Sales Tax Figures continue to show gains

Posted: 03/21/2011
Author: Bob Schneeman

Sales tax figures,an indicator of retail sales volume, for January 2011 again show an increase over last year. The following table shows the January numbers for San Angelo as well as other cities tracked by the San Angelo Chamber of Commerce. In addtion it shows the year to date comparisons for the same ciites. According to the Chamber, January is the seventh consecutive month showing an increase over last year.

March Sales Tax Report (January 2011 Sales) Increase Over 2010
Jurisdiction
January
YTD (Nov-Jan)
 
 
SAN ANGELO
 
6.0%
       6.6%
West Texas Metros
 
TEXAS
 
 6.7%
       7.1% 
 
ABILENE
 
 4.5%
       9.8%
 
AMARILLO
 
 13.6%
       9.7%
 
LUBBOCK
 
   7.4%
       6.1%
 
MIDLAND
 
31.7%
     30.2%
 
ODESSA
 
31.7%
      27.4%
AUSTIN
 4.4%
        5.5%
Other Major Metros
DALLAS
 0.4%
        2.4%
EL PASO
 4.8%
        5.1%
FORT WORTH
 8.7%
        9.2%
HOUSTON
 5.1%
        5.5%
SAN ANTONIO       
4.4%
        6.2%
WACO
       20.5%
        6.1%