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Total retail sales, 2012 ($1,000) - (Thousands of USD)
County
Value
Allegany
922,837
Anne Arundel
8,758,765
Baltimore
12,645,701
Baltimore city
3,647,668
Calvert
848,445
Caroline
476,213
Carroll
2,245,218
Cecil
1,146,349
Charles
2,245,020
Dorchester
288,746
Frederick
3,267,685
Garrett
517,936
Harford
3,792,912
Howard
4,867,692
Kent
185,941
Montgomery
13,706,235
Prince George's
9,358,060
Queen Anne's
547,492
Somerset
112,241
St. Mary's
1,226,984
Talbot
670,169
Washington
2,457,555
Wicomico
1,608,264
Worcester
835,579
Value for Maryland (Thousands of USD): 76,379,707
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.
