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TAXABLE RETAIL SALES AND UNIT COUNT 06/05/98
For All Cities and Counties in Washington State
By Calendar Year Comparison
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1996 1996 1997 1997
Unit Taxable Unit Taxable Percent
Count Retail Sales Count Retail Sales Change
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Uninc. Adams Co. 613 31,289,179 605 25,981,442 -17.0%
Hatton 64 218,747 67 85,029 -61.1%
Lind 323 10,052,781 353 9,127,990 -9.2%
Othello 1,391 82,801,070 1,414 83,554,047 0.9%
Ritzville 810 26,500,187 840 28,908,216 9.1%
Washtucna 194 1,362,319 198 1,049,010 -23.0%
Uninc. Asotin Co. 475 17,301,171 504 17,895,334 3.4%
Asotin 401 2,800,879 438 3,380,420 20.7%
Clarkston 1,621 101,440,537 1,631 106,364,028 4.9%
Uninc. Benton Co. 1,488 62,341,542 1,588 79,472,044 27.5%
Benton City 897 12,771,009 894 11,270,110 -11.8%
Kennewick 5,161 810,436,221 5,140 864,240,007 6.6%
Prosser 1,461 64,394,683 1,503 67,817,623 5.3%
Richland 3,962 340,992,706 4,034 338,739,703 -0.7%
West Richland 865 16,134,100 860 15,763,407 -2.3%
Uninc. Chelan Co. 1,957 188,633,816 2,015 215,562,331 14.3%
Cashmere 947 16,514,514 1,009 18,905,740 14.5%
Chelan 1,361 55,376,396 1,379 65,807,456 18.8%
Entiat 388 4,033,976 418 5,351,326 32.7%
Leavenworth 1,300 62,291,601 1,349 64,060,529 2.8%
Wenatchee 4,081 472,536,740 4,082 528,411,259 11.8%
Uninc. Clallam Co. 1,915 163,287,467 2,070 195,869,760 20.0%
Forks 860 30,224,932 912 32,817,255 8.6%
Port Angeles 3,159 250,842,154 3,162 249,042,164 -0.7%
Sequim 2,033 99,518,809 2,150 100,804,938 1.3%
Uninc. Clark Co. 6,780 1,163,700,446 6,478 1,026,532,646 -11.8%
Battle Ground 2,343 91,905,446 2,386 81,265,282 -11.6%
Camas 2,798 137,417,190 2,895 150,498,124 9.5%
La Center 975 9,465,042 1,043 11,080,025 17.1%
Ridgefield 1,454 14,385,613 1,594 14,443,492 0.4%
Vancouver 8,702 1,297,573,467 9,379 1,604,780,623 23.7%
Washougal 1,895 47,696,216 2,010 55,525,022 16.4%
Yacolt 678 12,364,510 700 7,824,223 -36.7%
Uninc. Columbia Co. 228 5,090,773 214 5,114,742 0.5%
Dayton 811 19,265,346 855 17,186,343 -10.8%
Starbuck 103 315,346 132 303,962 -3.6%
Uninc. Cowlitz Co. 2,195 157,893,901 2,158 130,244,176 -17.5%
Castle Rock 1,049 22,499,725 1,137 24,091,817 7.1%
Kalama 1,117 17,900,775 1,179 19,627,924 9.6%
Kelso 2,342 171,140,853 2,454 179,436,529 4.8%
Longview 4,427 519,874,425 4,388 535,102,812 2.9%
Woodland 1,547 52,950,422 1,616 60,277,260 13.8%
Uninc. Douglas Co. 1,089 69,414,069 1,132 77,552,525 11.7%
Bridgeport 376 4,434,384 390 3,819,362 -13.9%
East Wenatchee 1,497 133,718,637 1,612 138,049,713 3.2%
Mansfield 185 1,379,605 204 1,221,970 -11.4%
Rock Island 252 3,456,633 294 3,211,269 -7.1%
Waterville 436 4,510,712 448 4,585,157 1.7%
Uninc. Ferry Co. 631 20,649,330 645 22,278,365 7.9%
Republic 629 16,483,657 651 12,865,331 -22.0%
Uninc. Franklin Co. 1,168 43,538,615 1,198 52,285,189 20.1%
Connell 719 15,132,211 761 17,407,699 15.0%
Kahlotus 163 733,512 187 503,821 -31.3%
Mesa 317 3,590,152 374 4,090,830 13.9%
Pasco 3,660 462,824,907 3,708 478,419,176 3.4%
Uninc. Garfield Co. 170 1,668,257 169 2,756,212 65.2%
Pomeroy 561 12,252,309 598 12,798,000 4.5%
Uninc. Grant Co. 1,452 140,921,341 1,885 142,027,421 0.8%
Coulee City 390 11,012,807 424 14,193,582 28.9%
Electric City 234 2,392,830 262 2,253,457 -5.8%
Ephrata 1,400 67,042,883 1,490 73,390,279 9.5%
George 220 3,965,119 263 5,593,170 41.1%
Grand Coulee 532 15,672,628 543 15,536,147 -0.9%
Hartline 118 415,092 131 608,324 46.6%
Krupp 45 92,408 48 105,619 14.3%
Mattawa 447 10,419,363 521 10,640,277 2.1%
Moses Lake 2,991 321,745,759 3,098 341,395,303 6.1%
Quincy 1,224 58,087,688 1,324 61,409,991 5.7%
Royal City 477 11,692,358 514 14,506,076 24.1%
Soap Lake 430 8,365,622 510 7,547,561 -9.8%
Warden 566 11,263,156 650 15,873,378 40.9%
Wilson Creek 130 1,072,826 161 2,723,916 153.9%
Uninc. Grays Harbor 1,755 79,134,716 1,726 81,954,053 3.6%
Aberdeen 2,729 282,742,152 2,700 291,543,225 3.1%
Cosmopolis 618 12,522,145 563 9,303,221 -25.7%
Elma 1,195 31,312,970 1,191 36,362,197 16.1%
Hoquiam 1,412 52,768,248 1,445 55,618,261 5.4%
McCleary 537 5,541,370 568 5,405,769 -2.4%
Montesano 998 41,275,568 1,081 42,322,968 2.5%
Oakville 370 3,394,857 388 4,230,217 24.6%
Ocean Shores 1,016 53,135,636 999 48,476,002 -8.8%
Westport 708 20,222,420 723 22,644,474 12.0%
Uninc. Island Co. 3,482 172,463,517 3,453 190,346,812 10.4%
Coupeville 1,263 18,725,582 1,245 21,353,388 14.0%
Langley 1,016 26,343,501 1,051 24,666,047 -6.4%
Oak Harbor 2,571 181,589,391 2,596 196,238,313 8.1%
Uninc. Jefferson Co. 2,109 103,962,193 2,197 114,635,596 10.3%
Port Townsend 2,235 107,602,128 2,300 111,752,334 3.9%
Uninc. King Co. 12,373 1,574,645,028 12,367 1,564,629,077 -0.6%
Algona 893 17,173,077 976 17,962,370 4.6%
Auburn 6,879 956,025,139 7,046 1,010,662,139 5.7%
Beaux Arts Village 208 1,630,854 259 2,015,184 23.6%
Bellevue 13,714 3,180,896,358 14,084 3,639,642,601 14.4%
Black Diamond 789 13,336,368 982 16,979,695 27.3%
Bothell 8,391 396,879,140 8,934 517,147,022 30.3%
Burien 3,014 339,505,083 3,272 364,757,007 7.4%
Carnation 1,248 14,846,581 1,444 20,417,928 37.5%
Clyde Hill 550 9,292,875 727 14,278,327 53.6%
Covington 437 18,837,459
Des Moines 2,667 102,248,179 2,975 114,547,218 12.0%
Duvall 1,526 24,585,866 1,816 32,942,850 34.0%
Enumclaw 2,929 148,441,118 3,020 152,854,956 3.0%
Federal Way 6,759 908,276,867 6,979 951,184,916 4.7%
Hunts Point 236 8,708,897 261 7,925,088 -9.0%
Issaquah 6,013 545,087,105 6,368 613,047,611 12.5%
Kent 9,919 1,783,554,549 10,142 2,040,642,091 14.4%
Kirkland 8,478 1,051,231,376 8,888 1,183,613,927 12.6%
Lake Forest Park 1,215 31,760,985 1,454 30,773,852 -3.1%
Maple Valley 1,124 23,960,872
Medina 1,215 71,054,689 1,433 88,186,567 24.1%
Mercer Island 4,280 140,832,303 4,544 171,964,284 22.1%
Newcastle 1,112 39,744,428 1,448 53,144,267 33.7%
Normandy Park 1,002 21,897,241 1,076 20,136,743 -8.0%
North Bend 1,976 98,470,800 2,283 115,389,864 17.2%
Pacific 1,131 38,982,999 1,287 47,013,044 20.6%
Redmond 8,692 1,352,519,322 9,189 1,518,457,952 12.3%
Renton 8,126 1,182,195,275 8,441 1,350,936,712 14.3%
SeaTac 2,662 576,612,043 2,811 612,884,177 6.3%
Seattle 35,386 9,635,375,388 35,495 10,633,522,365 10.4%
Shoreline 2,467 369,689,615 3,194 432,807,666 17.1%
Skykomish 410 2,956,970 459 3,454,254 16.8%
Snoqualmie 1,258 46,045,194 1,335 61,862,740 34.4%
Tukwila 4,490 1,567,732,452 4,649 1,524,552,518 -2.8%
Woodinville 5,046 297,975,181 5,414 357,655,918 20.0%
Yarrow Point 242 7,477,773 326 5,747,177 -23.1%
Uninc. Kitsap Co. 7,514 873,693,044 7,544 931,692,992 6.6%
Bainbridge Island 2,665 136,244,374 2,812 158,286,656 16.2%
Bremerton 4,936 477,467,218 4,927 498,779,418 4.5%
Port Orchard 3,292 178,420,119 3,395 185,532,270 4.0%
Poulsbo 2,785 170,569,093 2,812 184,064,093 7.9%
Uninc. Kittitas Co. 1,161 94,097,895 1,161 85,696,590 -8.9%
Cle Elum 1,000 35,460,011 1,041 35,429,569 -0.1%
Ellensburg 2,518 201,782,303 2,596 236,395,021 17.2%
Kittitas 337 4,087,032 346 5,237,102 28.1%
Roslyn 277 5,022,426 307 4,212,731 -16.1%
South Cle Elum 124 986,525 165 775,554 -21.4%
Uninc. Klickitat Co. 1,198 37,481,197 1,286 51,455,952 37.3%
Bingen 498 12,185,624 499 9,653,380 -20.8%
Goldendale 1,171 31,937,317 1,251 34,184,036 7.0%
White Salmon 854 13,414,946 933 17,171,644 28.0%
Uninc. Lewis Co. 2,622 219,738,418 2,558 216,959,083 -1.3%
Centralia 3,212 219,093,173 3,153 203,593,100 -7.1%
Chehalis 2,678 238,836,123 2,766 258,570,138 8.3%
Morton 696 24,483,882 726 24,615,641 0.5%
Mossyrock 451 5,144,449 458 5,467,564 6.3%
Napavine 342 3,486,630 395 3,967,947 13.8%
Pe Ell 258 3,138,014 287 2,490,754 -20.6%
Toledo 655 11,290,095 676 9,019,957 -20.1%
Vader 236 999,336 256 1,181,715 18.3%
Winlock 763 10,767,162 810 11,762,320 9.2%
Uninc. Lincoln Co. 513 10,932,247 522 8,830,970 -19.2%
Almira 211 3,119,490 229 3,000,500 -3.8%
Creston 177 829,891 208 926,782 11.7%
Davenport 783 23,557,609 824 17,711,754 -24.8%
Harrington 252 2,517,080 284 2,929,037 16.4%
Odessa 460 15,800,762 485 15,256,734 -3.4%
Reardan 357 3,588,556 407 4,141,675 15.4%
Sprague 261 2,606,485 303 3,808,817 46.1%
Wilbur 475 9,717,938 506 9,440,639 -2.9%
Uninc. Mason Co. 2,904 143,851,618 2,915 149,293,267 3.8%
Shelton 2,527 123,950,691 2,606 140,064,786 13.0%
Uninc. Okanogan Co. 1,056 58,582,169 1,152 61,436,154 4.9%
Brewster 750 23,117,319 822 26,202,915 13.3%
Conconully 123 647,174 135 614,443 -5.1%
Coulee Dam 308 4,678,678 333 5,368,420 14.7%
Elmer City 100 380,441 114 339,708 -10.7%
Nespelem 180 467,478 213 668,406 43.0%
Okanogan 795 35,756,686 827 33,143,611 -7.3%
Omak 1,250 91,363,039 1,308 92,288,859 1.0%
Oroville 681 24,251,547 710 23,893,871 -1.5%
Pateros 365 6,561,083 393 4,562,941 -30.5%
Riverside 140 921,444 157 1,472,267 59.8%
Tonasket 666 20,746,624 705 20,868,009 0.6%
Twisp 491 14,969,573 539 12,878,863 -14.0%
Winthrop 536 13,276,677 574 14,781,231 11.3%
Uninc. Pacific Co. 1,478 53,749,719 1,517 51,631,654 -3.9%
Ilwaco 556 12,455,122 548 10,841,907 -13.0%
Long Beach 925 29,166,152 953 31,377,074 7.6%
Raymond 946 32,523,286 991 27,305,756 -16.0%
South Bend 637 10,434,136 622 11,586,564 11.0%
Uninc. Pend Oreille 709 23,955,856 705 19,794,388 -17.4%
Cusick 244 1,613,758 263 2,007,019 24.4%
Ione 300 3,941,124 313 5,182,277 31.5%
Metaline 70 301,574 95 1,514,769 402.3%
Metaline Falls 219 2,850,472 271 3,933,559 38.0%
Newport 973 25,648,109 1,034 24,945,381 -2.7%
Uninc. Pierce Co. 11,812 1,155,576,221 10,986 1,088,850,451 -5.8%
Bonney Lake 1,732 79,677,103 1,952 92,224,756 15.7%
Buckley 1,558 30,703,394 1,708 28,379,642 -7.6%
Carbonado 171 446,904 205 564,260 26.3%
Du Pont 595 17,185,166 782 28,430,321 65.4%
Eatonville 1,158 25,740,762 1,286 26,680,726 3.7%
Edgewood 622 12,640,776 997 19,429,965 53.7%
Fife 2,108 285,316,098 2,211 342,536,896 20.1%
Fircrest 944 15,759,030 1,075 19,760,261 25.4%
Gig Harbor 4,105 145,761,348 4,360 209,230,242 43.5%
Lakewood 2,566 286,208,700 3,525 413,175,123 44.4%
Milton 1,365 86,099,115 1,461 86,753,610 0.8%
Orting 1,276 16,245,955 1,394 18,870,442 16.2%
Puyallup 7,622 897,701,751 7,579 991,323,464 10.4%
Roy 988 8,842,253 1,170 10,733,932 21.4%
Ruston 181 1,932,788 212 2,068,070 7.0%
South Prairie 319 2,198,417 331 2,043,840 -7.0%
Steilacoom 1,294 19,084,379 1,359 16,083,554 -15.7%
Sumner 3,225 145,811,344 3,366 170,810,974 17.1%
Tacoma 15,276 2,796,281,987 14,777 2,882,735,481 3.1%
University Place 1,578 92,037,818 1,920 107,361,656 16.6%
Wilkeson 211 1,729,758 244 1,322,078 -23.6%
Uninc. San Juan Co. 1,872 114,347,563 1,946 136,496,132 19.4%
Friday Harbor 1,190 61,381,870 1,285 66,519,297 8.4%
Uninc. Skagit Co. 3,195 226,942,842 3,097 234,492,494 3.3%
Anacortes 2,927 141,755,338 2,975 159,741,174 12.7%
Burlington 2,628 336,453,594 2,742 383,683,278 14.0%
Concrete 555 5,660,291 571 6,097,405 7.7%
Hamilton 198 965,402 201 1,224,033 26.8%
La Conner 1,075 31,135,977 1,060 34,701,078 11.5%
Lyman 191 1,551,157 191 1,359,061 -12.4%
Mount Vernon 3,874 325,907,571 4,044 365,881,187 12.3%
Sedro Woolley 1,787 85,123,642 1,849 95,242,571 11.9%
Uninc. Skamania Co. 916 22,621,300 958 18,723,277 -17.2%
North Bonneville 208 1,152,956 216 1,106,218 -4.1%
Stevenson 750 26,134,558 820 29,417,078 12.6%
Uninc. Snohomish Co. 8,840 945,726,876 8,895 1,075,287,223 13.7%
Arlington 3,368 127,905,622 3,660 160,500,428 25.5%
Brier 1,005 7,738,849 1,132 12,276,150 58.6%
Darrington 638 6,960,464 637 8,358,712 20.1%
Edmonds 5,873 327,216,469 6,169 415,270,411 26.9%
Everett 10,058 1,624,797,306 10,345 1,947,086,184 19.8%
Gold Bar 559 4,817,922 655 8,251,283 71.3%
Granite Falls 1,056 23,300,846 1,236 27,052,857 16.1%
Index 217 936,846 220 1,145,153 22.2%
Lake Stevens 2,141 36,301,209 2,255 47,836,752 31.8%
Lynnwood 6,946 1,309,170,490 7,255 1,400,864,919 7.0%
Marysville 4,448 288,957,568 4,580 307,040,325 6.3%
Mill Creek 2,413 86,409,111 2,649 103,519,146 19.8%
Monroe 3,540 190,243,678 3,741 230,360,363 21.1%
Mountlake Terrace 2,438 114,527,963 2,627 113,556,060 -0.8%
Mukilteo 3,205 96,663,097 3,437 120,080,845 24.2%
Snohomish 3,892 127,299,009 4,179 149,385,618 17.4%
Stanwood 2,218 78,364,676 2,316 89,321,180 14.0%
Sultan 1,019 18,562,075 1,097 20,842,152 12.3%
Woodway 378 7,280,299 423 10,783,680 48.1%
Uninc. Spokane Co. 9,138 1,666,064,142 9,168 1,769,309,646 6.2%
Airway Heights 885 37,493,748 924 37,642,432 0.4%
Cheney 1,461 65,235,676 1,526 70,795,804 8.5%
Deer Park 1,134 45,166,601 1,212 40,761,886 -9.8%
Fairfield 335 6,625,634 383 5,951,767 -10.2%
Latah 161 1,454,223 171 1,349,442 -7.2%
Medical Lake 866 16,821,031 939 23,292,336 38.5%
Millwood 303 20,619,700 265 17,463,421 -15.3%
Rockford 354 3,605,962 363 3,584,124 -0.6%
Spangle 393 4,254,224 454 4,782,495 12.4%
Spokane 12,330 2,721,649,772 12,570 2,803,428,593 3.0%
Waverly 85 554,564 107 733,886 32.3%
Uninc. Stevens Co. 1,730 59,973,207 1,728 66,431,294 10.8%
Chewelah 936 22,979,579 901 23,904,998 4.0%
Colville 1,637 114,488,310 1,692 128,790,146 12.5%
Kettle Falls 625 10,922,463 656 11,513,361 5.4%
Marcus 74 274,179 71 308,640 12.6%
Northport 240 1,350,286 250 1,389,599 2.9%
Springdale 241 2,274,199 273 2,092,940 -8.0%
Uninc. Thurston Co. 3,868 291,019,692 3,887 298,159,403 2.5%
Bucoda 202 1,520,718 202 1,403,495 -7.7%
Lacey 3,736 369,644,162 3,671 365,280,466 -1.2%
Olympia 7,483 1,019,616,458 7,537 1,083,242,552 6.2%
Rainier 679 5,954,220 737 8,613,750 44.7%
Tenino 866 12,065,862 907 11,769,649 -2.5%
Tumwater 2,510 198,193,719 2,560 214,326,674 8.1%
Yelm 1,597 52,396,737 1,735 56,805,641 8.4%
Uninc. Wahkiakum Co. 439 7,105,828 453 7,457,151 4.9%
Cathlamet 604 5,642,689 605 5,449,421 -3.4%
Uninc. Walla Walla C 1,607 65,789,580 1,507 60,889,675 -7.4%
College Place 783 15,543,755 829 14,654,503 -5.7%
Prescott 247 1,902,796 290 2,316,915 21.8%
Waitsburg 447 5,263,259 479 5,063,540 -3.8%
Walla Walla 3,500 324,559,934 3,479 331,561,703 2.2%
Uninc. Whatcom Co. 3,775 293,683,643 3,820 321,642,873 9.5%
Bellingham. 7,261 1,123,463,505 7,251 1,211,997,537 7.9%
Blaine 1,769 79,717,040 1,813 73,291,189 -8.1%
Everson 830 13,421,032 872 13,998,608 4.3%
Ferndale 2,015 79,372,911 2,022 89,865,805 13.2%
Lynden 1,938 128,893,342 1,903 152,786,795 18.5%
Nooksack 262 3,659,342 270 4,163,377 13.8%
Sumas 686 12,673,973 734 13,536,049 6.8%
Uninc. Whitman Co. 653 31,548,843 690 33,306,155 5.6%
Albion 200 958,899 191 682,137 -28.9%
Colfax 1,037 31,991,440 1,091 33,443,213 4.5%
Colton 235 986,805 268 1,176,631 19.2%
Endicott 212 1,142,136 219 1,052,138 -7.9%
Farmington 170 420,924 177 389,821 -7.4%
Garfield 286 3,299,455 281 2,555,507 -22.5%
La Crosse 242 3,581,133 272 3,805,213 6.3%
Lamont 78 136,766 82 316,498 131.4%
Malden 66 429,520 67 377,557 -12.1%
Oakesdale 269 2,134,424 296 1,964,605 -8.0%
Palouse 405 5,486,889 387 5,115,150 -6.8%
Pullman 2,296 214,673,097 2,411 225,084,473 4.8%
Rosalia 381 4,500,727 409 3,016,958 -33.0%
St. John 325 8,761,703 334 8,612,762 -1.7%
Tekoa 334 7,257,338 337 6,176,757 -14.9%
Uniontown 217 1,429,491 242 2,334,040 63.3%
Uninc. Yakima Co. 2,858 251,305,502 2,868 265,931,154 5.8%
Grandview 1,180 53,385,011 1,225 60,639,061 13.6%
Granger 462 4,915,056 466 5,918,559 20.4%
Harrah 275 1,769,659 300 2,368,776 33.9%
Mabton 326 3,445,063 373 3,198,075 -7.2%
Moxee City 487 5,621,406 540 6,548,699 16.5%
Naches 623 7,871,356 666 8,017,022 1.9%
Selah 1,389 48,161,837 1,533 57,393,576 19.2%
Sunnyside 1,919 170,769,292 2,049 179,863,103 5.3%
Tieton 309 7,661,550 375 13,920,977 81.7%
Toppenish 1,276 48,928,607 1,329 53,929,960 10.2%
Union Gap 1,201 203,556,159 1,271 231,504,011 13.7%
Wapato 968 26,489,062 1,051 30,300,890 14.4%
Yakima 6,173 1,084,949,926 6,300 1,176,674,146 8.5%
Zillah 826 16,369,403 909 16,089,001 -1.7%