cashregisterBismarck (AP, CSi) The head of a group representing North Dakota retailers says the state’s economic growth in the past decade “has been phenomenal.”

North Dakota Retail Association President Mike Rud (rood) says “consumer confidence is high and that means people are going to spend more money.”

Data shows North Dakota’s taxable sales and purchases:

  • State up 11 percent in 2014 to a record $28.2 billion.
  • Taxable sales and purchases doubled since 2010 and have risen 250 percent in the past decade with North Dakota’s oil wealth.
  • State overall economic growth rate in 2014 was more than five times the rate of inflation.

In the region, taxable sales and purchases in 2014, percentage change compared to  2013

  • Jamestown $253,447,948 down 4.75%
  • Stutsman County $264,035,485 down 4.70%
  • Valley City $81,066,891 down 4.39%
  • Barnes County $87,949,282 down 5.02%
  • Carrington $62,073,979 down 12.29%
  • Foster County $62,969,684 down 12.59%
  • City of LaMoure $17,089,326 down 37.21%
  • LaMoure County $36,563,103 down 26.01%