Retail Sales in Alabama MSAs, 1997

                       Sales   Sales per   Sales Pct.     Number of    Number of  Payroll per
MSA                  ($1,000)  Capita($)    of State Establishments    Employees   Employee($)

Anniston             981,985       8,377        2.7%            578        6,747       13,715
Birmingham         9,000,690       9,984       24.6%          3,844       52,390       15,843
Decatur            1,253,091       8,847        3.4%            683        7,147       14,715
Dothan             1,489,975      11,097        4.1%            838        9,203       15,501
Florence           1,308,311       9,542        3.6%            735        8,461       14,175
Gadsden              737,764       7,111        2.0%            452        4,935       13,362
Huntsville         3,015,307       9,041        8.2%          1,479       19,814       14,705
Mobile             4,619,850       8,765       12.6%          2,482       30,710       14,747
Montgomery         3,146,913       9,854        8.6%          1,504       19,978       14,697
Tuscaloosa         1,543,208       9,597        4.2%            790       10,852       13,910

Alabama           36,623,327       8,473      100.0%         20,163      231,665       14,598

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 1997 Economic Census: Retail Trade, Geographic Area Series, Alabama.