Retail/Consumer Spending Vehicle sales
Sales tax collections
Mankato — Number of vehicles sold 897 2012 820
2011 1,200
$500
1,000
$300
600 400
$200
200
$100
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$342.1 $391.4
$400
800
Includes restaurants, bars, telecommunications and general merchandise store sales. Excludes most clothing, grocery store sales.
Mankato 2011 2012
(In thousands)
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Source: Sales tax figures, City of Mankato
Lodging tax collections 2011
$50,000
2012
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Source: Sales tax figures, City of Mankato
Mankato food and beverage tax
Mankato/North Mankato $42,736 $44,908
2011
$75,000
$47,973 $62,041
2012
$40,000 $50,000
$30,000 $20,000
$25,000
$10,000 $0
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Source: City of Mankato
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Gas prices-Mankato 2012
2011
$4.00
$3.19
$3.00 $2.00
$3.19
$1.00 $0
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Gas prices-Minnesota 2012
2011
$4.00
$3.22
$3.00 $2.00
$3.17
$1.00 $0
Stocks of local interest
Nov. 19
Dec. 11
Percent change
Archer Daniels
$25.55
$27.24
+6.5%
Ameriprise
$59.74
$61.58
+3.1%
Best Buy
$13.75
$12.03
-12.5%
Crown Cork & Seal
$36.90
$37.39
+1.3%
Fastenal
$41.47
$42.94
+3.5%
General Growth
$18.95
$20.41
+7.7%
General Mills
$40.46
$41.33
+2.2%
HickoryTech
$9.39
$9.49
+1.1%
Hutchinson Technology
$1.60
$1.77
+10.6%
Itron
$40.80
$44.53
+9.1%
Johnson Outdoors
$21.45
$20.91
-2.5%
3M
$89.57
$93.58
+4.5%
Target
$63.01
$61.81
-1.9%
U.S. Bancorp
$32.08
$32.26
+0.6%
Wells Financial
$19.75
$18.75
-5.1%
$0.68
$0.83
+22.1%
$26.14
$27.21
+4.1%
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