TABLE 3-A
COUNTY TAXABLE RETAIL
SALES COMPARING
1ST QUARTER, 1997 TO 1ST QUARTER, 1998
($000)
| Percent | ||||
County |
1st Quarter, 1997 | 1st Quarter, 1998 | Change | |
| Adams | $32,355 | $30,060 | -7.1% | |
| Asotin | 26,819 | 29,072 | 8.4 | |
| Benton | 287,545 | 317,563 | 10.4 | |
| Chelan | 171,766 | 180,480 | 5.1 | |
| Clallam | 115,310 | 134,302 | 16.5 | |
| Clark | 628,714 | 678,346 | 7.9 | |
| Columbia | 5,153 | 5,170 | 0.3 | |
| Cowlitz | 211,110 | 218,169 | 3.3 | |
| Douglas | 42,401 | 49,237 | 16.1 | |
| Ferry | 6,189 | 5,765 | -6.9 | |
| Franklin | 120,067 | 127,090 | 5.8 | |
| Garfield | 3,083 | 3,823 | 24.0 | |
| Grant | 142,319 | 152,285 | 7.0 | |
| Grays Harbor | 130,321 | 128,712 | -1.2 | |
| Island | 90,188 | 99,771 | 10.6 | |
| Jefferson | 46,444 | 45,332 | -2.4 | |
| King | 6,542,324 | 6,923,273 | 5.8 | |
| Kitsap | 431,160 | 442,896 | 2.7 | |
| Kittitas | 72,985 | 73,928 | 1.3 | |
| Klickitat | 20,922 | 18,673 | -10.7 | |
| Lewis | 162,242 | 167,832 | 3.4 | |
| Lincoln | 12,745 | 12,960 | 1.7 | |
| Mason | 65,123 | 61,653 | -5.3 | |
| Okanogan | 53,245 | 56,374 | 5.9 | |
| Pacific | 25,431 | 27,293 | 7.3 | |
| Pend Oreille | 11,952 | 9,597 | -19.7 | |
| Pierce | 1,468,941 | 1,534,587 | 4.5 | |
| San Juan | 34,666 | 41,325 | 19.2 | |
| Skagit | 269,574 | 295,431 | 9.6 | |
| Skamania | 8,973 | 8,411 | -6.3 | |
| Snohomish | 1,411,404 | 1,501,209 | 6.4 | |
| Spokane | 1,022,879 | 1,057,413 | 3.4 | |
| Stevens | 41,613 | 45,587 | 9.5 | |
| Thurston | 459,757 | 465,411 | 1.2 | |
| Wahkiakum | 3,112 | 2,836 | -8.9 | |
| Walla Walla | 91,657 | 92,494 | 0.9 | |
| Whatcom | 408,235 | 407,030 | -0.3 | |
| Whitman | 71,916 | 66,476 | -7.6 | |
| Yakima | 440,369 | 459,100 | 4.3 | |
| TOTAL | $15,191,009 | $15,976,976 | 5.2% | |