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Total retail sales, 2012 ($1,000) - (Thousands of USD)
County
Value
Arkansas
335,961
Ashley
185,207
Baxter
476,645
Benton
2,905,967
Boone
493,268
Bradley
98,854
Calhoun
17,829
Carroll
230,181
Chicot
75,895
Clark
273,667
Clay
179,437
Cleburne
313,115
Cleveland
13,374
Columbia
197,023
Conway
287,615
Craighead
1,680,884
Crawford
525,417
Crittenden
813,336
Cross
180,768
Dallas
71,755
Desha
153,630
Drew
260,719
Faulkner
1,435,806
Franklin
163,033
Fulton
59,280
Garland
1,563,962
Grant
128,922
Greene
503,474
Hempstead
197,584
Hot Spring
254,197
Howard
162,503
Independence
441,118
Izard
108,729
Jackson
177,720
Jefferson
843,899
Johnson
237,296
Lafayette
30,468
Lawrence
196,284
Lee
43,809
Lincoln
57,506
Little River
104,240
Logan
152,762
Lonoke
613,431
Madison
130,207
Marion
94,779
Miller
435,733
Mississippi
437,763
Monroe
90,632
Montgomery
28,822
Nevada
159,061
Newton
17,001
Ouachita
221,999
Perry
30,473
Phillips
223,158
Pike
70,037
Poinsett
177,995
Polk
193,462
Pope
869,392
Prairie
54,327
Pulaski
7,234,436
Randolph
170,739
Saline
1,404,835
Scott
50,360
Searcy
49,780
Sebastian
1,944,468
Sevier
190,490
Sharp
152,565
St. Francis
316,233
Stone
107,472
Union
511,069
Van Buren
168,365
Washington
2,925,758
White
911,665
Woodruff
74,228
Yell
121,382
Value for Arkansas (Thousands of USD): 36,815,256
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.
