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Total retail sales per capita, 2012 - (US Dollars)
County
Value
Adams
7,895
Allegheny
16,719
Armstrong
8,058
Beaver
9,341
Bedford
11,682
Berks
13,832
Blair
17,989
Bradford
14,392
Bucks
16,243
Butler
15,690
Cambria
12,246
Cameron
6,257
Carbon
8,655
Centre
11,269
Chester
24,626
Clarion
11,614
Clearfield
16,399
Clinton
14,743
Columbia
13,528
Crawford
11,113
Cumberland
20,170
Dauphin
14,625
Delaware
11,529
Elk
9,967
Erie
13,372
Fayette
12,081
Forest
3,241
Franklin
11,961
Fulton
6,968
Greene
23,203
Huntingdon
7,713
Indiana
14,950
Jefferson
12,426
Juniata
8,209
Lackawanna
14,856
Lancaster
13,097
Lawrence
9,333
Lebanon
12,537
Lehigh
15,624
Luzerne
25,222
Lycoming
16,029
McKean
9,316
Mercer
13,206
Mifflin
11,533
Monroe
12,680
Montgomery
19,836
Montour
9,111
Northampton
12,121
Northumberland
9,633
Perry
6,954
Philadelphia
7,910
Pike
8,284
Potter
8,688
Schuylkill
9,397
Snyder
15,885
Somerset
10,150
Sullivan
10,011
Susquehanna
12,497
Tioga
13,243
Union
10,659
Venango
11,735
Warren
16,396
Washington
11,221
Wayne
13,687
Westmoreland
12,856
Wyoming
13,989
York
11,859
Value for Pennsylvania (US Dollars): $14,008
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 2012 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.
