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BEA 05-17

Local Area Personal Income, 2001-2003


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EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 8:30 A.M. ET, Wednesday, April 27, 2005

David Lenze (202) 606–9292 BEA–05–17
Kathy Albetski (202) 606–9240
E-mail inquiries: RegRelease@bea.gov

 

METROPOLITAN AREA PERSONAL AND PER CAPITA INCOME IN 2003
New Light on the Recovery

Personal income increased in all but two of the nation's metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) from 2002 to 2003, according to newly available estimates released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. This is an improvement over the previous two years when more than twenty metropolitan areas saw their personal income decline. Per capita personal income increased in all but five MSAs from 2002 to 2003, in contrast to the previous two years when that income declined in as many as sixty MSAs.

The estimates shed new light on the nature of the recovery in its second year, showing that personal income growth generally strengthened in US cities in 2003, despite often weak or negative employment growth. The chart above illustrates this, plotting for MSAs the percent change in personal income against the percent change in wage and salary employment. Each MSA in the chart is represented by a bubble whose size is proportional to the number of jobs in the MSA. Despite job loss in 178, or nearly one-half, of the MSAs, personal income declined in only two-Yuma, Arizona and Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California. Even when account is taken of the 1.9 percent inflation rate as measured by the national price index for personal consumption expenditure (indicated by the dashed line in the chart), real personal income declined in only 39, or roughly one-tenth, of the MSAs.

While wages and salaries grew at 2.5 percent, several items contributed to strong income growth: personal current transfer receipts (which grew 4.1%), proprietors' income (8.5%), employer contributions for employee pension and insurance funds (10.7%), and military earnings (14.5%).

The bulk of transfer receipts-largely social security, Medicare, and Medicaid-grow with population and the cost of medical care. Most of the growth in military wages represents additional payments to activated reservists and active duty military forces as a consequence of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Military employment rose only slightly. The double-digit increase in employer contributions was mostly due to an unusually large payment to reduce unfunded pension liabilities.

The relative performance of individual MSAs largely reflects their industrial specialization. The fastest growing MSAs tended to depend heavily on the military, motor vehicle manufacturing (the industry making the biggest contribution to pension funds), tourism, or real estate. The slowest growing MSAs tended to have a disproportionately large air transportation, securities, or computer manufacturing sector.

Per capita income rankings. The table below lists the MSAs with highest and lowest per capita incomes. Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut had the highest per capita income of all MSAs in 2003. The average income of $60,803 was nearly double the national average. All of the top ten MSAs in 2003 were in the top ten last year. McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas had the lowest per capita income of all MSAs. Its average income of $15,184 was slightly less than half of the national average. Nine of the ten MSAs with the lowest per capita incomes in 2003 also had the lowest incomes in 2002. Provo-Orem, Utah is new to the bottom ten this year, displacing Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Per Capita Personal Income for Metropolitan Statistical Areas
  Dollars   Percent of U.S.
  2002 2003   2002 2003
United States 30,804 31,472   100.0 100.0
           
Highest per capita levels          
           
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 60,098 60,803   195.1 193.2
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 46,359 46,958   150.5 149.2
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 46,003 46,072   149.3 146.4
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 42,987 44,056   139.6 140.0
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 42,546 43,135   138.1 137.1
Naples-Marco Island, FL 41,730 41,513   135.5 131.9
Trenton-Ewing, NJ 40,698 41,499   132.1 131.9
Boulder, CO 40,590 41,110   131.8 130.6
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 40,186 40,899   130.5 130.0
Vero Beach, FL 38,925 39,953   126.4 126.9
           
Lowest per capita levels          
           
Provo-Orem, UT 20,101 20,462   65.3 65.0
Madera, CA 19,880 20,382   64.5 64.8
Logan, UT-ID 19,440 20,265   63.1 64.4
St. George, UT 19,856 20,084   64.5 63.8
Hanford-Corcoran, CA 18,918 19,390   61.4 61.6
Yuma, AZ 19,940 19,158   64.7 60.9
Hinesville-Fort Stewart, GA 17,612 18,723   57.2 59.5
Laredo, TX 16,640 17,060   54.0 54.2
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 16,005 16,308   52.0 51.8
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 14,790 15,184   48.0 48.2

Note about data on BEA Web site

The complete set of income and employment estimates for 1969-2003 for counties, metropolitan areas, micropolitan areas, and BEA Economic Areas is now available interactively on BEA's Web site. Detailed annual estimates of earnings and employment by industry, components of personal income, personal current transfer receipts, and farm gross income and expenses by major category for each of the geographic regions are available. These estimates are the only detailed, broadly inclusive, annual measure of economic activity available for local areas. Go to www.bea.gov/bea/regional/reis/ to access these estimates.

BEA Regional Facts (BEARFACTS), a narrative summary of personal income, per capita personal income, and components of income for metropolitan areas and counties, is available on BEA's Web site. Go to www.bea.gov/bea/regional/bearfacts/ to access these summaries.

Data on personal income and per capita personal income for BEA regions, states, and metropolitan areas, as well as data for counties, will be presented in the June issue of the Survey of Current Business, the monthly journal of the Bureau of Economic Analysis. See the end of this release for information on obtaining issues of the Survey of Current Business in printed form and on BEA's Web site. For further information, call (202) 606-5360.

Definitions

Personal income is the income received by all persons from all sources. Personal income is the sum of net earnings by place of residence, rental income of persons, personal dividend income, personal interest income, and personal current transfer receipts. Net earnings is earnings by place of work (the sum of wage and salary disbursements (payrolls), supplements to wages and salaries, and proprietors' income) less contributions for government social insurance, plus an adjustment to convert earnings by place of work to a place-of-residence basis. Personal income is measured before the deduction of personal income taxes and other personal taxes and is reported in current dollars (no adjustment is made for price changes).

The estimate of personal income in the United States is derived as the sum of the county estimates; it differs from the estimate of personal income in the national income and product accounts (NIPAs) because of differences in coverage, in the methodologies used to prepare the estimates, and in the timing of the availability of source data.

Per capita personal income is calculated as the personal income of residents of a given area divided by the resident population of the area. In computing per capita personal income, BEA uses the Census Bureau's annual midyear population estimates.

The metropolitan area definitions used by BEA for its entire series of personal income estimates are the county-based definitions developed by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for federal statistical purposes and last updated in February 2005. OMB's general concept of a metropolitan area is that of a geographic area consisting of a large population nucleus together with adjacent communities having a high degree of economic and social integration with the nucleus. The personal income and per capita personal income estimates for the 361 MSAs are shown in Table 1. Detailed personal income estimates for metropolitan statistical areas, micropolitan statistical areas, metropolitan divisions, and combined statistical areas are available on the BEA Web site at www.bea.gov.

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Table 1. Personal Income and Per Capita Personal Income by Metropolitan Area, 2001-2003
                                                              Personal income                     Per capita personal income/1
                                                             Millions of dollars          Percent          Dollars            Rank in
     Area name                                                                            change/2                              U.S.
                                                            2001      2002      2003     2002-2003  2001     2002     2003     2003
   United States/3                                       8,716,992 8,869,809 9,151,694       3.2   30,575   30,804   31,472      ...
Metropolitan portion                                     7,601,665 7,736,050 7,973,539       3.1   32,198   32,404   33,038      ...
Nonmetropolitan portion                                  1,115,327 1,133,759 1,178,155       3.9   22,758   23,041   23,827      ...
   Metropolitan Statistical Areas/4
Abilene, TX                                                  3,674     3,787     3,920       3.5   23,211   23,956   24,781      296
Akron, OH                                                   20,572    20,945    21,645       3.3   29,466   29,942   30,878       95
Albany, GA                                                   3,552     3,688     3,763       2.0   22,235   23,029   23,258      335
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY                                 26,252    26,224    27,075       3.2   31,655   31,439   32,208       68
Albuquerque, NM                                             20,693    21,006    21,863       4.1   27,979   27,874   28,519      156
Alexandria, LA                                               3,605     3,751     3,811       1.6   24,843   25,780   26,062      236
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ                           22,695    23,599    24,393       3.4   30,280   31,124   31,707       78
Altoona, PA                                                  3,048     3,150     3,248       3.1   23,711   24,674   25,478      266
Amarillo, TX                                                 5,597     5,730     5,934       3.6   24,470   24,825   25,409      269
Ames, IA                                                     2,121     2,178     2,257       3.6   26,653   26,981   28,119      167

Anchorage, AK                                               11,283    11,840    12,242       3.4   34,619   35,567   36,083       26
Anderson, IN                                                 3,378     3,489     3,568       2.3   25,504   26,439   27,207      194
Anderson, SC                                                 4,218     4,316     4,458       3.3   24,983   25,345   25,946      246
Ann Arbor, MI                                               11,774    12,232    12,869       5.2   35,867   36,794   38,323       16
Anniston-Oxford, AL                                          2,477     2,619     2,745       4.8   22,274   23,497   24,492      300
Appleton, WI                                                 6,101     6,313     6,571       4.1   29,676   30,265   31,143       87
Asheville, NC                                                9,880    10,051    10,339       2.9   26,428   26,594   27,024      200
Athens-Clarke County, GA                                     3,958     4,034     4,195       4.0   23,555   23,820   24,420      303
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA                         148,043   149,854   153,379       2.4   33,626   33,270   33,308       51
Atlantic City, NJ                                            7,871     8,030     8,377       4.3   30,796   30,967   31,749       76

Auburn-Opelika, AL                                           2,416     2,526     2,648       4.8   20,745   21,484   22,227      341
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC                              12,472    12,933    13,357       3.3   24,787   25,509   26,168      232
Austin-Round Rock, TX                                       42,489    41,648    42,864       2.9   32,208   30,927   31,135       88
Bakersfield, CA                                             14,705    15,684    16,371       4.4   21,757   22,630   22,947      338
Baltimore-Towson, MD                                        89,963    93,311    96,501       3.4   34,887   35,940   36,733       23
Bangor, ME                                                   3,647     3,843     3,965       3.2   24,994   26,163   26,780      208
Barnstable Town, MA                                          8,542     8,649     8,851       2.3   37,898   37,997   38,638       13
Baton Rouge, LA                                             17,944    18,816    19,423       3.2   25,262   26,313   26,921      203
Battle Creek, MI                                             3,500     3,637     3,719       2.3   25,292   26,213   26,778      209
Bay City, MI                                                 2,860     2,842     2,927       3.0   26,061   25,895   26,726      210

Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX                                     9,337     9,651    10,115       4.8   24,396   25,224   26,417      220
Bellingham, WA                                               4,336     4,440     4,699       5.8   25,412   25,504   26,617      211
Bend, OR                                                     3,358     3,456     3,612       4.5   27,799   27,513   27,880      170
Billings, MT                                                 3,974     3,992     4,172       4.5   28,331   28,173   29,154      141
Binghamton, NY                                               6,377     6,451     6,452       0.0   25,352   25,634   25,747      256
Birmingham-Hoover, AL                                       31,367    32,746    33,873       3.4   29,572   30,723   31,540       80
Bismarck, ND                                                 2,604     2,683     2,874       7.1   27,336   27,890   29,635      130
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA                        3,148     3,221     3,345       3.9   20,736   21,328   22,179      342
Bloomington, IN                                              4,036     4,119     4,301       4.4   23,003   23,462   24,320      308
Bloomington-Normal, IL                                       4,531     4,621     4,786       3.6   29,727   29,761   30,511      107

Boise City-Nampa, ID                                        14,078    14,677    15,124       3.0   29,007   29,415   29,562      132
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH                             188,442   188,595   191,107       1.3   42,552   42,546   43,135        5
Boulder, CO                                                 12,086    11,295    11,407       1.0   40,435   40,590   41,110        8
Bowling Green, KY                                            2,443     2,565     2,721       6.1   23,240   24,189   25,316      275
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA                                     7,172     7,493     7,706       2.8   30,588   31,425   32,140       71
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT                             54,989    53,777    54,703       1.7   61,780   60,098   60,803        1
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX                                    5,347     5,651     5,910       4.6   15,532   16,005   16,308      360
Brunswick, GA                                                2,489     2,543     2,633       3.5   26,332   26,600   27,202      196
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY                                   32,306    32,725    33,751       3.1   27,756   28,212   29,145      143

Burlington, NC                                               3,458     3,512     3,556       1.2   25,878   25,895   26,030      240
Burlington-South Burlington, VT                              6,323     6,563     6,806       3.7   31,446   32,416   33,446       47
Canton-Massillon, OH                                        10,766    11,008    11,191       1.7   26,404   26,925   27,274      189
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL                                   14,304    14,626    15,507       6.0   31,155   30,757   31,487       81
Carson City, NV                                              1,725     1,733     1,819       4.9   32,267   31,767   32,872       61
Casper, WY                                                   2,239     2,297     2,429       5.8   33,464   34,014   35,599       29
Cedar Rapids, IA                                             7,170     7,273     7,444       2.4   29,903   30,098   30,676      102
Champaign-Urbana, IL                                         5,651     5,693     5,792       1.7   26,736   26,762   27,006      201
Charleston, WV                                               8,508     8,716     8,958       2.8   27,671   28,410   29,146      142
Charleston-North Charleston, SC                             14,534    15,239    15,911       4.4   26,170   27,035   27,797      171

Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC                           44,820    46,485    47,850       2.9   32,604   33,045   33,251       52
Charlottesville, VA                                          5,539     5,590     5,789       3.6   31,386   31,369   32,179       69
Chattanooga, TN-GA                                          13,069    13,500    14,018       3.8   27,215   27,932   28,814      151
Cheyenne, WY                                                 2,443     2,608     2,745       5.3   29,672   31,353   32,529       64
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI                        323,493   325,145   330,867       1.8   35,157   35,085   35,464       31
Chico, CA                                                    4,798     4,879     5,025       3.0   23,300   23,379   23,799      321
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN                             63,114    65,470    67,508       3.1   31,137   32,159   32,979       57
Clarksville, TN-KY                                           5,493     5,790     6,165       6.5   23,541   24,723   26,095      235
Cleveland, TN                                                2,521     2,565     2,678       4.4   23,979   24,277   25,205      284
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH                                 68,208    69,022    71,051       2.9   31,799   32,219   33,196       54

Coeur d'Alene, ID                                            2,651     2,784     2,917       4.8   23,705   24,349   24,805      295
College Station-Bryan, TX                                    3,832     3,937     4,111       4.4   20,741   21,139   21,863      344
Colorado Springs, CO                                        16,742    17,088    17,505       2.4   30,153   30,329   30,736      100
Columbia, MO                                                 3,960     4,058     4,155       2.4   26,908   27,290   27,680      174
Columbia, SC                                                17,866    18,472    19,178       3.8   27,255   27,879   28,577      154
Columbus, GA-AL                                              7,178     7,385     7,552       2.3   25,357   25,808   27,205      195
Columbus, IN                                                 2,094     2,140     2,238       4.6   29,078   29,779   30,936       92
Columbus, OH                                                51,524    53,554    55,227       3.1   31,415   32,312   32,930       59

Corpus Christi, TX                                           9,706    10,014    10,439       4.2   24,141   24,763   25,696      260
Corvallis, OR                                                2,331     2,374     2,411       1.5   29,952   30,037   30,436      110
Cumberland, MD-WV                                            2,189     2,264     2,337       3.2   21,585   22,388   23,148      337
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX                            183,488   184,821   188,747       2.1   34,298   33,770   33,790       38
Dalton, GA                                                   2,987     3,097     3,192       3.1   24,191   24,689   25,054      289
Danville, IL                                                 1,836     1,853     1,930       4.2   21,970   22,255   23,283      333
Danville, VA                                                 2,409     2,494     2,536       1.7   21,969   22,864   23,310      332
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL                         10,394    10,551    10,824       2.6   27,700   28,134   28,869      149
Dayton, OH                                                  24,658    25,168    26,000       3.3   29,150   29,780   30,748       99

Decatur, AL                                                  3,626     3,716     3,881       4.4   24,747   25,371   26,333      224
Decatur, IL                                                  3,153     3,073     3,132       1.9   27,735   27,294   28,131      166
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL                      10,950    11,394    11,880       4.3   24,246   24,797   25,403      270
Denver-Aurora, CO                                           87,646    88,602    90,239       1.8   39,432   38,923   39,203       11
Des Moines, IA                                              15,801    16,364    16,941       3.5   32,277   32,967   33,639       39
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI                                 154,130   154,629   161,421       4.4   34,454   34,526   35,972       27
Dothan, AL                                                   3,232     3,370     3,515       4.3   24,592   25,534   26,306      226
Dover, DE                                                    3,161     3,377     3,558       5.4   24,490   25,655   26,438      219
Dubuque, IA                                                  2,346     2,394     2,465       3.0   26,309   26,760   27,241      192

Duluth, MN-WI                                                7,149     7,369     7,499       1.8   25,849   26,679   27,138      197
Durham, NC                                                  13,506    13,737    14,017       2.0   31,093   31,160   31,466       82
Eau Claire, WI                                               3,877     3,966     4,072       2.7   25,935   26,375   26,914      204
El Centro, CA                                                2,742     2,979     3,079       3.4   19,079   20,443   20,674      351
Elizabethtown, KY                                            2,721     2,833     2,994       5.7   25,112   26,045   27,456      183
Elkhart-Goshen, IN                                           4,883     5,142     5,540       7.7   26,324   27,659   29,315      136
Elmira, NY                                                   2,202     2,167     2,198       1.4   24,236   23,862   24,349      306
El Paso, TX                                                 13,511    14,056    14,667       4.3   19,650   20,266   20,875      349

Erie, PA                                                     6,902     7,079     7,219       2.0   24,504   25,068   25,505      263
Eugene-Springfield, OR                                       8,421     8,491     8,698       2.4   25,948   25,966   26,344      223
Evansville, IN-KY                                            9,611     9,978    10,423       4.5   27,983   28,961   30,073      117
Fairbanks, AK                                                2,408     2,526     2,606       3.2   28,737   29,795   30,583      104
Fargo, ND-MN                                                 4,926     5,244     5,511       5.1   28,008   29,623   30,804       97
Farmington, NM                                               2,413     2,468     2,587       4.8   20,767   20,572   21,124      348
Fayetteville, NC                                             8,076     8,526     9,036       6.0   23,943   25,027   26,209      228
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO                        8,623     9,152     9,597       4.9   24,090   24,941   25,359      271
Flagstaff, AZ                                                2,788     2,919     3,071       5.2   23,710   24,331   25,345      272

Flint, MI                                                   11,428    11,601    12,183       5.0   26,034   26,311   27,521      179
Florence, SC                                                 4,679     4,839     4,968       2.7   24,115   24,799   25,296      277
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL                                   3,203     3,277     3,398       3.7   22,493   23,102   23,966      317
Fond du Lac, WI                                              2,753     2,849     2,940       3.2   28,151   29,121   29,951      121
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO                                    8,165     8,387     8,541       1.8   31,449   31,793   32,037       74
Fort Smith, AR-OK                                            6,278     6,404     6,628       3.5   22,756   23,023   23,684      323
Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL                       4,758     5,053     5,413       7.1   27,708   28,835   30,440      109
Fort Wayne, IN                                              11,265    11,665    11,982       2.7   28,592   29,390   29,943      122

Fresno, CA                                                  18,593    19,828    20,651       4.2   22,822   23,830   24,277      310
Gadsden, AL                                                  2,278     2,368     2,448       3.4   22,119   22,997   23,744      322
Gainesville, FL                                              5,729     5,803     6,101       5.1   24,487   24,600   25,706      258
Gainesville, GA                                              3,668     3,775     3,930       4.1   24,973   24,866   25,132      286
Glens Falls, NY                                              3,049     3,089     3,206       3.8   24,409   24,586   25,275      278
Goldsboro, NC                                                2,555     2,619     2,674       2.1   22,564   23,139   23,584      325
Grand Forks, ND-MN                                           2,358     2,468     2,634       6.7   24,489   25,766   27,513      180
Grand Junction, CO                                           3,028     3,142     3,248       3.4   25,392   25,718   26,035      239

Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI                                    21,581    21,518    22,262       3.5   28,761   28,429   29,188      139
Great Falls, MT                                              2,081     2,102     2,196       4.5   26,054   26,347   27,523      178
Greeley, CO                                                  4,950     5,021     5,144       2.4   25,575   24,571   24,279      309
Green Bay, WI                                                8,369     8,666     8,960       3.4   29,275   29,972   30,697      101
Greensboro-High Point, NC                                   18,463    18,737    19,160       2.3   28,320   28,536   28,940      147
Greenville, NC                                               3,713     3,822     3,988       4.3   24,046   24,417   25,153      285
Greenville, SC                                              15,257    15,568    16,039       3.0   26,860   27,177   27,743      172
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS                                          5,927     6,202     6,472       4.4   23,920   24,897   25,922      248
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV                                5,840     6,104     6,388       4.7   25,732   26,359   26,848      207

Hanford-Corcoran, CA                                         2,358     2,545     2,690       5.7   17,873   18,918   19,390      356
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA                                     15,662    16,299    16,831       3.3   30,669   31,698   32,541       63
Harrisonburg, VA                                             2,539     2,530     2,679       5.9   23,282   23,005   24,240      313
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT                    43,992    44,169    44,992       1.9   37,976   37,782   38,131       18
Hattiesburg, MS                                              2,758     2,933     3,028       3.3   21,973   23,123   23,598      324
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC                                 8,794     8,790     8,843       0.6   25,344   25,192   25,220      282
Hinesville-Fort Stewart, GA                                  1,232     1,260     1,321       4.8   17,525   17,612   18,723      358
Holland-Grand Haven, MI                                      6,763     6,859     7,130       4.0   27,769   27,830   28,570      155
Honolulu, HI                                                26,976    27,936    29,002       3.8   30,675   31,522   32,463       66

Hot Springs, AR                                              2,208     2,259     2,325       2.9   24,748   25,094   25,497      264
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA                               4,626     4,840     4,986       3.0   23,704   24,655   25,238      281
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX                             171,952   170,887   175,431       2.7   35,489   34,401   34,578       36
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH                                 6,430     6,658     6,893       3.5   22,379   23,239   24,021      314
Huntsville, AL                                               9,797    10,306    10,939       6.1   28,157   29,203   30,591      103
Idaho Falls, ID                                              2,510     2,633     2,735       3.9   24,318   25,058   25,447      268
Indianapolis, IN                                            50,515    52,040    53,816       3.4   32,484   32,983   33,618       42
Iowa City, IA                                                3,935     4,057     4,192       3.3   29,388   30,065   30,796       98
Ithaca, NY                                                   2,420     2,453     2,589       5.5   24,834   24,946   26,042      237

Jackson, MI                                                  3,974     4,061     4,179       2.9   24,850   25,192   25,712      257
Jackson, MS                                                 13,271    13,642    14,355       5.2   26,457   27,008   28,132      165
Jackson, TN                                                  2,679     2,775     2,911       4.9   24,644   25,371   26,599      213
Jacksonville, FL                                            33,804    34,974    36,548       4.5   29,433   29,793   30,525      106
Jacksonville, NC                                             3,608     3,829     4,014       4.8   24,355   25,556   26,487      215
Janesville, WI                                               4,006     4,138     4,378       5.8   26,099   26,858   28,256      161
Jefferson City, MO                                           3,627     3,733     3,909       4.7   25,734   26,251   27,306      187
Johnson City, TN                                             4,055     4,203     4,332       3.1   22,270   22,872   23,260      334

Johnstown, PA                                                3,490     3,545     3,645       2.8   23,070   23,573   24,368      305
Jonesboro, AR                                                2,335     2,386     2,596       8.8   21,494   21,858   23,569      326
Joplin, MO                                                   3,640     3,735     3,886       4.1   22,951   23,325   23,947      318
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI                                        8,552     8,819     9,257       5.0   27,070   27,741   28,947      146
Kankakee-Bradley, IL                                         2,634     2,683     2,709       1.0   25,165   25,480   25,497      264
Kansas City, MO-KS                                          60,067    62,020    63,540       2.5   32,224   32,863   33,335       50
Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA                                 5,172     5,463     5,738       5.0   26,290   26,859   27,295      188
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX                                 7,782     8,089     8,573       6.0   23,334   23,921   24,924      293

Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA                             7,112     7,358     7,591       3.2   23,829   24,606   25,299      276
Kingston, NY                                                 4,726     4,713     4,875       3.4   26,448   26,124   26,871      205
Knoxville, TN                                               17,139    17,883    18,658       4.3   27,425   28,284   29,124      144
Kokomo, IN                                                   2,803     2,906     3,151       8.4   27,606   28,686   31,096       89
La Crosse, WI-MN                                             3,445     3,510     3,629       3.4   27,020   27,432   28,245      162
Lafayette, IN                                                4,458     4,551     4,705       3.4   24,862   25,348   25,990      243
Lafayette, LA                                                6,452     6,605     6,762       2.4   26,866   27,252   27,703      173
Lake Charles, LA                                             4,642     4,898     5,047       3.0   24,055   25,374   26,026      241
Lakeland, FL                                                12,212    12,398    12,936       4.3   24,815   24,786   25,323      274

Lancaster, PA                                               13,528    13,711    14,326       4.5   28,500   28,650   29,654      129
Lansing-East Lansing, MI                                    12,427    12,552    13,022       3.8   27,601   27,746   28,671      152
Laredo, TX                                                   3,232     3,440     3,629       5.5   16,092   16,640   17,060      359
Las Cruces, NM                                               3,460     3,590     3,789       5.6   19,588   20,101   20,756      350
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV                                      43,180    45,325    48,776       7.6   29,651   29,901   30,961       91
Lawrence, KS                                                 2,613     2,712     2,752       1.5   25,948   26,713   26,976      202
Lawton, OK                                                   2,584     2,676     2,818       5.3   23,038   23,940   25,545      262
Lebanon, PA                                                  3,258     3,355     3,484       3.9   26,924   27,581   28,315      159

Lewiston, ID-WA                                              1,475     1,498     1,542       2.9   25,652   25,945   26,463      217
Lewiston-Auburn, ME                                          2,688     2,858     2,989       4.6   25,770   27,164   28,166      164
Lexington-Fayette, KY                                       12,562    12,961    13,517       4.3   30,428   31,195   32,118       72
Lima, OH                                                     2,704     2,819     2,936       4.2   24,992   26,071   27,411      184
Lincoln, NE                                                  7,947     8,218     8,533       3.8   29,447   30,093   30,855       96
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR                           17,349    18,075    18,833       4.2   28,119   29,036   29,927      123
Logan, UT-ID                                                 2,041     2,093     2,196       4.9   19,414   19,440   20,265      354
Longview, TX                                                 4,974     5,022     5,210       3.7   25,511   25,472   26,204      230
Longview, WA                                                 2,341     2,341     2,382       1.8   24,943   24,733   25,039      290

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA                       403,519   413,328   427,523       3.4   32,147   32,567   33,347       49
Louisville, KY-IN                                           35,574    37,276    38,664       3.7   30,343   31,579   32,485       65
Lubbock, TX                                                  6,076     6,265     6,441       2.8   24,050   24,651   25,085      288
Lynchburg, VA                                                5,839     5,907     6,059       2.6   25,462   25,671   26,193      231
Macon, GA                                                    5,882     6,141     6,245       1.7   26,351   27,289   27,554      177
Madera, CA                                                   2,409     2,561     2,725       6.4   19,135   19,880   20,382      353
Madison, WI                                                 17,224    17,930    18,625       3.9   33,727   34,598   35,471       30
Manchester-Nashua, NH                                       13,873    14,188    14,564       2.6   35,695   36,168   36,858       22
Mansfield, OH                                                3,095     3,213     3,364       4.7   24,172   25,027   26,232      227

McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX                                 8,504     9,063     9,648       6.5   14,383   14,790   15,184      361
Medford, OR                                                  4,781     4,888     5,067       3.7   25,983   26,146   26,617      211
Memphis, TN-MS-AR                                           36,241    37,767    39,244       3.9   29,790   30,787   31,677       79
Merced, CA                                                   4,433     4,649     4,944       6.3   20,319   20,670   21,365      347
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL                      163,860   169,151   174,652       3.3   32,025   32,493   33,094       55
Michigan City-La Porte, IN                                   2,670     2,705     2,770       2.4   24,203   24,541   25,241      280
Midland, TX                                                  4,038     3,858     3,991       3.4   34,788   32,853   33,578       43
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI                           50,920    51,910    53,182       2.5   33,819   34,384   35,133       35
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI                    113,012   115,401   119,080       3.2   37,370   37,773   38,601       14

Missoula, MT                                                 2,561     2,643     2,758       4.4   26,489   27,015   27,997      169
Mobile, AL                                                   8,811     9,070     9,264       2.1   21,999   22,695   23,164      336
Modesto, CA                                                 10,917    11,419    11,920       4.4   23,462   23,778   24,276      311
Monroe, LA                                                   4,042     4,326     4,389       1.5   23,871   25,452   25,705      259
Monroe, MI                                                   4,240     4,281     4,514       5.4   28,651   28,674   29,914      124
Montgomery, AL                                               9,252     9,762    10,192       4.4   26,535   27,795   28,881      148
Morgantown, WV                                               2,704     2,816     2,943       4.5   24,224   25,062   25,927      247
Morristown, TN                                               2,760     2,863     2,979       4.0   22,104   22,815   23,378      330
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA                                   3,087     3,175     3,293       3.7   29,360   29,755   30,144      115

Muncie, IN                                                   2,934     2,988     3,068       2.7   24,532   25,125   25,905      250
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI                                   4,074     4,104     4,240       3.3   23,760   23,826   24,468      301
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC                   4,871     5,038     5,331       5.8   24,150   24,450   25,266      279
Napa, CA                                                     4,806     4,908     5,054       3.0   37,623   37,759   38,364       15
Naples-Marco Island, FL                                     11,062    11,505    11,878       3.2   41,836   41,730   41,513        6
Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro, TN                         42,024    43,734    45,785       4.7   31,433   32,326   33,368       48
New Haven-Milford, CT                                       29,243    29,757    30,399       2.2   35,250   35,643   36,127       25
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA                             36,923    38,211    39,595       3.6   28,142   29,091   30,092      116
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA         751,761   747,054   763,575       2.2   40,649   40,186   40,899        9

Niles-Benton Harbor, MI                                      4,320     4,370     4,490       2.8   26,649   26,891   27,572      176
Norwich-New London, CT                                       8,922     9,160     9,320       1.7   34,211   34,868   35,147       34
Ocala, FL                                                    6,158     6,264     6,611       5.5   23,229   22,986   23,512      327
Ocean City, NJ                                               3,389     3,453     3,501       1.4   33,200   33,924   34,386       37
Odessa, TX                                                   2,651     2,689     2,789       3.7   21,930   21,962   22,665      339
Ogden-Clearfield, UT                                        11,256    11,660    12,038       3.2   24,915   25,347   25,681      261
Oklahoma City, OK                                           31,209    31,573    32,817       3.9   28,186   28,195   28,958      145
Olympia, WA                                                  6,488     6,672     6,926       3.8   30,515   30,733   31,343       84
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA                                 25,180    25,678    26,578       3.5   32,455   32,793   33,537       44
Orlando-Kissimmee, FL                                       46,350    48,096    50,670       5.4   27,151   27,407   28,114      168

Oshkosh-Neenah, WI                                           4,571     4,703     4,813       2.4   28,957   29,676   30,359      111
Owensboro, KY                                                2,710     2,788     2,880       3.3   24,623   25,271   25,985      244
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA                            25,964    26,677    27,860       4.4   33,761   34,163   35,241       32
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL                           13,328    13,766    14,500       5.3   27,395   27,766   28,669      153
Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL                                   3,676     3,823     4,046       5.8   24,522   25,113   26,120      234
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH                           3,904     4,078     4,118       1.0   23,810   24,917   25,220      282
Pascagoula, MS                                               3,453     3,546     3,754       5.9   22,646   23,169   24,336      307
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL                              10,165    10,448    10,786       3.2   24,299   24,633   25,124      287
Peoria, IL                                                  10,449    10,452    10,704       2.4   28,584   28,533   29,236      138

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD                199,840   206,186   213,917       3.7   34,976   35,909   37,059       21
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ                                 97,139   101,447   106,327       4.8   28,712   29,080   29,590      131
Pine Bluff, AR                                               2,122     2,181     2,308       5.9   19,872   20,488   21,728      345
Pittsburgh, PA                                              76,354    77,723    79,552       2.4   31,537   32,190   33,015       56
Pittsfield, MA                                               4,242     4,325     4,364       0.9   31,676   32,445   32,796       62
Pocatello, ID                                                1,822     1,895     1,937       2.2   21,845   22,771   23,385      329
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME                       15,455    15,975    16,719       4.7   31,185   31,850   32,952       58
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA                         63,933    64,395    65,629       1.9   32,345   31,988   32,152       70
Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL                              10,192    10,258    10,637       3.7   31,124   30,424   30,476      108

Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY                        19,306    19,362    20,037       3.5   30,447   30,051   30,560      105
Prescott, AZ                                                 3,702     3,884     4,075       4.9   21,306   21,681   22,075      343
Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA                    48,705    49,888    51,522       3.3   30,487   30,933   31,743       77
Provo-Orem, UT                                               7,838     8,045     8,306       3.3   20,048   20,101   20,462      352
Pueblo, CO                                                   3,428     3,604     3,700       2.7   23,730   24,452   24,830      294
Punta Gorda, FL                                              3,795     3,865     4,046       4.7   25,952   25,781   26,479      216
Racine, WI                                                   5,676     5,843     6,022       3.1   29,922   30,598   31,271       85
Raleigh-Cary, NC                                            28,448    28,887    29,844       3.3   34,107   33,546   33,627       40
Rapid City, SD                                               3,089     3,246     3,397       4.7   27,038   28,127   29,281      137

Reading, PA                                                 10,903    11,259    11,519       2.3   28,858   29,484   29,790      127
Redding, CA                                                  4,296     4,418     4,595       4.0   25,681   25,700   26,161      233
Reno-Sparks, NV                                             13,240    13,519    14,298       5.8   37,287   37,023   38,155       17
Richmond, VA                                                35,437    36,421    37,432       2.8   31,881   32,384   32,879       60
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA                        80,406    84,500    89,399       5.8   23,744   24,119   24,526      299
Roanoke, VA                                                  8,226     8,501     8,647       1.7   28,480   29,392   29,795      126
Rochester, MN                                                5,505     5,805     6,065       4.5   33,010   34,210   35,191       33
Rochester, NY                                               31,287    31,374    32,329       3.0   30,132   30,184   31,057       90
Rockford, IL                                                 8,624     8,754     8,970       2.5   26,640   26,782   27,075      199

Rocky Mount, NC                                              3,537     3,545     3,613       1.9   24,644   24,628   24,980      291
Rome, GA                                                     2,244     2,325     2,367       1.8   24,561   25,102   25,337      273
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, CA                       57,532    59,439    62,079       4.4   30,807   30,864   31,425       83
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI                           5,356     5,320     5,540       4.1   25,543   25,352   26,454      218
St. Cloud, MN                                                4,381     4,625     4,776       3.3   25,743   26,805   27,404      185
St. George, UT                                               1,903     1,978     2,099       6.1   20,120   19,856   20,084      355
St. Joseph, MO-KS                                            2,847     2,942     3,007       2.2   23,038   23,875   24,430      302
St. Louis, MO-IL                                            85,767    89,751    92,348       2.9   31,532   32,807   33,535       45
Salem, OR                                                    8,737     8,878     9,110       2.6   24,732   24,682   24,978      292
Salinas, CA                                                 12,541    12,609    13,179       4.5   30,718   30,635   31,801       75

Salisbury, MD                                                2,635     2,721     2,879       5.8   23,817   24,380   25,448      267
Salt Lake City, UT                                          28,619    29,316    29,935       2.1   29,055   29,456   29,768      128
San Angelo, TX                                               2,618     2,644     2,726       3.1   24,894   25,118   25,808      252
San Antonio, TX                                             47,218    47,797    49,733       4.1   27,044   26,832   27,381      186
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA                           97,009   101,118   104,614       3.5   33,933   34,915   35,841       28
Sandusky, OH                                                 2,343     2,418     2,528       4.5   29,501   30,637   32,050       73
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA                          199,369   192,993   195,174       1.1   47,722   46,359   46,958        2
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA                          85,418    79,599    79,801       0.3   48,948   46,003   46,072        3
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA                              7,210     7,395     7,650       3.4   28,741   29,340   30,228      114

Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA                               13,107    13,017    13,544       4.0   32,702   32,421   33,624       41
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA                                   9,714     9,602     9,597       0.0   38,044   37,899   38,126       19
Santa Fe, NM                                                 4,219     4,280     4,426       3.4   32,141   31,892   32,378       67
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA                                     16,969    16,918    17,041       0.7   36,435   36,312   36,466       24
Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice, FL                               22,408    23,014    23,547       2.3   36,992   37,102   37,113       20
Savannah, GA                                                 8,180     8,436     8,800       4.3   27,550   27,994   28,844      150
Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA                                   14,903    15,242    15,581       2.2   26,785   27,521   28,189      163
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA                                117,001   119,799   122,568       2.3   37,805   38,374   39,008       12
Sheboygan, WI                                                3,361     3,451     3,549       2.8   29,733   30,460   31,251       86

Sherman-Denison, TX                                          2,602     2,622     2,694       2.7   23,114   23,064   23,424      328
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA                                  9,598     9,968    10,415       4.5   25,489   26,433   27,507      181
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD                                         3,765     3,823     3,931       2.8   26,360   26,758   27,471      182
Sioux Falls, SD                                              5,978     6,245     6,600       5.7   31,159   32,045   33,217       53
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI                                  8,685     8,944     9,319       4.2   27,368   28,175   29,360      134
Spartanburg, SC                                              6,310     6,548     6,747       3.1   24,562   25,247   25,773      254
Spokane, WA                                                 11,082    11,361    11,737       3.3   26,203   26,593   27,218      193
Springfield, IL                                              6,217     6,321     6,326       0.1   30,643   30,964   30,920       93
Springfield, MA                                             19,387    19,842    20,229       1.9   28,507   29,000   29,432      133

Springfield, MO                                              9,324     9,677    10,075       4.1   24,937   25,551   26,209      228
Springfield, OH                                              3,745     3,778     3,891       3.0   25,989   26,271   27,246      190
State College, PA                                            3,379     3,514     3,604       2.6   24,805   25,353   25,776      253
Stockton, CA                                                14,281    14,747    15,416       4.5   24,080   24,074   24,397      304
Sumter, SC                                                   2,175     2,266     2,368       4.5   20,818   21,537   22,390      340
Syracuse, NY                                                17,723    18,033    18,572       3.0   27,240   27,688   28,429      158
Tallahassee, FL                                              8,255     8,370     8,624       3.0   25,599   25,812   26,333      224
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL                         71,713    73,620    75,634       2.7   29,342   29,596   29,881      125
Terre Haute, IN                                              3,805     3,897     4,060       4.2   22,393   22,979   23,946      319

Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR                                  3,006     3,095     3,193       3.2   23,086   23,640   24,246      312
Toledo, OH                                                  18,388    18,904    19,759       4.5   27,870   28,673   29,963      120
Topeka, KS                                                   6,254     6,399     6,421       0.3   27,755   28,347   28,306      160
Trenton-Ewing, NJ                                           14,341    14,554    14,989       3.0   40,428   40,698   41,499        7
Tucson, AZ                                                  21,387    22,071    23,082       4.6   24,828   25,151   25,906      249
Tulsa, OK                                                   27,243    26,800    27,196       1.5   31,372   30,587   30,908       94
Tuscaloosa, AL                                               4,700     4,931     5,162       4.7   24,263   25,451   26,554      214
Tyler, TX                                                    4,949     5,046     5,229       3.6   27,872   27,914   28,441      157
Utica-Rome, NY                                               7,172     7,141     7,332       2.7   24,029   23,976   24,595      297
Valdosta, GA                                                 2,612     2,740     2,855       4.2   21,851   22,642   23,375      331
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA                                       11,623    11,992    12,456       3.9   28,730   29,283   30,259      112

Vero Beach, FL                                               4,552     4,592     4,804       4.6   39,462   38,925   39,953       10
Victoria, TX                                                 2,868     2,884     2,920       1.2   25,494   25,609   25,838      251
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ                             3,606     3,777     3,889       3.0   24,543   25,514   26,012      242
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC                  44,071    45,999    47,675       3.6   27,774   28,659   29,337      135
Visalia-Porterville, CA                                      7,723     8,010     8,365       4.4   20,647   21,009   21,388      346
Waco, TX                                                     4,983     5,123     5,271       2.9   23,120   23,584   24,007      316
Warner Robins, GA                                            2,861     3,055     3,167       3.7   25,277   26,235   26,379      221
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV               208,807   214,919   223,394       3.9   42,451   42,987   44,056        4
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA                                     4,199     4,396     4,470       1.7   25,724   27,119   27,644      175

Wausau, WI                                                   3,564     3,695     3,817       3.3   28,177   29,115   29,992      119
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH                                  3,001     3,086     3,160       2.4   23,002   23,863   24,577      298
Wenatchee, WA                                                2,495     2,556     2,640       3.3   25,013   25,441   25,947      245
Wheeling, WV-OH                                              3,685     3,772     3,868       2.5   24,330   24,979   25,771      255
Wichita, KS                                                 17,197    17,321    17,500       1.0   29,910   29,874   30,060      118
Wichita Falls, TX                                            3,839     3,915     4,050       3.4   25,708   26,279   27,243      191
Williamsport, PA                                             2,902     2,996     3,089       3.1   24,335   25,211   26,039      238
Wilmington, NC                                               7,464     7,598     7,894       3.9   26,523   26,423   26,871      205
Winchester, VA-WV                                            2,803     2,881     2,990       3.8   26,445   26,606   27,084      198

Winston-Salem, NC                                           12,546    12,866    13,222       2.8   29,266   29,688   30,243      113
Worcester, MA                                               25,410    25,401    25,972       2.2   33,345   33,008   33,479       46
Yakima, WA                                                   5,152     5,258     5,426       3.2   23,062   23,416   23,916      320
York-Hanover, PA                                            10,877    11,128    11,544       3.7   28,195   28,546   29,181      140
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA                           14,762    15,114    15,635       3.4   24,621   25,371   26,361      222
Yuba City, CA                                                3,258     3,385     3,561       5.2   23,020   23,409   24,018      315
Yuma, AZ                                                     2,976     3,324     3,268      -1.7   18,207   19,940   19,158      357

1. Per capita personal income was computed using Census Bureau midyear population estimates.
2. Percent change calculated from unrounded data.
3. The personal income level shown for the United States is derived as the sum of the county estimates.  It differs from the estimate
income in the national income and product accounts because of differences in coverage, in the methodologies
used to prepare the estimates, and in the timing of the availability of source data.
4. The metropolitan area definitions used by BEA for its personal income estimates are the new county-based definitions issued by the
and Budget in June 2003 (with revisions released February 2004 and February 2005) for federal statistical purposes.

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