TABLE 3-A
COUNTY TAXABLE RETAIL SALES COMPARING
CALENDAR 1996 TO CALENDAR 1997
($000)
| Percent | ||||
County |
Calendar 1996 | Calendar 1997 |
Change | |
| Adams | $152,224 | $148,706 | -2.3% | |
| Asotin | 121,543 | 127,634 | 5.0 | |
| Benton | 1,306,825 | 1,377,284 | 5.4 | |
| Chelan | 799,385 | 898,096 | 12.3 | |
| Clallam | 543,869 | 578,530 | 6.4 | |
| Clark | 2,774,311 | 2,951,926 | 6.4 | |
| Columbia | 24,655 | 22,605 | -8.3 | |
| Cowlitz | 942,198 | 948,446 | 0.7 | |
| Douglas | 216,913 | 228,439 | 5.3 | |
| Ferry | 37,132 | 35,133 | -5.4 | |
| Franklin | 525,811 | 552,615 | 5.1 | |
| Garfield | 13,921 | 15,554 | 11.7 | |
| Grant | 663,874 | 707,333 | 6.5 | |
| Grays Harbor | 582,033 | 597,857 | 2.7 | |
| Island | 399,106 | 432,605 | 8.4 | |
| Jefferson | 211,564 | 226,388 | 7.0 | |
| King | 26,402,587 | 29,154,617 | 10.4 | |
| Kitsap | 1,836,199 | 1,958,347 | 6.7 | |
| Kittitas | 341,400 | 367,736 | 7.7 | |
| Klickitat | 95,018 | 112,429 | 18.3 | |
| Lewis | 736,901 | 737,620 | 0.1 | |
| Lincoln | 72,691 | 66,039 | -9.2 | |
| Mason | 267,802 | 289,358 | 8.0 | |
| Okanogan | 295,681 | 298,487 | 0.9 | |
| Pacific | 138,301 | 132,643 | -4.1 | |
| Pend Oreille | 58,307 | 57,377 | -1.6 | |
| Pierce | 6,140,053 | 6,580,323 | 7.2 | |
| San Juan | 175,728 | 203,014 | 15.5 | |
| Skagit | 1,155,485 | 1,282,343 | 11.0 | |
| Skamania | 49,909 | 49,247 | -1.3 | |
| Snohomish | 5,559,489 | 6,407,807 | 15.3 | |
| Spokane | 4,589,502 | 4,777,048 | 4.1 | |
| Stevens | 212,258 | 234,429 | 10.4 | |
| Thurston | 1,950,403 | 2,039,596 | 4.6 | |
| Wahkiakum | 12,749 | 12,907 | 1.2 | |
| Walla Walla | 413,009 | 414,470 | 0.4 | |
| Whatcom | 1,734,849 | 1,881,217 | 8.4 | |
| Whitman | 318,736 | 329,336 | 3.3 | |
| Yakima | 1,935,175 | 2,112,094 | 9.1 | |
| TOTAL | $63,807,596 | $69,347,635 | 8.7% | |
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