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Total retail sales per capita, 2012 - (US Dollars)
County
Value
Adams
12,073
Alamosa
17,382
Arapahoe
15,792
Archuleta
10,839
Baca
10,244
Bent
3,017
Boulder
14,733
Broomfield
17,157
Chaffee
13,733
Cheyenne
9,886
Clear Creek
8,346
Conejos
4,342
Costilla
3,247
Crowley
3,166
Custer
11,437
Delta
10,180
Denver
11,212
Dolores
5,032
Douglas
14,449
Eagle
15,538
El Paso
12,294
Elbert
4,520
Fremont
7,157
Garfield
16,681
Gilpin
1,165
Grand
10,994
Gunnison
12,277
Hinsdale
11,156
Huerfano
9,539
Jackson
12,243
Jefferson
13,688
Kiowa
7,076
Kit Carson
14,204
La Plata
14,444
Lake
5,097
Larimer
13,982
Las Animas
11,973
Lincoln
33,720
Logan
14,142
Mesa
14,700
Mineral
19,079
Moffat
15,299
Montezuma
13,760
Montrose
14,335
Morgan
9,022
Otero
11,437
Ouray
4,980
Park
3,098
Phillips
10,557
Pitkin
19,950
Prowers
13,096
Pueblo
12,140
Rio Blanco
7,995
Rio Grande
8,358
Routt
15,469
Saguache
3,692
San Juan
9,835
San Miguel
10,515
Sedgwick
11,785
Summit
22,363
Teller
8,884
Washington
6,628
Weld
10,268
Yuma
12,409
Value for Colorado (US Dollars): $13,073
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.
