Cities with 100,000 or More Population in 2000 ranked by Retail Sales Per Capita /1, 1997 in Rank Order [When cities share the same rank, the next lower rank is omitted. CDP = census designated place, only used in HI which has no incorporated places] City in rank order Dollars Rank --------------------------------------------------------------- Bellevue city, WA 26,682 1 Clearwater city, FL 25,606 2 Knoxville city, TN 23,349 3 Costa Mesa city, CA 23,014 4 Torrance city, CA 22,224 5 Orlando city, FL 21,489 6 Tempe city, AZ 21,233 7 Fort Lauderdale city, FL 20,941 8 Springfield city, MO 20,365 9 Scottsdale city, AZ 19,509 10 Fayetteville city, NC 19,238 11 Irving city, TX 18,346 12 Lafayette city, LA 18,261 13 Chattanooga city, TN 18,115 14 Raleigh city, NC 17,856 15 Reno city, NV 17,802 16 Santa Clara city, CA 17,789 17 Salt Lake City city, UT 17,723 18 Greensboro city, NC 17,144 19 Columbia city, SC 17,100 20 Evansville city, IN 16,961 21 Sioux Falls city, SD 16,842 22 Tampa city, FL 16,571 23 Winston-Salem city, NC 16,403 24 Overland Park city, KS 16,375 25 Stamford city, CT 16,313 26 Santa Rosa city, CA 16,091 27 Eugene city, OR 16,020 28 Livonia city, MI 15,756 29 Baton Rouge city, LA 15,745 30 McAllen city, TX 15,479 31 Boise City city, ID 15,289 32 Manchester city, NH 15,268 33 Plano city, TX 15,243 34 Pembroke Pines city, FL 15,226 35 Beaumont city, TX 15,200 36 Thousand Oaks city, CA 14,963 37 Escondido city, CA 14,960 38 Las Vegas city, NV 14,860 39 Little Rock city, AR 14,787 40 Salem city, OR 14,507 41 Fort Wayne city, IN 14,470 42 Omaha city, NE 14,366 43 Concord city, CA 14,328 44 Cedar Rapids city, IA 14,278 45 Savannah city, GA 14,212 46 Nashville-Davidson (balance), TN 14,176 47 Jackson city, MS 14,084 48 Joliet city, IL 14,078 49 Albuquerque city, NM 14,052 50 Springfield city, IL 14,029 51 Green Bay city, WI 13,986 52 Mesquite city, TX 13,903 53 Honolulu CDP, HI 13,899 54 Colorado Springs city, CO 13,845 55 Indianapolis city (balance), IN 13,751 56 Charlotte city, NC 13,742 57 Tulsa city, OK 13,448 58 Burbank city, CA 13,440 59 Peoria city, IL 13,418 60 Fort Collins city, CO 13,341 61 Austin city, TX 13,332 62 Naperville city, IL 13,305 63 Lakewood city, CO 13,291 64 Alexandria city, VA 13,261 65 Kansas City city, MO 13,247 66 Madison city, WI 13,136 67 Lubbock city, TX 13,132 68 Sunnyvale city, CA 13,111 69 Lexington-Fayette, KY 13,078 70 Huntsville city, AL 12,989 71 Amarillo city, TX 12,891 72 Sterling Heights city, MI 12,886 73 Rockford city, IL 12,882 74 Waco city, TX 12,866 75 Spokane city, WA 12,859 76 Columbus city, OH 12,852 77 Mobile city, AL 12,838 78 Tallahassee city, FL 12,732 79 Arlington city, TX 12,717 80 San Buenaventura (Ventura) city, CA 12,692 81 Topeka city, KS 12,599 82 Ann Arbor city, MI 12,498 83 Carrollton city, TX 12,471 84 Anchorage city, AK 12,392 85 Tacoma city, WA 12,367 86 Athens-Clarke County (balance), GA /2 12,336 87 Mesa city, AZ 12,319 88 Portland city, OR 12,302 89 Montgomery city, AL 12,261 90 Ontario city, CA 12,241 91 Glendale city, AZ 12,235 92 Birmingham city, AL 12,219 93 El Monte city, CA 12,156 94 Houston city, TX 12,050 95 Warren city, MI 12,044 96 Clarksville city, TN 11,928 97 Cambridge city, MA 11,905 98 West Valley City city, UT 11,814 99 Hampton city, VA 11,804 100 Dallas city, TX 11,742 101 Tucson city, AZ 11,707 102 Wichita city, KS 11,670 103 Pasadena city, CA 11,631 104 Lansing city, MI 11,621 105 Berkeley city, CA 11,589 106 Westminster city, CO 11,588 107 Seattle city, WA 11,520 108 Vancouver city, WA 11,513 109 Hayward city, CA 11,452 110 Downey city, CA 11,451 111 Oklahoma City city, OK 11,399 112 Abilene city, TX 11,290 113 Denver city, CO 11,217 114 Salinas city, CA 11,207 115 Bakersfield city, CA 11,115 116 Jacksonville city, FL 11,078 117 Independence city, MO 11,028 118 Des Moines city, IA 10,964 119 Pueblo city, CO 10,846 120 Shreveport city, LA 10,827 121 Wichita Falls city, TX 10,755 122 Grand Rapids city, MI 10,754 123 Columbus city (balance), GA /3 10,675 124 Durham city, NC 10,674 125 Atlanta city, GA 10,546 126 Lincoln city, NE 10,388 127 Memphis city, TN 10,382 128 Irvine city, CA 10,359 129 San Bernardino city, CA 10,302 130 Allentown city, PA 10,203 131 Chesapeake city, VA 10,171 132 Corona city, CA 10,095 133 Augusta-Richmond County (balance), GA 10,092 134 Orange city, CA 10,091 135 Glendale city, CA 10,035 136 West Covina city, CA 9,946 137 Miami city, FL 9,907 138 Modesto city, CA 9,720 139 Fort Worth city, TX 9,697 140 Aurora city, IL 9,686 141 Phoenix city, AZ 9,643 142 Corpus Christi city, TX 9,484 143 Hollywood city, FL 9,475 144 Anaheim city, CA 9,467 145 Aurora city, CO 9,452 146 Waterbury city, CT 9,329 147 South Bend city, IN 9,245 148 Oxnard city, CA 9,209 149 Worcester city, MA 9,186 150 San Francisco city, CA 9,170 151 Henderson city, NV 9,153 152 Richmond city, VA 9,112 153 St. Petersburg city, FL 9,034 154 Fresno city, CA 9,028 155 Riverside city, CA 8,949 156 Laredo city, TX 8,907 157 Cincinnati city, OH 8,871 158 Huntington Beach city, CA 8,798 159 Syracuse city, NY 8,784 160 San Antonio city, TX 8,691 161 Coral Springs city, FL 8,672 162 Fremont city, CA 8,612 163 Newport News city, VA 8,516 164 San Diego city, CA 8,371 165 Grand Prairie city, TX 8,316 166 Garden Grove city, CA 8,289 167 Chula Vista city, CA 8,204 168 San Jose city, CA 8,109 169 Norfolk city, VA 8,069 170 Louisville city, KY 8,061 171 Yonkers city, NY 8,042 172 Akron city, OH 8,023 173 Toledo city, OH 8,013 174 Pittsburgh city, PA 7,922 175 Chandler city, AZ 7,870 176 Simi Valley city, CA 7,831 177 Fullerton city, CA 7,765 178 Virginia Beach city, VA 7,754 179 Boston city, MA 7,656 180 El Paso city, TX 7,650 181 Santa Ana city, CA 7,575 182 Sacramento city, CA 7,555 183 Springfield city, MA 7,547 184 Stockton city, CA 7,523 185 Garland city, TX 7,457 186 Erie city, PA 7,432 187 St. Paul city, MN 7,398 188 Fontana city, CA 7,257 189 Hialeah city, FL 7,187 190 Vallejo city, CA 7,092 191 Brownsville city, TX 6,903 192 St. Louis city, MO 6,856 193 Arvada city, CO 6,775 194 Jersey City city, NJ 6,662 195 Pasadena city, TX 6,658 196 Minneapolis city, MN 6,588 197 Elizabeth city, NJ 6,549 198 Norwalk city, CA 6,516 199 Flint city, MI 6,470 200 Los Angeles city, CA 6,434 201 Dayton city, OH 6,072 202 Kansas City city, KS 6,009 203 Rancho Cucamonga city, CA 5,992 204 Provo city, UT 5,985 205 Lancaster city, CA 5,971 206 Hartford city, CT 5,908 207 New Orleans city, LA 5,908 207 Oakland city, CA 5,861 209 Milwaukee city, WI 5,785 210 Cape Coral city, FL 5,736 211 Santa Clarita city, CA 5,707 212 New York city, NY 5,677 213 Peoria city, AZ 5,660 214 Philadelphia city, PA 5,592 215 Daly City city, CA 5,301 216 Washington city, DC 5,274 217 Baltimore city, MD 5,229 218 Rochester city, NY 5,204 219 Oceanside city, CA 5,192 220 Providence city, RI 5,116 221 Palmdale city, CA 5,074 222 Chicago city, IL 4,944 223 North Las Vegas city, NV 4,900 224 Bridgeport city, CT 4,844 225 Gilbert town, AZ 4,827 226 Moreno Valley city, CA 4,819 227 Cleveland city, OH 4,751 228 Inglewood city, CA 4,729 229 Portsmouth city, VA 4,712 230 Lowell city, MA 4,661 231 Long Beach city, CA 4,533 232 Pomona city, CA 4,445 233 New Haven city, CT 4,100 234 Buffalo city, NY 4,087 235 Newark city, NJ 3,419 236 Detroit city, MI 3,269 237 Gary city, IN 3,223 238 Paterson city, NJ 2,752 239 /1 Includes only establishments with payroll; based on resident population estimated as of July 1, 1997. /2 Data are for consolidated city of Athens-Clarke County, GA. /3 Data are for consolidated city of Columbus, GA. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County and City Data Book: 2000, Table C-6.