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Total retail sales per capita, 2012 - (US Dollars)
County
Value
Autauga
10,950
Baldwin
16,488
Barbour
7,591
Bibb
5,260
Blount
5,166
Bullock
8,840
Butler
10,294
Calhoun
12,477
Chambers
8,278
Cherokee
7,693
Chilton
10,104
Choctaw
7,333
Clarke
13,554
Clay
5,038
Cleburne
4,314
Coffee
11,903
Colbert
18,575
Conecuh
10,508
Coosa
3,457
Covington
11,909
Crenshaw
5,164
Cullman
11,143
Dale
6,412
Dallas
9,638
DeKalb
8,156
Elmore
8,825
Escambia
9,867
Etowah
11,845
Fayette
7,726
Franklin
8,745
Geneva
5,971
Greene
4,539
Hale
4,972
Henry
5,804
Houston
20,936
Jackson
8,580
Jefferson
15,385
Lamar
5,676
Lauderdale
12,868
Lawrence
6,443
Lee
11,083
Limestone
8,866
Lowndes
9,287
Macon
4,540
Madison
14,451
Marengo
9,791
Marion
7,552
Marshall
13,506
Mobile
12,327
Monroe
9,334
Montgomery
14,159
Morgan
13,900
Perry
3,413
Pickens
5,183
Pike
11,259
Randolph
6,980
Russell
8,643
Shelby
12,777
St. Clair
8,264
Sumter
4,625
Talladega
9,092
Tallapoosa
8,790
Tuscaloosa
13,189
Walker
14,550
Washington
4,426
Wilcox
6,372
Winston
6,844
Value for Alabama (US Dollars): $12,145
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.
