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Mercer Ninth in State for Per Capita Income and Retail Sales
A Bluefield Chamber of Commerce report for 1968 ranks Mercer County ninth in both per capita income and retail sales, with Cabell County second in both. The state totals show 1968 retail sales at 2,260,000 and per capita income at 2,491. Mercer’s 1967 figures placed eighth in retail sales and ninth in personal income.
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Bluefield
Mercer County
Hancock County
Jefferson County
Ohio County
Hardy County
Marshall County
Wood, Harrison
Raleigh
Monongalia
Marion
Kanawha
Cabell
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