RETAIL TRADE BY COUNTY
Nebraska - 1982, 1987, 1992, 1997, and 2002 1
	Number of Establishments					Sales ($000)
County	1982	1987	1992	1997	2002	1982	1987	1992	1997	2002
Adams	342	238	234	180	167	$151,288	$171,899	$224,334	$289,533	$293,103
Antelope	107	65	60	51	54	28,943	27,743	31,770	52,136	80,452
Arthur	4	3	5	3	4	830	(D)	747	332	(D)
Banner	1	0	0	0	1	(D)	0	0	0	(D)
Blaine	12	6	6	4	4	1,770	1,257	1,527	933	(D)
Boone	108	72	65	49	52	28,258	30,456	28,231	60,507	62,244
Box Butte	147	104	93	72	66	53,126	51,433	66,420	107,284	95,272
Boyd	53	33	30	15	17	5,889	5,365	6,904	7,936	(D)
Brown	74	45	43	30	30	16,549	12,804	21,288	28,796	39,786
Buffalo	413	329	321	239	248	190,260	223,501	337,179	455,259	583,227
Burt	116	64	64	51	40	26,797	23,709	30,103	49,215	43,032
Butler	107	56	46	25	26	17,996	20,060	20,446	23,328	48,065
Cass	188	104	111	77	71	45,647	43,769	80,945	113,457	149,131
Cedar	132	73	67	51	53	23,981	21,857	32,364	62,915	61,220
Chase	72	38	41	35	32	21,408	19,289	27,496	44,796	75,272
Cherry	99	62	58	49	42	31,172	31,317	47,343	60,701	67,398
Cheyenne	143	104	82	61	64	80,571	167,432	269,096	649,802	(D)
Clay	98	65	45	40	35	17,455	20,255	19,248	43,925	42,957
Colfax	117	76	75	51	53	29,028	29,015	36,013	76,250	74,544
Cuming	128	96	85	60	60	39,685	43,071	48,822	97,788	121,266
Custer	214	119	109	83	74	52,379	47,406	60,892	81,226	79,594
Dakota	166	102	101	80	75	53,422	56,126	89,556	105,028	131,451
Dawes	136	110	92	61	60	43,559	48,679	60,915	81,390	120,282
Dawson	295	176	181	149	132	107,769	100,769	154,532	185,350	242,984
Deuel	50	21	24	15	17	20,270	16,296	8,653	24,628	51,805
Dixon	82	34	31	16	19	8,933	9,695	11,026	23,497	(D)
Dodge	411	295	280	185	179	179,084	222,423	356,079	479,844	598,277
Douglas	3,281	2,715	2,822	1,931	1,948	2,200,852	2,914,405	3,878,393	5,634,500	6,453,551
Dundy	42	20	19	17	13	7,547	5,619	5,207	15,727	12,191
Fillmore	106	62	66	38	38	23,938	16,995	27,112	30,545	34,536
Franklin	291	35	26	23	17	11,712	10,062	9,368	13,043	15,511
Frontier	36	24	17	17	14	7,695	6,270	6,606	6,270	(D)
Furnas	32	56	60	41	41	20,675	19,712	29,204	55,221	70,095
Gage	25	183	186	153	145	101,343	109,163	141,938	190,134	230,234
Garden	20	24	27	15	17	6,004	6,062	9,385	9,638	(D)
Garfield	43	29	30	26	25	10,282	11,205	12,404	32,983	17,590
Gosper	579	7	10	5	5	2,818	928	1,974	1,973	1,818
Grant	88	10	3	6	7	2,606	1,778	1,766	2,927	(D)
Greeley	73	23	26	19	20	9,676	5,271	7,640	32,676	25,436
Hall	11	453	465	347	337	296,700	363,592	517,587	722,070	876,194
Hamilton	41	51	47	35	34	26,511	252,618	27,896	39,868	36,307
Harlan	165	48	38	20	20	14,766	12,437	14,169	17,020	23,171
Hayes	20	9	2	1	2	2,810	2,150	(D)	(D)	(D)
Hitchcock	81	22	14	14	12	5,390	6,523	7,802	18,183	(D)
Holt	130	118	117	95	97	50,729	57,093	70,208	99,633	134,570
Hooker	64	11	8	8	8	2,751	2,956	2,103	4,115	(D)
Howard	79	44	48	38	30	16,181	13,962	20,266	25,098	35,169
Jefferson	130	75	76	51	42	39,593	40,397	49,908	60,628	58,853
Johnson	64	43	48	34	31	14,473	11,563	24,681	29,124	31,178
Kearney	79	46	41	28	29	18,969	18,691	17,784	24,202	31,063
Keith	155	115	101	75	76	67,742	70,466	92,199	97,760	128,119
Keya Paha	20	10	8	6	5	2,136	2,270	1,655	2,071	(D)
Kimball	74	46	44	30	33	24,344	20,517	20,857	21,101	43,867
Knox	155	97	99	73	69	26,930	25,300	35,446	61,346	68,114
Lancaster	1,762	1,318	1,358	996	1,049	923,287	1,262,687	1,750,650	2,270,447	2,871,797
Lincoln	404	272	275	198	206	189,656	189,488	255,369	314,466	446,166
Logan	8	7	8	2	3	810	1,298	1,170	(D)	(D)
Loup	4	6	5	3	2	618	837	1,163	(D)	(D)
Madison	414	291	279	226	226	173,104	212,340	297,195	479,570	565,879
McPherson	5	3	3	2	2	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)	(D)
Merrick	102	62	58	39	39	26,422	28,023	32,475	31,454	33,882
Morrill	72	33	33	23	25	14,162	10,838	14,514	23,913	21,576
Nance	62	29	26	21	19	7,079	6,320	7,735	14,849	16,378
Nemaha	112	58	64	45	46	26,638	22,990	34,907	51,498	49,613
Nuckolls	95	54	54	40	35	24,481	26,159	27,574	43,151	41,005
Otoe	192	131	131	98	88	67,612	66,307	83,984	110,611	99,662
Pawnee	50	24	21	12	10	10,353	6,552	7,951	7,139	(D)
Perkins	44	24	23	18	17	8,408	7,258	9,170	12,397	13,835
Phelps	138	82	80	70	53	51,714	46,068	58,466	81,827	74,803
Pierce	86	64	63	51	43	24,357	22,916	28,686	45,131	39,528
Platte	336	225	240	176	165	128,042	161,036	225,382	293,741	338,431
Polk	73	40	46	24	23	15,076	10,237	17,346	23,813	25,278
Red Willow	197	131	115	109	93	78,331	88,768	113,652	176,293	171,530
Richardson	150	97	78	66	55	40,707	41,231	42,973	59,430	57,184
Rock	32	17	22	10	13	7,462	5,909	8,838	6,359	(D)
Saline	143	102	100	62	55	43,401	65,941	74,860	95,643	90,022
Sarpy	484	362	391	291	324	254,411	348,640	463,510	695,565	1,170,215
Saunders	194	120	114	79	72	50,019	58,963	76,932	92,845	100,651
Scotts Bluff	441	307	294	239	225	205,899	232,314	288,782	391,868	(D)
Seward	164	106	104	63	59	50,661	52,962	79,768	80,692	97,044
Sheridan	134	76	75	58	55	33,577	23,374	43,143	56,889	53,608
Sherman	49	33	29	18	15	7,514	6,744	13,160	17,788	19,601
Sioux	11	9	6	5	6	2,447	2,402	1,975	2,152	(D)
Stanton	40	18	15	13	12	5,359	4,525	4,014	8,249	15,272
Thayer	96	70	58	45	48	30,264	26,350	30,645	44,183	42,361
Thomas	20	11	7	6	3	3,284	2,384	2,808	4,177	(D)
Thurston	61	31	26	29	25	19,629	12,607	15,927	42,448	45,553
Valley	76	58	54	38	40	19,170	19,504	25,067	27,284	74,397
Washington	159	111	107	72	62	46,414	56,792	103,203	233,886	529,854
Wayne	107	73	63	46	47	34,236	37,704	42,232	47,022	69,238
Webster	66	33	31	22	21	10,371	8,334	12,411	21,323	19,090
Wheeler	10	3	3	4	4	859	434	322	1,708	(D)
York	184	126	119	98	82	67,330	80,766	117,248	160,176	171,844
Nebraska	11,140	11,485	11,375	8,295	8,157	$6,774,893	$8,486,334	$11,521,818	$16,529,333	$20,249,200
(D) - Data withheld to avoid disclosing information on individual firms.
Note:  Leased departments are treated separately from the main store in which they are located.
1 1997 and 2002 establishments classified according to NAICS rather than SIC industrial classification code, so direct comparisons of 1997 and 2002 numbers with years before 1997 not possible.  1997 retail trade sector (NAICS code 44) does not include "eating & drinking" establishments.
Source:  U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Census of Retail Trade, June 2005.
Last Updated:	June 30, 2005
by Nebraska Databook
email:	michael.lundeen@ded.ne.gov