NET TAXABLE RETAIL SALES BY COUNTY
In Thousands of Dollars
Nebraska - Selected Years, 1970 to 1995
County	1970	1975	1980	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Adams	$72,412	$129,049	$176,220	$149,701	$160,250	$165,557	$182,906	$193,065	$200,286	$204,438	$219,108	$224,382	$236,184	$242,003
Antelope	11,986	24,350	29,634	19,632	21,636	22,000	25,147	27,086	30,184	29,131	27,691	24,479	24,420	24,166
Arthur	329	455	768	576	455	498	496	698	685	631	657	612	642	496
Banner	76	197	230	145	127	103	120	113	223	219	359	338	158	209
Blaine	697	1,107	1,714	1,004	985	966	1,053	945	1,230	1,258	1,158	1,181	1,067	1,054
Boone	13,129	21,687	30,971	22,651	23,179	24,738	26,845	27,099	29,961	30,973	28,587	25,142	25,065	26,448
Box Butte	19,973	38,900	70,245	61,393	61,724	58,323	63,773	66,229	67,003	66,896	66,037	65,429	57,447	71,053
Boyd	4,291	6,446	8,689	5,671	5,995	5,917	6,147	6,731	7,009	7,195	6,988	6,949	7,225	7,056
Brown	7,861	14,315	23,850	15,814	15,824	16,315	17,564	18,905	20,104	20,219	20,579	22,723	23,091	21,654
Buffalo	63,137	124,488	197,498	188,442	198,319	213,363	244,859	262,356	276,824	290,218	301,680	317,913	344,832	355,015
Burt	13,480	23,062	32,033	22,371	24,556	25,586	27,590	26,444	28,604	27,867	27,057	27,646	27,464	26,729
Butler	11,011	18,016	25,745	19,636	21,062	21,064	22,248	21,464	22,925	23,960	24,866	23,812	23,215	22,834
Cass	19,633	29,069	44,582	39,158	41,533	43,205	46,089	49,480	54,783	60,958	55,598	64,422	63,443	63,316
Cedar	14,556	24,361	36,575	25,366	27,450	29,061	30,785	31,264	34,975	35,002	34,875	333,989	32,772	31,348
Chase	8,171	21,539	27,899	22,135	19,589	20,175	23,626	26,922	29,647	26,386	25,576	22,083	22,785	22,825
Cherry	11,449	18,835	30,650	25,326	26,720	27,245	30,440	31,651	35,671	37,964	38,703	39,949	41,218	45,108
Cheyenne	19,376	31,920	43,727	44,074	44,005	44,314	47,127	48,013	49,737	56,728	65,799	72,431	75,370	80,524
Clay	10,871	22,687	29,319	20,858	22,910	24,353	24,707	25,581	27,168	26,362	25,378	23,523	23,206	26,455
Colfax	15,983	26,478	40,360	25,019	27,442	28,977	32,818	32,521	35,645	34,359	36,230	34,260	32,286	31,732
Cuming	16,469	29,101	47,454	34,286	36,819	38,441	43,243	46,654	50,323	53,761	53,245	50,831	49,984	52,687
Custer	23,879	39,472	59,611	43,461	43,921	44,541	50,847	53,768	54,844	58,064	58,852	57,027	57,041	64,860
Dakota	24,566	36,886	50,078	47,506	51,885	52,942	60,779	71,791	86,161	83,464	90,294	96,247	102,893	107,591
Dawes	16,020	27,669	42,527	37,213	38,650	36,055	36,764	36,193	37,983	39,783	40,109	41,890	45,201	45,615
Dawson	42,046	79,664	118,103	95,901	98,303	103,086	118,070	125,177	133,163	137,406	144,592	143,122	145,140	148,349
Deuel	4,430	6,380	8,779	7,287	7,401	7,527	7,829	7,743	7,564	7,903	8,009	8,771	9,414	9,385
Dixon	6,235	9,241	12,016	8,907	10,129	10,162	10,353	10,572	10,573	10,912	10,550	11,819	11,489	11,187
Dodge	75,923	131,334	187,073	169,220	179,570	184,883	197,024	207,882	224,187	235,527	245,183	250,980	265,200	257,514
Douglas	1,014,799	1,551,987	2,426,739	2,928,101	3,163,571	3,187,517	3,453,986	3,713,073	3,783,460	3,939,675	4,219,961	4,453,853	4,793,001	4,915,149
Dundy	3,896	7,246	10,112	6,767	6,862	7,880	8,267	8,191	8,539	7,641	7,243	6,541	6,655	6,454
Fillmore	13,497	26,346	34,190	24,991	26,873	28,866	34,387	36,085	36,232	36,144	34,668	29,876	29,334	29,931
Franklin	6,443	11,281	14,629	9,017	8,994	9,107	9,533	9,772	9,958	9,121	9,381	9,282	9,067	8,821
Frontier	3,565	6,365	8,439	5,873	6,169	6,192	6,605	6,856	6,796	6,747	6,658	7,119	7,377	7,407
Furnas	10,536	17,775	24,390	17,807	17,834	19,854	21,155	22,846	23,914	24,644	24,229	22,212	22,507	25,902
Gage	41,142	67,221	101,112	85,816	91,112	94,319	99,881	101,034	108,888	112,976	117,376	118,521	120,419	124,034
Garden	3,838	6,217	8,594	7,163	6,887	6,924	6,554	6,486	6,589	6,979	6,690	6,864	7,802	7,765
Garfield	3,890	7,195	10,602	7,968	8,119	8,830	10,377	10,196	9,757	9,060	9,166	9,204	8,953	8,559
Gosper	2,368	5,626	8,280	4,195	5,710	5,071	6,032	4,582	3,899	4,105	4,418	4,798	4,920	4,984
Grant	1,555	1,926	3,097	2,203	2,169	2,154	2,321	2,378	2,522	2,721	2,741	2,464	2,443	2,199
Greeley	4,717	6,192	9,567	6,202	7,120	7,472	9,387	10,006	10,376	9,651	9,807	8,116	7,874	7,654
Hall	114,540	220,752	355,734	330,866	331,631	352,311	391,734	422,738	425,715	433,864	466,342	491,851	541,942	563,253
Hamilton	12,063	23,658	33,421	25,027	26,143	28,032	32,035	34,014	34,215	35,614	34,189	32,243	34,229	35,128
Harlan	6,129	10,220	14,797	11,003	11,039	11,385	11,521	11,558	11,437	11,094	10,632	10,741	11,160	10,826
Hayes	339	473	884	531	520	611	657	814	956	884	724	855	847	810
Hitchcock	3,728	5,856	8,482	7,113	7,291	7,062	7,449	7,608	8,150	8,435	8,338	8,573	8,062	7,187
Holt	21,114	40,395	67,439	49,103	53,341	55,135	61,230	67,123	71,319	71,350	67,944	64,189	63,876	66,932
Hooker	1,495	2,087	3,313	2,423	2,207	2,242	2,492	2,536	2,733	2,858	2,629	2,729	2,864	3,363
Howard	8,037	13,497	20,844	14,346	15,107	15,686	17,036	18,460	20,281	19,336	19,208	18,810	17,976	17,142
Jefferson	20,425	32,102	43,435	36,554	37,079	39,965	40,563	41,213	44,225	42,194	44,898	49,704	44,657	45,313
Johnson	7,528	11,275	17,100	12,558	13,499	12,937	13,572	14,144	15,165	16,092	16,313	16,087	16,212	16,043
Kearney	9,657	18,542	26,868	18,516	19,492	19,990	21,451	22,309	22,974	24,106	23,252	22,550	22,455	22,181
Keith	19,516	42,774	57,651	50,623	53,769	60,837	66,874	71,204	71,674	73,126	69,503	63,150	64,805	66,322
Keya Paha	804	1,071	1,780	1,284	1,376	1,405	1,600	1,511	1,622	1,401	1,302	1,104	1,068	1,048
Kimball	13,443	21,577	35,514	25,898	19,887	20,289	21,125	19,622	21,483	22,873	21,828	21,624	20,906	19,318
Knox	14,939	27,042	38,057	26,745	30,314	31,098	32,022	32,459	34,773	35,026	32,937	31,413	31,019	30,326
Lancaster	367,380	635,356	986,486	1,106,544	1,182,447	1,256,586	1,365,736	1,412,267	1,479,728	1,521,487	1,567,156	1,729,010	1,876,208	1,968,289
Lincoln	66,021	124,022	186,012	155,066	161,939	166,037	185,921	195,167	207,557	218,957	225,866	234,407	252,125	254,463
Logan	820	934	1,240	1,074	1,023	1,030	1,051	1,071	1,190	1,203	1,229	1,258	1,194	1,187
Loup	424	625	872	509	509	506	541	500	492	466	456	453	369	367
Madison	67,749	135,406	197,240	182,262	200,050	211,044	239,314	252,191	263,234	267,326	276,718	294,477	317,275	335,439
McPherson	148	131	166	194	225	213	259	246	275	323	315	255	282	287
Merrick	12,891	23,646	29,571	20,416	22,225	23,161	27,403	29,403	29,422	28,731	29,119	25,232	24,027	23,970
Morrill	8,878	19,095	27,328	18,441	19,555	18,580	21,719	20,663	23,339	22,855	20,809	17,455	17,730	17,373
Nance	5,168	8,072	12,356	9,443	11,416	10,511	10,642	11,030	12,670	11,671	10,950	10,502	9,888	10,213
Nemaha	13,693	19,419	27,393	22,395	24,217	25,959	27,682	26,347	29,094	30,208	31,849	31,941	32,868	32,786
Nuckolls	12,424	20,207	30,222	22,372	22,038	23,641	24,272	23,731	24,135	23,765	24,115	23,998	24,336	23,253
Otoe	29,393	46,965	67,221	53,681	56,729	59,430	60,180	58,843	64,720	67,330	67,370	66,895	72,375	80,692
Pawnee	4,353	6,840	9,348	6,574	7,334	7,576	7,511	8,060	8,601	8,380	7,962	7,894	6,641	6,178
Perkins	6,015	14,355	18,189	12,912	13,255	13,690	14,772	16,423	16,622	15,559	15,379	11,956	12,221	12,590
Phelps	21,846	48,258	62,228	47,946	48,703	48,884	52,602	55,562	61,080	64,597	65,900	60,356	56,621	57,267
Pierce	8,798	17,355	23,674	17,474	22,045	20,126	22,112	22,407	24,159	22,463	22,840	21,222	20,959	21,104
Platte	57,209	102,494	162,901	145,677	154,192	170,391	187,925	196,568	208,181	221,542	222,967	225,060	238,212	241,705
Polk	7,220	13,945	20,722	17,569	20,358	21,191	23,855	25,070	26,858	27,203	24,774	25,473	25,955	25,055
Red Willow	32,527	57,550	84,678	77,962	79,510	84,561	92,825	94,769	101,506	104,279	105,084	104,646	106,183	120,556
Richardson	20,749	32,664	42,487	33,230	34,866	35,196	34,469	32,573	36,452	37,528	36,250	36,849	37,694	45,671
Rock	4,045	10,822	13,922	5,102	5,699	5,759	7,429	8,546	9,365	9,391	9,022	6,438	6,074	5,621
Saline	21,378	37,535	53,940	44,279	48,277	49,398	52,609	52,784	55,517	567,278	58,421	62,069	59,062	57,614
Sarpy	54,622	92,979	142,810	193,101	204,039	213,673	220,479	229,973	231,211	246,872	264,552	295,516	338,745	355,412
Saunders	23,639	35,398	51,578	38,930	41,424	43,286	48,277	48,019	52,824	56,473	62,086	63,383	63,147	63,587
Scotts Bluff	77,039	146,155	217,229	184,128	192,335	201,443	211,675	226,316	237,761	251,766	256,815	267,568	277,369	282,325
Seward	21,825	39,281	54,651	46,143	53,698	56,898	62,445	64,593	68,997	67,269	70,209	72,033	71,099	70,554
Sheridan	14,830	25,964	40,379	29,252	29,182	29,996	33,106	33,940	33,771	34,889	35,399	35,857	34,895	33,780
Sherman	5,637	8,197	11,561	7,426	7,758	8,027	8,861	8,573	8,800	8,680	8,542	9,139	9,425	8,904
Sioux	723	1,130	1,889	1,460	1,336	1,333	1,428	1,443	1,509	1,648	1,807	1,926	1,948	1,681
Stanton	3,730	6,382	7,784	6,352	6,392	6,795	7,474	7,245	7,872	8,134	8,002	7,753	8,342	8,040
Thayer	12,319	21,332	29,397	23,278	24,346	26,004	28,013	29,021	31,416	31,622	32,265	31,263	30,349	28,955
Thomas	1,462	1,911	3,331	2,519	2,525	2,578	3,063	3,102	3,287	3,508	3,207	3,427	3,460	3,980
Thurston	6,868	10,086	11,285	7,597	8,825	9,355	10,437	10,622	10,495	10,340	9,911	9,018	8,914	9,129
Valley	11,042	18,097	24,927	21,087	21,789	22,719	25,427	26,567	28,312	26,642	26,700	24,752	24,791	23,621
Washington	20,308	32,735	50,180	46,570	49,527	52,783	56,784	59,314	64,096	64,360	66,038	72,435	78,761	77,454
Wayne	12,634	21,959	37,059	27,552	30,474	31,107	33,684	33,793	38,520	41,048	42,936	42,084	41,306	37,515
Webster	7,183	11,361	14,744	10,043	10,419	11,764	12,886	13,001	13,956	15,288	14,618	14,679	15,012	14,051
Wheeler	468	842	1,942	963	878	934	890	1,154	1,355	1,535	1,498	1,603	1,606	1,620
York	29,394	61,332	85,018	74,426	80,486	83,156	88,184	91,986	94,540	96,617	97,775	99,737	108,009	111,659
Unallocated										$1,045,608	$1,143,831	$1,218,192	$1,439,609	$1,533,128
Nebraska	$2,964,840	$5,361,337	$8,193,715	$8,191,113	$8,735,051	$9,063,843	$9,934,977	$10,516,966	$10,901,034	$11,349,597	$11,900,883	$12,474,045	$13,415,795	$13,858,950
Note:  Sum of the counties may not equal Nebraska total due to rounding and unallocated tax.
In October, 1983, food and food products (excluding meals prepared by a retailer) became exempt from tax.
Source:  Nebraska Department of Revenue, unpublished data, March 2000.
by Nebraska Databook
e-mail:	michael.lundeen@ded.ne.gov