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RETAIL TRADE 289
Retail Sales in Texas, by Counties.
Data below are from the census of 1940 for the
calendar year 1939:
Sales Sales
County- (Add 000) County- (Add 000)
Anderson ..... $6,526 Grayson ...... $17,982
Andrews ..... 343 Gregg ........ 22,320
Angelna ..... 6,468 Longview ..... 8,661
Aransas ...... 658 Grimes ....... 3,066
Archer ........ ..1,265 Guadalupe .... ,192
Armstrong .. 466 Hale ......... 7,319
Atascosa ..... 2,298 Hall ........ 2.999
Austin .......... 2,788 Hamilton ..... 2,726
Bailey ....... 1,323 Hansford ..... 1,246
Bandera ..... 556 Hardeman .... 2,759
Bastrop ..... 2,921 Hardin ....... 3,049
Baylor ....... 1,971 Harris ....... 213,998
Bee .......... 4,729 Harrison . . 9,163
Bell .......... 10,212 Hartley ...... 197
Bexar ........ 110,282 Haskell ...... 2,585
Blanco ....... 888 Hays 2..... 2,999
Borden ....... 24 Hemphill ..... 1,461
Bosque ....... 2,344 Henderson .... 4,705
Bowie ....... 11,598 Hidalgo ...... 19,632
Brazona .... 6.799 Hll ........ 6,223
Brazos ...... 18,064 Hockley ...... 2,674
Brewster .. . 2,000 Hood ........ 880
Briscoe .. 799 Hopkins ...... 5.451
Brooks ...... 1,442 Houston ...... 3,765
Brown ...... 7,401 Howard ...... 9,833
Burleson .... 2,165 Hudspeth ..... 478
Burnet ...... 1,902 Hunt ........ 11.102
Caldwell .... 5,796 Hutchinson ... 6,815
Calhoun ...... 1,065 Irion ......... 305
Callahan ..... 1,988 Jack ......... 1 867
Cameron ..... 17,747 Jackson ...... 2,119
Camp ....... 1,329 Jasper ...... 3,055
Carson ....... 1,781 Jeff Davis .... 257
Cass ......... 4,911 Jefferson ..... 54.471
Castro ....... 911 Jim Hogg 1,487
Chambers .... 1,932 Jim Wells .5,757
Cherokee ..... 6,936 Johnson ...... 6.473
Childress ..... 3,870 Jones ........ 5,740
Clay ........ 1,978 Karnes ....... 3.264
Cochran ...... 654 Kaufman 6,317
Coke ....... 617 Kendall ...... 1,340
Coleman ..... 3,816 Kenedy ...... 18
Collin ....... 8,136 Kent ......... 464
Collmgsworth.. 2,272 Kerr ......... 4,595
Colorado ..... 4,166 Kimble ....... 1,318
Comal ...... 3,733 King ......... 200
Comanche .... 2,281 Kinney .676
Concho ....... 1,195 Kleberg ...... 3 576
Cooke ....... 5,841 Knox ............ 2,087
Coryell ....... 2,598 Lamar ....... 8,959
Cottle ........ 1,952 Lamb........ 4,503
Crane ..... 894 Lampasas .. .292
Crockett ..... 1,169 LaSalle ...... 1,139
Crosby ....... 1,961 Lavaca ....... 3,406
Culberson .... 691 Lee .......... 1,572
Dallam ........ 2.602 Leon ......... ..2,223
Dallas ....... 188,536 Liberty ....... 6,126
Dawson .....4... ,393 Limestone .... 4,784
Deaf Smith ... 2,587 Lipscomb ..... 1,029
Delta ....... 1,545 Live Oak 1,483
Denton ....... 8,437 Llano ............ 1,458
DeWitt ....... 6,164 Loving ....... 38
Dickens ...... 2,225 Lubbock ..... 23,137
Dimmit ...... 1,034 Lynn ...... 3,154
Donley ...... 1,802 McCulloch .... 3.780
Duval . .... 3,700 McLennan .. 29,722
Eastland ..... 7,006 McMullen .... 113
Ector ....... 9.025 Madison ...... 2.409
Edwards ..... 471 Marion ....... 1,631
Ellis ......... 9,392 Martin ....... 1,100
El Paso ...... 42,480 Mason ....... 1 420
Erath ........ 3,757 Matagorda ... 5,409
Falls .......... 5 080 Maverick .... 2,087
Fannin ........ 5,883 Medina ........ 2.199
Fayette ...... 4,739 Menard ...... 1,358
Fisher ....... 1,734 Midland ...... 5,935
Floyd ........ 2,607 Milam ....... 4,456
Foard ...... 1.057 Mills ....... 1,377
Fort Bend .... 7,209 Mitchell ...... 2,999
Franklin .... 1 027 Montague .... 3,845
Freestone .... 2,987 Montgomery .. 4,549
Frio ......... 1,334 Moore ........ 1,402
Gaines ...... 3,122 Morris ....... 1,234
Galveston .... 30,591 Motley .. 1.150
Garza ....... 1,615 Nacogdoches .. 6.666
Gillespie ...... 2,701 Navarro ....... 9,417
Glasscock .... 96 Newton ...... 1,215
Goliad ....... 1.194 Nolan ....... 5,878
Gonzales ..... 3,927 Nueces ...... 37,348
Gray ......... 10,186 Ochiltree ..... 1,963Sales Sales
Countsy- (Add 000) Counts- (Add 000)
Oldham ...... $422 S isher ...... $1,798
Orange ..... 3.549 Tarrant ...... 99.469
Palo Pinto .... 4 171 Taylor ....... 16,060
Panola ....... 2,145 Terrell ....... 863
Parker ....... 3,550 Terry ... 3.157
Parmer ...... 1,410 Throckmorton . 666
Pecos ........ 2,796 Titus ..... 3.753
Polk ........ 3,631 Tom Green ... 16 102
Potter ........ 26.712 Tra is ...... 40 861
Presidio ...... 2,102 Trinit ...... 2,188
Rains .... 40 le ....... 04 1,774
Randall ..... 1,493 ller ....... 1 2604
Reagan ...... 582 Upton ........2 228
Real ........ 300 alde ....... 3,606
Red RiNer .... 3,811 Val Verde .... 3,986
Reeves ......... 1,689 Van Zandt .... 4,436
Refuge ...... 3172 Victoria ...... 8 621
Roberts . 3 Walker...... 44 lker .....3528
Robertson . . . 3406 Waller ....... 1 944
Rockall ..... 1,018 Ward ....... 3 795
Runnels ...... 4,678 Washington ... 4,342
Rusk ......... 10,740 ebb ........ 10.444
Sabine . 1,196 %kharton 8.505
San Augustine 1,579 Wheeler ...... 3 312
San Jacinto ... 580 Wchita ...... 29 705
San Patricio .. 7, 764 larger 6302
San Saba ..... 1,905 Wila ....1 ,06
Schleicher .... 564 Willacy . ... 2,264
Scurry .. 2,715 Wilamson ... 649
Shackelford .. 1,374 Wilson ...... 29137
Shelby ....... 4,04 lWikler ...... 2.994
Sherman ..... N606 Wise of. a
9Smith 1 9 8Wood ........ 3,811
Somersell .... 389 Yoakum ...... 818
Starr ....... 193 Young....... 6.425
Stephens ..... 3,735 Zapata ....... 116
Sterling ..... 533 Za ala ....... 1.286
Stone all .... 576
Sutton ....... 1,406 Total ....$1,803,716
Retail Trade in Texas.
Figures below are from the census of 1940 for
the calendar year 1939, latest census of retail
trade in Texas
Number of Sales
Kind of Business- Stores (Add 000)
g 1939 ... 85,249 $1,803,716
State Totals ..... 1935... 67,613 1,273,755
1929.. 62,832 1,997,490
Food Group .. 24 877 $403,489
Groceries (no fresh meats.. 11 116 80,385
Combination (groc -meatsi .. 10,129 288,435
Dairy products stores ....... 247 2.938
Milk dealers ............... 124 9,002
Meat markets ............ 923 10,422
Fish (sea food) markets..... 125 802
Candy, nut stores ......... 100 320
Confectionery stores....... .. 554 2,364
Delicatessen stores ..... 25 275
Fruit stores, egetable mkts. 786 3 890
Bakeries, caterers ..... 404 1,609
Egg and poultry dealers ..... 123 1,520
Other food stores ... 221 1,527
General Stores (with food).... 1,595 543,763
General Merchandise .......... 2,88 $238.025
Department stores .......... 237 146.90
Dry goods stores ......... 620 10.243
Gen. merchandise with food. 142 4 901
General merchandise, other.. 917 34,649
Variety stores .............. 1.072 41.332
Apparel Group ............... 2,950 $109,093
Men's-boys' furnishings...... 79 1,456
Men's-boys' hat stores 14 358
Men's-boys' clothing stores.. 494 22,295
Family clothing stores ...... 509 23,828
Women's ready-to-wear...... 822 32,507
Furriers, fur shops.......... 19 1.035
Millinery stores .......... 269 4,834
Corset and lingerie shops.... 18 180
Hosiery shops ........... 38 740
Other women's accessories... 23 175
Infants' wear shoes ........ 12 178
Other apparel stores......... 74 655
Custom tailors ........... 121 1.532
Men's shoe stores .......... 80 2,819
Family shoe stores ......... 238 7,725
Women's shoe stores ...... 140 8,776
Furniture, Household, Radio... 2,365 $70,185
Furniture stores ........... 1.057 44,295
Floorcoverms stores........ 26 574
Drapery, upholstery -- . 17 302
China, glassware, metalware 12 429
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