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Total retail sales, 2012 ($1,000) - (Thousands of USD)
County
Value
Adams
5,548,735
Alamosa
280,686
Arapahoe
9,404,716
Archuleta
130,827
Baca
38,425
Bent
17,419
Boulder
4,498,340
Broomfield
1,000,246
Chaffee
249,260
Cheyenne
18,526
Clear Creek
75,334
Conejos
35,930
Costilla
11,670
Crowley
16,987
Custer
48,594
Delta
309,801
Denver
7,111,416
Dolores
10,033
Douglas
4,308,812
Eagle
806,027
El Paso
7,929,252
Elbert
105,690
Fremont
334,867
Garfield
950,048
Gilpin
6,398
Grand
156,063
Gunnison
189,989
Hinsdale
9,036
Huerfano
62,918
Jackson
16,503
Jefferson
7,465,012
Kiowa
10,218
Kit Carson
114,965
La Plata
756,871
Lake
37,400
Larimer
4,341,261
Las Animas
178,940
Lincoln
183,874
Logan
320,041
Mesa
2,173,315
Mineral
13,527
Moffat
201,942
Montezuma
349,933
Montrose
583,796
Morgan
256,878
Otero
213,840
Ouray
22,560
Park
49,653
Phillips
46,101
Pitkin
344,394
Prowers
162,251
Pueblo
1,952,767
Rio Blanco
54,823
Rio Grande
99,816
Routt
360,942
Saguache
23,274
San Juan
6,786
San Miguel
79,706
Sedgwick
28,083
Summit
627,160
Teller
207,796
Washington
31,591
Weld
2,707,571
Yuma
125,565
Value for Colorado (Thousands of USD): 67,815,200
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.
