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298 TEXAS ALMANAC.-1952-1953.
Texas Retail Trade, by Counties and Cities.-Table No. 1-.-(Continued.)
Total Kind-of-Business Group
-^ Employees, General
c: Workweek Eating and Merchandise
y y > eNearest Food Group. Drinking General
. > y - Nov. 15. Places. Stores.
County and d "
City a x-
0oai c - 5 . pai ai a a ar 5. a CS a c
gosE l- 1 " - - o= .- sl
_z__ __;- ., Qz1 z sz P sl z -
_________r __ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ u. n.Trinity ......
Tyler . ..
Upshur .....
Gilmer..
Gldewatr,
Upton.......
McCamey
Uvalde ....
Uvalde ..
Val Verde....
Del Rio...
Van Zandt....
Victoria .....
Victoria .
Walker .....
Huntsville
Waller......
Ward .. ...
Monahans
Washington .
Brenham .
Webb ........
Laredo ...
Wharton ...
El Campo.
Wharton
Wheeler ...
Shamrock
Wichita, total.
Warehouses
Stores .....
Burkbrnet
Electra .
Wichita F.
Wilbarger ...
Vernon .
Willacy.....
Rymndvle
Williamson ..
Georgtwn
Taylor ...
Wilson ......
Floresville
Winkler.....
Kermit ..
Wise ........
Decatur .
Wood .......
Mineola .
Yoakum.....
Younraham .
Olney ...
Zapata ......
Zavala . .
Crystal City190
118
221
107
*80
59
239
210
302
184
109
152
179
1183
290
164
692
651
461
163
134
174
101
1,060
1,059
62
121
726
284
228
243
160
598
90
195
157
55
116
83
222
78
320
86
51
287
130
90
55
143
957,001
6,661
10,093
7,918
4,733
3,568
13,488
10,960
12,511
12,036
11,667
28,666
25,866
11,338
9,344
7,407
11,760
9,795
13,243
9,863
39,120
38,284
28,750
12.645
9,461'
10,068
6,758
90,285
90,285
3,960
7,650
73,378
19.353
17,521
13,365
11,143
27,775
6,053
12,872
6,959
3,668
9,180
7,460
9,398
5,267
14,293
5,936
2,315
16,743
8,990
5,569
747
5,377
4,020389
473
663
603
3701
312
1,141
971
1,145
1,130
689
2,445
2,302
922
850
364
935
854
941
840
3,436
3,400
2,041
907
746
673
503
(x)
(x)
8,231
277
636
7,078
1,611
1,507
994
901
2,126
430
1,232
385
228
680
5535
486
311
878
418
137
1,224
687
431
18
3691
291* Proprietors of unincorporated businesses.
x Withheld to avoid disclosure.
z Less than $500.
Based on advance 1950 population estimates.
2 Located in Aransas and San Patricio
Counties.
Located in Bowie County, Texas, and\Miller
County, Ark.
4 Located in Dallam and Hartley Counties.172
117
221
f106
73
254
176
228
201
280
380
299
158
94
144
161
102
262
146
661
623
467
179
131
169
100
1,095
1,095
63
109
769
295
235
230
147
617
101
199
145
50
104
75
223
78
325
84
51
287
131
91
[ 55
136
1 88312 254
291 243
426 358
376 316
211 178i
174 152
504 550
455
736 648
724 640
523 420
1,484 . 1,317
1,373 1,222
587 495
536 450
301 251
514 428
443 377
737 597
655 541
2,592 2,148
2,547 2,119
1,263 1,060
578 478
441 384
422 341
2(x94 243
(x) (x)
(x) (x)
4,625 3,884
205 164
3161 2731
3,929 3,298
984 788
9281 7421
548 479
1,499 1,243
297 246
817 701
317 262
168 151
342 280
259 21880
397 309
222 187
655 548
303 254
80 68
807 685
441 380
295 251
30 24
296 203
231 15554
34
89
28
16
12
82
53
67
59
65
10
73
61
22
34
25
11
58
35
282
267
104
31
26
41
17
253
15
24
166
70
48
86
46
142
1.
24
48
27;
4
21
16
601
131
821
15
9
66
27
151
27
351
251,938
1,341
2,500
1,463
1,134
864
2,929
2,263
2,655
2,447
2,769
6,258
5,014
3,000
2,137
1,365
2,802
1,967
3,016
2,303
8,842
8,296
6,497
2,399
2,039
2,415
1,273
17,004
911
1,477
13,202
4,157
3,384
4,078
3,084
6535
1,335
2,802
927[
194
2,612
1,947.
2,739
906
2,899
1,287
728
3,175
1,081
871
342
9361
572917
248
128
108
426
(x)
590
457
608
(x)
310
1,757
1,502
534
(x)
401
841
656
779
682
1,964
1,847
1,692
632
497
443
383
5,363
80
420
4,507
736
621
623
469
1,822
223
843
632
190
446
35
431
219
553
241
107
505
254
224
107
355
208Located in De Witt and Lavaca Counties.
6 Located in Fisher and Jones Counties; no
stores in Fisher County.
Located in Gregg and Upshur Counties.
Located in Gregg and Rusk Counties.
" Located in Potter and Randall Counties.
Note.-In the instances of the cities and towns
that are enumerated in more than one county,
the figures should be added to get the total trade
of the town.RETAIL SALES CONCENTRATION than half the retail trade of the state is done
in cities of the 50,000-population class and up.
Concentration of retail trade is more ac- Despite this concentration, retail trade is
centuated than concentration of population, the most widely dispersed of all Texas busi-
The four larger counties in Texas-Harris nesses. Retail trade of some character is done
(Houston), Dallas, Bexar (San Antonio) and in approximately 3,300 cities, towns, villages
Tarrant (Fort Worth)-had approximately 29 and cross-roads communities. However, there
per cent of the population of Texas by the has been a decline-in the proportion of small-
census of 1950. The census of retail sales in center retailing in recent years because of
1948 showed that they had $2,283,213,000 in concentration of population in larger centers
retail sales opt of $6,518,877,000 for the entire and the building of highways connecting with
state, or approximately 36 per cent. More the larger trade centers.10 3,33
16 1,574
32 1,645
10 961
3 228
3 228
8 974
4 611
6 2,064
6 2,064
39 1,552
14 2,814
11 2,702
20 1,234
7 641
15 1,143
7 694
5 (x)
55 2,168
11 1,287
14 6,281
11 6,252
27 2,948
7 735
5 476
5 444
3t (x)
27 10,182
4 565
5 (x)
17 9,104
9 2,330
6 (x)
13 1,028
7 879
41 2.665
5 487
7 1,233
19 2,050
7 1,360
5 (X)
3 (x)
13 508
5 311
38 1.428
6 276
6 91
15 750
6 345
4 306
2 (x)
6 448
41 (x)
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