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Total retail sales per capita, 2012 - (US Dollars)
County
Value
Abbeville
3,640
Aiken
10,745
Allendale
3,394
Anderson
11,563
Bamberg
6,045
Barnwell
7,524
Beaufort
12,440
Berkeley
9,119
Calhoun
4,421
Charleston
18,369
Cherokee
14,383
Chester
7,193
Chesterfield
6,892
Clarendon
9,789
Colleton
10,703
Darlington
7,875
Dillon
12,535
Dorchester
6,829
Edgefield
5,773
Fairfield
9,624
Florence
15,583
Georgetown
11,685
Greenville
13,645
Greenwood
10,879
Hampton
7,952
Horry
18,563
Jasper
22,251
Kershaw
9,405
Lancaster
9,267
Laurens
6,222
Lee
4,612
Lexington
14,698
Marion
7,365
Marlboro
6,590
McCormick
3,203
Newberry
11,393
Oconee
9,929
Orangeburg
11,114
Pickens
9,719
Richland
12,139
Saluda
5,785
Spartanburg
13,738
Sumter
10,151
Union
6,926
Williamsburg
6,699
York
12,126
Value for South Carolina (US Dollars): $12,298
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.
