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Taxable Retail Sales And Unit Count 3nd Quarter, 1998

For All Cities and Counties in Washington State
By Calendar Year Comparison

Quarter 3 1997 Quarter 3 1998 Percent Change
Unit Count Retail Sales Unit Count Retail Sales
Uninc. Adams Co. 332 7,656,506 343 6,695,915 -12.5%
Hatton 27 12,704 41 10,464 -17.6%
Lind 179 2,432,868 169 2,933,316 20.6%
Othello 860 22,211,744 888 20,207,589 -9.0%
Ritzville 498 8,272,604 463 7,070,982 -14.5%
Washtucna 96 284,834 104 317,465 11.5%
Uninc. Asotin Co. 280 5,304,750 287 9,225,920 73.9%
Asotin 242 819,640 271 1,077,990 31.5%
Clarkston 1,043 28,122,020 1,094 30,395,395 8.1%
Uninc. Benton Co. 791 23,990,804 793 15,601,104 -35.0%
Benton City 499 2,920,153 506 2,675,901 -8.4%
Kennewick 3,263 222,132,026 3,247 235,197,014 5.9%
Prosser 891 18,491,018 933 18,741,530 1.4%
Richland 2,513 89,166,278 2,572 87,907,656 -1.4%
West Richland 501 3,891,866 557 6,176,249 58.7%
Uninc. Chelan Co. 1,248 58,368,593 1,240 51,348,900 -12.0%
Cashmere 598 5,271,756 637 6,250,515 18.6%
Chelan 835 22,762,853 857 23,056,145 1.3%
Entiat 233 1,712,227 224 1,500,730 -12.4%
Leavenworth 811 21,386,840 829 21,194,388 -0.9%
Wenatchee 2,545 143,168,218 2,634 143,905,066 0.5%
Uninc. Clallam Co. 1,228 58,963,392 1,264 68,392,631 16.0%
Forks 524 9,482,665 513 8,988,079 -5.2%
Port Angeles 1,972 71,146,531 2,000 70,685,236 -0.6%
Sequim 1,252 28,531,445 1,298 30,263,009 6.1%
Uninc. Clark Co. 3,927 272,737,500 3,955 284,870,059 4.4%
Battle Ground 1,403 22,307,744 1,410 22,462,530 0.7%
Camas 1,753 34,251,546 1,875 31,229,774 -8.8%
La Center 538 3,459,215 555 2,696,123 -22.1%
Ridgefield 882 4,179,513 946 4,640,214 11.0%
Vancouver 6,051 422,274,165 6,215 455,972,905 8.0%
Washougal 1,163 14,902,891 1,250 19,539,440 31.1%
Yacolt 353 1,682,248 359 1,336,649 -20.5%
Uninc. Columbia Co. 111 1,310,262 104 1,124,989 -14.1%
Dayton 497 4,397,584 496 4,505,741 2.5%
Starbuck 60 66,711 63 126,562 89.7%
Uninc. Cowlitz Co. 1,264 37,253,309 1,206 35,273,654 -5.3%
Castle Rock 630 6,476,749 665 7,852,292 21.2%
Kalama 647 4,766,236 660 5,970,163 25.3%
Kelso 1,525 46,530,119 1,537 48,759,265 4.8%
Longview 2,826 137,687,706 2,848 148,546,167 7.9%
Woodland 905 15,977,831 960 20,494,515 28.3%
Uninc. Douglas Co. 630 25,329,401 645 23,821,480 -6.0%
Bridgeport 206 1,189,826 217 1,351,523 13.6%
East Wenatchee 998 35,605,225 1,051 35,152,281 -1.3%
Mansfield 102 386,864 104 304,250 -21.4%
Rock Island 153 822,233 161 842,626 2.5%
Waterville 259 1,432,033 292 1,282,231 -10.5%
Uninc. Ferry Co. 359 7,601,299 374 7,091,670 -6.7%
Republic 365 3,550,031 377 3,207,151 -9.7%
Uninc. Franklin Co. 637 12,851,433 658 12,211,767 -5.0%
Connell 426 4,437,558 433 5,033,172 13.4%
Kahlotus 87 152,073 95 189,369 24.5%
Mesa 191 1,236,831 191 723,749 -41.5%
Pasco 2,348 129,102,984 2,354 126,127,164 -2.3%
Uninc. Garfield Co. 90 968,125 68 266,963 -72.4%
Pomeroy 360 2,976,932 368 3,684,664 23.8%
Uninc. Grant Co. 1,043 41,866,929 1,017 47,922,414 14.5%
Coulee City 225 3,357,097 236 2,215,363 -34.0%
Electric City 128 693,718 136 893,287 28.8%
Ephrata 906 19,726,106 889 18,540,534 -6.0%
George 130 1,909,542 159 1,418,901 -25.7%
Grand Coulee 314 4,217,392 314 4,602,276 9.1%
Hartline 58 140,488 57 114,852 -18.2%
Krupp 25 51,110 39 52,892 3.5%
Mattawa 271 2,957,403 278 4,154,970 40.5%
Moses Lake 1,974 94,007,002 1,950 96,130,034 2.3%
Quincy 778 15,985,756 812 22,764,749 42.4%
Royal City 286 4,249,564 303 3,415,593 -19.6%
Soap Lake 288 2,134,153 283 2,156,371 1.0%
Warden 379 5,230,467 402 9,387,253 79.5%
Wilson Creek 91 953,718 93 304,974 -68.0%
Uninc. Grays Harbor 1,005 27,596,852 1,023 27,848,268 0.9%
Aberdeen 1,682 75,765,381 1,689 83,671,880 10.4%
Cosmopolis 298 2,512,527 317 2,097,419 -16.5%
Elma 687 10,474,765 678 9,030,441 -13.8%
Hoquiam 868 14,215,262 852 12,541,861 -11.8%
McCleary 317 1,504,818 324 2,016,803 34.0%
Montesano 624 11,028,304 638 11,370,800 3.1%
Oakville 194 985,256 223 810,605 -17.7%
Ocean Shores 596 16,014,931 622 19,694,300 23.0%
Westport 458 8,099,884 475 7,986,613 -1.4%
Uninc. Island Co. 1,965 53,785,299 2,020 56,098,208 4.3%
Coupeville 728 6,459,823 772 6,287,161 -2.7%
Langley 607 6,799,379 631 7,029,982 3.4%
Oak Harbor 1,629 51,860,455 1,651 61,687,599 18.9%
Uninc. Jefferson Co 1,252 34,884,334 1,331 39,715,181 13.8%
Port Townsend 1,363 31,434,102 1,345 31,696,694 0.8%
Uninc. King Co. 7,003 392,610,975 6,325 380,472,391 -3.1%
Algona 482 3,668,767 476 4,951,431 35.0%
Auburn 4,281 267,488,566 4,353 316,608,433 18.4%
Beaux Arts Village 115 405,459 118 452,527 11.6%
Bellevue 8,997 937,256,619 9,154 1,024,379,099 9.3%
Black Diamond 483 4,556,352 588 4,656,589 2.2%
Bothell 4,968 132,899,382 5,205 170,762,245 28.5%
Burien 1,862 93,802,329 1,931 101,854,951 8.6%
Carnation 744 5,743,676 760 6,704,253 16.7%
Clyde Hill 352 3,449,438 363 6,247,031 81.1%
Covington 128 2,481,412 557 21,453,226 764.6%
Des Moines 1,662 31,491,561 1,688 35,682,836 13.3%
Duvall 956 9,571,601 1,015 11,435,318 19.5%
Enumclaw 1,764 40,808,551 1,821 41,966,130 2.8%
Federal Way 4,158 242,079,014 4,214 263,999,158 9.1%
Hunts Point 121 1,772,656 137 2,330,345 31.5%
Issaquah 3,552 163,678,455 3,845 190,839,339 16.6%
Kenmore 198 4,647,677
Kent 6,368 502,901,683 6,437 542,730,033 7.9%
Kirkland 5,428 317,040,032 5,566 332,226,146 4.8%
Lake Forest Park 684 7,734,577 780 8,656,648 11.9%
Maple Valley 341 5,363,527 1,292 28,499,026 431.3%
Medina 736 24,308,503 803 17,350,299 -28.6%
Mercer Island 2,601 45,462,153 2,712 45,342,742 -0.3%
Newcastle 748 16,174,782 784 16,759,440 3.6%
Normandy Park 515 5,366,205 504 5,314,100 -1.0%
North Bend 1,277 30,493,937 1,391 37,435,497 22.8%
Pacific 643 13,115,750 712 15,168,106 15.6%
Redmond 5,654 372,395,525 5,910 421,163,732 13.1%
Renton 5,079 347,083,964 5,162 399,525,075 15.1%
SeaTac 1,463 192,872,669 1,578 223,550,815 15.9%
Seattle 22,749 2,726,113,195 22,936 3,014,355,234 10.6%
Shoreline 1,777 118,223,766 1,964 127,581,092 7.9%
Skykomish 194 1,128,540 221 731,667 -35.2%
Snoqualmie 679 20,152,971 828 23,375,920 16.0%
Tukwila 2,866 389,230,516 2,981 410,402,041 5.4%
Woodinville 3,083 96,963,501 3,381 110,094,370 13.5%
Yarrow Point 151 1,514,530 199 2,033,501 34.3%
Uninc. Kitsap Co. 4,153 244,620,927 3,457 261,400,110 6.9%
Bainbridge Island 1,605 42,582,475 1,715 57,223,076 34.4%
Bremerton 2,940 128,022,243 2,996 134,757,117 5.3%
Port Orchard 1,899 47,620,413 1,966 53,479,480 12.3%
Poulsbo 1,615 49,101,306 1,700 50,976,934 3.8%
Uninc. Kittitas Co. 638 26,523,306 718 21,943,205 -17.3%
Cle Elum 610 11,139,560 652 12,098,370 8.6%
Ellensburg 1,585 67,580,408 1,606 61,679,090 -8.7%
Kittitas 184 1,485,510 198 1,444,987 -2.7%
Roslyn 177 1,426,809 191 1,508,711 5.7%
South Cle Elum 82 192,257 96 248,472 29.2%
Uninc. Klickitat Co 744 17,952,203 814 15,631,259 -12.9%
Bingen 288 2,700,310 284 2,815,436 4.3%
Goldendale 706 10,188,980 744 8,880,208 -12.8%
White Salmon 536 4,474,049 537 4,491,875 0.4%
Uninc. Lewis Co. 1,477 60,025,203 1,486 61,150,041 1.9%
Centralia 1,923 55,818,659 1,885 56,606,592 1.4%
Chehalis 1,664 70,049,424 1,663 73,664,451 5.2%
Morton 408 6,655,304 403 9,326,613 40.1%
Mossyrock 244 1,793,504 247 1,452,694 -19.0%
Napavine 204 1,178,108 199 1,155,410 -1.9%
Pe Ell 151 622,801 153 715,037 14.8%
Toledo 387 3,010,496 388 2,483,509 -17.5%
Vader 134 288,174 138 357,704 24.1%
Winlock 466 3,422,972 478 3,134,865 -8.4%
Uninc. Lincoln Co. 266 3,280,252 283 6,429,007 96.0%
Almira 126 988,103 139 732,148 -25.9%
Creston 112 349,943 105 237,548 -32.1%
Davenport 469 4,487,520 502 4,235,110 -5.6%
Harrington 160 864,126 157 937,721 8.5%
Odessa 250 5,136,682 269 4,002,539 -22.1%
Reardan 217 1,299,847 203 862,126 -33.7%
Sprague 160 1,117,529 173 994,463 -11.0%
Wilbur 284 2,790,552 304 2,520,799 -9.7%
Uninc. Mason Co. 1,668 41,705,689 1,676 42,695,117 2.4%
Shelton 1,516 35,508,924 1,511 39,635,816 11.6%
Uninc. Okanogan Co. 643 21,718,903 643 20,938,090 -3.6%
Brewster 489 7,657,658 499 5,996,525 -21.7%
Conconully 68 204,790 76 189,438 -7.5%
Coulee Dam 176 1,811,835 165 1,553,085 -14.3%
Elmer City 60 108,198 59 72,123 -33.3%
Nespelem 107 228,517 112 136,547 -40.2%
Okanogan 480 8,932,013 506 9,089,615 1.8%
Omak 825 24,610,510 827 25,816,195 4.9%
Oroville 426 6,843,853 411 6,188,932 -9.6%
Pateros 224 1,309,721 243 2,072,208 58.2%
Riverside 85 562,617 103 344,514 -38.8%
Tonasket 417 5,861,082 422 6,477,799 10.5%
Twisp 306 3,970,463 319 4,023,325 1.3%
Winthrop 350 5,420,947 359 6,122,460 12.9%
Uninc. Pacific Co. 907 17,245,623 950 32,999,359 91.3%
Ilwaco 321 4,019,407 338 3,463,062 -13.8%
Long Beach 582 12,123,761 545 11,534,873 -4.9%
Raymond 575 7,145,669 577 6,851,327 -4.1%
South Bend 372 3,876,531 401 3,223,295 -16.9%
Uninc. Pend Oreille 395 5,389,087 380 5,974,896 10.9%
Cusick 142 471,713 139 341,909 -27.5%
Ione 174 1,545,789 185 1,086,505 -29.7%
Metaline 51 833,694 43 150,988 -81.9%
Metaline Falls 153 1,431,676 127 716,548 -50.0%
Newport 588 7,337,732 610 8,008,489 9.1%
Uninc. Pierce Co. 5,908 285,139,247 5,956 300,533,359 5.4%
Bonney Lake 1,060 24,549,757 1,108 25,778,878 5.0%
Buckley 922 7,891,050 929 9,772,131 23.8%
Carbonado 98 125,343 108 320,505 155.7%
Du Pont 426 9,348,877 478 7,413,133 -20.7%
Eatonville 698 7,090,377 716 6,983,660 -1.5%
Edgewood 533 4,665,282 622 5,613,790 20.3%
Fife 1,290 95,593,179 1,379 107,233,271 12.2%
Fircrest 590 4,783,934 601 5,700,196 19.2%
Gig Harbor 2,511 58,024,772 2,524 62,149,336 7.1%
Lakewood 2,154 106,900,532 2,420 119,631,896 11.9%
Milton 744 22,077,316 863 22,820,023 3.4%
Orting 748 4,727,500 736 6,212,879 31.4%
Puyallup 4,365 253,861,133 4,412 291,816,640 15.0%
Roy 598 2,809,651 563 2,395,754 -14.7%
Ruston 113 575,929 109 452,431 -21.4%
South Prairie 146 514,906 184 752,814 46.2%
Steilacoom 709 4,289,298 745 9,020,520 110.3%
Sumner 1,945 42,777,389 1,995 53,816,622 25.8%
Tacoma 9,198 745,901,260 9,197 807,892,105 8.3%
University Place 1,135 27,851,688 1,264 30,605,014 9.9%
Wilkeson 101 340,186 125 329,430 -3.2%
Uninc. San Juan Co. 1,157 46,033,418 1,205 53,584,966 16.4%
Friday Harbor 784 23,295,429 853 26,844,853 15.2%
Uninc. Skagit Co. 1,633 65,294,271 1,706 74,287,466 13.8%
Anacortes 1,790 46,715,402 1,843 53,130,149 13.7%
Burlington 1,719 100,828,774 1,810 112,899,304 12.0%
Concrete 288 1,534,705 305 2,033,485 32.5%
Hamilton 99 442,824 88 267,520 -39.6%
La Conner 630 10,494,403 634 10,981,650 4.6%
Lyman 93 296,326 99 759,115 156.2%
Mount Vernon 2,431 99,551,368 2,454 102,242,247 2.7%
Sedro Woolley 1,106 25,798,849 1,140 26,301,320 1.9%
Uninc. Skamania Co. 536 6,048,048 588 8,221,157 35.9%
North Bonneville 95 416,974 160 714,053 71.2%
Stevenson 467 9,245,164 500 10,170,766 10.0%
Uninc. Snohomish Co 4,821 301,972,922 4,787 311,788,987 3.3%
Arlington 2,065 42,563,193 2,270 50,102,848 17.7%
Brier 544 2,865,472 571 2,081,348 -27.4%
Darrington 325 2,523,709 337 2,119,312 -16.0%
Edmonds 3,431 111,487,960 3,548 117,395,898 5.3%
Everett 6,424 491,163,412 6,586 521,687,235 6.2%
Gold Bar 333 1,322,880 306 1,417,253 7.1%
Granite Falls 607 7,466,931 656 7,864,943 5.3%
Index 107 375,360 108 275,858 -26.5%
Lake Stevens 1,232 13,201,380 1,297 13,804,885 4.6%
Lynnwood 4,379 354,146,240 4,463 378,966,241 7.0%
Marysville 2,637 78,280,313 2,811 89,056,799 13.8%
Mill Creek 1,497 27,058,636 1,507 28,673,865 6.0%
Monroe 2,124 64,111,714 2,256 70,465,438 9.9%
Mountlake Terrace 1,475 29,059,638 1,536 30,981,890 6.6%
Mukilteo 1,932 32,771,645 2,096 33,718,458 2.9%
Snohomish 2,319 39,682,519 2,383 41,715,642 5.1%
Stanwood 1,308 23,996,844 1,433 25,899,826 7.9%
Sultan 598 5,799,110 582 6,596,625 13.8%
Woodway 195 2,817,884 224 2,734,691 -3.0%
Uninc. Spokane Co. 5,494 486,037,694 5,562 499,918,617 2.9%
Airway Heights 521 11,118,740 536 10,965,334 -1.4%
Cheney 890 18,487,318 915 16,221,481 -12.3%
Deer Park 701 11,645,417 738 12,915,306 10.9%
Fairfield 206 1,940,011 217 1,784,691 -8.0%
Latah 83 404,741 84 335,244 -17.2%
Medical Lake 549 7,795,172 522 6,157,356 -21.0%
Millwood 155 4,577,201 174 5,501,395 20.2%
Rockford 193 1,007,756 198 980,021 -2.8%
Spangle 244 1,403,721 252 1,491,677 6.3%
Spokane 8,160 725,818,683 8,066 743,438,529 2.4%
Waverly 48 98,571 58 52,972 -46.3%
Uninc. Stevens Co. 967 19,405,374 1,001 21,477,777 10.7%
Chewelah 536 6,999,053 563 6,946,762 -0.7%
Colville 1,055 35,952,250 1,065 32,409,978 -9.9%
Kettle Falls 377 2,956,896 400 2,961,988 0.2%
Marcus 37 71,989 51 75,380 4.7%
Northport 135 427,058 146 405,109 -5.1%
Springdale 150 622,181 148 660,310 6.1%
Uninc. Thurston Co. 2,245 82,331,091 2,267 94,063,476 14.3%
Bucoda 96 413,503 97 320,138 -22.6%
Lacey 2,186 91,894,298 2,248 108,030,918 17.6%
Olympia 4,592 278,059,593 4,598 304,404,143 9.5%
Rainier 397 2,781,355 386 1,633,741 -41.3%
Tenino 489 2,874,942 496 2,926,350 1.8%
Tumwater 1,516 56,628,099 1,597 67,769,071 19.7%
Yelm 968 14,842,502 947 15,417,694 3.9%
Uninc. Wahkiakum Co 257 2,443,994 264 2,421,485 -0.9%
Cathlamet 324 1,309,397 372 2,256,508 72.3%
Uninc. Walla Walla 379 15,730,221 886 18,149,110 15.4%
College Place 491 3,819,535 515 4,186,530 9.6%
Prescott 167 1,076,279 162 766,893 -28.7%
Waitsburg 258 1,299,266 255 1,197,430 -7.8%
Walla Walla 2,255 86,485,941 2,255 89,231,137 3.2%
Uninc. Whatcom Co. 2,105 89,726,673 2,157 86,089,546 -4.1%
Bellingham. 4,496 320,287,931 4,640 323,658,156 1.1%
Blaine 1,022 21,676,224 1,109 20,845,360 -3.8%
Everson 518 3,540,898 536 4,302,573 21.5%
Ferndale 1,205 26,464,381 1,215 24,157,630 -8.7%
Lynden 1,146 38,553,853 1,224 39,303,433 1.9%
Nooksack 158 1,113,517 183 2,303,209 106.8%
Sumas 411 3,680,185 411 3,403,038 -7.5%
Uninc. Whitman Co. 374 10,653,090 395 9,237,633 -13.3%
Albion 96 151,846 102 281,242 85.2%
Colfax 659 10,397,271 668 8,524,277 -18.0%
Colton 146 440,745 141 346,563 -21.4%
Endicott 120 298,222 129 185,431 -37.8%
Farmington 82 84,767 88 55,066 -35.0%
Garfield 164 725,637 165 545,291 -24.9%
La Crosse 154 1,110,630 166 1,045,851 -5.8%
Lamont 34 58,406 40 39,643 -32.1%
Malden 39 93,111 46 36,335 -61.0%
Oakesdale 156 633,017 150 430,622 -32.0%
Palouse 216 1,463,457 217 1,649,895 12.7%
Pullman 1,463 64,511,071 1,551 60,925,653 -5.6%
Rosalia 231 836,686 212 688,182 -17.7%
St. John 182 2,443,572 180 2,011,164 -17.7%
Tekoa 181 2,012,233 208 1,550,797 -22.9%
Uniontown 120 562,933 101 235,379 -58.2%
Uninc. Yakima Co. 1,716 74,939,965 1,686 84,631,815 12.9%
Grandview 720 15,872,763 723 17,311,724 9.1%
Granger 266 1,891,430 250 1,268,629 -32.9%
Harrah 151 692,151 153 631,617 -8.7%
Mabton 191 926,718 196 1,164,309 25.6%
Moxee City 293 2,172,063 291 2,296,094 5.7%
Naches 347 2,190,222 325 2,285,347 4.3%
Selah 949 16,389,347 930 16,958,096 3.5%
Sunnyside 1,276 45,690,955 1,255 45,687,308 0.0%
Tieton 189 3,752,438 202 1,735,373 -53.8%
Toppenish 791 13,990,878 792 13,518,562 -3.4%
Union Gap 787 61,275,379 799 60,783,175 -0.8%
Wapato 618 8,155,182 596 8,632,585 5.9%
Yakima 4,165 310,627,566 4,200 301,196,653 -3.0%
Zillah 523 4,571,374 484 4,823,581 5.5%