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Total retail sales, 2012 ($1,000) - (Thousands of USD)
County
Value
Abbeville
91,371
Aiken
1,749,453
Allendale
33,904
Anderson
2,189,557
Bamberg
95,285
Barnwell
167,121
Beaufort
2,090,475
Berkeley
1,730,566
Calhoun
65,919
Charleston
6,707,726
Cherokee
800,563
Chester
234,113
Chesterfield
317,734
Clarendon
336,334
Colleton
408,338
Darlington
536,618
Dillon
394,173
Dorchester
973,162
Edgefield
152,092
Fairfield
224,856
Florence
2,149,580
Georgetown
703,301
Greenville
6,380,518
Greenwood
758,896
Hampton
164,812
Horry
5,240,156
Jasper
574,808
Kershaw
586,319
Lancaster
732,889
Laurens
412,059
Lee
86,039
Lexington
3,974,471
Marion
239,046
Marlboro
185,483
McCormick
31,851
Newberry
428,103
Oconee
740,964
Orangeburg
1,016,637
Pickens
1,163,132
Richland
4,780,665
Saluda
115,090
Spartanburg
3,966,747
Sumter
1,096,828
Union
195,675
Williamsburg
225,217
York
2,845,178
Value for South Carolina (Thousands of USD): 58,093,824
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.
