Taxable Retail Sales And Unit Count Quarter 4, 1997
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TAXABLE RETAIL SALES AND UNIT COUNT 04/16/98
For All Cities and Counties in Washington State
By Calendar Year Comparison
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Q4 96 Q4 96 Q4 97 Q4 97
Unit Taxable Unit Taxable Percent
Count Retail Sales Count Retail Sales Change
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Uninc. Adams Co. 386 9,165,370 352 6906137 -24.6%
Hatton 31 61,727 33 55307 -10.4%
Lind 183 2,239,049 211 2463627 10.0%
Othello 886 19,301,350 901 17956526 -7.0%
Ritzville 512 7,004,882 551 7215581 3.0%
Washtucna 117 327,419 106 266851 -18.5%
Uninc. Asotin Co. 324 3,978,494 315 4402466 10.7%
Asotin 238 698,587 256 982296 40.6%
Clarkston 1,104 27,056,356 1117 28094027 3.8%
Uninc. Benton Co. 851 17,297,861 923 18452383 6.7%
Benton City 530 3,362,723 507 2723044 -19.0%
Kennewick 3,728 233,432,656 3631 251100157 7.6%
Prosser 947 17,557,549 976 17445226 -0.6%
Richland 2,691 90,852,004 2682 90409493 -0.5%
West Richland 553 3,652,839 531 4318915 18.2%
Uninc. Chelan Co. 1,391 48,236,657 1449 60495894 25.4%
Cashmere 597 4,173,598 669 5016279 20.2%
Chelan 844 11,544,271 879 13474163 16.7%
Entiat 218 902,374 238 854377 -5.3%
Leavenworth 873 17,019,561 882 18162127 6.7%
Wenatchee 2,825 125,777,589 2830 145946601 16.0%
Uninc. Clallam Co. 1,372 46,055,012 1470 53446434 16.0%
Forks 565 7,393,597 562 8600392 16.3%
Port Angeles 2,177 59,779,063 2137 65903719 10.2%
Sequim 1,335 23,704,545 1403 30147707 27.2%
Uninc. Clark Co. 5,104 312,079,134 4790 265477615 -14.9%
Battle Ground 1,543 23,000,434 1530 20508869 -10.8%
Camas 1,855 34,165,905 1888 43563358 27.5%
La Center 551 2,572,662 581 2377919 -7.6%
Ridgefield 850 3,834,139 962 4026370 5.0%
Vancouver 6,359 350,851,575 6831 457247038 30.3%
Washougal 1,216 12,700,955 1253 14805105 16.6%
Yacolt 391 3,290,967 367 1860602 -43.5%
Uninc. Columbia Co. 136 1,725,858 116 1431996 -17.0%
Dayton 534 5,436,534 553 4431792 -18.5%
Starbuck 50 133,833 72 71597 -46.5%
Uninc. Cowlitz Co. 1,466 40,837,765 1419 30044212 -26.4%
Castle Rock 636 5,524,344 706 5972488 8.1%
Kalama 654 5,392,249 684 6888716 27.8%
Kelso 1,564 47,229,122 1640 52808189 11.8%
Longview 3,118 131,257,545 3108 143336921 9.2%
Woodland 953 13,658,900 980 17144113 25.5%
Uninc. Douglas Co. 671 17,741,231 686 19878413 12.0%
Bridgeport 243 1,141,907 216 975701 -14.6%
East Wenatchee 1,050 37,900,666 1104 42633662 12.5%
Mansfield 108 314,830 119 352583 12.0%
Rock Island 150 803,510 175 726754 -9.6%
Waterville 274 1,123,466 270 1199427 6.8%
Uninc. Ferry Co. 427 5,606,812 423 5652819 0.8%
Republic 392 3,864,976 422 3419564 -11.5%
Uninc. Franklin Co. 698 11,968,088 733 14601769 22.0%
Connell 438 3,407,588 450 5458053 60.2%
Kahlotus 85 119,713 105 164151 37.1%
Mesa 174 1,047,878 220 1079562 3.0%
Pasco 2,517 109,279,013 2558 116065449 6.2%
Uninc. Garfield Co. 86 373,639 93 861044 130.4%
Pomeroy 370 2,951,378 378 3539531 19.9%
Uninc. Grant Co. 969 30,016,303 1122 27640013 -7.9%
Coulee City 224 2,873,327 235 3190159 11.0%
Electric City 148 657,076 155 515449 -21.6%
Ephrata 923 18,500,859 977 21650518 17.0%
George 133 1,366,750 137 1148577 -16.0%
Grand Coulee 323 3,927,311 322 4057016 3.3%
Hartline 61 102,005 71 154083 51.1%
Krupp 24 21,593 32 22563 4.5%
Mattawa 261 2,189,651 287 2310517 5.5%
Moses Lake 2,044 83,648,003 2084 94625360 13.1%
Quincy 780 13,888,851 817 14083309 1.4%
Royal City 295 2,748,334 301 3161857 15.0%
Soap Lake 283 1,711,286 315 2042261 19.3%
Warden 325 2,488,778 386 4620050 85.6%
Wilson Creek 73 588,153 93 312620 -46.8%
Uninc. Grays Harbor 1,202 20,290,938 1119 21272021 4.8%
Aberdeen 1,897 77,362,897 1845 79805482 3.2%
Cosmopolis 351 2,471,385 350 2497590 1.1%
Elma 764 8,107,551 739 9907433 22.2%
Hoquiam 923 12,899,642 903 13499629 4.7%
McCleary 304 1,405,334 306 1303696 -7.2%
Montesano 650 11,165,157 703 9674489 -13.4%
Oakville 221 1,041,092 226 1434328 37.8%
Ocean Shores 642 11,897,235 629 10643921 -10.5%
Westport 451 4,345,624 449 3940791 -9.3%
Uninc. Island Co. 2,194 46,161,386 2320 51098011 10.7%
Coupeville 822 4,825,796 819 5433592 12.6%
Langley 624 6,586,265 644 6193465 -6.0%
Oak Harbor 1,748 48,771,935 1749 53755394 10.2%
Uninc. Jefferson Co. 1,401 26,004,760 1482 30340541 16.7%
Port Townsend 1,498 26,798,227 1540 29285016 9.3%
Uninc. King Co. 8,674 445,162,192 8344 389880812 -12.4%
Algona 471 6,298,793 499 4909787 -22.1%
Auburn 4,658 260,667,982 4683 273895507 5.1%
Beaux Arts Village 115 536,558 124 888574 65.6%
Bellevue 9,749 875,505,782 9878 1040080756 18.8%
Black Diamond 445 3,452,745 561 4288828 24.2%
Bothell 5,113 113,489,835 5438 143672382 26.6%
Burien 1,969 87,733,623 2057 97336444 10.9%
Carnation 705 4,832,652 797 5986972 23.9%
Clyde Hill 287 3,107,349 406 2755492 -11.3%
Covington 417 16356047
Des Moines 1,589 26,215,621 1798 30381614 15.9%
Duvall 889 6,405,384 1033 8783839 37.1%
Enumclaw 1,799 39,442,674 1879 40112908 1.7%
Federal Way 4,452 250,678,528 4549 269212221 7.4%
Hunts Point 120 2,192,799 131 1730771 -21.1%
Issaquah 3,948 151,163,671 4120 164160944 8.6%
Kent 6,893 504,461,182 6848 542564129 7.6%
Kirkland 5,781 268,184,479 5957 324187944 20.9%
Lake Forest Park 693 8,866,647 823 8602060 -3.0%
Maple Valley 1051 18597345
Medina 715 21,753,517 816 21755099 0.0%
Mercer Island 2,681 36,639,486 2809 43374812 18.4%
Newcastle 632 12,071,544 813 13883430 15.0%
Normandy Park 574 5,821,376 551 5314077 -8.7%
North Bend 1,250 28,326,794 1366 34241494 20.9%
Pacific 625 10,755,532 640 12291952 14.3%
Redmond 5,932 354,892,097 6186 415898966 17.2%
Renton 5,508 305,434,317 5604 356873093 16.8%
SeaTac 1,580 131,997,807 1680 144678138 9.6%
Seattle 27,569 2,566,429,250 27480 2891911404 12.7%
Shoreline 1,712 100,397,688 2038 115404232 14.9%
Skykomish 224 782,255 215 809372 3.5%
Snoqualmie 705 13,862,669 753 16311160 17.7%
Tukwila 3,023 412,382,441 3019 435666565 5.6%
Woodinville 3,220 77,421,625 3399 97662566 26.1%
Yarrow Point 130 1,298,206 187 1584998 22.1%
Uninc. Kitsap Co. 4,981 249,090,187 5036 273262198 9.7%
Bainbridge Island 1,802 37,984,237 1881 44608455 17.4%
Bremerton 3,294 119,240,195 3243 121448162 1.9%
Port Orchard 2,196 43,520,421 2187 51445817 18.2%
Poulsbo 1,834 41,776,050 1809 46137783 10.4%
Uninc. Kittitas Co. 747 29,225,681 737 16760312 -42.7%
Cle Elum 645 10,381,095 683 9505054 -8.4%
Ellensburg 1,703 58,698,857 1739 62875117 7.1%
Kittitas 185 774,834 188 1069139 38.0%
Roslyn 175 1,494,340 188 1117747 -25.2%
South Cle Elum 81 475,772 98 193238 -59.4%
Uninc. Klickitat Co. 778 11,216,741 862 14184355 26.5%
Bingen 283 2,361,960 271 2645753 12.0%
Goldendale 759 8,414,111 774 7803053 -7.3%
White Salmon 553 4,414,108 599 5489108 24.4%
Uninc. Lewis Co. 1,766 62,025,492 1705 56732354 -8.5%
Centralia 2,143 59,357,743 2071 53703510 -9.5%
Chehalis 1,739 64,541,440 1767 70185784 8.7%
Morton 430 6,407,803 458 6033315 -5.8%
Mossyrock 260 1,254,767 259 1310457 4.4%
Napavine 195 1,003,134 231 1005403 0.2%
Pe Ell 148 769,133 164 939421 22.1%
Toledo 391 2,809,046 392 2313994 -17.6%
Vader 140 327,846 143 324725 -1.0%
Winlock 468 3,025,238 509 2973361 -1.7%
Uninc. Lincoln Co. 317 2,164,833 326 2415735 11.6%
Almira 117 740,017 136 729302 -1.4%
Creston 106 251,329 115 176785 -29.7%
Davenport 486 7,020,691 500 4385555 -37.5%
Harrington 151 492,988 154 886443 79.8%
Odessa 268 3,771,248 269 3668087 -2.7%
Reardan 191 865,062 239 912995 5.5%
Sprague 148 595,400 180 1337968 124.7%
Wilbur 288 2,762,995 310 2388056 -13.6%
Uninc. Mason Co. 1,918 37,898,377 1917 38917439 2.7%
Shelton 1,544 31,460,927 1642 37648145 19.7%
Uninc. Okanogan Co. 734 14,539,312 767 16022737 10.2%
Brewster 497 5,936,120 528 6801103 14.6%
Conconully 77 198,950 70 91874 -53.8%
Coulee Dam 182 1,042,780 175 1198004 14.9%
Elmer City 67 88,633 67 67958 -23.3%
Nespelem 103 109,901 117 178518 62.4%
Okanogan 524 8,512,374 532 8735682 2.6%
Omak 836 26,018,864 869 25489403 -2.0%
Oroville 454 6,821,367 422 5533204 -18.9%
Pateros 229 1,143,866 234 816063 -28.7%
Riverside 86 331,450 99 441551 33.2%
Tonasket 448 4,744,712 467 4883320 2.9%
Twisp 331 3,630,381 347 3564116 -1.8%
Winthrop 350 3,394,756 362 3258351 -4.0%
Uninc. Pacific Co. 1,016 14,363,571 1028 11962156 -16.7%
Ilwaco 323 2,366,788 338 2856394 20.7%
Long Beach 556 5,645,145 573 6354698 12.6%
Raymond 584 8,041,372 610 7732991 -3.8%
South Bend 366 2,815,651 380 2599366 -7.7%
Uninc. Pend Oreille 437 8,992,502 447 6041419 -32.8%
Cusick 139 604,637 134 546543 -9.6%
Ione 168 981,155 177 964256 -1.7%
Metaline 36 59,367 61 505002 750.6%
Metaline Falls 131 893,162 143 814070 -8.9%
Newport 616 6,047,528 658 6559499 8.5%
Uninc. Pierce Co. 7,361 272,664,905 7161 279884222 2.6%
Bonney Lake 1,036 22,959,148 1140 26890076 17.1%
Buckley 941 7,066,130 1000 7921026 12.1%
Carbonado 83 120,689 105 245149 103.1%
Du Pont 376 6,092,214 466 6769881 11.1%
Eatonville 697 6,701,218 756 6672380 -0.4%
Edgewood 402 4,064,824 589 5615684 38.2%
Fife 1,312 73,371,192 1383 93832383 27.9%
Fircrest 534 5,001,275 634 5246418 4.9%
Gig Harbor 2,659 38,470,016 2793 60186405 56.5%
Lakewood 1,865 98,401,190 2405 118549653 20.5%
Milton 784 19,645,136 873 20280418 3.2%
Orting 735 5,000,928 758 4880984 -2.4%
Puyallup 5,012 255,497,295 4873 276929581 8.4%
Roy 530 2,570,933 605 2982114 16.0%
Ruston 92 437,312 109 476473 9.0%
South Prairie 158 492,647 168 503685 2.2%
Steilacoom 777 4,013,826 769 4769992 18.8%
Sumner 2,005 37,626,696 2089 49869553 32.5%
Tacoma 10,793 739,073,780 10510 775408816 4.9%
University Place 1,075 25,154,751 1230 28835298 14.6%
Wilkeson 110 331,043 128 356349 7.6%
Uninc. San Juan Co. 1,325 27,907,448 1342 33301343 19.3%
Friday Harbor 758 13,411,158 838 15285181 14.0%
Uninc. Skagit Co. 1,932 57,583,569 1961 61416271 6.7%
Anacortes 1,963 34,619,865 1939 37238073 7.6%
Burlington 1,743 97,874,667 1822 113529451 16.0%
Concrete 318 1,560,560 315 1449839 -7.1%
Hamilton 100 191,269 102 295380 54.4%
La Conner 673 7,317,097 653 7871513 7.6%
Lyman 96 617,100 99 334732 -45.8%
Mount Vernon 2,605 85,125,259 2659 94718557 11.3%
Sedro Woolley 1,153 21,414,664 1198 26112689 21.9%
Uninc. Skamania Co. 543 6,371,682 594 5321355 -16.5%
North Bonneville 110 269,301 119 354023 31.5%
Stevenson 470 6,345,703 503 6846167 7.9%
Uninc. Snohomish Co. 5,813 238,203,955 5848 270652377 13.6%
Arlington 2,129 34,124,159 2270 44832337 31.4%
Brier 554 2,530,140 632 3620141 43.1%
Darrington 351 1,726,311 352 2199727 27.4%
Edmonds 3,857 92,366,152 3915 112848045 22.2%
Everett 7,027 467,157,608 7207 518409222 11.0%
Gold Bar 321 1,648,391 346 1374966 -16.6%
Granite Falls 605 5,691,741 719 7060261 24.0%
Index 120 300,345 101 301220 0.3%
Lake Stevens 1,286 10,301,212 1347 14597965 41.7%
Lynnwood 4,632 366,869,414 4736 410103782 11.8%
Marysville 2,864 76,422,338 2909 85349792 11.7%
Mill Creek 1,487 24,952,425 1583 27654106 10.8%
Monroe 2,145 52,279,124 2343 63927195 22.3%
Mountlake Terrace 1,506 27,770,205 1595 29781804 7.2%
Mukilteo 1,970 27,205,334 2115 33091897 21.6%
Snohomish 2,505 36,821,212 2569 40732165 10.6%
Stanwood 1,302 21,899,436 1430 22742632 3.9%
Sultan 591 5,125,972 641 5681786 10.8%
Woodway 199 1,785,596 212 3335485 86.8%
Uninc. Spokane Co. 6,578 436,737,402 6607 466007339 6.7%
Airway Heights 516 8,883,744 547 10309454 16.0%
Cheney 918 16,807,046 982 19372737 15.3%
Deer Park 709 11,630,149 744 9734162 -16.3%
Fairfield 198 1,812,553 226 1695905 -6.4%
Latah 86 252,945 87 324131 28.1%
Medical Lake 535 5,064,329 572 4783607 -5.5%
Millwood 183 4,516,033 167 4417840 -2.2%
Rockford 200 1,069,127 213 1000700 -6.4%
Spangle 222 1,555,286 255 1355646 -12.8%
Spokane 9,470 750,030,551 9435 780162639 4.0%
Waverly 51 220,234 48 387239 75.8%
Uninc. Stevens Co. 1,193 18,324,059 1153 23407224 27.7%
Chewelah 564 6,129,951 565 6300029 2.8%
Colville 1,096 32,253,902 1162 37331240 15.7%
Kettle Falls 412 3,414,087 421 3196139 -6.4%
Marcus 44 128,765 40 30637 -76.2%
Northport 146 347,811 148 374752 7.7%
Springdale 144 520,892 159 565234 8.5%
Uninc. Thurston Co. 2,705 73,886,955 2704 71750836 -2.9%
Bucoda 105 323,100 81 377653 16.9%
Lacey 2,414 99,842,965 2361 101663199 1.8%
Olympia 5,170 279,302,233 5160 290009358 3.8%
Rainier 365 1,512,469 391 2497218 65.1%
Tenino 529 3,171,410 524 2779922 -12.3%
Tumwater 1,602 49,367,599 1627 54914503 11.2%
Yelm 975 14,474,041 1066 14805824 2.3%
Uninc. Wahkiakum Co. 276 1,981,511 288 1927888 -2.7%
Cathlamet 358 1,904,828 349 1467320 -23.0%
Uninc. Walla Walla C 974 17,138,668 954 14585684 -14.9%
College Place 511 4,100,880 533 3809076 -7.1%
Prescott 140 596,774 161 366120 -38.7%
Waitsburg 292 1,460,892 293 1486072 1.7%
Walla Walla 2,463 85,854,634 2416 88023313 2.5%
Uninc. Whatcom Co. 2,509 71,521,747 2554 77792955 8.8%
Bellingham. 5,279 304,687,555 5298 338091100 11.0%
Blaine 1,088 16,205,617 1103 17561869 8.4%
Everson 537 3,637,072 518 3589864 -1.3%
Ferndale 1,302 21,136,471 1326 24466526 15.8%
Lynden 1,262 34,697,877 1284 37651906 8.5%
Nooksack 151 867,533 155 999262 15.2%
Sumas 397 3,058,007 441 3886490 27.1%
Uninc. Whitman Co. 417 7,627,629 421 9223489 20.9%
Albion 116 367,972 105 241343 -34.4%
Colfax 677 9,772,045 730 8234133 -15.7%
Colton 142 338,521 153 290246 -14.3%
Endicott 111 371,640 123 301135 -19.0%
Farmington 96 118,106 94 97033 -17.8%
Garfield 176 875,467 174 678402 -22.5%
La Crosse 150 756,092 162 828090 9.5%
Lamont 38 32,732 41 55255 68.8%
Malden 37 40,968 37 38428 -6.2%
Oakesdale 162 485,577 172 485262 -0.1%
Palouse 272 1,569,810 257 1318413 -16.0%
Pullman 1,606 57,317,045 1678 54947377 -4.1%
Rosalia 228 882,826 236 779783 -11.7%
St. John 192 2,365,727 208 2761265 16.7%
Tekoa 199 1,503,814 208 1059099 -29.6%
Uniontown 132 393,686 150 1000854 154.2%
Uninc. Yakima Co. 2,000 60,211,969 2035 70191922 16.6%
Grandview 728 12,948,284 752 15305594 18.2%
Granger 268 1,114,342 271 1498768 34.5%
Harrah 155 397,595 164 622939 56.7%
Mabton 192 1,025,235 229 879194 -14.2%
Moxee City 286 1,395,125 308 1609339 15.4%
Naches 369 2,516,961 399 2874716 14.2%
Selah 926 13,040,300 1012 13045476 0.0%
Sunnyside 1,289 44,320,883 1347 48718212 9.9%
Tieton 186 1,826,700 222 2526233 38.3%
Toppenish 789 12,627,218 864 12795734 1.3%
Union Gap 809 57,144,622 859 63626645 11.3%
Wapato 621 6,460,761 657 8266744 28.0%
Yakima 4,491 294,620,117 4588 323110094 9.7%
Zillah 501 4,567,665 519 4042619 -11.5%
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