Table 2: 1997 Economic Census: Ranking by Retail Sales
Minnesota

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Retail_Trade_____ Number of establish- ments Retail sales Number of employees Payroll ($1,000) Popu- lation Retail sales per capita ($)
($1,000) rank
 
United States 1,120,249 2,460,963,028   14,115,559 238,792,423 267,636,061 9,195
 
Minnesota 20,883 48,077,657   282,282 4,525,653 4,687,408 10,257
 
Hennepin County 4,644 14,615,786 1 78,226 1,409,584 1,055,355 13,849
Ramsey County 1,878 5,485,742 2 32,511 564,714 484,532 11,322
Dakota County 1,140 4,010,869 3 22,202 374,234 334,725 11,983
Anoka County 826 2,232,623 4 13,478 205,978 286,506 7,793
St. Louis County 1,087 1,891,980 5 12,385 186,199 194,794 9,713
Washington County 601 1,674,426 6 9,304 142,574 191,744 8,733
Stearns County 661 1,664,299 7 9,866 149,380 127,485 13,055
Olmsted County 583 1,431,605 8 9,254 136,513 114,515 12,501
Blue Earth County 325 744,418 9 5,166 70,365 53,853 13,823
Crow Wing County 376 708,278 10 3,749 61,938 51,087 13,864
Wright County 283 682,877 11 3,870 59,703 83,088 8,219
Sherburne County 154 502,937 12 2,120 34,360 57,970 8,676
Otter Tail County 317 474,802 13 2,922 43,296 54,336 8,738
Clay County 193 458,044 14 2,828 37,818 51,742 8,852
Kandiyohi County 267 447,612 15 3,022 44,225 41,136 10,881
Scott County 229 419,327 16 2,318 36,998 76,291 5,496
Rice County 242 416,820 17 2,788 40,517 53,625 7,773
Carver County 177 413,772 18 2,389 39,994 63,063 6,561
Winona County 224 384,836 19 2,506 36,499 48,241 7,977
Douglas County 233 368,724 20 2,472 33,349 30,717 12,004
Beltrami County 200 365,777 21 2,453 34,511 38,638 9,467
Itasca County 256 361,015 22 2,376 33,984 43,597 8,281
Goodhue County 244 337,039 23 2,390 32,688 42,757 7,883
Freeborn County 183 310,752 24 1,965 29,548 31,602 9,833
Lyon County 155 290,503 25 2,013 27,619 24,345 11,933
McLeod County 188 286,585 26 2,079 27,676 33,654 8,516
Steele County 174 272,443 27 2,042 27,549 31,460 8,660
Mower County 191 269,012 28 1,957 25,969 37,067 7,257
Becker County 182 258,564 29 1,609 22,710 29,280 8,831
Martin County 131 250,376 30 1,552 21,329 22,165 11,296
Morrison County 141 247,801 31 1,468 20,103 30,478 8,130
Brown County 152 234,732 32 1,850 22,211 27,198 8,630
Carlton County 129 226,558 33 1,364 19,529 30,693 7,381
Chisago County 148 221,898 34 1,421 19,974 39,551 5,610
Polk County 152 211,734 35 1,377 19,715 31,973 6,622
Nobles County 155 206,583 36 1,376 19,030 19,712 10,480
Isanti County 103 193,606 37 1,195 15,710 29,526 6,557
Benton County 102 186,840 38 1,356 20,601 33,706 5,543
Cass County 163 164,785 39 959 15,921 25,913 6,359
Pine County 116 153,185 40 875 12,335 23,624 6,484
Le Sueur County 117 150,052 41 955 13,105 24,982 6,006
Pennington County 85 149,472 42 1,000 15,303 13,638 10,960
Fillmore County 135 149,238 43 810 12,662 20,711 7,206
Mille Lacs County 118 133,098 44 997 12,169 20,689 6,433
Meeker County 103 128,192 45 787 11,863 21,534 5,953
Redwood County 87 126,867 46 927 11,667 16,622 7,632
Chippewa County 75 125,920 47 844 10,802 13,080 9,627
Hubbard County 107 125,211 48 846 11,383 16,688 7,503
Wabasha County 107 124,748 49 882 13,106 20,694 6,028
Koochiching County 104 124,616 50 787 11,923 15,661 7,957
Todd County 112 124,084 51 780 10,080 24,022 5,165
Nicollet County 80 121,732 52 756 10,313 29,917 4,069
Lake County 53 121,438 53 407 9,341 10,652 11,400
Roseau County 89 119,679 54 769 10,329 16,266 7,358
Stevens County 64 119,433 55 569 8,488 10,125 11,796
Kanabec County 75 113,983 56 665 9,478 13,981 8,153
Renville County 104 111,744 57 681 9,777 17,043 6,557
Waseca County 70 106,318 58 742 10,041 18,188 5,846
Wadena County 66 104,820 59 589 8,956 12,980 8,076
Cottonwood County 72 103,180 60 665 8,666 12,130 8,506
Pipestone County 67 94,273 61 557 6,630 10,105 9,329
Rock County 50 85,555 62 517 7,189 9,869 8,669
Norman County 43 80,533 63 357 5,683 7,653 10,523
Faribault County 84 80,451 64 634 7,711 16,405 4,904
Yellow Medicine County 66 79,729 65 514 6,480 11,601 6,873
Aitkin County 60 77,650 66 490 6,501 13,834 5,613
Houston County 70 76,315 67 500 5,981 19,221 3,970
Marshall County 45 71,951 68 293 5,555 10,510 6,846
Dodge County 68 70,463 69 448 6,506 17,032 4,137
Swift County 65 68,500 70 486 6,690 10,822 6,330
Sibley County 62 63,093 71 497 5,327 14,610 4,318
Pope County 54 58,714 72 379 5,086 10,953 5,361
Jackson County 55 57,586 73 478 5,591 11,659 4,939
Watonwan County 59 55,331 74 427 4,992 11,617 4,763
Murray County 53 54,009 75 335 4,293 9,547 5,657
Grant County 44 53,395 76 287 4,050 6,180 8,640
Lac qui Parle County 56 50,133 77 355 3,808 8,130 6,166
Cook County 48 44,037 78 271 4,452 4,744 9,283
Wilkin County 36 38,149 79 272 3,788 7,383 5,167
Kittson County 36 38,027 80 220 2,676 5,363 7,091
Lincoln County 34 35,850 81 228 4,181 6,596 5,435
Clearwater County 40 34,520 82 260 2,961 8,289 4,165
Red Lake County 30 32,466 83 150 2,588 4,338 7,484
Traverse County 31 31,563 84 213 2,713 4,265 7,400
Mahnomen County 28 28,824 85 147 2,683 5,120 5,630
Big Stone County 42 26,938 86 254 2,623 5,690 4,734
Lake of the Woods County 29 26,212 87 202 2,513 4,525 5,793

These data include establishments with paid employees, except auxiliaries.
Source: 1997 Economic Census, and 1997 population estimates, data available as of 02/17/2000 For data issued since that date, or other areas, see www.census.gov/econ97.