1999 Monthly Retail Sales for Alabama MSAs and Counties ($1,000) January February March April May June July August September October November December Total Alabama 2,865,137 2,993,284 3,415,351 3,304,217 3,345,695 3,378,312 3,331,601 3,338,975 3,248,227 3,141,249 3,241,536 3,979,855 39,583,439 MSAs Anniston 72,220 77,359 87,770 87,675 90,474 89,149 87,253 83,014 81,669 76,853 82,497 103,979 1,019,912 Auburn-Opelika 56,844 58,299 69,519 63,885 63,605 67,437 62,108 62,925 64,553 64,303 65,752 78,246 777,476 Birmingham 663,330 673,053 759,010 746,641 750,039 761,063 758,414 759,591 730,776 713,597 721,775 880,118 8,917,407 Decatur 77,467 81,270 92,708 89,859 94,782 90,732 92,555 89,177 88,759 83,930 86,247 102,834 1,070,320 Dothan 109,333 112,476 126,348 124,222 122,346 127,176 124,236 123,033 115,182 115,091 120,365 148,211 1,468,019 Florence 96,571 100,391 118,975 114,119 118,098 113,756 111,869 108,620 111,208 105,684 110,850 136,943 1,347,084 Gadsden 57,362 61,114 70,449 69,920 70,458 72,670 70,686 69,893 67,518 65,840 70,881 83,851 830,642 Huntsville 192,900 202,746 233,889 234,242 233,533 236,116 233,793 235,694 227,052 231,852 222,416 281,827 2,766,060 Mobile 318,937 328,237 376,976 374,489 369,418 374,078 382,253 376,107 353,376 340,857 353,366 411,668 4,359,762 Montgomery 223,304 231,300 268,318 253,950 253,764 261,419 251,482 251,870 247,716 239,132 247,632 307,175 3,037,062 Tuscaloosa 111,727 115,854 125,456 127,120 124,993 131,485 125,054 132,401 126,222 129,467 127,910 158,451 1,536,140 Counties Autauga 19,193 20,136 22,390 21,935 22,228 23,037 22,028 22,044 20,641 20,592 21,727 27,677 263,628 Baldwin 83,685 84,062 101,708 103,419 103,580 108,017 114,607 106,257 92,627 87,272 90,790 101,868 1,177,892 Barbour 11,558 12,242 13,687 14,089 13,985 14,981 14,111 13,500 13,148 15,294 14,366 17,014 167,975 Bibb 7,156 7,912 9,223 8,592 7,970 8,164 7,383 8,151 7,899 8,483 7,440 7,271 95,644 Blount 13,956 13,860 16,667 16,427 16,739 16,541 16,915 15,660 15,772 17,119 16,125 18,372 194,153 Bullock 2,234 2,110 2,283 2,248 1,942 2,076 2,132 2,337 2,387 2,138 2,216 2,510 26,613 Butler 8,669 9,444 10,776 11,284 10,922 10,784 10,703 10,669 11,151 10,566 10,378 12,664 128,010 Calhoun 72,220 77,359 87,770 87,675 90,474 89,149 87,253 83,014 81,669 76,853 82,497 103,979 1,019,912 Chambers 13,212 12,618 13,625 13,585 13,056 13,529 12,889 12,720 12,649 12,328 12,473 15,218 157,902 Cherokee 8,863 10,053 11,222 10,913 10,174 8,740 11,218 9,182 9,833 8,584 9,277 11,130 119,189 Chilton 16,415 18,506 21,078 21,194 19,974 21,461 21,217 21,021 20,535 21,264 20,100 24,774 247,539 Choctaw 4,197 4,124 4,284 4,412 4,341 4,252 4,366 4,131 4,396 4,520 4,425 5,022 52,470 Clarke 12,098 13,040 14,760 13,823 13,804 13,705 13,478 13,459 12,504 12,717 13,636 15,396 162,420 Clay 4,016 3,901 3,966 3,765 3,644 3,808 3,743 4,540 3,798 3,700 3,928 4,296 47,105 Cleburne 4,179 4,261 4,724 4,498 4,536 4,265 5,046 4,933 4,275 4,354 4,465 4,100 53,636 Coffee 27,193 30,311 32,619 32,561 32,775 30,604 30,242 31,245 28,747 29,671 31,346 37,693 375,007 Colbert 40,354 40,828 47,220 47,180 48,976 46,386 46,422 44,476 49,502 43,837 43,975 51,226 550,382 Conecuh 3,298 3,692 3,758 3,983 3,754 3,603 3,453 4,462 3,977 3,915 4,631 3,946 46,472 Coosa 1,498 1,870 1,985 1,928 1,577 1,571 1,986 2,057 1,546 1,468 1,650 1,693 20,829 Covington 20,517 22,094 23,910 23,318 23,292 22,715 23,031 22,190 21,612 21,642 23,175 26,625 274,121 Crenshaw 4,967 4,745 4,978 4,930 4,968 5,077 4,705 5,045 5,329 4,858 4,906 4,838 59,346 Cullman 40,762 43,884 49,866 54,928 52,528 50,105 54,147 48,248 45,110 46,742 47,703 56,286 590,309 Dale 16,885 17,001 17,700 17,540 17,996 18,813 18,300 18,993 16,709 16,994 17,977 21,483 216,391 Dallas 22,678 23,554 26,212 25,181 25,520 25,401 24,793 24,763 23,680 23,503 23,985 28,690 297,960 DeKalb 25,452 25,644 29,782 30,189 31,316 29,624 30,933 30,624 29,755 29,469 28,997 34,251 356,036 Elmore 23,505 24,296 27,403 27,619 27,654 27,139 27,724 27,285 25,324 24,030 24,497 27,006 313,482 Escambia 20,018 22,155 24,876 23,183 22,872 25,873 23,999 22,831 23,508 23,694 22,335 26,425 281,769 Etowah 57,362 61,114 70,449 69,920 70,458 72,670 70,686 69,893 67,518 65,840 70,881 83,851 830,642 Fayette 8,235 7,704 8,723 8,809 9,074 8,842 8,563 8,756 8,032 8,466 9,160 10,720 105,084 Franklin 11,051 11,199 13,450 12,655 13,375 12,938 12,666 12,388 11,895 11,895 11,801 14,691 150,004 Geneva 8,622 9,188 10,540 10,187 9,851 10,160 9,680 9,739 9,690 9,926 9,310 11,105 117,998 Greene 1,505 1,695 1,593 1,657 1,611 1,615 1,653 1,609 1,558 1,476 1,438 1,715 19,125 Hale 3,084 3,348 3,684 3,723 3,887 4,075 3,923 3,625 3,554 3,235 3,468 3,733 43,339 Henry 5,136 5,137 5,852 5,856 6,125 5,860 5,770 6,092 5,351 5,517 5,112 8,620 70,428 Houston 92,448 95,475 108,648 106,682 104,350 108,363 105,936 104,040 98,473 98,097 102,388 126,728 1,251,628 Jackson 24,147 25,387 28,924 28,718 28,452 28,345 29,637 28,446 27,039 27,891 28,609 34,751 340,346 Jefferson 544,134 552,324 620,114 605,303 608,021 619,114 616,981 622,208 595,309 580,570 591,886 733,395 7,289,359 Lamar 4,246 4,372 4,480 4,511 4,517 4,510 4,322 4,527 4,025 4,186 3,823 4,438 51,957 Lauderdale 56,217 59,563 71,755 66,939 69,122 67,370 65,447 64,144 61,706 61,847 66,875 85,717 796,702 Lawrence 9,102 9,801 10,360 10,682 11,336 10,910 10,571 10,091 9,710 9,931 10,018 12,146 124,658 Lee 56,844 58,299 69,519 63,885 63,605 67,437 62,108 62,925 64,553 64,303 65,752 78,246 777,476 Limestone 27,571 28,945 33,265 34,115 33,976 33,379 33,729 32,781 31,684 30,574 29,687 36,262 385,968 Lowndes 2,611 2,606 3,218 2,846 2,739 2,761 2,675 2,575 2,625 3,488 3,397 3,397 34,938 Macon 4,855 4,042 4,503 4,491 4,426 4,364 4,474 5,183 4,628 4,395 4,252 4,719 54,332 Madison 165,329 173,801 200,624 200,127 199,557 202,737 200,064 202,913 195,368 201,278 192,729 245,565 2,380,092 Marengo 10,081 10,488 11,862 11,809 11,736 11,132 11,488 10,880 10,633 10,892 11,215 13,477 135,693 Marion 12,687 12,334 14,400 14,422 15,389 14,477 14,499 13,721 13,431 13,517 13,119 15,502 167,498 Marshall 55,265 63,391 66,477 67,088 67,654 66,168 68,194 66,580 62,142 61,827 63,547 77,333 785,666 Mobile 235,252 244,175 275,268 271,070 265,838 266,061 267,646 269,850 260,749 253,585 262,576 309,800 3,181,870 Monroe 11,320 12,360 14,915 13,227 13,221 13,575 12,927 12,876 12,733 12,621 12,837 15,017 157,629 Montgomery 180,606 186,868 218,525 204,396 203,882 211,243 201,730 202,541 201,751 194,510 201,408 252,492 2,459,952 Morgan 68,365 71,469 82,348 79,177 83,446 79,822 81,984 79,086 79,049 73,999 76,229 90,688 945,662 Perry 2,243 2,412 2,353 2,409 2,152 2,280 2,145 2,434 2,572 2,235 2,237 2,681 28,153 Pickens 3,952 4,017 4,588 4,311 4,068 4,091 4,312 4,358 4,082 4,527 3,812 4,601 50,719 Pike 17,009 17,207 18,810 18,043 18,028 19,143 18,549 18,380 18,409 17,579 18,402 22,983 222,542 Randolph 7,399 7,730 8,344 8,004 7,966 7,908 8,015 8,116 7,723 7,792 7,687 8,771 95,455 Russell 18,892 19,905 22,048 21,786 22,015 22,296 21,677 21,443 20,787 20,720 21,775 25,613 258,957 St. Clair 22,356 23,504 25,599 26,909 28,533 27,059 30,178 25,666 24,525 25,185 23,883 28,818 312,215 Shelby 82,884 83,365 96,630 98,002 96,746 98,349 94,340 96,057 95,170 90,723 89,881 99,533 1,121,680 Sumter 4,333 4,343 4,523 4,594 4,381 4,138 4,292 4,224 4,677 4,592 4,308 5,142 53,547 Talladega 38,029 40,235 45,229 44,968 46,694 45,604 46,042 44,664 42,554 45,549 41,481 49,880 530,929 Tallapoosa 18,404 20,308 22,698 22,802 22,441 22,727 22,787 21,670 21,336 20,020 21,320 24,380 260,893 Tuscaloosa 111,727 115,854 125,456 127,120 124,993 131,485 125,054 132,401 126,222 129,467 127,910 158,451 1,536,140 Walker 44,426 47,442 56,521 54,300 57,052 54,700 54,200 54,119 52,132 50,863 50,483 60,899 637,137 Washington 2,622 2,445 3,117 2,865 2,533 2,590 2,520 2,351 2,741 2,794 2,536 2,783 31,897 Wilcox 3,253 3,142 3,368 3,344 3,127 3,320 3,570 2,982 3,618 3,108 3,852 3,786 40,470 Winston 12,959 12,641 13,710 14,426 14,521 13,792 17,293 14,035 13,300 14,489 12,813 14,891 168,870 Source: Center for Business and Economic Research, The University of Alabama, September 2000.