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Total retail sales, 2012 ($1,000) - (Thousands of USD)
County
Value
Aleutians West Census Area
53,426
Anchorage Municipality
4,966,800
Bethel Census Area
162,806
Bristol Bay Borough
15,825
Denali Borough
13,431
Dillingham Census Area
58,381
Fairbanks North Star Borough
1,732,505
Haines Borough
21,616
Juneau City and Borough
491,438
Kenai Peninsula Borough
804,150
Ketchikan Gateway Borough
235,907
Kodiak Island Borough
115,874
Nome Census Area
78,672
North Slope Borough
94,922
Sitka City and Borough
98,539
Skagway Municipality
32,222
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area
78,590
Wrangell City and Borough
27,665
Yakutat City and Borough
5,210
Value for Alaska (Thousands of USD): 10,474,275
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census, 2012. Economic Census of the Island Areas, Puerto Rico, 2012. Both are updated every 5 years.
Definitions:
The retail trade sector comprises establishments engaged in retailing merchandise, generally without transformation, and rendering services incidental to the sale of merchandise. The retailing process is the final step in the distribution of merchandise; retailers are, therefore, organized to sell merchandise in small quantities to the general public. The 2007 Economic Census classifies businesses according to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), 2012.
Sales include merchandise sold for cash or credit at retail and wholesale by establishments primarily engaged in retail trade; amounts received from customers for layaway purchases; receipts from rental of vehicles, equipment, instruments, tools, etc.; receipts for delivery, installation, maintenance, repair, alteration, storage, and other services; the total value of service contracts; and gasoline, liquor, tobacco, and other excise taxes which are paid by the manufacturer or wholesaler and passed on to the retailer.
Sales are net after deductions for refunds and allowances for merchandise returned by customers. Trade-in allowances are not deducted from sales. Sales do not include carrying or other credit charges; sales (or other) taxes collected from customers and forwarded to taxing authorities; gross sales and receipts of departments or concessions operated by other companies; and commissions or receipts from the sale of government lottery tickets.
Sales do not include retail sales made by manufacturers, wholesalers, service establishments, or other businesses whose primary activity is other than retail trade. They do include receipts other than from the sale of merchandise at retail, such as service receipts, sales to industrial users, and sales to other retailers by establishments primarily engaged in retail trade.
