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Total retail sales, 2012 ($1,000) - (Thousands of USD)
County
Value
Barbour
89,576
Berkeley
939,220
Boone
227,385
Braxton
171,108
Brooke
236,826
Cabell
1,570,924
Calhoun
27,265
Clay
45,654
Doddridge
22,816
Fayette
413,830
Gilmer
38,293
Grant
115,161
Greenbrier
543,420
Hampshire
123,550
Hancock
235,273
Hardy
133,260
Harrison
1,314,734
Jackson
348,152
Jefferson
451,433
Kanawha
3,186,551
Lewis
301,204
Lincoln
80,307
Logan
551,188
Marion
743,189
Marshall
344,742
Mason
143,945
McDowell
131,211
Mercer
929,125
Mineral
237,279
Mingo
119,719
Monongalia
1,608,609
Monroe
26,596
Morgan
90,278
Nicholas
432,541
Ohio
896,046
Pendleton
37,209
Pleasants
45,686
Pocahontas
75,687
Preston
234,527
Putnam
748,541
Raleigh
1,452,444
Randolph
352,705
Ritchie
73,213
Roane
132,613
Summers
68,368
Taylor
110,917
Tucker
50,121
Tyler
44,110
Upshur
264,182
Wayne
254,945
Webster
42,861
Wetzel
208,708
Wirt
19,762
Wood
1,396,592
Wyoming
154,322
Value for West Virginia (Thousands of USD): 22,637,923
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.
