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Total retail sales, 2012 ($1,000) - (Thousands of USD)
County
Value
Autauga
607,854
Baldwin
3,145,789
Barbour
206,477
Bibb
118,871
Blount
298,745
Bullock
92,594
Butler
209,049
Calhoun
1,463,477
Chambers
281,987
Cherokee
200,191
Chilton
442,751
Choctaw
99,968
Clarke
341,028
Clay
67,683
Cleburne
63,984
Coffee
610,054
Colbert
1,011,336
Conecuh
136,398
Coosa
37,904
Covington
452,011
Crenshaw
72,731
Cullman
896,368
Dale
323,453
Dallas
413,111
DeKalb
579,717
Elmore
711,587
Escambia
374,890
Etowah
1,236,494
Fayette
131,208
Franklin
277,749
Geneva
160,796
Greene
40,292
Hale
76,502
Henry
100,338
Houston
2,164,855
Jackson
454,888
Jefferson
10,154,005
Lamar
80,934
Lauderdale
1,190,789
Lawrence
218,020
Lee
1,632,058
Limestone
777,105
Lowndes
100,834
Macon
93,239
Madison
4,958,015
Marengo
199,742
Marion
229,040
Marshall
1,280,023
Mobile
5,102,565
Monroe
210,968
Montgomery
3,258,650
Morgan
1,673,464
Perry
34,746
Pickens
100,573
Pike
373,599
Randolph
158,271
Russell
499,713
Shelby
2,567,384
St. Clair
704,432
Sumter
62,101
Talladega
743,404
Tallapoosa
361,849
Tuscaloosa
2,619,255
Walker
963,493
Washington
75,720
Wilcox
72,837
Winston
165,007
Value for Alabama (Thousands of USD): 58,564,965
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.
