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Total retail sales, 2012 ($1,000) - (Thousands of USD)
County
Value
Albany
5,762,775
Allegany
271,076
Broome
2,741,198
Cattaraugus
1,091,488
Cayuga
874,692
Chautauqua
1,437,908
Chemung
1,174,752
Chenango
512,817
Clinton
1,385,341
Columbia
748,848
Cortland
694,401
Delaware
472,704
Dutchess
3,792,719
Erie
12,106,065
Essex
514,005
Franklin
501,766
Fulton
675,261
Genesee
785,765
Greene
610,423
Hamilton
41,602
Herkimer
543,919
Jefferson
1,937,924
Lewis
258,687
Livingston
633,605
Madison
745,482
Monroe
9,494,134
Montgomery
673,305
Nassau
24,105,610
Niagara
2,521,578
Oneida
3,012,211
Onondaga
6,916,005
Ontario
2,021,431
Orange
6,221,053
Orleans
252,397
Oswego
1,258,375
Otsego
917,010
Putnam
952,194
Rensselaer
1,572,232
Rockland
4,153,693
Saratoga
2,980,027
Schenectady
1,821,118
Schoharie
319,042
Schuyler
141,387
Seneca
489,878
St. Lawrence
1,446,567
Steuben
1,074,034
Suffolk
23,693,357
Sullivan
771,510
Tioga
372,881
Tompkins
1,111,981
Ulster
2,324,885
Warren
1,549,138
Washington
498,799
Wayne
822,602
Westchester
14,514,240
Wyoming
375,976
Yates
208,863
Value for New York (Thousands of USD): 251,167,736
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.
