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Total retail sales per capita, 2012 - (US Dollars)
County
Value
Adams
18,664
Barnes
11,051
Benson
1,816
Bottineau
14,513
Bowman
29,119
Burke
17,753
Burleigh
23,260
Cass
24,273
Cavalier
31,830
Dickey
18,279
Divide
9,477
Dunn
17,415
Eddy
7,065
Emmons
8,786
Foster
39,222
Golden Valley
40,317
Grand Forks
23,154
Grant
3,078
Griggs
7,681
Hettinger
50,356
Kidder
19,935
LaMoure
32,347
Logan
15,848
McHenry
4,577
McIntosh
18,944
McKenzie
20,793
McLean
14,231
Mercer
14,752
Morton
20,856
Mountrail
31,368
Nelson
10,213
Pembina
11,399
Pierce
20,767
Ramsey
27,020
Ransom
12,163
Renville
31,698
Richland
17,096
Rolette
9,238
Sargent
5,357
Sheridan
4,355
Stark
32,997
Steele
17,307
Stutsman
18,111
Towner
13,101
Traill
12,042
Walsh
11,148
Ward
29,358
Wells
18,823
Williams
29,873
Value for North Dakota (US Dollars): $22,183
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.
