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

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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 (preliminary) 1,120,249 2,456,574,247   14,115,559 238,792,423 267,636,061 9,179
 
Oregon 14,467 33,396,849   178,349 3,308,810 3,243,272 10,297
 
Multnomah County 3,025 7,334,500 1 39,841 791,416 628,023 11,679
Washington County 1,499 5,453,519 2 25,124 512,265 390,991 13,948
Clackamas County 1,092 3,448,259 3 16,098 312,311 330,389 10,437
Lane County 1,462 3,322,611 4 18,145 328,347 311,268 10,674
Marion County 1,081 2,672,479 5 14,637 266,254 264,815 10,092
Jackson County 835 2,075,344 6 9,564 172,216 170,693 12,158
Deschutes County 687 1,297,051 7 7,130 128,660 101,603 12,766
Linn County 391 800,884 8 4,662 78,652 103,584 7,732
Douglas County 457 669,031 9 4,416 71,194 101,607 6,584
Yamhill County 269 627,196 10 3,313 58,355 79,880 7,852
Josephine County 326 590,258 11 3,322 57,894 73,263 8,057
Umatilla County 290 567,167 12 3,188 53,730 64,385 8,809
Klamath County 290 544,823 13 3,116 55,480 62,819 8,673
Coos County 289 505,188 14 3,040 52,126 62,520 8,080
Benton County 294 473,892 15 3,175 53,231 77,461 6,118
Lincoln County 372 415,227 16 2,794 43,754 45,430 9,140
Clatsop County 274 332,365 17 2,173 36,785 35,431 9,381
Malheur County 163 302,882 18 1,903 30,711 28,343 10,686
Wasco County 134 256,935 19 1,468 26,130 23,100 11,123
Polk County 143 232,428 20 1,592 24,260 59,926 3,879
Union County 129 227,683 21 1,355 23,479 25,009 9,104
Columbia County 137 199,808 22 1,360 22,090 43,519 4,591
Hood River County 129 170,254 23 1,286 19,755 19,252 8,843
Curry County 121 148,422 24 1,041 16,757 21,108 7,032
Tillamook County 123 144,090 25 1,044 15,048 24,325 5,924
Baker County 93 121,304 26 805 11,678 16,373 7,409
Jefferson County 57 109,928 27 647 11,367 16,512 6,657
Crook County 57 89,297 28 494 8,380 16,932 5,274
Wallowa County 52 61,771 29 336 6,222 7,480 8,258
Harney County 41 51,482 30 299 5,416 7,015 7,339
Grant County 45 42,378 31 316 4,438 7,996 5,300
Lake County 48 39,417 32 266 4,320 7,266 5,425
Morrow County 30 38,826 33 217 3,164 9,566 4,059
Sherman County 13 12,897 34 91 1,293 1,806 7,141
Gilliam County 13 8,715 35 72 1,090 1,970 4,424
Wheeler County 6 8,538 36 19 542 1,612 5,297

These data include establishments with paid employees, except auxiliaries.
Source: 1997 Economic Census, and 1997 population estimates, data available as of 12/10/99 For data issued since that date, or other areas, see www.census.gov/econ97.