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TABLE 4-A
CITY TAXABLE RETAIL SALES COMPARING
CALENDAR 1996 TO CALENDAR 1997 ($000)
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Percent
City Calendar 1996 Calendar 1997 Change
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Aberdeen $ 282,742 $ 291,543 3.1%
Auburn 956,025 1,010,662 5.7
Bellevue 3,180,896 3,639,643 14.4
Bellingham 1,123,464 1,211,998 7.9
Bremerton 477,467 498,779 4.5
Camas 137,417 150,498 9.5
Centralia 219,093 203,593 -7.1
Chehalis 238,836 258,570 8.3
Colville 114,488 128,790 12.5
Des Moines 102,248 114,547 12.0
Edmonds 327,216 415,270 26.9
Ellensburg 201,782 236,395 17.2
Everett 1,624,797 1,947,086 19.8
Federal Way 908,277 951,185 4.7
Fife 285,316 342,537 20.1
Issaquah 545,087 613,048 12.5
Kelso 171,141 179,437 4.8
Kennewick 810,436 864,240 6.6
Kent 1,783,555 2,040,642 14.4
Kirkland 1,051,231 1,183,614 12.6
Lacey 369,644 365,280 -1.2
Longview 519,874 535,103 2.9
Lynnwood 1,309,170 1,400,865 7.0
Marysville 288,958 307,040 6.3
Mercer Island 140,832 171,964 22.1
Moses Lake 321,746 341,395 6.1
Mount Vernon 325,908 365,881 12.3
Mountlake Terrace 114,528 113,556 -0.8
Oak Harbor 181,589 196,238 8.1
Olympia 1,019,616 1,083,243 6.2
Omak 91,363 92,289 1.0
Pasco 462,825 478,419 3.4
Port Angeles 250,842 249,042 -0.7
Port Townsend 107,602 111,752 3.9
Pullman 214,673 225,084 4.8
Puyallup 897,702 991,323 10.4
Redmond 1,352,519 1,518,458 12.3
Renton 1,182,195 1,350,937 14.3
Richland 340,993 338,740 -0.7
SeaTac 576,612 612,884 6.3
Seattle 9,635,375 10,633,522 10.4
Shelton 123,951 140,065 13.0
Spokane 2,721,650 2,803,429 3.0
Sunnyside 170,769 179,863 5.3
Tacoma 2,796,282 2,882,735 3.1
Tukwila 1,567,732 1,524,553 -2.8
Vancouver 1,297,573 1,604,781 23.7
Walla Walla 324,560 331,562 2.2
Wenatchee 472,537 528,411 11.8
Yakima 1,084,950 1,176,674 8.5
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