TABLE 4-A
CITY TAXABLE RETAIL SALES COMPARING
4TH QUARTER, 1996 TO 4TH QUARTER, 1997 ($000)
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Percent
City 4th Quarter, 1996 4th Quarter, 1997 Change
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Aberdeen $ 77,363 $ 79,805 3.2%
Auburn 260,668 273,896 5.1
Bellevue 875,506 1,040,081 18.8
Bellingham 304,688 338,091 11.0
Bremerton 119,240 121,448 1.9
Camas 34,166 43,563 27.5
Centralia 59,358 53,704 -9.5
Chehalis 64,541 70,186 8.7
Colville 32,254 37,331 15.7
Des Moines 26,216 30,382 15.9
Edmonds 92,366 112,848 22.2
Ellensburg 58,699 62,875 7.1
Everett 467,158 518,409 11.0
Federal Way 250,679 269,212 7.4
Fife 73,371 93,832 27.9
Issaquah 151,164 164,191 8.6
Kelso 47,229 52,808 11.8
Kennewick 233,433 251,100 7.6
Kent 504,461 542,564 7.6
Kirkland 268,184 324,188 20.9
Lacey 99,843 101,663 1.8
Longview 131,258 143,337 9.2
Lynnwood 366,869 410,104 11.8
Marysville 76,422 85,350 11.7
Mercer Island 36,639 43,375 18.4
Moses Lake 83,648 94,265 12.7
Mount Vernon 85,125 94,719 11.3
Mountlake Terrace 27,770 29,782 7.2
Oak Harbor 48,772 53,755 10.2
Olympia 279,302 290,009 3.8
Omak 26,019 25,489 -2.0
Pasco 109,279 116,065 6.2
Port Angeles 59,779 65,904 10.2
Port Townsend 26,798 29,285 9.3
Pullman 57,317 54,947 -4.1
Puyallup 255,497 276,930 8.4
Redmond 354,892 415,899 17.2
Renton 305,434 356,873 16.8
Richland 90,852 90,409 -0.5
SeaTac 131,998 144,678 9.6
Seattle 2,566,429 2,891,911 12.7
Shelton 31,461 37,648 19.7
Spokane 750,031 780,163 4.0
Sunnyside 44,321 48,718 9.9
Tacoma 739,074 775,409 4.9
Tukwila 412,382 435,667 5.6
Vancouver 350,852 457,247 30.3
Walla Walla 85,855 88,023 2.5
Wenatchee 125,778 145,947 16.0
Yakima 294,620 323,110 9.7
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