Table 3-A
COUNTY TAXABLE RETAIL
SALES
COMPARING 3RD QUARTER, 1997 TO
3RD QUARTER, 1998 ($000)
| Percent | ||||||
| County | 3rd Quarter, 1997 | 3rd Quarter, 1998 | Change | |||
| Adams | $40,871 | $37,234 | -8.9% | |||
| Asotin | 34,229 | 40,697 | 18.9 | |||
| Benton | 360,575 | 366,116 | 1.5 | |||
| Chelan | 252,644 | 247,247 | -2.1 | |||
| Clallam | 168,103 | 178,319 | 6.1 | |||
| Clark | 775,738 | 822,031 | 6.0 | |||
| Columbia | 5,775 | 5,747 | -0.5 | |||
| Cowlitz | 248,311 | 266,869 | 7.5 | |||
| Douglas | 64,765 | 62,726 | -3.1 | |||
| Ferry | 11,138 | 10,299 | -7.5 | |||
| Franklin | 147,620 | 144,185 | -2.3 | |||
| Garfield | 3,824 | 3,952 | 3.3 | |||
| Grant | 195,764 | 214,051 | 9.3 | |||
| Grays Harbor | 168,169 | 177,057 | 5.3 | |||
| Island | 118,905 | 131,097 | 10.3 | |||
| Jefferson | 66,318 | 71,408 | 7.7 | |||
| King | 7,520,529 | 8,304,281 | 10.4 | |||
| Kitsap | 511,798 | 557,833 | 9.0 | |||
| Kittitas | 108,278 | 98,872 | -8.7 | |||
| Klickitat | 35,294 | 31,819 | -9.8 | |||
| Lewis | 202,759 | 210,037 | 3.6 | |||
| Lincoln | 20,313 | 20,947 | 3.1 | |||
| Mason | 75,696 | 82,331 | 8.8 | |||
| Okanogan | 88,775 | 88,952 | 0.2 | |||
| Pacific | 44,409 | 58,072 | 30.8 | |||
| Pend Oreille | 17,007 | 16,185 | -4.8 | |||
| Pierce | 1,715,482 | 1,884,704 | 9.9 | |||
| San Juan | 69,327 | 80,430 | 16.0 | |||
| Skagit | 350,905 | 382,775 | 9.1 | |||
| Skamania | 15,701 | 19,106 | 21.7 | |||
| Snohomish | 1,673,160 | 1,795,978 | 7.3 | |||
| Spokane | 1,269,938 | 1,299,653 | 2.3 | |||
| Stevens | 66,435 | 64,936 | -2.3 | |||
| Thurston | 529,822 | 594,560 | 12.2 | |||
| Wahkiakum | 3,743 | 4,678 | 25.0 | |||
| Walla Walla | 108,409 | 113,406 | 4.6 | |||
| Whatcom | 505,034 | 503,978 | -0.2 | |||
| Whitman | 96,444 | 87,769 | -9.0 | |||
| Yakima | 562,997 | 562,904 | 0.0 | |||
| TOTAL | $18,255,004 | $19,643,241 | 7.6% | |||