TABLE 1. STATEWIDE TAXABLE SALES, BY TYPE OF BUSINESS, SECOND QUARTER 1999
			Taxable transactions						Per capita
	Number of						Percent change		taxable transactions a/
Type of business	permits on		Amount		Percent		from
	July 1 1999		(in thousands)		of total		year to year		1998		1999
Retail Stores
Women's apparel	10,089		$853,656		.87		8.7		23.45		25.08
Men's apparel	3,813		473,034		.48		11.3		12.69		13.90
Family apparel	12,384		902,097		.92		-28.4		37.60		26.50
Shoes	4,745		490,995		.50		1.2		14.48		14.43
Apparel stores group	31,031		2,719,782		2.77		-7.9		88.21		79.91
General merchandise stores	9,658		8,673,703		8.85		13.5		228.23		254.84
Drug stores	4,366		1,277,044		1.30		4.0		36.67		37.52
General merchandise group	14,024		9,950,747		10.15		12.1		264.90		292.36
Gifts, art goods, and novelties	12,472		380,372		.39		9.3		10.39		11.18
Sporting goods	6,866		730,603		.75		4.6		20.85		21.47
Florists	5,513		227,421		.23		5.8		6.41		6.68
Photographic equipment and supplies	1,491		121,777		.12		-41.3		6.19		3.58
Musical instruments	3,089		400,007		.41		3.8		11.50		11.75
Stationery and books	9,402		890,049		.91		0.7		26.38		26.15
Jewelry	8,278		411,833		.42		15.0		10.69		12.10
Office, store, and school supplies	15,557		3,246,448		3.31		18.5		81.76		95.38
Other specialties	102,614		3,184,603		3.25		15.0		82.70		93.57
Specialty stores group	165,282		9,593,113		9.78		11.5		256.89		281.85
Food stores selling all types of liquor	5,410		2,734,018		2.79		2.4		79.71		80.33
All other food stores	19,042		1,429,399		1.46		15.3		37.02		42.00
Food stores group	24,452		4,163,417		4.25		6.5		116.74		122.32
Eating places: no alcoholic beverages	44,220		3,586,959		3.66		6.4		100.67		105.39
Eating places: beer and wine	19,285		2,096,831		2.14		8.6		57.67		61.61
Eating and drinking: all types of liquor	10,765		2,480,083		2.53		8.2		68.44		72.87
Eating and drinking group	74,270		8,163,873		8.33		7.5		226.78		239.86
Household and home furnishings	23,100		1,869,515		1.91		15.5		48.32		54.93
Household appliance dealers	3,922		959,403		.98		7.3		26.71		28.19
Household group	27,022		2,828,918		2.88		12.6		75.03		83.12
Lumber and building materials	3,778		3,684,499		3.76		19.9		91.72		108.25
Hardware stores	2,221		649,860		.66		9.4		17.74		19.09
Plumbing and electrical supplies	1,766		581,244		.59		12.2		15.47		17.08
Paint, glass, and wallpaper	1,658		242,449		.25		10.3		6.56		7.12
Building material group	9,423		5,158,052		5.26		17.1		131.49		151.55
New motor vehicle dealers	2,460		10,019,288		10.22		13.1		264.40		294.37
Used motor vehicle dealers	7,377		1,205,921		1.23		18.0		30.52		35.43
Automotive supplies and parts	12,493		1,163,232		1.19		5.7		32.87		34.18
Service stations	9,298		5,327,063		5.43		21.2		131.26		156.51
Automotive group	31,628		17,715,504		18.07		15.2		459.05		520.49
Packaged liquor stores	4,913		478,968		.49		7.9		13.25		14.07
Second-hand merchandise	8,117		120,685		.12		6.9		3.37		3.55
Farm implement dealers	1,236		599,378		.61		6.9		16.73		17.61
Farm and garden supply stores	3,866		626,497		.64		0.4		18.64		18.41
Fuel and ice dealers	841		97,554		.10		11.1		2.62		2.87
Mobile homes, trailers, and campers	804		243,367		.25		17.1		6.21		7.15
Boat, motorcycle, and plane dealers	2,306		528,299		.54		16.3		13.56		15.52
All other retail stores group	22,083		2,694,748		2.75		8.2		74.38		79.17
Retail Stores Totals	399,215		62,988,154		64.24		11.0		1,693.47		1,850.63
Business and Personal Services	106,202		5,098,419		5.20		7.2		142.01		149.79
All Other Outlets	456,213		29,970,187		30.56		5.2		850.41		880.54
Totals All Outlets	961,630		$98,056,760		100.00		9.0		2,685.89		2,880.97
HISTORICAL DATA
Comparable data for retail stores:
1994	332,958		45,822,392		64.83		3.7		1,441.41
1995	337,374		48,240,549		63.81		5.3		1,504.56
1996	339,587		51,378,140		63.53		6.5		1,586.58
1997	342,228		53,634,112		63.13		4.4		1,627.40
1998	345,609		56,721,168		63.05		5.8		1,693.47
Comparable data for all outlets:
1994	979,341		70,682,268				4.0		2,223.41
1995	983,574		75,596,004				7.0		2,357.73
1996	974,756		80,866,685				7.0		2,497.20
1997	965,223