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FEDERAL RESERVE release * • f*AL . x G.7.2 „ / FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE .' ••• , July 7, 1964. MONTHLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS MAY 1964 Percentage Change From Corresponding Period A Year Ago Areas and Cities Within May Apr. 5 mos. Federal Reserve Districts 1 9 6 4 1 9 6 4 BOSTON DISTRICT i / y Metropolitan Areas Portland Maine Boston Mass, , Downtown Boston " Suburban Boston " Cambridge ii Quincy M Lowell ft Worcester - a - 1 + 2 - 0 - 1 - 1 0 + 2 + 5 + 3 + 7 + 5 + 2 + 3 + 7 -7 + 5 - - - - - 1 + 5 + 4 - 3 + 5 + 1 3 3 3 NEW YORK DISTRICT n / y Metropolitan Areas Binghamton N.Y. M Buffalo IT Buffalo* It Niagara Falls New York-N.E. New Jersey New York City*N.Y. Newark N.J. Newark (City) «i Paterson$ Clifton, II Passaic Rochester* N.Y. Rochester (City) n ii Syracuse* i i Utica-Rome n Utica 2/ 2/ - 3 -14 City Bridgeport* + 3 -14 Conn, 1964 7 0 2 3 2 + 1 + 8 + 7 + 8 + + - 2 : + + 0 0 + 4 +' 4 + 2 + 9 + 1 - 5 + 6 + 2 8 8 5 2 0 + 8 3 + 3 + 6 + 2 + l 0 , - 5 + 5 2/ £/ 4- 1 PHILADELPHIA DISTRICT Metropolitan Areas Wilmington Del. Trenton N.J. Pa. Lancaster* ii Philadelphia* n Central Phila. ii Reading n Scranton Wilkes-Barre— ii Hazleton* + 6 ,12 ' + 2 City York* +13 + 2 +.5 Pa. +14 +12 +13 + 7 +10 +16 + + + + +11 - 1 0 4 5 3 4 9 +14 +11 + 7 + 7 -p 2 +10 + 6 Areas and Cities Within May Apr. 5 mos. Federal Reserve Districts 1 9 6 4 1 9 6 4 1964 CLEVELAND DISTRICT Metropolitan Areas Lexington . Ky. Akron* Ohio ii Canton* ir Cincinnati* n Cleveland* Downtown Cleve," if Columbus* it Springfield* ti Toledo n Youngstown Pa. Erie* ii Pittsburgh if Downtown Pit. Wheeling V .Va. + 1 4 +6 + 4 -1 + 4 +2 + 7 +2 + 7 -1 - 8 -15 + 6 —2 + 4 -6 + 5 -3 + 9 +3 + 9 +1 0 + 5 + 1 -l + 2 —5 +12 + 8 + 7 +10 + 9 City Portsmouth + 8 •- 1 0 + 7 Ohio RICHMOND DISTRICT Metropolitan Areas Washington* D.C. Downtown Wash e ft Baltimore* •>id. Downtown Bait it Asheville* N.C. it Raleigh* ii Winston-Salem* Charleston* S.C. ff Columbia* ft Greenville* Lynchburg* Va. Norfolk-Portsmouth" n Richmond ft Roanoke* Charleston* W.Va. p+l4 + 3 + ^ p+10 P+ + + + - 3 + + + + + + + + 1 - 1 7 4 6 9 7 7 2 2 +12 •r+ 2 p+ll p+ 8 7 6 8 7 + 5 + 8 + 4 +14 +14 + 6 + 1 + 2 -11 0 +10 - 2 - 8 - 6 + 5 + 1 + 5 + 5 p+ll +20 -10 +14 p+ 8 +15 + 6 +12 +12 - 2 - 6 - 4 +10 + 8 + 9 + 4 + 4 + 5 - 9 5 5 , 6 +10 - 4 8 + 7 + 4 + 7 Cities Cumberland-Hagerstown Spartanburg Newport News Fairmont-.. Morgantown Hungtington* Parkersburg m., S.C. Va. W.Va. 11 ft + 9 + 8 - 2 - Percentage Change From Corresponding Period A Year Ago Areas and Cities Within Hay Apr. 5 mos. Federal Reserve Districts 1964 1964 1964 y ATLANTA DISTRICT Metropolitan .Areas Ala. + 9' Birmingham it 4- 6 Mobile II +25 Montgomery Fla. + 4 Daytona Beach It +19 Jacksonville* II + 9 Miami II + 6 Downtown Miami II +35 Orlando II + 2 St. Ptrsbg.-Tampa Ga. + Atlanta* it + C ntr \1 Atlanta it + Augusta ii + jfcon* ii + Savannah Baton Rouge* La. + ii + Now Orleans* Miss.+ J-ckson* Tenn.+ Chattanooga* it 4Knoxvillc* Bristol-KingsportJohnson City Tenn .-Va. 0 " + 3 Bristol City Rome Ga. + 2 CHICAGO DISTRICT 1/ Metropolitan Area Chicago* 111. +11 . ii + 3 State Street ii + 6 Jolict* ii + 3 Decatur* Rockford +10 II Springfield + 5 Fort Wayne* Ind. - 1 II Indianapolis* - 3 it + 4 Muncio ft + 2 South Bend* it - 7 Torre Haute* Cod'ir Rapids low 3 + 5 it +10 Dos Moines 11 - 4 Dubuque it + 8 Sioux City tt +11 Waterloo Detroit Mich.+12 II + 4 Downtown Detroit " +12 Flint* ii + 5 Grand Rapids* II 4.9 Jackson it +14 Kalamazoo " +10 L nsing* n + 9 Muskegon 0 + 4 - 5 +1 +27 +30 + 1 +7 +11R +19 + 4 +13 - 2 + 7 +25R +32 + 1R 7 - 2 9 - 8 2 - 4R 9 -10 5 + 4 8 3 8 6 9 7 + 2 -10 + 3 - 8 - 3 + 6 + 9 +11 + 6 + 3 +11 + 9 + 4 + 6 +11 +10 +11 + 5 4 - 9 2 + 3 + 6 6 +11 2 0 - 2 + 6 7 + 4 8 1 - 5 + 6 + 3 + 5 +11 + 8 +14 5 + 6 + 8 +10 1 + 8 +11R +10 + 7 +15 - 2 +14 +18 + 9 Areas and Cities Within May Apr. 5 mos, Federal Reserve Districts 1964 1964 1964 CHICAGO DISTRICT (Cent.) Metropolitan Areas 1/ Green Bay Wis. Milwaukee " +14 - 2 + 3 - 1 +11 + 5 Cities Danville Peoria* Gary Battle Creek Pontiac Port Huron Sheboygan ft Ind. Mich, ii ii Wis. + 6 + 3 + 7 + 7 +15 + 5 - 3 + 4 o: + 5 + 3 +10 +12 +20 + 8 +19 +18 +19 + 4 -16 + 5 ST. LOUIS DISTRICT Metropolitan Areas Ark. Fort Smith ii Little Rock Louisville* _ Ky. Louisville(City)" Springfield Mo. St. Louis " St. Louis(Cit;y)" Memphis* Tenn. - 4 + 6 +11 +11 + 7 + 8 - 1 0 6 - 1 0 + 8 1 0 3 0 5 3 + 8 + 1 + 6 Cities Quincy Paducah 0 + 5 0 + 9 + 7 + 9 111. 111. Ky. MINIMAP0LIS DISTRICT Metropolitan Areas Mpls.-St. Paul*Minn. Minneapolis* " St. Paul* " Cities Duluth-Suporior*Minn-Wis. Minn. Mankato It Rochester Willmar II Winona 'Mont. Billings ii Great Falls N.D. Fargo II Grand Forks it Minot S.D.' Aberdeen ii R;\pid City ii Sioux Falls Wis. LaCrosse +11 + 8 +21 +10 +10 + 6 + 6 +11 + 3 + 8 +15 +18R + 6 - 7 + 4 + 7 - 4 + 8 +11 - 6 + 3 +10 + 7 -6 +12 - 6 +12R + 6 - 5 + 6 -15 + 2 - 7 - 1 -10 - 9 -17 - 2 -23 -11 -21 0 - 4 + 2 -10 -12 + - 9 2 1R 9 1 -12 + 3 + l - 3 Percentage Change From Corresponding Period A Year Ago Areas and Cities WithinTMayTApr. [B nios. Areas and Cities Within May Apr. 5 mo s Federal Reserve Districts{1964!1964 j 1964 Federal Reserve Districts 1964 1964 1964 KANSAS CITY Metropolitan Areas Col, + 4 - 3 Denver 2/ Kans. 2/ Topeka it +10 - 1 Wichita Kansas City Mo .-Kans.i+ 6 - 1 0 0 Mo, Downtown K,C, i i 8 + 4 St, Joseph Nebr. + 4 + 2 Lincoln II +10 + 1 Omaha N,Mex,,+ 2 - 6 Albuquerque Okla, + 1 - 2 Oklahoma City it + 6 - 1 Tulsa SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT (Cont.) Metropolitan Areas 1/ San Jose* Calif. + 2 t! +2? Stockton* i Eugene 0 Ore, It - 2 Portland* + 1 Salt Lake City* Utah Seattle-Everett Wash, - 3 it Seattle - 3 it - 2 Spokane* n - 6 Tacoma* + 8 +12 + 4 + 3 + 4 - 2 - 2 0 - 1 + 7 2/ + 7 + 7 + 2 - 2 + 6 + 6 + 5 + 4 + 5 .ities Greeley Hutchinson Joplin Enid Colo, +20 Kans, 0 *1.4; Okla, +10 +14 - 7 + 1 + 9 +24 - 4 + 7 +10 DALLAS DISTRICT Metropolitan Areas Shreveport Corpus Christ! Dallas El Paso Houston San Antonio Waco La, Tex, it it it ii it + 2 - 5 + 3 0 + 8 + 1 + 5 + 3 + l +10 + 8 +15 + 8 +10 - 1 + 4 + 6 + 9 - 4 + 2 +25 + 1 + 7 + 1 - 1 + 7 +10 0 + 4 +24 + 3 + 7 2/ +13 +13 + 5 2/ +16 + 9 + 6 + + + + + 5 + 3 + 8 +10 +15 +10 +10 SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT Metropolitan Areas Ariz. - 4 Tucson Calif • —11 Bakersfield* ii - 1 Fresno* Los Angeles-Long Beach* + 6 it - 3 Downtown L.A,* ii + 2 Westside L,A,* +22 San Fernando Valley" it - 3 Long Beach* ii + 3 Pasadena Riverside, San Bernardino, it 2/ Ontario i t +10 Sacramento* it + 3 San Diego* it + 2 San Fran,-Oakland Alameda & Contra, tt - 1 Costa Cos, - 6 Oakland-Berkeley* M Downtown Oakland*11 - 3 it - 1 San Francisco* 3 5 7 1 Cities Boise and Nampa Idaho Falls Twin Falls Salem Bellingharn Walla Walla* Yakima Idaho ii it Ore, Wash, it it + 6 + 3 + 5 + 1 + 2 - - 3 3 2 0 + 7 - 1 2/ i/ + 6 2/ 0 - 3 + 4 - 7 - 4 + 1 - 3 + 1 + 6 2/ £/ + 1 - 1 + 3 + 4- 3 3 2 3 p—Preliminary R^Rovisions , r 1/ Breakdowns shown under various metropolitan areas do not necessarily include a_.l portions of such areas, 2/ Data not available, http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ * Indexes for these cities and areas may be obtained from the respective Federal Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis