Alabama Retail Sales by Kind of Business, 1992

                                Number of     Sales    Number of     Sales Pct. Empl. Pct.    Sales per   Estab. per
   Kind of Business               Estab.     ($1,000)  Employees       of Total   of Total  Employee($)  10,000 Pop.

   Food                             3,128   5,681,699     46,202           20.5       17.1      122,975          7.6
   General Merchandise                818   3,902,965     33,266           14.1       12.3      117,326          2.0
   Apparel                          2,045   1,479,127     16,977            5.3        6.3       87,125          5.0
   Furniture, etc.                  1,826   1,202,509     10,755            4.3        4.0      111,809          4.4
   Automotive                       2,208   6,174,840     21,376           22.3        7.9      288,868          5.3
   Gasoline Service Stations        2,185   2,137,487     11,524            7.7        4.3      185,481          5.3
   Lumber, Hardware, etc.           1,227   1,626,771     10,693            5.9        4.0      152,134          3.0
   Eating and Drinking Places       5,326   2,496,166     87,990            9.0       32.6       28,369         12.9
   Drug Stores                      1,022   1,132,870      9,194            4.1        3.4      123,218          2.5
   Miscellaneous Retail             4,274   1,899,128     21,685            6.8        8.0       87,578         10.3

   Total, all sales at retail      24,059  27,733,562    269,662          100.0      100.0      102,846         58.2


   Source:  U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1987 and 1992 Economic Censuses, and Center for
            Business and Economic Research, The University of Alabama.