend Oreille 17,571 15,212 -13.4
Pierce 1,629,087 1,782,362 9.4
San Juan 41,315 48,584 17.6
Skagit 306,109 342,451 11.9
Skamania 12,957 12,522 -3.4
Snohomish 1,530,467 1,746,334 14.1
Spokane 1,238,530 1,299,464 4.9
Stevens 61,905 71,199 15.0
Thurston 521,325 538,779 3.3
Wahkiakum 3,886 3,395 -12.6
Walla Walla 109,078 108,265 -0.7
Whatcom 455,651 503,943 10.6
Whitman 84,796 82,330 -2.9
Yakima 513,806 568,942 10.7
TOTAL $17,083,955 $18,769,733 9.9%
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