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F E D E R A L statistical s G.7.2X, release \ Tf I T - P m L 6 J U V >, J , R E S E R V E FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 4, 1964 MONTHLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS MARCH 1964. Percentage Change From Corresponding Period A Year Ago Areas and Cities Within!Mar* Feb. [3 mos. Areas and Cities Within iMar.J Feb. {3 mos. Federal Reserve Districts|1964|1964| 1964 i i i Federal Reserve Districts|1964|1964| 1964 i i i BOSTON DISTRICT 1/ y Metropolitan Areas Maine Portland Mass. Boston Downtown Boston " Suburban Boston " n Cambridge if Quincy H Lowell i t Worcester CLEVELAND DISTRICT Metropolitan Areas Ky. Lexington Ohio Akron* it Canton* it Cincinnati* n Cleveland* Downtown Cleve,. " fi Columbus* i t Springfield* t t Toledo it Youngstown + 6 +15 +12 +19 + 8 +15 + 6 +19 +13 +12 + 9 +15 +10 +11 +10 +17 + 6 + 9 + 7 +12 + 6 + 6 + 4 +13 + 1 2/ 2/ + 9 +11 +12 + 2 - 4 - 2 +17 +13 +16 +18 +18 +16 +13 - 3 2/ 2/ +12 +12 +12 + 8 + 4 +10 + 3 + 8 + 1 +16 0 +18 +11 +14 +13 +38 +25 +10 + 7 + 9 .+ 5 +26 +10 Conn. + 8 +12 + 5 NEW YORK DISTRICT 1/ Metropolitan Areas £/ Binghamton N.Y. tl Buffalo II Buffalo* ft Niagara Falls New York-N.E. New Jersey New York City* N.Y. N.J. Newark Newark (City) " Paterson, Clifton it Passaic N.Y. Rochester* Rochester (City)*' it Syracuse* i i Utica-Rome H Utica City Bridgeport* PHILADELPHIA DISTRICT Metropolitan Areas Del. Wilmington N.J. Trenton Pa. Lancaster* it Philadelphia* it Central Phila. it Reading it Scranton Wilkes-Barre« it Hazleton* +20 +11 +17 + 2 -11 +10 +10 +16 +14 +10 + 9 - 1 +10 + 8 +12 + 8 + 8 City York* + 2 + 7 + 5 Pa. +16 +16 + 6 +11 - 5 +10 +12 Erie* Pittsburgh Downtown Pit* Wheeling City Portsmouth* W.Va. +11 +14 +10 +15 +11 + 3 +10 + 9 + 9 + 6 + 4 + 6 - 1 + 1 +20 +16 +19 +19 +23 +11 +16 + 5 +16 +17 +15 +22 +15 + 9 +15 +13 +11 +14 +14 + 4 +12 + 8 +11 +10 + 8 +11 + 4 + 4 Ohio +18 +13 +16 Pa. n ii RICHMOND DISTRICT Metropolitan Areas 1/ Washington* D.C. p+12 +21 P+13 ii Downtown Wash. P+ 3 + 9 P+ 3 Md. Baltimore* +15 +21 +17 ii +10 +15 +11 Downtown Bait. N.C. +14 +10 + 9 Asheville* ii Raleigh* + 7 r+15 + 7 it +12 +14 + 9 Winston-Salem* s.c. Charleston* +22 r»26 +20 II Columbia* +11 +17 +11 II Greenville* + 9 +21 +10 Lynchburg* +12 +27 +12 Va. Norfolk-Portsmouth M +10 +24 --+13 ii + 4 +18 + 8 Richmond n Roanoke * + 2 +19 + 6 Charleston* W.Va. +11 +13 +11 Cities Cumberland-Hagerstown, Md. p+16 +23 P+17 s.c.. SpaytanburgH +13 +25 +16 Newport News .. Va. +10 r+24 +13 F@ir#oat-' Morgantown W.Va. +13 +24 +15 ii Huntington* +19 +18 +14 j i i Parkersburgh +20 +16 +17 t Percentage Change From Corresponding Period A Year Ago Areas and Cities Within Mar. Feb. 3 mos.I Federal Reserve Districts 1964 1964 1964 |Federal Reserve Districts- 1964 19641 1964 ATLANTA DISTRICT Ala. - 5 Birmingham 1 tr Mobile - 3 it Montgomery +33 +10 Fla. Dayiiona Beach ii +21 Jacksonville* it +16 Miami ii +14 Downtown Miami ii +50 Orlando +12 St. Ptrsbg.-Tampa M +10 Ga. Atlanta* Central Atlanta ii + 3 n Augusta + 9 n +11 Macon* ii +11 Savannah La. + 2 Baton Rouge* ii +15 New Orleans* Miss. + 4 Jackson* Tenn. + 1 3 Chattanooga* n +13 Knoxville* Bristol-Kingsport TennrVa=i-12 Johnson City ii +11 Bristol City Rome Ga. CHICAGO DISTRICT Metropolitan Areas 1/ 111. Chicago* ii State Street n Joliet* " Decatur* n Rockford II Springfield Ind. Fort Wayne* it Indianapolis* if Munbie it South Bend* tt Terre Haute* Iowa Cedar Rapids tt Des Moines it Dubuque 1! Sioux Cityii Waterloo Mich. Detroit Downtown Detroit " Tl Flint* If Grand Rapids* > It Jackson ft Kalamazoo ft Lansing* I I Muskegon +14 +14 " + 8 + 3 + 2 +39 +34 +14 +10 1CHICAGO DISTRICT (Cont.) (Metropolitan Areas 1 / Wis. Green.Bay it Madison ii Milwaukee* +32 +22 +19 +16 +13 +12 +45 +40 +10 +11 +26 +14 +20 + 7 +26 +12 +20 +11 +19 +11 0 + 3 +15' +14 +12 + +13 +12 +19 +13 8 +14 +10 +21 +10 +19 Areas and Cities Within Mar, Feb,|3 mos# +13 + 6 +21 +13 + 1 +14 + 6 + 5 +19 +13 - 2 +20 + + 5 +25 +12 + 4 +12 + 7 + 1 +13 + 7 + 4 +15 + 7 + 8 +14 +10 + 3 2/ + 6 + 8 +16 + 8 + 8 +21 +12 + 7 +13 + 9 - 3 + 7 + 1 + 5 + 4 + 5 + 6 +21 +13 +13 +26 + 1 8 + 4 +17 +10 +10 +19 +13 +11 + 5 +11 + 9 +18 +13 +11 +25 +16 +11 +24 +16 +13 +16 +14 8 Cities Danville Peoria* Gary Battle Creek Pontiac Port Huron .Sheboygan +16 + + 8 +19 +13 7 +15 + 8 111. n - 2 +10 + 2 - 1 + + 4 Ind/ Mich. +15 +18 +17 +12 4 +25 +25 +31 tt +13 2/ + 8 +15 +11 + 2 + + Wis. 111. Ky. MINNEAPOLIS DISTRICT Metropolitan Areas Minn. Mpls.-St* Paul* It Minneapolis* tl St. Paul* S.D. Sioux Falls + 8 it ST. LOUIS DISTRICT Metropolitan Areas Ark. Fort Smith tt Little Rock* Ky. Louisville* Louisville (Cit;y) " Mo. Springfield ii St. Louis 11 St. Louis (City) Tenn. Memphis* Cities Quincy Paducah +17... + 1 5 +12 +24 .+ 8 8 3 +10 +13 +11 +22 +16 + 8 +22 +15 + 8 +15 +10 +11 +14 +11 + 5 + + + 7 +11 +10 - 3 +23 +10 +13 +19 +13 + 7 +25 +12 - 3 +24 + +14 +29 +18 - +13 + 5 + + 7 5 Cities Duluth-Superior* Minn .-Wis *9 Minn. + 8 Man&ato if - 2 Rochester it +19 Willmar II +11 Winona Mont. + 4 Billings n - 9 Great Falls N.D.; + 5 . Fargo It +13 Grand ?orks tt -13 Minot S.D. + 2 Aberdeen II - 9 Rapid.City Wis. - 4 LaCrosse 6 7 4 6 +28 +15 +19 ' + 4 +28 +17 +36 +19 + 6 +11 - 3 — +13 6 + 7 +18 +10 - — 2 6 +12 +.7 -10 -10 +12 4 '.1 - 3 - Percentage Change From Corresponding Period A Year Ago and Cities Within Mar. Feb. 3 moG, b.T Areas and Cities Within Mar. Feb. 3 m.os Federal Reserve Districts 1964 1964 KANSAS CITY DISTRICT Metropolitan Areas, + 8 +14 Col. Denver Topeka Kans. 2/ + 4 If + 9 +10 Wichita +14 Mo•-Kans .+ Kansas City + + 5 Downtown K.C. , Mo. if o St, Joseph + 9 Nebr • + Lincoln fi + 5 + 9 Omaha N.Mex. + 1 4 + 7 Albuquerque Oklahoma City Okla. + 4 +12 fi + 6 +10 Tulsa Cities Greeley Hutchinson Joplin Enid DALLAS DISTRICT Metropolitan Areas Shreveport Corpus Christi Dallas El Paso Houston San Antonio Waco " Colo. Kans. Mo. Okla. La. Tex. SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT Metropolitan Areas Tucson Ariz. Bakersfield* Calif. 11 Fresno* Los Angeles-Long Beach* Downtown X,eA»* " M Westside L.A,* San Fernando Valley f1 Long Beach* M Pasadena Riverside San Bernardino, u Ontario 11 Sacramento* 11 San Diego* San Fran.-Oakland u Alameda & Contra.'1 11 Costa Cos. 11 Oakland-Berkeley* Downtown Oakland* San Francisco* ? m +32 r-28 - 5 -10 1964 +13 2/ 9 + +10 + 4 - 2 + 8 + 7 +11 + 7 + 7 +30 - 5 7 + 3 + 8 + + 9 +11 +14 + 5 +12 + 5 - + 3 1 +13 +10 +20 +15 +13 +l8 +26 +14 +12 +11 +17 - 5 + 7 + 2 + 2 + +12 + + 5 + 8 + 6 +34 +25 + 6 2/ +12 2/ 7 + 9 +10 +10 +13 - 5 + 0 +15 + + + + fi 5 Ore. + 3 + 4 Wash. - 1 + 6 9 it + 3 + ii + 5 +16 2 + 1 + 1 8 3 5 4 0 7 + 9 3 + 6 + 6 + 8 +14 + ft & - 3 + + 6 Idaho - + 1 +12 +15 7 + 9 + 9 5 + 6 4- 5 +13 5 + 1 + 1 Cities Boise and Nampa Idaho Falls Twin Falls Salem Bellingham Walla Walla* Yakima* +11 + 7 + 5 + 3 +10 + 1 + 1 + 6 + 4 Calif. 4- 6 tl + 8 A Ore. ft + 7 •f 3 Utah Wash. - 3 ff 3 ft 1 y + 2 +10 + + San Jose* Stockton* Eugene Portland* Salt Lake City* Seattle-Everett Seattle* Spokane* Tacoma* +19 +13 +22 +20 +13 +12 + 9 +10 yPAWCTSCO DISTRICT (Cont.) +11 +13 +32 1964 Reserve Districts 1964 1964 +13 +13 3 iSAN + 9 +19 +10 + 7 5 2 1 4 p—Preliminary r—Revised . , , 1/ Breakdowns shown under various metropolitan areas do not necessarily 1 portions of such areas. 2/ Data not available. ^ . *" Indexes for these cities and areas may be obtained from the respective Feder http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Reserve Banks. 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