TABLE 1. STATEWIDE TAXABLE SALES, BY TYPE OF BUSINESS, FIRST QUARTER 1999
			Taxable transactions						Per capita
	Number of						Percent change		taxable transactions a/
Type of business	permits on		Amount		Percent		from
	January 1, 1999		(in thousands)		of total		year to year		1998		1999
Retail Stores
Women's apparel	9,474		$735,681		.84		12.3		19.72		21.78
Men's apparel	3,346		409,740		.47		11.4		11.07		12.13
Family apparel	10,812		837,508		.96		-23.8		33.08		24.80
Shoes	4,366		451,021		.52		3.4		13.13		13.35
Apparel stores group	27,998		2,433,950		2.79		-4.9		76.99		72.07
General merchandise stores	8,346		7,548,311		8.66		13.8		199.60		223.50
Drug stores	4,329		1,231,467		1.41		1.9		36.36		36.46
General merchandise group	12,675		8,779,778		10.07		12.0		235.96		259.96
Gifts, art goods, and novelties	10,647		320,490		.37		10.6		8.72		9.49
Sporting goods	6,414		669,823		.77		6.0		19.02		19.83
Florists	4,962		218,801		.25		6.0		6.21		6.48
Photographic equipment and supplies	1,466		99,490		.11		-48.4		5.80		2.95
Musical instruments	2,810		386,694		.44		3.8		11.21		11.45
Stationery and books	8,662		974,973		1.12		1.0		29.05		28.87
Jewelry	7,567		347,998		.40		8.9		9.62		10.30
Office, store, and school supplies	14,456		3,100,652		3.56		12.0		83.35		91.81
Other specialties	87,779		2,860,024		3.28		15.6		74.44		84.68
Specialty stores group	144,763		8,978,945		10.30		9.2		247.43		265.86
Food stores selling all types of liquor	5,602		2,844,349		3.26		3.0		83.09		84.22
All other food stores	18,987		1,209,036		1.39		8.6		33.50		35.80
Food stores group	24,589		4,053,385		4.65		4.6		116.59		120.02
Eating places: no alcoholic beverages	43,281		3,381,753		3.88		7.2		94.98		100.13
Eating places: beer and wine	19,448		1,950,501		2.24		9.1		53.83		57.75
Eating and drinking: all types of liquor	10,762		2,285,188		2.62		6.3		64.68		67.66
Eating and drinking group	73,491		7,617,442		8.74		7.4		213.48		225.55
Household and home furnishings	20,986		1,720,861		1.97		15.3		44.93		50.95
Household appliance dealers	3,794		940,337		1.08		9.2		25.91		27.84
Household group	24,780		2,661,198		3.05		13.1		70.84		78.80
Lumber and building materials	3,731		2,945,362		3.38		22.3		72.46		87.21
Hardware stores	2,172		538,919		.62		8.1		15.00		15.96
Plumbing and electrical supplies	1,678		535,419		.61		18.3		13.63		15.85
Paint, glass, and wallpaper	1,561		196,406		.23		39.1		4.25		5.82
Building material group	9,142		4,216,106		4.83		20.5		105.34		124.84
New motor vehicle dealers	2,428		9,060,518		10.39		15.2		236.71		268.28
Used motor vehicle dealers	7,225		1,104,100		1.27		24.3		26.73		32.69
Automotive supplies and parts	12,061		1,024,090		1.17		2.2		30.15		30.32
Service stations	9,401		4,195,957		4.81		0.3		125.87		124.24
Automotive group	31,115		15,384,665		17.64		10.4		419.47		455.53
Packaged liquor stores	4,942		427,904		.49		5.4		12.22		12.67
Second-hand merchandise	6,399		115,222		.13		6.9		3.25		3.41
Farm implement dealers	1,225		515,173		.59		18.3		13.10		15.25
Farm and garden supply stores	3,683		393,492		.45		-2.2		12.11		11.65
Fuel and ice dealers	804		117,179		.13		8.8		3.24		3.47
Mobile homes, trailers, and campers	808		204,570		.23		23.0		5.01		6.06
Boat, motorcycle, and plane dealers	2,284		347,872		.40		14.9		9.11		10.30
All other retail stores group	20,145		2,121,412		2.43		10.0		58.04		62.81
Retail Stores Totals	368,698		56,246,881		64.50		9.6		1,544.16		1,665.44
Business and Personal Services	104,934		4,622,875		5.30		7.4		129.54		136.88
All Other Outlets	496,763		26,329,985		30.20		3.1		768.96		779.62
Totals All Outlets	970,395		$87,199,741		100.00		7.4		2,442.65		2,581.94
HISTORICAL DATA
Comparable data for retail stores:
1994	332,440		42,657,265		65.31		3.7		1,335.04
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		63.22		4.4		1,544.16
Comparable data for all outlets:
1994	992,172		65,316,122				4.3		2,044.20
1995	998,970		67,493,290				3.3		2,115.11
1996	992,019		73,430,101				8.8		2,278.81
1997	986,439		77,084,910