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Total retail sales per capita, 2012 - (US Dollars)
County
Value
Albany
18,866
Allegany
5,606
Broome
13,840
Cattaraugus
13,737
Cayuga
10,995
Chautauqua
10,768
Chemung
13,213
Chenango
10,270
Clinton
16,966
Columbia
11,982
Cortland
14,036
Delaware
9,999
Dutchess
12,756
Erie
13,172
Essex
13,193
Franklin
9,688
Fulton
12,294
Genesee
13,101
Greene
12,541
Hamilton
8,707
Herkimer
8,432
Jefferson
16,114
Lewis
9,502
Livingston
9,776
Madison
10,299
Monroe
12,696
Montgomery
13,482
Nassau
17,866
Niagara
11,722
Oneida
12,897
Onondaga
14,814
Ontario
18,627
Orange
16,611
Orleans
5,892
Oswego
10,340
Otsego
14,860
Putnam
9,560
Rensselaer
9,837
Rockland
13,072
Saratoga
13,416
Schenectady
11,740
Schoharie
9,939
Schuyler
7,637
Seneca
13,876
St. Lawrence
12,889
Steuben
10,842
Suffolk
15,803
Sullivan
10,047
Tioga
7,387
Tompkins
10,843
Ulster
12,789
Warren
23,637
Washington
7,926
Wayne
8,849
Westchester
15,093
Wyoming
8,975
Yates
8,241
Value for New York (US Dollars): $12,834
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.
