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Total retail sales per capita, 2012 - (US Dollars)
County
Value
Adams
8,304
Asotin
13,060
Benton
13,506
Chelan
13,632
Clallam
11,299
Clark
9,757
Columbia
7,633
Cowlitz
11,651
Douglas
10,927
Ferry
5,886
Franklin
10,704
Garfield
4,686
Grant
9,001
Grays Harbor
10,622
Island
5,763
Jefferson
7,029
King
30,685
Kitsap
10,487
Kittitas
12,382
Klickitat
3,114
Lewis
12,063
Lincoln
10,243
Mason
6,647
Okanogan
10,829
Pacific
5,242
Pend Oreille
4,491
Pierce
12,461
San Juan
9,516
Skagit
16,910
Skamania
2,255
Snohomish
12,456
Spokane
13,791
Stevens
6,504
Thurston
12,894
Wahkiakum
2,522
Walla Walla
9,351
Whatcom
15,120
Whitman
7,157
Yakima
10,366
Value for Washington (US Dollars): $17,243
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.
