Retail Sales in Alabama Counties, 1992 Number of Sales Number of Establishments ($1,000) Employees Autauga 178 224,796 2,110 Baldwin 814 810,783 7,885 Barbour 165 140,528 1,645 Bibb 71 54,883 628 Blount 172 145,555 1,263 Bullock 47 25,196 287 Butler 143 112,190 1,227 Calhoun 676 780,822 8,241 Chambers 169 200,824 1,727 Cherokee 98 80,020 799 Chilton 190 166,350 1,457 Choctaw 101 51,260 554 Clarke 204 168,307 1,603 Clay 68 41,297 368 Cleburne 47 44,881 309 Coffee 275 327,405 2,760 Colbert 345 381,705 3,680 Conecuh 64 37,132 438 Coosa 27 10,358 118 Covington 249 231,638 2,024 Crenshaw 69 38,620 451 Cullman 394 446,938 3,687 Dale 235 175,564 2,326 Dallas 273 271,791 2,953 DeKalb 314 255,197 2,480 Elmore 234 222,927 2,130 Escambia 250 214,023 2,395 Etowah 549 611,987 6,390 Fayette 84 73,996 699 Franklin 159 145,196 1,297 Geneva 125 99,689 847 Greene 43 31,781 302 Hale 64 42,902 446 Henry 87 51,859 506 Houston 685 828,742 8,315 Jackson 282 244,414 2,251 Jefferson 4,066 5,909,507 54,866 Lamar 88 51,360 468 Lauderdale 531 626,146 6,047 Lawrence 101 83,650 842 Lee 479 608,635 6,787 Limestone 270 288,789 2,905 Lowndes 38 30,611 338 Macon 84 52,603 727 Madison 1,512 2,023,742 20,293 Marengo 151 119,727 1,203 Marion 153 128,174 1,289 Marshall 633 777,171 5,943 Mobile 2,140 2,785,489 27,549 Monroe 136 125,389 1,200 Montgomery 1,397 1,888,804 19,175 Morgan 688 805,149 7,461 Perry 55 29,547 327 Pickens 108 66,593 650 Pike 191 171,763 1,725 Randolph 102 74,720 753 Russell 223 208,506 2,427 St. Clair 206 178,597 1,409 Shelby 440 494,448 4,486 Sumter 75 55,459 579 Talladega 409 387,540 4,083 Tallapoosa 216 200,360 2,051 Tuscaloosa 912 1,109,874 11,813 Walker 432 472,265 3,936 Washington 66 50,072 406 Wilcox 75 40,957 404 Winston 132 96,359 922 Alabama 24,059 27,733,562 269,662 Source: Bureau of the Census, 1992 Census of Retail Trade.