Retail Sales in Alabama MSAs, 1992

                     Sales    Sales per Sales Pct.   Number of   Number of  Payroll per
   MSA            ($million)  Capita($)  of State     Estab.     Employees  Employee($)

   Anniston            780.8      6,708        2.8         676       8,241       10,308
   Birmingham        6,728.1      7,837       24.3       4,884      62,024       11,946
   Decatur             888.8      6,535        3.2         789       8,303       11,064
   Dothan            1,004.3      7,535        3.6         920      10,641       10,564
   Florence          1,007.9      7,509        3.6         876       9,727       10,625
   Gadsden             612.0      6,130        2.2         549       6,390       10,424
   Huntsville        2,312.5      7,507        8.3       1,782      23,198       11,444
   Mobile            3,596.3      7,257       13.0       2,954      35,434       11,321
   Montgomery        2,336.5      7,696        8.4       1,809      23,415       11,009
   Tuscaloosa        1,109.9      7,222        4.0         912      11,813       10,558

   Alabama          27,733.6      6,703      100.0      24,059     269,662       11,083

   U.S.            222,867.9      7,429              1,526,215  18,407,453       12,108


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