TAXABLE RETAIL SALES AND UNIT COUNT 07/11/97
For All Cities and Counties in Washington State
By Calendar Year Comparison
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Q1 96 Q1 96 Q1 97 Q1 97
Unit Taxable Taxable Unit Percent
Count Retail Sales Retail Count Change
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Uninc. Adams Co. 299 4,695,567 314 3,994,025 -14.9%
Hatton 30 26,500 30 12,736 -51.9%
Lind 150 2,428,372 177 1,881,683 -22.5%
Othello 775 18,613,725 815 19,972,087 7.3%
Ritzville 382 4,621,923 445 6,282,881 35.9%
Washtucna 88 243,259 94 211,829 -12.9%
Uninc. Asotin Co. 243 3,874,479 252 3,280,761 -15.3%
Asotin 200 752,401 217 671,442 -10.8%
Clarkston 916 21,459,127 1,009 22,868,010 6.6%
Uninc. Benton Co. 673 10,173,490 767 14,189,176 39.5%
Benton City 427 2,636,755 451 2,450,256 -7.1%
Kennewick 3,037 175,422,017 3,169 179,420,194 2.3%
Prosser 773 13,171,683 822 13,528,312 2.7%
Richland 2,250 72,041,037 2,359 74,657,833 3.6%
West Richland 404 3,153,584 472 3,375,507 7.0%
Uninc. Chelan Co. 1,089 33,672,229 1,093 40,778,697 21.1%
Cashmere 490 3,701,760 540 3,647,709 -1.5%
Chelan 678 8,811,044 726 11,578,038 31.4%
Entiat 185 978,841 197 1,051,026 7.4%
Leavenworth 641 8,945,720 718 9,753,495 9.0%
Wenatchee 2,345 100,345,527 2,392 104,971,822 4.6%
Uninc. Clallam Co. 984 27,904,621 1,158 35,549,444 27.4%
Forks 456 6,635,474 498 6,799,261 2.5%
Port Angeles 1,808 61,426,872 1,893 53,555,856 -12.8%
Sequim 1,142 23,817,516 1,235 19,411,999 -18.5%
Uninc. Clark Co. 3,972 250,825,730 3,898 231,691,963 -7.6%
Battle Ground 1,237 21,329,370 1,304 18,110,601 -15.1%
Camas 1,629 33,459,431 1,688 26,987,302 -19.3%
La Center 450 2,658,550 535 2,437,554 -8.3%
Ridgefield 701 3,419,368 815 2,944,242 -13.9%
Vancouver 5,173 303,264,599 5,645 332,294,883 9.6%
Washougal 1,014 10,682,081 1,128 12,005,833 12.4%
Yacolt 302 2,356,875 348 2,293,556 -2.7%
Uninc. Columbia Co. 109 1,111,415 111 1,461,044 31.5%
Dayton 427 3,883,169 492 3,619,366 -6.8%
Starbuck 52 58,984 58 72,940 23.7%
Uninc. Cowlitz Co. 1,256 36,578,955 1,241 30,153,805 -17.6%
Castle Rock 563 5,054,049 589 5,537,501 9.6%
Kalama 552 3,813,374 612 4,111,825 7.8%
Kelso 1,383 38,864,281 1,427 38,160,240 -1.8%
Longview 2,724 124,706,216 2,705 120,800,500 -3.1%
Woodland 843 11,738,128 921 12,347,520 5.2%
Uninc. Douglas Co. 489 11,511,336 539 12,953,443 12.5%
Bridgeport 163 713,594 188 712,792 -0.1%
East Wenatchee 832 28,135,541 935 27,193,549 -3.3%
Mansfield 98 290,157 100 175,068 -39.7%
Rock Island 123 805,492 152 623,492 -22.6%
Waterville 203 992,675 207 747,957 -24.7%
Uninc. Ferry Co. 272 3,195,279 326 3,403,154 6.5%
Republic 323 3,590,006 349 2,785,457 -22.4%
Uninc. Franklin Co. 619 8,751,886 610 10,530,641 20.3%
Connell 367 2,962,351 409 3,301,433 11.4%
Kahlotus 71 351,420 82 85,338 -75.7%
Mesa 156 729,508 173 703,604 -3.6%
Pasco 2,129 107,266,630 2,183 105,452,601 -1.7%
Uninc. Garfield Co. 68 422,881 72 428,547 1.3%
Pomeroy 302 2,682,629 338 2,654,902 -1.0%
Uninc. Grant Co. 746 34,470,210 936 28,625,314 -17.0%
Coulee City 162 2,340,333 188 3,050,791 30.4%
Electric City 105 393,809 123 404,933 2.8%
Ephrata 761 13,502,252 810 14,333,560 6.2%
George 99 512,813 134 1,192,746 132.6%
Grand Coulee 280 3,246,200 296 3,102,307 -4.4%
Hartline 43 69,140 54 101,307 46.5%
Krupp 18 51,248 15 8,563 -83.3%
Mattawa 218 1,893,996 267 2,085,558 10.1%
Moses Lake 1,721 69,016,093 1,867 68,634,545 -0.6%
Quincy 647 11,858,872 732 13,253,628 11.8%
Royal City 231 2,273,167 267 3,114,926 37.0%
Soap Lake 207 1,909,857 260 1,471,343 -23.0%
Warden 298 2,337,992 317 2,799,657 19.7%
Wilson Creek 48 127,708 66 195,051 52.7%
Uninc. Grays Harbor 887 15,099,819 933 14,764,969 -2.2%
Aberdeen 1,621 63,696,268 1,675 64,625,069 1.5%
Cosmopolis 315 2,904,885 303 2,134,863 -26.5%
Elma 604 7,486,968 634 7,962,850 6.4%
Hoquiam 788 13,082,536 848 13,660,782 4.4%
McCleary 252 1,153,445 305 1,307,078 13.3%
Montesano 576 9,612,526 596 11,544,089 20.1%
Oakville 174 600,505 204 714,599 19.0%
Ocean Shores 486 10,092,195 542 9,512,455 -5.7%
Westport 381 3,458,390 415 4,114,305 19.0%
Uninc. Island Co. 1,844 34,901,603 1,766 38,412,739 10.1%
Coupeville 631 4,062,079 659 3,956,476 -2.6%
Langley 497 4,697,744 540 4,890,298 4.1%
Oak Harbor 1,430 41,286,342 1,519 42,936,766 4.0%
Uninc. Jefferson Co. 1,082 21,148,632 1,198 22,579,029 6.8%
Port Townsend 1,193 22,086,762 1,324 23,864,738 8.0%
Uninc. King Co. 6,761 330,348,355 6,901 379,581,152 14.9%
Algona 414 3,509,116 449 5,431,072 54.8%
Auburn 3,928 225,126,570 4,170 225,466,957 0.2%
Beaux Arts Village 89 359,434 108 375,366 4.4%
Bellevue 8,150 719,094,328 8,555 796,717,607 10.8%
Black Diamond 370 2,380,484 451 4,233,591 77.8%
Bothell 4,299 82,090,544 4,636 115,972,175 41.3%
Burien 1,575 81,724,109 1,714 84,116,239 2.9%
Carnation 547 2,732,606 638 3,660,962 34.0%
Clyde Hill 210 1,041,474 286 2,572,267 147.0%
Des Moines 1,372 23,331,649 1,513 24,850,033 6.5%
Duvall 734 5,427,157 842 5,909,500 8.9%
Enumclaw 1,523 33,303,457 1,568 34,173,703 2.6%
Federal Way 3,852 214,046,183 4,020 210,227,665 -1.8%
Hunts Point 91 2,222,188 97 2,136,873 -3.8%
Issaquah 3,148 114,900,050 3,471 134,947,997 17.4%
Kent 5,730 376,760,552 6,050 493,340,172 30.9%
Kirkland 4,797 238,999,395 5,253 258,026,602 8.0%
Lake Forest Park 477 6,694,217 609 6,692,882 -0.0%
Medina 548 11,502,549 648 19,459,402 69.2%
Mercer Island 2,255 33,763,030 2,421 36,141,723 7.0%
Newcastle 389 7,406,303 617 10,143,405 37.0%
Normandy Park 416 5,427,659 496 4,564,464 -15.9%
North Bend 1,015 18,413,268 1,191 23,626,165 28.3%
Pacific 497 7,859,526 603 10,455,030 33.0%
Redmond 4,957 323,667,682 5,268 347,037,379 7.2%
Renton 4,554 289,185,262 4,863 310,909,380 7.5%
SeaTac 1,361 123,789,131 1,467 127,002,735 2.6%
Seattle 21,643 2,195,901,694 22,303 2,374,825,404 8.1%
Shoreline 1,028 78,605,413 1,578 92,130,812 17.2%
Skykomish 174 633,840 190 595,859 -6.0%
Snoqualmie 597 8,715,840 617 11,226,108 28.8%
Tukwila 2,691 375,232,301 2,816 343,836,298 -8.4%
Woodinville 2,667 69,445,808 2,893 79,555,393 14.6%
Yarrow Point 108 1,585,258 110 1,309,577 -17.4%
Uninc. Kitsap Co. 3,825 185,441,293 3,951 197,105,869 6.3%
Bainbridge Island 1,420 28,970,152 1,512 33,014,420 14.0%
Bremerton 2,768 110,668,023 2,868 120,374,847 8.8%
Port Orchard 1,687 44,011,252 1,856 40,841,277 -7.2%
Poulsbo 1,426 38,657,887 1,556 39,894,583 3.2%
Uninc. Kittitas Co. 516 15,141,391 571 17,669,766 16.7%
Cle Elum 454 5,575,416 537 6,443,915 15.6%
Ellensburg 1,317 39,238,709 1,448 47,218,925 20.3%
Kittitas 157 822,300 175 946,056 15.0%
Roslyn 131 699,379 147 697,073 -0.3%
South Cle Elum 65 134,727 88 141,780 5.2%
Uninc. Klickitat Co. 583 6,322,057 619 8,087,879 27.9%
Bingen 280 2,881,239 272 1,950,983 -32.3%
Goldendale 630 6,751,143 694 7,279,701 7.8%
White Salmon 444 2,297,698 515 3,615,381 57.3%
Uninc. Lewis Co. 1,344 47,238,618 1,385 46,491,014 -1.6%
Centralia 1,855 49,601,003 1,876 48,070,120 -3.1%
Chehalis 1,457 52,421,570 1,602 55,725,069 6.3%
Morton 348 5,628,712 380 5,489,170 -2.5%
Mossyrock 210 1,314,142 217 995,236 -24.3%
Napavine 178 767,664 181 794,837 3.5%
Pe Ell 128 944,326 130 385,534 -59.2%
Toledo 315 2,088,629 342 1,436,319 -31.2%
Vader 112 200,753 124 276,678 37.8%
Winlock 395 2,207,658 455 2,604,691 18.0%
Uninc. Lincoln Co. 225 1,396,585 235 1,204,368 -13.8%
Almira 93 605,083 113 460,925 -23.8%
Creston 82 188,871 74 190,830 1.0%
Davenport 391 3,835,047 459 4,326,504 12.8%
Harrington 131 532,287 151 488,261 -8.3%
Odessa 204 2,668,987 237 3,009,244 12.7%
Reardan 171 712,030 183 747,777 5.0%
Sprague 122 592,924 153 588,724 -0.7%
Wilbur 238 1,967,749 259 1,738,204 -11.7%
Uninc. Mason Co. 1,423 28,970,798 1,546 32,004,258 10.5%
Shelton 1,406 28,386,343 1,462 33,120,855 16.7%
Uninc. Okanogan Co. 507 8,226,812 576 8,036,364 -2.3%
Brewster 392 3,963,122 449 4,494,612 13.4%
Conconully 51 72,200 60 107,716 49.2%
Coulee Dam 132 732,239 145 912,436 24.6%
Elmer City 47 84,144 60 100,232 19.1%
Nespelem 83 75,047 99 150,356 100.3%
Okanogan 445 7,536,155 456 6,487,844 -13.9%
Omak 717 18,733,737 742 18,712,477 -0.1%
Oroville 349 4,289,003 390 4,867,206 13.5%
Pateros 161 1,416,278 192 961,283 -32.1%
Riverside 67 142,687 77 191,126 33.9%
Tonasket 341 4,701,148 403 3,943,944 -16.1%
Twisp 237 3,002,177 264 2,229,276 -25.7%
Winthrop 214 1,611,207 271 2,123,226 31.8%
Uninc. Pacific Co. 708 9,934,974 815 10,041,630 1.1%
Ilwaco 291 1,987,693 256 1,676,656 -15.6%
Long Beach 479 5,761,534 517 5,387,063 -6.5%
Raymond 520 7,042,533 562 5,892,343 -16.3%
South Bend 323 2,195,742 347 2,442,109 11.2%
Uninc. Pend Oreille 304 3,243,501 309 4,992,913 53.9%
Cusick 97 297,905 127 334,198 12.2%
Ione 140 565,031 161 687,780 21.7%
Metaline 32 57,212 32 62,755 9.7%
Metaline Falls 82 450,049 118 565,938 25.8%
Newport 505 6,219,268 569 5,317,633 -14.5%
Uninc. Pierce Co. 6,488 306,671,082 5,807 253,776,507 -17.2%
Bonney Lake 808 16,544,230 988 18,837,614 13.9%
Buckley 747 9,077,283 830 5,916,201 -34.8%
Carbonado 76 109,551 87 76,228 -30.4%
Du Pont 238 1,515,009 373 4,645,898 206.7%
Eatonville 517 6,378,125 616 6,019,283 -5.6%
Edgewood 74 769,914 402 4,224,109 448.6%
Fife 1,186 62,450,687 1,221 71,512,220 14.5%
Fircrest 455 2,918,790 520 4,402,620 50.8%
Gig Harbor 2,039 31,223,277 2,242 37,623,118 20.5%
Lakewood 609 20,522,986 1,929 90,439,000 340.7%
Milton 648 20,681,060 718 21,247,293 2.7%
Orting 587 2,991,932 681 4,749,706 58.8%
Puyallup 3,844 193,685,048 4,039 228,061,300 17.7%
Roy 433 1,873,200 537 2,681,344 43.1%
Ruston 89 501,372 90 471,032 -6.1%
South Prairie 142 614,003 152 489,800 -20.2%
Steilacoom 629 4,817,614 669 3,518,188 -27.0%
Sumner 1,655 34,482,852 1,802 37,832,564 9.7%
Tacoma 8,966 641,264,045 8,948 642,745,320 0.2%
University Place 709 21,071,063 994 24,700,052 17.2%
Wilkeson 98 566,349 105 339,047 -40.1%
Uninc. San Juan Co. 942 18,420,136 1,068 23,321,414 26.6%
Friday Harbor 611 10,604,180 683 11,354,502 7.1%
Uninc. Skagit Co. 1,542 50,145,385 1,585 48,390,627 -3.5%
Anacortes 1,563 27,666,547 1,658 34,101,487 23.3%
Burlington 1,546 72,712,388 1,603 77,723,966 6.9%
Concrete 252 1,075,532 312 1,341,348 24.7%
Hamilton 100 257,689 98 190,118 -26.2%
La Conner 541 5,928,615 596 7,496,685 26.4%
Lyman 92 251,747 91 330,929 31.5%
Mount Vernon 2,137 70,340,182 2,283 79,594,899 13.2%
Sedro Woolley 973 19,117,829 1,038 20,418,195 6.8%
Uninc. Skamania Co. 442 3,138,071 449 3,277,826 4.5%
North Bonneville 89 242,749 82 128,751 -47.0%
Stevenson 371 4,376,303 430 5,566,123 27.2%
Uninc. Snohomish Co. 4,505 201,744,446 4,611 225,156,432 11.6%
Arlington 1,764 28,280,459 1,985 33,883,796 19.8%
Brier 428 1,715,103 521 2,828,454 64.9%
Darrington 301 1,680,026 294 1,536,901 -8.5%
Edmonds 3,028 73,633,722 3,309 90,388,723 22.8%
Everett 5,938 370,560,214 6,276 462,280,429 24.8%
Gold Bar 214 859,838 286 1,128,375 31.2%
Granite Falls 519 4,810,468 575 5,295,018 10.1%
Index 89 160,262 109 194,496 21.4%
Lake Stevens 1,023 8,016,954 1,092 7,856,501 -2.0%
Lynnwood 4,057 297,001,447 4,281 305,402,900 2.8%
Marysville 2,344 68,559,340 2,528 65,673,542 -4.2%
Mill Creek 1,202 18,175,318 1,396 22,220,977 22.3%
Monroe 1,733 41,421,132 1,929 45,530,330 9.9%
Mountlake Terrace 1,306 28,439,569 1,414 26,421,243 -7.1%
Mukilteo 1,658 19,848,175 1,857 25,575,878 28.9%
Snohomish 1,960 28,259,111 2,168 31,157,507 10.3%
Stanwood 1,069 15,911,812 1,177 19,519,796 22.7%
Sultan 478 4,268,610 561 4,568,492 7.0%
Woodway 158 1,683,723 194 1,904,677 13.1%
Uninc. Spokane Co. 5,111 348,970,359 5,222 374,944,625 7.4%
Airway Heights 432 8,412,933 479 7,215,537 -14.2%
Cheney 756 13,914,496 832 15,858,281 14.0%
Deer Park 567 8,055,441 610 9,331,968 15.8%
Fairfield 167 1,239,715 178 984,290 -20.6%
Latah 65 353,016 76 207,582 -41.2%
Medical Lake 425 3,284,967 481 5,192,187 58.1%
Millwood 160 5,050,860 153 3,691,929 -26.9%
Rockford 165 718,139 171 775,448 8.0%
Spangle 183 781,271 193 997,315 27.7%
Spokane 7,434 598,949,060 7,802 613,527,144 2.4%
Waverly 38 123,511 38 79,991 -35.2%
Uninc. Stevens Co. 787 10,688,485 821 9,446,756 -11.6%
Chewelah 434 4,977,767 484 4,902,778 -1.5%
Colville 878 24,134,639 954 24,042,747 -0.4%
Kettle Falls 298 2,302,359 325 2,455,229 6.6%
Marcus 34 27,863 32 154,174 453.3%
Northport 115 280,260 127 235,435 -16.0%
Springdale 120 458,573 129 406,923 -11.3%
Uninc. Thurston Co. 2,022 59,478,867 2,163 69,169,522 16.3%
Bucoda 69 307,195 88 269,665 -12.2%
Lacey 2,071 82,427,575 2,100 82,488,198 0.1%
Olympia 4,218 230,664,242 4,520 242,044,442 4.9%
Rainier 319 1,686,359 345 1,915,200 13.6%
Tenino 430 2,959,785 484 2,818,266 -4.8%
Tumwater 1,431 47,212,918 1,489 47,614,393 0.9%
Yelm 824 11,200,191 925 13,443,827 20.0%
Uninc. Wahkiakum Co. 199 1,360,275 229 1,655,178 21.7%
Cathlamet 302 1,048,904 321 1,462,928 39.5%
Uninc. Walla Walla C 819 13,913,299 807 14,008,836 0.7%
College Place 414 3,548,342 442 3,430,275 -3.3%
Prescott 116 264,232 135 385,630 45.9%
Waitsburg 199 1,049,051 243 1,002,869 -4.4%
Walla Walla 2,036 73,915,994 2,121 72,864,158 -1.4%
Uninc. Whatcom Co. 1,899 61,533,404 1,986 71,021,187 15.4%
Bellingham. 4,340 246,650,806 4,386 262,423,527 6.4%
Blaine 926 15,832,291 1,032 15,779,067 -0.3%
Everson 420 2,925,473 473 3,022,440 3.3%
Ferndale 1,110 17,578,373 1,113 17,051,964 -3.0%
Lynden 1,008 26,040,660 1,112 35,235,523 35.3%
Nooksack 126 766,438 152 999,610 30.4%
Sumas 355 2,741,095 393 2,759,035 0.7%
Uninc. Whitman Co. 314 6,628,887 353 6,011,675 -9.3%
Albion 87 161,566 103 137,185 -15.1%
Colfax 548 6,367,703 652 7,107,455 11.6%
Colton 97 191,245 132 217,208 13.6%
Endicott 97 217,111 109 218,253 0.5%
Farmington 70 77,276 85 112,964 46.2%
Garfield 145 1,076,551 146 534,551 -50.3%
La Crosse 110 776,554 129 848,493 9.3%
Lamont 28 18,658 34 128,927 591.0%
Malden 25 49,753 37 77,904 56.6%
Oakesdale 126 512,722 135 395,564 -22.9%
Palouse 174 1,230,059 215 1,030,740 -16.2%
Pullman 1,259 45,215,385 1,400 51,639,135 14.2%
Rosalia 184 1,312,864 211 623,404 -52.5%
St. John 159 1,649,352 171 1,501,529 -9.0%
Tekoa 153 1,373,354 179 1,152,492 -16.1%
Uniontown 104 284,383 125 246,769 -13.2%
Uninc. Yakima Co. 1,528 48,766,438 1,582 49,499,950 1.5%
Grandview 635 13,332,276 700 13,244,199 -0.7%
Granger 212 932,181 244 1,096,813 17.7%
Harrah 121 310,368 148 456,669 47.1%
Mabton 164 610,149 180 599,922 -1.7%
Moxee City 238 1,149,078 276 1,242,454 8.1%
Naches 298 1,360,691 331 1,238,365 -9.0%
Selah 787 10,633,345 816 11,891,651 11.8%
Sunnyside 1,104 38,679,572 1,205 39,869,774 3.1%
Tieton 136 2,058,093 167 1,672,604 -18.7%
Toppenish 702 10,169,667 741 12,712,026 25.0%
Union Gap 710 42,575,166 732 46,874,008 10.1%
Wapato 495 5,603,477 553 6,059,210 8.1%
Yakima 3,809 240,102,566 3,944 250,827,557 4.5%
Zillah 379 2,827,992 451 3,421,441 21.0%
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