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TABLE 3-A
COUNTY TAXABLE RETAIL SALES COMPARING
2ND QUARTER, 1997 TO 2ND QUARTER, 1998
($000)
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Percent
County 2nd Quarter, 1997 2nd Quarter, 1998 Change
Adams $40,685 $39,144 -3.8%
Asotin 33,114 34,476 4.1
Benton 344,744 356,901 3.5
Chelan 229,769 235,191 2.4
Clallam 137,669 154,776 12.4
Clark 717,366 805,131 12.2
Columbia 5,743 5,990 4.3
Cowlitz 233,145 256,403 10.0
Douglas 55,630 58,591 5.3
Ferry 8,751 7,207 -17.6
Franklin 147,575 146,613 -0.7
Garfield 4,495 3,631 -19.2
Grant 190,276 200,845 5.6
Grays Harbor 145,445 156,214 7.4
Island 107,067 116,375 8.7
Jefferson 54,003 58,269 7.9
King 7,153,706 7,814,293 9.2
Kitsap 478,530 503,469 5.2
Kittitas 94,970 90,290 -4.9
Klickitat 26,217 25,360 -3.3
Lewis 178,395 196,388 10.1
Lincoln 16,090 17,143 6.5
Mason 72,062 76,291 5.9
Okanogan 79,465 79,477 0.0
Pacific 31,298 34,273 9.5
Pend Oreille 13,274 12,497 -5.9
Pierce 1,613,617 1,769,042 9.6
San Juan 50,448 58,595 16.1
Skagit 319,614 361,850 13.2
Skamania 12,058 13,261 10.0
Snohomish 1,576,936 1,700,575 7.8
Spokane 1,184,770 1,239,484 4.6
Stevens 55,190 56,466 2.3
Thurston 511,239 560,019 9.5
Wahkiakum 2,826 3,103 9.8
Walla Walla 106,342 119,909 12.8
Whatcom 464,041 473,776 2.1
Whitman 78,658 76,774 -2.4
Yakima 539,927 531,629 -1.5
TOTAL $17,115,150 $18,449,721 7.8%
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