1997 Monthly Retail Sales for Alabama MSAs and Counties ($1,000) January February March April May June July August September October November December Total Alabama 2,602,395 2,653,179 3,052,618 2,982,860 3,074,830 2,957,622 3,011,913 3,052,979 2,926,709 2,974,724 2,853,535 3,531,845 35,675,209 MSAs Anniston 65,069 68,230 81,538 75,372 80,610 76,298 78,214 80,203 76,924 77,078 74,008 87,891 921,435 Birmingham 641,008 653,192 734,811 734,412 746,835 708,484 723,817 740,741 706,701 709,109 686,345 844,517 8,629,972 Decatur 76,283 76,095 88,383 85,847 89,050 81,232 88,233 86,914 85,292 83,913 80,868 96,028 1,018,138 Dothan 101,007 100,309 115,599 115,710 119,222 110,729 112,948 112,374 107,447 112,565 108,730 134,665 1,351,305 Florence 93,893 96,634 112,361 104,461 110,360 106,505 106,636 109,983 106,164 104,378 103,879 124,808 1,280,062 Gadsden 56,214 55,899 65,362 63,847 66,056 63,654 64,654 64,875 62,010 62,299 62,150 75,950 762,970 Huntsville 192,131 197,863 232,921 223,577 228,086 218,020 228,082 227,645 220,959 221,303 211,086 262,048 2,663,721 Mobile 318,899 323,140 380,983 375,677 376,914 379,869 382,608 386,724 357,057 372,110 349,190 437,855 4,441,026 Montgomery 213,079 222,524 251,213 240,729 248,787 244,549 243,405 240,827 237,718 233,642 226,735 292,025 2,895,233 Tuscaloosa 100,321 105,584 114,898 119,706 120,431 116,253 113,820 123,467 119,254 123,411 121,562 147,818 1,426,525 Counties Autauga 18,092 18,839 22,233 20,328 22,036 20,351 20,972 21,243 18,986 20,409 19,214 24,095 246,798 Baldwin 73,424 75,340 92,647 92,956 94,735 99,312 102,215 102,780 86,934 90,120 82,051 99,969 1,092,483 Barbour 9,827 11,728 13,317 13,073 12,927 12,536 12,860 12,851 12,148 12,965 12,333 14,646 151,211 Bibb 5,554 5,528 6,604 6,876 6,562 6,222 6,974 6,508 6,729 6,649 6,100 6,347 76,653 Blount 13,751 12,546 14,987 15,502 16,443 14,933 15,936 15,645 14,625 15,728 14,455 14,337 178,888 Bullock 2,084 1,907 1,956 2,158 1,985 2,163 2,592 2,613 2,473 2,230 2,205 2,604 26,970 Butler 8,185 8,706 9,643 9,471 9,672 9,526 9,525 9,767 9,513 9,638 8,744 10,862 113,252 Calhoun 65,069 68,230 81,538 75,372 80,610 76,298 78,214 80,203 76,924 77,078 74,008 87,891 921,435 Chambers 15,835 12,993 13,940 14,147 14,576 14,936 15,388 14,344 13,340 13,520 12,724 14,205 169,948 Cherokee 7,374 7,394 9,081 9,156 9,196 8,175 9,185 9,288 8,703 8,878 8,029 10,119 104,578 Chilton 15,300 16,165 18,715 17,549 18,981 18,051 18,882 19,377 17,351 18,100 16,500 18,360 213,331 Choctaw 3,998 4,187 4,488 4,424 4,621 4,239 4,503 4,660 4,549 4,425 4,339 4,733 53,166 Clarke 13,882 14,047 15,905 15,466 15,350 14,780 14,847 15,104 14,104 16,012 14,452 16,905 180,854 Clay 3,433 3,511 3,795 3,581 3,716 3,704 3,520 3,681 3,510 3,510 3,450 3,665 43,076 Cleburne 3,380 3,207 3,351 3,564 3,595 3,721 4,001 3,440 3,757 3,831 3,610 3,946 43,403 Coffee 25,850 26,874 29,027 29,409 31,878 28,389 29,342 29,232 28,678 28,557 26,823 33,393 347,452 Colbert 39,367 39,252 47,182 43,340 46,244 44,125 43,142 44,656 43,014 43,660 42,552 46,222 522,756 Conecuh 2,981 3,467 3,911 3,844 3,978 3,543 3,488 4,168 3,830 4,026 3,553 3,887 44,676 Coosa 1,314 1,374 1,536 1,553 1,786 1,656 1,710 1,601 1,631 1,753 1,503 1,685 19,102 Covington 19,742 20,325 22,518 21,788 22,369 21,744 21,657 22,367 21,595 22,031 20,803 25,258 262,197 Crenshaw 4,754 4,854 5,339 5,364 5,154 5,315 5,068 5,673 5,141 4,807 4,648 4,585 60,702 Cullman 36,207 40,789 48,025 46,850 46,212 43,865 46,967 48,013 43,042 44,939 44,839 51,704 541,452 Dale 13,360 14,593 16,595 15,927 18,093 14,848 16,226 16,038 15,107 16,354 15,029 18,840 191,010 Dallas 21,894 23,104 25,820 24,169 24,609 22,966 24,416 24,016 23,307 24,026 23,357 27,541 289,225 DeKalb 23,215 23,228 26,745 26,215 28,410 26,550 27,126 27,460 24,854 28,025 25,309 29,627 316,764 Elmore 21,095 21,243 23,575 23,141 23,710 22,885 23,149 23,005 22,332 22,311 20,597 23,461 270,504 Escambia 16,821 19,690 21,215 21,925 21,153 20,931 20,182 19,765 20,088 20,146 19,033 23,220 244,169 Etowah 56,214 55,899 65,362 63,847 66,056 63,654 64,654 64,875 62,010 62,299 62,150 75,950 762,970 Fayette 6,769 6,438 7,514 7,327 7,481 7,102 6,985 6,844 6,826 7,173 7,360 8,960 86,779 Franklin 11,290 10,762 12,172 12,684 12,517 11,489 12,534 12,721 12,398 13,521 12,295 14,075 148,458 Geneva 7,755 8,210 9,471 9,186 9,168 8,852 8,992 9,349 9,048 8,523 8,261 10,428 107,243 Greene 1,740 1,601 1,721 1,792 1,744 1,639 1,835 1,775 1,615 1,643 1,643 1,760 20,508 Hale 3,207 3,439 3,600 3,732 4,020 3,528 3,838 3,600 3,677 3,339 3,162 3,262 42,404 Henry 4,764 4,503 5,376 5,086 5,427 4,887 5,508 5,380 5,103 5,438 4,886 5,055 61,413 Houston 87,647 85,716 99,004 99,783 101,129 95,881 96,722 96,336 92,340 96,211 93,701 115,825 1,160,295 Jackson 21,705 21,879 25,555 25,092 26,676 24,791 26,189 25,923 24,520 26,110 24,315 29,293 302,048 Jefferson 533,843 546,654 612,454 608,381 617,080 584,511 593,418 612,838 585,850 581,654 571,489 717,194 7,165,366 Lamar 3,832 4,021 4,325 4,143 4,258 4,051 4,509 4,384 4,121 4,407 4,049 4,565 50,665 Lauderdale 54,526 57,382 65,179 61,121 64,116 62,380 63,494 65,327 63,150 60,718 61,327 78,586 757,306 Lawrence 8,666 8,662 9,749 9,631 9,944 8,964 9,821 9,592 9,784 9,818 9,294 12,165 116,090 Lee 53,970 54,356 62,916 61,093 61,346 59,902 60,041 59,211 61,393 62,392 60,914 69,825 727,359 Limestone 25,884 27,859 30,320 29,725 31,013 27,068 29,650 29,448 28,505 29,606 27,751 33,253 350,082 Lowndes 2,929 2,897 3,225 3,023 3,323 2,857 3,184 2,978 2,859 2,767 2,764 3,117 35,923 Macon 4,924 4,365 4,615 4,673 4,708 4,392 4,446 5,297 4,482 4,526 4,328 4,940 55,696 Madison 166,247 170,004 202,601 193,852 197,073 190,952 198,432 198,197 192,454 191,697 183,335 228,795 2,313,639 Marengo 9,780 10,197 11,122 11,081 11,557 10,813 11,241 11,655 10,759 11,217 10,415 12,486 132,323 Marion 12,325 11,634 13,082 13,193 13,745 12,248 13,023 12,912 12,673 12,659 11,919 14,773 154,186 Marshall 52,629 53,224 63,634 61,302 66,256 62,069 65,774 64,579 61,876 62,720 61,384 70,409 745,856 Mobile 245,475 247,800 288,336 282,721 282,179 280,557 280,393 283,944 270,123 281,990 267,139 337,886 3,348,543 Monroe 10,913 11,182 12,518 12,496 12,932 11,810 11,925 12,165 11,988 11,580 13,442 15,560 148,511 Montgomery 173,892 182,442 205,405 197,260 203,041 201,313 199,284 196,579 196,400 190,922 186,924 244,469 2,377,931 Morgan 67,617 67,433 78,634 76,216 79,106 72,268 78,412 77,322 75,508 74,095 71,574 83,863 902,048 Perry 2,082 2,047 2,361 2,430 2,480 1,950 2,169 2,305 2,520 3,288 2,189 2,545 28,366 Pickens 4,089 4,008 4,328 4,561 4,661 3,952 4,973 4,501 4,338 3,994 4,034 4,635 52,074 Pike 16,331 14,585 16,725 15,965 17,089 16,751 17,441 16,715 16,719 16,193 15,694 18,220 198,428 Randolph 6,974 6,754 7,592 7,510 7,743 7,352 7,695 7,308 7,677 7,477 7,069 7,891 89,042 Russell 17,822 18,662 20,215 20,464 20,432 23,949 20,934 19,769 19,798 20,170 19,032 23,567 244,814 St. Clair 19,873 21,300 24,770 24,359 24,925 23,868 25,049 24,320 22,406 22,941 21,626 25,489 280,926 Shelby 73,541 72,692 82,600 86,170 88,387 85,172 89,414 87,938 83,820 88,786 78,775 87,497 1,004,792 Sumter 4,193 4,159 4,588 4,095 4,016 3,958 4,096 4,028 4,352 4,584 3,864 4,861 50,794 Talladega 34,662 35,820 39,977 39,811 40,999 42,261 39,556 40,054 37,534 41,674 37,075 43,504 472,927 Tallapoosa 17,582 18,356 21,548 20,906 21,118 20,767 20,693 21,957 19,458 19,905 18,443 22,722 243,455 Tuscaloosa 100,321 105,584 114,898 119,706 120,431 116,253 113,820 123,467 119,254 123,411 121,562 147,818 1,426,525 Walker 41,899 42,068 49,421 47,033 49,985 45,646 48,946 48,741 45,792 45,806 43,333 53,729 562,399 Washington 2,618 2,692 2,987 2,419 2,989 2,631 2,571 3,030 2,385 2,850 2,564 2,923 32,659 Wilcox 3,159 3,031 3,173 2,967 3,235 3,043 3,307 3,319 3,358 3,223 3,023 3,957 38,795 Winston 11,531 10,664 12,691 12,369 12,649 11,530 12,886 13,645 12,171 12,915 11,282 12,589 146,922 Source: Center for Business and Economic Research, The University of Alabama, April 1998.