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Total retail sales per capita, 2012 - (US Dollars)
County
Value
Barbour
5,431
Berkeley
8,770
Boone
9,289
Braxton
11,827
Brooke
9,929
Cabell
16,199
Calhoun
3,584
Clay
4,911
Doddridge
2,790
Fayette
9,022
Gilmer
4,385
Grant
9,746
Greenbrier
15,171
Hampshire
5,211
Hancock
7,764
Hardy
9,611
Harrison
19,015
Jackson
11,909
Jefferson
8,283
Kanawha
16,581
Lewis
18,399
Lincoln
3,713
Logan
15,240
Marion
13,112
Marshall
10,551
Mason
5,296
McDowell
6,153
Mercer
14,861
Mineral
8,488
Mingo
4,586
Monongalia
16,033
Monroe
1,975
Morgan
5,167
Nicholas
16,491
Ohio
20,330
Pendleton
4,918
Pleasants
6,015
Pocahontas
8,708
Preston
6,932
Putnam
13,264
Raleigh
18,380
Randolph
12,003
Ritchie
7,153
Roane
9,031
Summers
4,977
Taylor
6,528
Tucker
7,165
Tyler
4,881
Upshur
10,793
Wayne
6,121
Webster
4,740
Wetzel
12,709
Wirt
3,380
Wood
16,108
Wyoming
6,631
Value for West Virginia (US Dollars): $12,201
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.
