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Total retail sales, 2012 ($1,000) - (Thousands of USD)
County
Value
Adams
157,812
Asotin
285,863
Benton
2,463,523
Chelan
1,004,501
Clallam
811,967
Clark
4,276,454
Columbia
30,494
Cowlitz
1,188,331
Douglas
429,966
Ferry
45,354
Franklin
918,862
Garfield
10,440
Grant
825,599
Grays Harbor
761,545
Island
456,279
Jefferson
209,854
King
61,598,157
Kitsap
2,674,165
Kittitas
515,984
Klickitat
64,467
Lewis
912,245
Lincoln
106,903
Mason
404,348
Okanogan
446,957
Pacific
107,854
Pend Oreille
58,297
Pierce
10,114,397
San Juan
150,587
Skagit
1,999,168
Skamania
25,226
Snohomish
9,130,759
Spokane
6,560,827
Stevens
283,156
Thurston
3,330,812
Wahkiakum
10,069
Walla Walla
555,488
Whatcom
3,103,604
Whitman
333,569
Yakima
2,560,166
Value for Washington (Thousands of USD): 118,924,049
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.
