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Furniture & bedding sales - SOUTH

By Furniture Today Staff -- Furniture Today, December 26, 2004

City sales in $ thousands
Biggest sales volume, 2004				Biggest projected increase, 2004–2009
Metros shown in brown are among the 25 having the greatest furniture and bedding sales in 2004 and forecast to have the fastest sales growth between 2004 and 2009
South	Total furniture and bedding spending		Change	South	Total furniture and bedding spending		Change
	2004	2009	'04–'09		2004	2009	'04–'09
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	1,444,591	1,787,698	23.8%	Huntsville, TX	16,909	25,593	51.4%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	1,432,548	1,838,737	28.4%	The Villages, FL	16,900	24,704	46.2%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL	1,376,993	1,731,525	25.7%	Beeville, TX	7,500	10,890	45.2%
Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX	1,251,920	1,577,053	26.0%	Palestine, TX	13,819	19,801	43.3%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA	1,204,475	1,573,737	30.7%	Palm Coast, FL	17,367	24,524	41.2%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	711,337	877,308	23.3%	Naples-Marco Island, FL	84,152	115,656	37.4%
Baltimore-Towson, MD	709,298	852,762	20.2%	Milledgeville, GA	14,056	19,054	35.6%
Orlando, FL	462,247	599,223	29.6%	Austin-Round Rock, TX	367,019	492,390	34.2%
San Antonio, TX	430,176	540,201	25.6%	Raleigh-Cary, NC	246,441	330,490	34.1%
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC	418,519	514,413	22.9%	Oxford, MS	10,803	14,470	33.9%
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC	386,183	497,227	28.8%	Hilton Head Island-Beaufort, SC	40,860	54,591	33.6%
Nashville-Davidson—Murfreesboro, TN	367,292	463,177	26.1%	Gainesville, GA	36,698	48,794	33.0%
Austin-Round Rock, TX	367,019	492,390	34.2%	Arcadia, FL	7,483	9,915	32.5%
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA	328,557	381,436	16.1%	Boone, NC	12,208	16,147	32.3%
Louisville, KY-IN	320,418	384,345	20.0%	Clewiston, FL	7,459	9,863	32.2%
Jacksonville, FL	316,036	398,273	26.0%	St. Marys, GA	10,206	13,453	31.8%
Richmond, VA	310,439	385,020	24.0%	Laredo, TX	35,828	47,191	31.7%
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	308,446	373,880	21.2%	Granbury, TX	14,153	18,570	31.2%
Oklahoma City, OK	299,289	364,245	21.7%	Cornelia, GA	9,740	12,753	30.9%
Birmingham-Hoover, AL	281,378	337,648	20.0%	McAllen-Edinburg-Pharr, TX	108,196	141,653	30.9%
Raleigh-Cary, NC	246,441	330,490	34.1%	Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX	80,240	104,967	30.8%
Tulsa, OK	232,080	279,487	20.4%	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA	1,204,475	1,573,737	30.7%
Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice, FL	192,076	242,013	26.0%	Daphne-Fairhope, AL	40,178	52,460	30.6%
Baton Rouge, LA	177,474	217,377	22.5%	Harrisonburg, VA	27,974	36,499	30.5%
Columbia, SC	177,072	223,628	26.3%	Dunn, NC	24,231	31,574	30.3%

A snapshot of Huntsville, TX ...
	2004	2009	Change
Population	34,587	36,852	7%
Number of households	15,724	21,182	35%
Hispanic Households	1,584	2,431	53%
White non-Hispanic households	10,398	13,479	30%
Median value of owner houses	$78,002	$82,843	6%
Median household income	$29,271	$34,819	19%
• 38% of the housing stock has been built since 1998
• Median age	29.1	28.7

Annual income
	% of total households
	2004	2009
Under $35,000	58%	50%
$35,000 to $49,999	14%	14%
$50,000 to $74,999	15%	15%
$75,000 or more	14%	21%

Percentage of U.S. furniture & bedding sales, 2004
South	35%
% change '04–'09	24%

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