1998 Monthly Retail Sales for Alabama MSAs and Counties ($1,000) (Preliminary) January February March April May June July August September October November December Total Alabama 2,669,863 2,784,955 3,162,554 3,157,072 3,252,392 3,268,768 3,196,162 3,221,306 3,025,636 3,141,686 3,157,448 3,772,222 37,810,064 MSAs Anniston 67,760 72,275 84,314 81,396 86,714 86,353 79,101 82,297 80,763 78,636 79,720 98,278 977,607 Birmingham 645,606 660,053 771,807 749,287 761,373 782,371 730,485 777,690 705,043 728,360 722,797 846,122 8,880,994 Decatur 74,020 76,445 88,727 88,311 95,569 91,487 89,459 88,493 84,700 91,537 84,217 97,715 1,050,680 Dothan 105,517 110,631 123,167 119,218 125,816 126,289 117,165 118,323 121,708 117,746 121,119 142,134 1,448,833 Florence 91,436 97,199 108,388 109,073 115,520 114,442 108,924 110,476 104,788 108,999 111,191 126,988 1,307,424 Gadsden 55,810 58,083 66,421 65,959 67,994 68,646 65,543 66,588 63,063 64,138 66,865 79,121 788,231 Huntsville 191,160 194,847 220,364 222,309 234,738 228,852 223,057 220,412 211,569 218,571 218,438 262,340 2,646,657 Mobile 314,873 333,845 381,414 388,875 374,334 383,159 373,919 360,919 316,805 345,092 348,759 402,878 4,324,872 Montgomery 215,699 226,151 251,004 246,490 244,066 253,323 254,588 250,179 235,263 237,228 245,972 301,262 2,961,225 Tuscaloosa 106,473 109,589 124,472 123,718 127,690 119,033 123,103 123,275 118,736 132,287 131,887 147,989 1,488,252 Counties Autauga 18,495 18,595 21,602 22,120 23,206 22,121 22,260 18,670 19,639 20,888 21,303 24,431 253,330 Baldwin 74,892 80,753 94,394 100,402 97,952 103,565 106,136 94,633 76,165 87,293 86,649 99,062 1,101,896 Barbour 11,927 11,974 12,759 13,367 14,016 13,717 13,666 13,121 12,756 13,161 13,463 15,227 159,154 Bibb 5,889 6,391 7,141 7,430 7,731 7,441 6,833 7,117 6,869 7,580 5,694 7,916 84,032 Blount 13,653 12,432 15,241 16,023 17,037 15,811 16,404 15,470 15,461 15,450 14,415 16,040 183,437 Bullock 2,060 2,237 2,186 2,003 2,405 2,187 2,209 2,172 1,899 2,106 2,073 2,460 25,997 Butler 8,652 9,221 9,575 10,392 11,004 10,663 10,034 10,329 9,486 9,099 9,301 10,900 118,656 Calhoun 67,760 72,275 84,314 81,396 86,714 86,353 79,101 82,297 80,763 78,636 79,720 98,278 977,607 Chambers 12,900 12,722 13,332 15,557 14,780 14,288 13,367 13,274 12,760 12,785 13,586 14,323 163,674 Cherokee 8,016 8,222 9,674 9,485 9,676 9,120 9,366 9,071 9,306 9,742 8,933 9,591 110,202 Chilton 16,135 16,499 19,273 18,226 19,221 19,829 20,270 19,205 17,841 18,733 18,008 19,461 222,701 Choctaw 4,289 3,944 4,325 4,357 4,496 4,317 3,938 4,364 4,212 4,384 4,134 4,753 51,513 Clarke 12,367 13,752 15,388 14,361 14,546 14,559 13,039 13,052 12,061 12,901 13,626 15,462 165,114 Clay 3,377 3,640 3,737 3,982 4,133 3,912 3,875 3,850 3,852 4,128 3,489 3,793 45,768 Cleburne 3,601 3,507 4,152 3,780 4,120 4,512 3,981 4,316 4,468 4,199 4,083 4,228 48,947 Coffee 27,142 28,429 31,049 31,217 35,454 30,728 30,749 30,827 28,577 29,985 31,139 36,177 371,473 Colbert 37,670 38,681 43,767 44,373 46,972 46,776 45,549 45,164 44,076 45,152 43,771 47,066 529,017 Conecuh 3,496 3,285 3,874 3,824 3,848 4,358 4,205 3,850 3,609 3,803 3,576 3,833 45,561 Coosa 1,522 1,528 1,834 2,102 1,902 1,796 1,922 1,765 1,507 1,756 1,675 1,509 20,818 Covington 20,628 22,187 22,914 24,210 24,603 23,425 22,707 23,550 21,054 23,592 24,898 26,792 280,560 Crenshaw 4,370 4,449 4,943 5,773 5,220 5,670 5,706 5,149 4,946 4,995 4,954 5,189 61,364 Cullman 39,908 42,984 46,026 49,761 49,177 45,607 47,290 46,218 44,231 47,470 46,824 55,275 560,771 Dale 14,585 15,463 17,343 16,643 18,853 17,807 17,971 17,301 17,142 17,321 17,811 20,396 208,636 Dallas 20,412 22,424 24,836 26,320 24,598 25,852 27,064 23,992 23,620 24,859 24,861 28,575 297,413 DeKalb 25,002 24,722 28,111 29,412 31,737 30,849 30,059 28,323 26,841 27,973 27,304 31,535 341,868 Elmore 21,010 21,451 23,775 24,342 25,967 25,610 25,144 25,173 22,832 23,876 24,361 26,391 289,932 Escambia 18,081 19,425 22,288 22,351 23,398 22,114 22,320 21,428 20,185 21,836 19,664 24,370 257,460 Etowah 55,810 58,083 66,421 65,959 67,994 68,646 65,543 66,588 63,063 64,138 66,865 79,121 788,231 Fayette 6,867 7,181 7,964 8,212 8,501 8,115 7,521 7,568 7,835 8,324 7,922 9,670 95,680 Franklin 11,401 11,778 12,808 13,935 13,053 12,067 12,195 14,917 12,030 11,958 11,910 15,097 153,149 Geneva 8,163 9,135 9,685 9,680 9,763 9,885 9,125 9,782 9,420 9,174 9,067 10,380 113,259 Greene 1,474 1,587 1,649 1,655 1,571 1,739 1,898 1,679 1,533 1,716 1,598 1,640 19,739 Hale 3,479 3,131 3,364 3,853 3,697 3,806 3,838 3,668 3,785 3,360 2,915 3,669 42,565 Henry 4,811 4,623 5,286 5,558 5,726 5,704 5,297 5,792 5,514 5,319 5,215 5,338 64,183 Houston 90,932 95,168 105,824 102,575 106,963 108,482 99,194 101,022 104,566 100,425 103,308 121,738 1,240,197 Jackson 22,166 22,567 25,646 27,460 28,151 27,315 26,950 26,005 25,623 26,046 26,858 30,490 315,277 Jefferson 536,728 548,761 645,016 617,885 627,448 649,314 602,004 649,736 582,232 595,759 598,016 712,098 7,364,997 Lamar 3,907 4,259 5,083 5,143 5,251 5,617 5,028 4,427 4,279 4,478 4,180 4,839 56,491 Lauderdale 53,766 58,518 64,621 64,700 68,548 67,666 63,375 65,312 60,712 63,847 67,420 79,922 778,407 Lawrence 8,422 8,891 9,881 11,165 10,550 10,007 9,946 10,094 9,881 10,633 10,663 11,410 121,543 Lee 52,291 55,357 61,390 62,461 63,028 64,170 59,461 60,105 61,652 65,910 67,303 76,889 750,017 Limestone 24,355 26,549 29,717 30,695 33,120 32,153 30,505 32,553 28,670 32,040 31,669 35,333 367,359 Lowndes 2,482 2,837 2,972 3,004 2,885 3,333 2,875 2,584 2,613 2,671 3,178 3,222 34,656 Macon 4,410 4,268 4,445 4,510 4,837 4,471 3,933 4,858 4,337 4,352 4,269 4,710 53,400 Madison 166,805 168,298 190,647 191,614 201,618 196,699 192,552 187,859 182,899 186,531 186,769 227,007 2,279,298 Marengo 9,879 9,701 11,112 12,052 11,832 11,070 10,754 11,395 10,241 11,090 11,346 12,176 132,648 Marion 11,330 11,678 13,477 13,388 14,368 14,179 13,414 12,873 12,954 13,500 13,173 15,545 159,879 Marshall 54,531 53,472 62,148 63,136 70,524 68,779 67,353 66,314 61,776 64,420 65,574 72,408 770,435 Mobile 239,981 253,092 287,020 288,473 276,382 279,594 267,783 266,286 240,640 257,799 262,110 303,816 3,222,976 Monroe 11,209 11,947 12,118 12,662 15,612 13,467 12,671 12,574 11,724 12,828 13,277 14,835 154,924 Montgomery 176,194 186,105 205,627 200,028 194,893 205,592 207,184 206,336 192,792 192,464 200,308 250,440 2,417,963 Morgan 65,598 67,554 78,846 77,146 85,019 81,480 79,513 78,399 74,819 80,904 73,554 86,305 929,137 Perry 2,210 2,205 2,192 2,342 2,274 2,068 2,220 2,018 2,763 2,168 2,047 2,441 26,948 Pickens 3,722 3,975 4,109 4,257 4,754 4,485 4,265 4,422 4,516 4,141 3,983 4,639 51,268 Pike 15,181 16,548 17,709 17,331 17,802 18,100 17,795 17,090 16,936 17,948 17,576 20,631 210,647 Randolph 6,836 6,935 7,406 7,739 8,103 8,014 7,566 7,864 7,422 7,512 7,426 8,151 90,974 Russell 17,603 18,545 19,714 21,051 20,486 20,554 20,996 20,220 19,760 20,340 21,473 25,878 246,620 St. Clair 20,352 21,116 24,804 25,670 27,231 25,534 24,907 24,469 22,413 25,956 23,473 26,498 292,423 Shelby 74,873 77,744 86,746 89,709 89,657 91,712 87,170 88,015 84,937 91,195 86,893 91,486 1,040,137 Sumter 4,014 4,052 4,455 4,565 4,590 4,422 4,345 4,333 4,571 4,786 4,593 5,014 53,740 Talladega 38,612 37,902 41,689 44,390 43,071 43,462 41,151 41,895 40,732 44,268 40,941 47,655 505,768 Tallapoosa 18,979 20,110 21,014 22,165 22,952 22,780 21,587 21,237 20,275 19,680 20,544 23,509 254,832 Tuscaloosa 106,473 109,589 124,472 123,718 127,690 119,033 123,103 123,275 118,736 132,287 131,887 147,989 1,488,252 Walker 42,334 43,372 49,606 49,185 53,462 55,193 48,847 50,649 48,001 49,765 50,732 56,342 597,488 Washington 2,652 3,072 2,795 2,739 2,901 2,692 2,941 2,241 2,256 2,843 2,543 3,039 32,714 Wilcox 3,333 2,992 3,262 3,082 3,288 3,675 3,186 3,151 2,917 2,870 3,047 3,486 38,289 Winston 10,856 11,257 12,647 12,993 13,453 13,496 13,625 14,054 13,285 13,569 12,468 13,749 155,452 Source: Center for Business and Economic Research, The University of Alabama, April 1999.