Taxable Retail Sales And Unit Count Quarter 3, 1997
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TAXABLE RETAIL SALES AND UNIT COUNT 01/26/98
For All Cities and Counties in Washington State
By Calendar Year Comparison
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Q3 96 Q3 96 Q3 97 Q3 97
Unit Taxable Unit Taxable Percent
Count Retail Sales Count Retail Sales Change
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Uninc. Adams Co. 323 9,665,842 332 7,656,506 -20.8%
Hatton 32 79,137 27 12,704 -83.9%
Lind 185 2,930,327 179 2,432,868 -17.0%
Othello 824 22,473,262 860 22,211,744 -1.2%
Ritzville 472 7,560,677 498 8,272,604 9.4%
Washtucna 91 407,894 96 284,834 -30.2%
Uninc. Asotin Co. 267 4,383,624 280 5,304,750 21.0%
Asotin 207 683,571 242 819,640 19.9%
Clarkston 1,031 27,176,390 1,043 28,122,020 3.5%
Uninc. Benton Co. 756 14,781,645 791 23,990,804 62.3%
Benton City 483 3,681,602 499 2,920,153 -20.7%
Kennewick 3,180 203,778,015 3,263 222,132,026 9.0%
Prosser 844 17,939,676 891 18,491,018 3.1%
Richland 2,436 92,748,560 2,513 89,166,278 -3.9%
West Richland 481 4,687,260 501 3,891,866 -17.0%
Uninc. Chelan Co. 1,182 54,646,375 1,248 58,368,593 6.8%
Cashmere 571 4,577,589 598 5,271,756 15.2%
Chelan 791 20,319,320 835 22,762,853 12.0%
Entiat 199 1,043,742 233 1,712,227 64.0%
Leavenworth 762 21,649,018 811 21,386,840 -1.2%
Wenatchee 2,511 126,912,872 2,545 143,168,218 12.8%
Uninc. Clallam Co. 1,099 49,592,655 1,228 58,963,392 18.9%
Forks 510 8,864,499 524 9,482,665 7.0%
Port Angeles 1,938 68,094,216 1,972 71,146,531 4.5%
Sequim 1,206 26,643,092 1,252 28,531,445 7.1%
Uninc. Clark Co. 4,161 311,263,746 3,927 272,737,500 -12.4%
Battle Ground 1,340 25,199,697 1,403 22,307,744 -11.5%
Camas 1,694 34,660,294 1,753 34,251,546 -1.2%
La Center 485 2,043,883 538 3,459,215 69.2%
Ridgefield 823 3,910,550 882 4,179,513 6.9%
Vancouver 5,467 329,920,468 6,051 422,274,165 28.0%
Washougal 1,112 12,350,582 1,163 14,902,891 20.7%
Yacolt 331 3,017,172 353 1,682,248 -44.2%
Uninc. Columbia Co. 113 1,122,678 111 1,310,262 16.7%
Dayton 473 5,064,824 497 4,397,584 -13.2%
Starbuck 48 55,250 60 66,711 20.7%
Uninc. Cowlitz Co. 1,268 41,462,566 1,264 37,253,309 -10.2%
Castle Rock 605 6,508,130 630 6,476,749 -0.5%
Kalama 617 3,747,758 647 4,766,236 27.2%
Kelso 1,423 43,904,243 1,525 46,530,119 6.0%
Longview 2,803 132,487,652 2,826 137,687,706 3.9%
Woodland 874 13,298,689 905 15,977,831 20.1%
Uninc. Douglas Co. 579 20,867,800 630 25,329,401 21.4%
Bridgeport 217 1,320,432 206 1,189,826 -9.9%
East Wenatchee 939 34,536,564 998 35,605,225 3.1%
Mansfield 97 315,528 102 386,864 22.6%
Rock Island 140 841,181 153 822,233 -2.3%
Waterville 243 1,288,136 259 1,432,033 11.2%
Uninc. Ferry Co. 328 6,620,925 359 7,601,299 14.8%
Republic 356 4,713,422 365 3,550,031 -24.7%
Uninc. Franklin Co. 617 10,668,055 637 12,851,433 20.5%
Connell 422 4,646,434 426 4,437,558 -4.5%
Kahlotus 71 125,327 87 152,073 21.3%
Mesa 173 837,775 191 1,236,831 47.6%
Pasco 2,235 122,392,844 2,348 129,102,984 5.5%
Uninc. Garfield Co. 80 373,449 90 968,125 159.2%
Pomeroy 316 3,417,069 360 2,976,932 -12.9%
Uninc. Grant Co. 872 41,652,856 1,043 41,866,929 0.5%
Coulee City 196 3,239,563 225 3,357,097 3.6%
Electric City 126 703,321 128 693,718 -1.4%
Ephrata 849 18,405,319 906 19,726,106 7.2%
George 127 1,317,469 130 1,909,542 44.9%
Grand Coulee 292 4,295,762 314 4,217,392 -1.8%
Hartline 58 162,874 58 140,488 -13.7%
Krupp 19 9,706 25 51,110 426.6%
Mattawa 237 3,324,218 271 2,957,403 -11.0%
Moses Lake 1,878 86,575,071 1,974 94,007,002 8.6%
Quincy 732 15,306,334 778 15,985,756 4.4%
Royal City 268 3,806,877 286 4,249,564 11.6%
Soap Lake 246 2,071,858 288 2,134,153 3.0%
Warden 316 3,376,547 379 5,230,467 54.9%
Wilson Creek 71 163,712 91 953,718 482.6%
Uninc. Grays Harbor 971 25,151,926 1,005 27,596,852 9.7%
Aberdeen 1,714 74,698,180 1,682 75,765,381 1.4%
Cosmopolis 316 2,513,454 298 2,512,527 -0.0%
Elma 643 8,326,667 687 10,474,765 25.8%
Hoquiam 840 13,096,204 868 14,215,262 8.5%
McCleary 299 1,446,234 317 1,504,818 4.1%
Montesano 612 10,017,448 624 11,028,304 10.1%
Oakville 210 771,567 194 985,256 27.7%
Ocean Shores 590 17,882,244 596 16,014,931 -10.4%
Westport 416 7,397,322 458 8,099,884 9.5%
Uninc. Island Co. 1,828 48,178,726 1,965 53,785,299 11.6%
Coupeville 713 5,190,188 728 6,459,823 24.5%
Langley 573 8,036,756 607 6,799,379 -15.4%
Oak Harbor 1,555 47,353,593 1,629 51,860,455 9.5%
Uninc. Jefferson Co. 1,178 30,129,353 1,252 34,884,334 15.8%
Port Townsend 1,289 30,533,936 1,363 31,434,102 2.9%
Uninc. King Co. 6,985 427,319,383 7,003 392,610,975 -8.1%
Algona 439 4,686,686 482 3,668,767 -21.7%
Auburn 4,102 240,043,782 4,281 267,488,566 11.4%
Beaux Arts Village 98 378,437 115 405,459 7.1%
Bellevue 8,687 809,202,238 8,997 937,256,619 15.8%
Black Diamond 392 3,870,661 483 4,556,352 17.7%
Bothell 4,524 112,646,705 4,968 132,899,382 18.0%
Burien 1,649 84,181,959 1,862 93,802,329 11.4%
Carnation 600 3,766,467 744 5,743,676 52.5%
Clyde Hill 271 2,967,993 352 3,449,438 16.2%
Covington 128 2,481,412
Des Moines 1,436 27,446,963 1,662 31,491,561 14.7%
Duvall 780 6,470,662 956 9,571,601 47.9%
Enumclaw 1,655 38,121,451 1,764 40,808,551 7.0%
Federal Way 4,010 231,786,696 4,158 242,079,014 4.4%
Hunts Point 105 1,909,235 121 1,772,656 -7.2%
Issaquah 3,381 147,120,719 3,552 163,678,455 11.3%
Kent 6,005 486,510,650 6,368 502,901,683 3.4%
Kirkland 5,039 280,559,492 5,428 317,040,032 13.0%
Lake Forest Park 544 8,534,878 684 7,734,577 -9.4%
Maple Valley 341 5,363,527
Medina 652 18,615,197 736 24,308,503 30.6%
Mercer Island 2,493 36,318,287 2,601 45,462,153 25.2%
Newcastle 530 11,831,161 748 16,174,782 36.7%
Normandy Park 470 5,152,865 515 5,366,205 4.1%
North Bend 1,114 29,025,890 1,277 30,493,937 5.1%
Pacific 533 10,467,778 643 13,115,750 25.3%
Redmond 5,286 332,902,094 5,654 372,395,525 11.9%
Renton 4,842 290,674,876 5,079 347,083,964 19.4%
SeaTac 1,451 185,933,123 1,463 192,872,669 3.7%
Seattle 22,208 2,489,717,946 22,749 2,726,113,195 9.5%
Shoreline 1,294 98,637,908 1,777 118,223,766 19.9%
Skykomish 167 805,043 194 1,128,540 40.2%
Snoqualmie 642 15,016,550 679 20,152,971 34.2%
Tukwila 2,798 382,788,070 2,866 389,230,516 1.7%
Woodinville 2,842 75,882,982 3,083 96,963,501 27.8%
Yarrow Point 114 2,927,908 151 1,514,530 -48.3%
Uninc. Kitsap Co. 4,080 230,743,150 4,153 244,620,927 6.0%
Bainbridge Island 1,488 34,831,572 1,605 42,582,475 22.3%
Bremerton 2,915 130,350,966 2,940 128,022,243 -1.8%
Port Orchard 1,802 42,905,167 1,899 47,620,413 11.0%
Poulsbo 1,561 44,769,290 1,615 49,101,306 9.7%
Uninc. Kittitas Co. 639 30,256,179 638 26,523,306 -12.3%
Cle Elum 583 11,344,064 610 11,139,560 -1.8%
Ellensburg 1,498 56,320,528 1,585 67,580,408 20.0%
Kittitas 172 1,215,575 184 1,485,510 22.2%
Roslyn 143 1,816,053 177 1,426,809 -21.4%
South Cle Elum 72 149,212 82 192,257 28.8%
Uninc. Klickitat Co. 693 10,937,227 744 17,952,203 64.1%
Bingen 297 3,648,706 288 2,700,310 -26.0%
Goldendale 731 8,763,586 706 10,188,980 16.3%
White Salmon 514 3,712,935 536 4,474,049 20.5%
Uninc. Lewis Co. 1,499 57,823,540 1,477 60,025,203 3.8%
Centralia 1,909 56,091,920 1,923 55,818,659 -0.5%
Chehalis 1,580 61,390,014 1,664 70,049,424 14.1%
Morton 391 6,351,004 408 6,655,304 4.8%
Mossyrock 235 1,325,746 244 1,793,504 35.3%
Napavine 185 849,705 204 1,178,108 38.6%
Pe Ell 135 836,034 151 622,801 -25.5%
Toledo 356 3,243,949 387 3,010,496 -7.2%
Vader 123 226,495 134 288,174 27.2%
Winlock 429 2,990,312 466 3,422,972 14.5%
Uninc. Lincoln Co. 264 4,641,118 266 3,280,252 -29.3%
Almira 128 964,661 126 988,103 2.4%
Creston 85 197,647 112 349,943 77.1%
Davenport 455 6,344,723 469 4,487,520 -29.3%
Harrington 127 707,472 160 864,126 22.1%
Odessa 250 5,591,044 250 5,136,682 -8.1%
Reardan 200 1,112,718 217 1,299,847 16.8%
Sprague 152 750,784 160 1,117,529 48.8%
Wilbur 273 2,482,353 284 2,790,552 12.4%
Uninc. Mason Co. 1,625 43,733,428 1,668 41,705,689 -4.6%
Shelton 1,502 32,025,879 1,516 35,508,924 10.9%
Uninc. Okanogan Co. 589 19,565,235 643 21,718,903 11.0%
Brewster 453 7,585,863 489 7,657,658 0.9%
Conconully 60 189,027 68 204,790 8.3%
Coulee Dam 164 1,704,894 176 1,811,835 6.3%
Elmer City 59 104,050 60 108,198 4.0%
Nespelem 100 163,631 107 228,517 39.7%
Okanogan 474 9,700,157 480 8,932,013 -7.9%
Omak 777 24,120,601 825 24,610,510 2.0%
Oroville 366 6,469,814 426 6,843,853 5.8%
Pateros 215 1,925,363 224 1,309,721 -32.0%
Riverside 77 274,825 85 562,617 104.7%
Tonasket 373 5,631,511 417 5,861,082 4.1%
Twisp 284 3,983,990 306 3,970,463 -0.3%
Winthrop 289 5,083,992 350 5,420,947 6.6%
Uninc. Pacific Co. 849 16,943,893 907 17,245,623 1.8%
Ilwaco 290 3,332,660 321 4,019,407 20.6%
Long Beach 552 10,543,237 582 12,123,761 15.0%
Raymond 532 9,180,473 575 7,145,669 -22.2%
South Bend 357 2,821,114 372 3,876,531 37.4%
Uninc. Pend Oreille 361 7,155,059 395 5,389,087 -24.7%
Cusick 129 433,825 142 471,713 8.7%
Ione 175 1,621,446 174 1,545,789 -4.7%
Metaline 36 102,495 51 833,694 713.4%
Metaline Falls 111 936,178 153 1,431,676 52.9%
Newport 556 7,103,444 588 7,337,732 3.3%
Uninc. Pierce Co. 5,948 291,086,697 5,908 285,139,247 -2.0%
Bonney Lake 908 20,635,447 1,060 24,549,757 19.0%
Buckley 838 6,383,549 922 7,891,050 23.6%
Carbonado 94 140,935 98 125,343 -11.1%
Du Pont 329 4,368,162 426 9,348,877 114.0%
Eatonville 620 6,683,975 698 7,090,377 6.1%
Edgewood 344 3,725,355 533 4,665,282 25.2%
Fife 1,161 81,388,529 1,290 95,593,179 17.5%
Fircrest 516 4,219,718 590 4,783,934 13.4%
Gig Harbor 2,212 38,155,762 2,511 58,024,772 52.1%
Lakewood 1,719 89,210,327 2,154 106,900,532 19.8%
Milton 714 20,783,076 744 22,077,316 6.2%
Orting 689 4,274,516 748 4,727,500 10.6%
Puyallup 4,104 233,383,427 4,365 253,861,133 8.8%
Roy 489 2,167,971 598 2,809,651 29.6%
Ruston 95 463,330 113 575,929 24.3%
South Prairie 132 450,747 146 514,906 14.2%
Steilacoom 669 4,702,194 709 4,289,298 -8.8%
Sumner 1,793 37,472,806 1,945 42,777,389 14.2%
Tacoma 9,036 726,112,294 9,198 745,901,260 2.7%
University Place 881 22,295,142 1,135 27,851,688 24.9%
Wilkeson 112 433,890 101 340,186 -21.6%
Uninc. San Juan Co. 1,095 40,705,042 1,157 46,033,418 13.1%
Friday Harbor 725 21,062,775 784 23,295,429 10.6%
Uninc. Skagit Co. 1,568 61,735,821 1,633 65,294,271 5.8%
Anacortes 1,703 41,964,582 1,790 46,715,402 11.3%
Burlington 1,606 85,481,803 1,719 100,828,774 18.0%
Concrete 284 1,470,417 288 1,534,705 4.4%
Hamilton 93 293,062 99 442,824 51.1%
La Conner 593 9,114,747 630 10,494,403 15.1%
Lyman 91 340,886 93 296,326 -13.1%
Mount Vernon 2,324 90,986,277 2,431 99,551,368 9.4%
Sedro Woolley 1,026 23,033,774 1,106 25,798,849 12.0%
Uninc. Skamania Co. 499 7,494,741 536 6,048,048 -19.3%
North Bonneville 93 391,217 95 416,974 6.6%
Stevenson 417 8,964,726 467 9,245,164 3.1%
Uninc. Snohomish Co. 4,693 255,490,143 4,821 301,972,922 18.2%
Arlington 1,931 34,390,800 2,065 42,563,193 23.8%
Brier 499 2,016,345 544 2,865,472 42.1%
Darrington 321 1,886,837 325 2,523,709 33.8%
Edmonds 3,261 82,972,820 3,431 111,487,960 34.4%
Everett 6,081 402,063,070 6,424 491,163,412 22.2%
Gold Bar 283 1,310,064 333 1,322,880 1.0%
Granite Falls 582 7,235,539 607 7,466,931 3.2%
Index 93 262,796 107 375,360 42.8%
Lake Stevens 1,142 9,982,274 1,232 13,201,380 32.2%
Lynnwood 4,146 328,733,585 4,379 354,146,240 7.7%
Marysville 2,531 72,011,680 2,637 78,280,313 8.7%
Mill Creek 1,286 22,059,514 1,497 27,058,636 22.7%
Monroe 1,910 50,386,266 2,124 64,111,714 27.2%
Mountlake Terrace 1,380 30,167,246 1,475 29,059,638 -3.7%
Mukilteo 1,728 26,620,155 1,932 32,771,645 23.1%
Snohomish 2,088 33,039,808 2,319 39,682,519 20.1%
Stanwood 1,225 22,006,208 1,308 23,996,844 9.0%
Sultan 540 4,762,642 598 5,799,110 21.8%
Woodway 183 1,739,413 195 2,817,884 62.0%
Uninc. Spokane Co. 5,367 447,229,705 5,494 486,037,694 8.7%
Airway Heights 479 10,754,436 521 11,118,740 3.4%
Cheney 868 17,536,818 890 18,487,318 5.4%
Deer Park 674 15,087,714 701 11,645,417 -22.8%
Fairfield 186 2,222,664 206 1,940,011 -12.7%
Latah 86 407,538 83 404,741 -0.7%
Medical Lake 514 4,362,721 549 7,795,172 78.7%
Millwood 170 4,901,311 155 4,577,201 -6.6%
Rockford 215 1,038,354 193 1,007,756 -2.9%
Spangle 197 1,101,852 244 1,403,721 27.4%
Spokane 7,751 700,229,811 8,160 725,818,683 3.7%
Waverly 37 109,631 48 98,571 -10.1%
Uninc. Stevens Co. 976 17,373,012 967 19,405,374 11.7%
Chewelah 547 6,570,650 536 6,999,053 6.5%
Colville 1,001 30,019,660 1,055 35,952,250 19.8%
Kettle Falls 344 2,575,822 377 2,956,896 14.8%
Marcus 35 48,665 37 71,989 47.9%
Northport 124 432,953 135 427,058 -1.4%
Springdale 133 770,129 150 622,181 -19.2%
Uninc. Thurston Co. 2,159 80,837,985 2,245 82,331,091 1.8%
Bucoda 90 574,593 96 413,503 -28.0%
Lacey 2,112 95,291,752 2,186 91,894,298 -3.6%
Olympia 4,460 257,506,853 4,592 278,059,593 8.0%
Rainier 324 1,534,991 397 2,781,355 81.2%
Tenino 468 2,934,040 489 2,874,942 -2.0%
Tumwater 1,435 53,105,245 1,516 56,628,099 6.6%
Yelm 860 13,606,795 968 14,842,502 9.1%
Uninc. Wahkiakum Co. 224 2,092,422 257 2,443,994 16.8%
Cathlamet 335 1,374,256 324 1,309,397 -4.7%
Uninc. Walla Walla C 817 16,816,247 379 15,730,221 -6.5%
College Place 460 4,377,713 491 3,819,535 -12.8%
Prescott 133 624,046 167 1,076,279 72.5%
Waitsburg 242 1,313,761 258 1,299,266 -1.1%
Walla Walla 2,189 82,795,217 2,255 86,485,941 4.5%
Uninc. Whatcom Co. 2,056 81,864,882 2,105 89,726,673 9.6%
Bellingham. 4,479 296,143,616 4,496 320,287,931 8.2%
Blaine 1,036 22,496,171 1,022 21,676,224 -3.6%
Everson 472 3,415,179 518 3,540,898 3.7%
Ferndale 1,155 21,503,496 1,205 26,464,381 23.1%
Lynden 1,145 35,036,540 1,146 38,553,853 10.0%
Nooksack 131 1,129,619 158 1,113,517 -1.4%
Sumas 386 3,543,848 411 3,680,185 3.8%
Uninc. Whitman Co. 359 10,303,075 374 10,653,090 3.4%
Albion 98 236,566 96 151,846 -35.8%
Colfax 619 8,447,747 659 10,397,271 23.1%
Colton 132 315,987 146 440,745 39.5%
Endicott 122 269,230 120 298,222 10.8%
Farmington 85 110,546 82 84,767 -23.3%
Garfield 142 840,905 164 725,637 -13.7%
La Crosse 127 1,091,494 154 1,110,630 1.8%
Lamont 38 44,795 34 58,406 30.4%
Malden 43 125,641 39 93,111 -25.9%
Oakesdale 158 612,316 156 633,017 3.4%
Palouse 226 1,415,526 216 1,463,457 3.4%
Pullman 1,405 61,774,378 1,463 64,511,071 4.4%
Rosalia 224 1,094,458 231 836,686 -23.6%
St. John 170 2,912,960 182 2,443,572 -16.1%
Tekoa 200 2,665,760 181 2,012,233 -24.5%
Uniontown 120 298,784 120 562,933 88.4%
Uninc. Yakima Co. 1,682 74,748,781 1,716 74,939,965 0.3%
Grandview 686 13,675,736 720 15,872,763 16.1%
Granger 233 1,461,674 266 1,891,430 29.4%
Harrah 153 483,469 151 692,151 43.2%
Mabton 177 1,118,244 191 926,718 -17.1%
Moxee City 273 1,540,234 293 2,172,063 41.0%
Naches 337 2,124,400 347 2,190,222 3.1%
Selah 842 12,277,014 949 16,389,347 33.5%
Sunnyside 1,189 44,341,609 1,276 45,690,955 3.0%
Tieton 170 2,225,841 189 3,752,438 68.6%
Toppenish 743 14,239,098 791 13,990,878 -1.7%
Union Gap 720 53,181,639 787 61,275,379 15.2%
Wapato 539 7,946,244 618 8,155,182 2.6%
Yakima 3,963 283,050,116 4,165 310,627,566 9.7%
Zillah 452 4,889,614 523 4,571,374 -6.5%
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