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Total retail sales, 2012 ($1,000) - (Thousands of USD)
County
Value
Beaverhead
124,519
Big Horn
101,447
Blaine
46,892
Broadwater
77,668
Carter
14,676
Cascade
1,359,702
Chouteau
46,849
Custer
256,660
Daniels
51,376
Dawson
151,788
Deer Lodge
75,153
Fallon
34,695
Fergus
150,273
Flathead
1,515,895
Gallatin
1,710,262
Garfield
13,056
Glacier
128,727
Granite
24,301
Hill
286,447
Jefferson
51,728
Judith Basin
5,573
Lake
268,340
Lewis and Clark
998,616
Liberty
12,814
Lincoln
172,571
Madison
59,461
McCone
24,790
Meagher
14,270
Mineral
49,316
Missoula
2,044,036
Musselshell
41,964
Park
205,432
Phillips
39,195
Pondera
55,941
Powder River
24,577
Powell
46,027
Prairie
6,484
Ravalli
330,636
Richland
215,831
Roosevelt
159,204
Rosebud
56,367
Sanders
77,984
Sheridan
61,058
Silver Bow
610,060
Stillwater
103,189
Sweet Grass
39,476
Teton
69,705
Toole
83,483
Valley
158,665
Wheatland
16,677
Wibaux
6,264
Yellowstone
3,272,215
Value for Montana (Thousands of USD): 15,623,573
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.
