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Total retail sales, 2012 ($1,000) - (Thousands of USD)
County
Value
Adams
801,241
Allegheny
20,553,747
Armstrong
551,223
Beaver
1,590,246
Bedford
576,180
Berks
5,719,377
Blair
2,286,728
Bradford
903,685
Bucks
10,185,137
Butler
2,902,229
Cambria
1,733,778
Cameron
30,903
Carbon
562,613
Centre
1,748,674
Chester
12,474,878
Clarion
460,431
Clearfield
1,331,310
Clinton
582,590
Columbia
904,832
Crawford
973,472
Cumberland
4,812,854
Dauphin
3,943,863
Delaware
6,468,800
Elk
314,470
Erie
3,752,817
Fayette
1,638,849
Forest
24,845
Franklin
1,809,457
Fulton
102,928
Greene
883,684
Huntingdon
354,345
Indiana
1,318,836
Jefferson
556,232
Juniata
204,433
Lackawanna
3,186,342
Lancaster
6,899,629
Lawrence
838,738
Lebanon
1,695,685
Lehigh
5,550,392
Luzerne
8,097,008
Lycoming
1,878,105
McKean
401,761
Mercer
1,527,348
Mifflin
539,420
Monroe
2,140,383
Montgomery
16,036,285
Montour
167,244
Northampton
3,627,410
Northumberland
909,670
Perry
317,797
Philadelphia
12,241,299
Pike
471,375
Potter
152,717
Schuylkill
1,381,912
Snyder
630,192
Somerset
781,086
Sullivan
64,679
Susquehanna
533,564
Tioga
563,857
Union
479,155
Venango
636,855
Warren
674,640
Washington
2,342,057
Wayne
711,105
Westmoreland
4,671,741
Wyoming
393,453
York
5,192,354
Value for Pennsylvania (Thousands of USD): 178,794,945
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.
