Interim state per capita personal income estimates for 1991–2000 are now available from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce. In its press release of September 24, 2001 on state personal income, BEA announced that it would delay its release of state per capita personal income until the Census Bureau had announced its decision on adjustments to the population counts released in March 2001 for redistricting purposes.

The Census Bureau announced on October 17, 2001 that it would not adjust the population counts and that remaining Census 2000 data products, postcensal estimates and survey controls would use the unadjusted counts. The Census Bureau will provide state population estimates for 1991–1999 consistent with the 2000 counts in March 2002.

In the interim, to provide its users with state per capita personal income estimates for 1991–1999 consistent with the 2000 population count, BEA has developed population estimates and incorporated them into interim state per capita personal income estimates. Upon release by the Census Bureau of population estimates for those years, BEA will substitute the Census population estimates and issue revised state per capita personal income estimates.

The state per capita personal income estimates for 1991–2000 are available on BEA’s Web site. Go to /bea/regional/spi/.