TABLE 1. STATEWIDE TAXABLE SALES, BY TYPE OF BUSINESS, FIRST QUARTER 2000
			Taxable transactions						Per capita
	Number of						Percent change		taxable transactions a/
Type of business	permits on		Amount		Percent		from
	January 1, 2000		(in thousands)		of total		year to year		1999		2000
Retail Stores
Women's apparel	9,590		$794,039		.79		7.9		21.79		23.13
Men's apparel	3,365		247,313		.25		-39.6		12.13		7.20
Family apparel	11,854		1,157,983		1.16		38.3		24.80		33.73
Shoes	4,547		466,992		.47		3.5		13.36		13.60
Apparel stores group	29,356		2,666,327		2.67		9.5		72.08		77.65
General merchandise stores	8,030		8,250,549		8.26		9.3		223.55		240.29
Drug stores	4,351		1,279,910		1.28		3.9		36.47		37.28
General merchandise group	12,381		9,530,459		9.54		8.6		260.02		277.56
Gifts, art goods, and novelties	10,619		346,832		.35		8.2		9.49		10.10
Sporting goods	6,284		737,065		.74		10.0		19.84		21.47
Florists	5,087		237,138		.24		8.4		6.48		6.91
Photographic equipment and supplies	987		102,226		.10		2.8		2.95		2.98
Musical instruments	3,088		426,128		.43		10.2		11.45		12.41
Stationery and books	8,590		1,033,565		1.03		6.0		28.87		30.10
Jewelry	7,784		431,042		.43		23.9		10.31		12.55
Office, store, and school supplies	15,129		3,759,600		3.76		21.3		91.83		109.49
Other specialties	92,288		3,288,323		3.29		15.0		84.70		95.77
Specialty stores group	149,856		10,361,919		10.37		15.4		265.92		301.78
Food stores selling all types of liquor	5,527		2,970,497		2.97		4.4		84.24		86.51
All other food stores	18,924		1,372,379		1.37		13.5		35.81		39.97
Food stores group	24,451		4,342,876		4.35		7.1		120.04		126.48
Eating places: no alcoholic beverages	44,155		3,646,937		3.65		7.8		100.15		106.21
Eating places: beer and wine	19,197		2,133,677		2.14		9.4		57.77		62.14
Eating and drinking: all types of liquor	10,861		2,583,384		2.59		13.0		67.68		75.24
Eating and drinking group	74,213		8,363,998		8.37		9.8		225.60		243.59
Household and home furnishings	21,414		2,088,230		2.09		21.3		50.96		60.82
Household appliance dealers	3,682		1,032,175		1.03		9.8		27.85		30.06
Household group	25,096		3,120,405		3.12		17.3		78.81		90.88
Lumber and building materials	3,746		3,331,485		3.33		13.1		87.23		97.03
Hardware stores	2,159		639,831		.64		18.7		15.96		18.63
Plumbing and electrical supplies	1,781		680,401		.68		27.1		15.86		19.82
Paint, glass, and wallpaper	1,600		201,924		.20		2.8		5.82		5.88
Building material group	9,286		4,853,641		4.86		15.1		124.86		141.36
New motor vehicle dealers	2,464		11,130,457		11.14		22.8		268.33		324.16
Used motor vehicle dealers	7,341		1,357,244		1.36		22.9		32.70		39.53
Automotive supplies and parts	12,123		1,124,644		1.13		9.8		30.33		32.75
Service stations	9,151		5,446,461		5.45		29.8		124.27		158.62
Automotive group	31,079		19,058,806		19.08		23.9		455.63		555.07
Packaged liquor stores	4,874		462,561		.46		8.1		12.67		13.47
Second-hand merchandise	6,759		127,239		.13		10.4		3.41		3.71
Farm implement dealers	1,210		513,467		.51		-0.3		15.26		14.95
Farm and garden supply stores	3,591		414,285		.41		5.3		11.65		12.07
Fuel and ice dealers	756		125,988		.13		7.5		3.47		3.67
Mobile homes, trailers, and campers	812		223,127		.22		9.1		6.06		6.50
Boat, motorcycle, and plane dealers	2,303		449,452		.45		29.2		10.30		13.09
All other retail stores group	20,305		2,316,119		2.32		9.2		62.83		67.45
Retail Stores Totals	376,023		64,614,550		64.68		14.9		1,665.78		1,881.83
Business and Personal Services	103,782		5,038,383		5.04		9.0		136.91		146.74
All Other Outlets	490,220		30,247,700		30.28		14.9		779.78		880.93
Totals All Outlets	970,025		$99,900,633		100.00		14.6		2,582.47		2,909.50
HISTORICAL DATA
Comparable data for retail stores:
1995	338,018		43,596,988		64.59		2.2		1,366.25
1996	339,596		46,995,596		64.00		7.8		1,458.45
1997	344,118		49,159,038		63.77		4.6		1,504.71
1998	346,657		51,306,176