Taxable Sales Up $1 Billion in North Dakota

Link here (regional links break early and break often). Firgures for 2Q11.

The latest figures cover the months of April, May and June, and they show a fourth consecutive quarter of above 25 percent growth over the previous year. The first quarter of 2011 was up 33.6 percent and the third and fourth quarters of 2010 were up 28 percent and 31.2 percent, respectively, over 2009.

“Anything over 20 percent or 30 percent is pretty remarkable,” Fong said. “It’s not just the west, and it’s not just oil.”

Data points (some numbers rounded)

• Fargo: $590 million (represents an increase of 8 percent over 2Q10)
• Williston: $535 million (represents an increase of 75 percent over 2Q10
• Tioga and Stanley: each had increases over 100 percent year-over-year

I can't wait to see the county totals. It is obvious that Williams County will "smother" Cass County.