Retail sales in Ringgold county totaled $13,580,514 for the second quarter of 2011, an uptick of 1.4 percent over the 2010 total to the second highest second quarterly sales on record.
That’s the news from the latest sales tax report from the Iowa Department of Revenue and Finance.
The increase in Ringgold county compares to a 2.09 percent increase registered across the state for the three months ending June 30, 2011.
The sales increase in Ringgold county reflected a rise of $193,383 from the $13,387,131 registered in the second quarter of 2010.
Sales went up in all surrounding counties over the period, with Decatur county leading the way.
Sales in Decatur county totaled $8,846,742 for the quarter, up $909,402 or 11.5 percent from a decline the previous quarter. This is a new record there in any case.
Sales in Union county showed an increase of 3.9 percent or $1,151,896 to $31,028,943. This is the second highest amount for this quarter there, with sales in 2008 topping that mark by over $800,000.
Taylor county showed an increase of $205,726 or 3.2 percent over the same period last year to a total of $6,613,956. This is a new record for Taylor county.
Adams county sales increased $122,953 or 1.9 percent to $6,573,908. This is a new record for Adams county.
Sales in Clarke county increased 1.2 percent or $199,958 to $17,395,622 for the period. This was a new record there as well.
Sales by community
Sales comparisons for three communities were available in Ringgold county for the quarter.
Mount Ayr sales went up $56,318 or .5 percent to $11,828,345, a number that has been surpassed twice before in 2000 and 2001.
Diagonal sales slipped a little from the record set in 2010 of $887,627. They were down 1.1 percent or $10,233 to $877,394. Sales in Ellston climbed $113,499 over the previous year to $345,721. This was a 48.9 percent increase, the highest for any community in the area.
In Adams county, Corning showed a sales decline of $247,859 or 4.5 percent to $5,311,548. This number had been surpassed eight times in the past 14 years.
In Clarke county, Osceola sales were up $22,420 or .1 percent to $16,699,850. The number had been surpassed in 2009.
Communities in Decatur county both showed increases. Lamoni sales totaled $2,985,490, an increase of $301,897 or 11.3 percent. This number had been surpassed in 2006. Leon sales were up $93,973 or 2.2 percent to $4,300,544. This number was surpassed in the quarter in 2007.
In Taylor county, sales increases were shown for Bedford, Lenox and Clearfield. Bedford had an increase in sales of $123,976 or 4.2 percent to $3,108,596. This number was surpassed in 2000, 2001 and 2002. Lenox sales were up $98,926 or 3.5 percent to $2,920,718, a new record. Clearfield saw sales climb $24,686 or 14.5 percent to $195,248. This was the best there since 2004.
Union county sales in Creston jumped $1,048,807 or 3.8 percent to $28,699,133. This number has been surpassed three times in the past five years. Sales in Afton were up $144,560 or 8.7 percent to $1,812,813. This has only been surpassed once in the past 10 years in 2008.