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BEA 02-13

Metropolitan Area Personal Income and Per Capita Personal Income: 2000

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Jeffrey Newman: (202) 606–9265 (Analysis) BEA 02–13
Kathy Albetski: 606–9240 (Estimates)
METROPOLITAN AREA PERSONAL INCOME AND
PER CAPITA PERSONAL INCOME: 2000

Metropolitan areas in northern California and eastern North Carolina had the fastest growth in personal income in 2000, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). Strong growth in earnings contributed to the rapid growth for all 6 metropolitan areas that comprise the greater San Francisco area 1, while a recovery in rental income, which had been affected by flood damage in 1999 from Hurricane Floyd, contributed to personal income growth in Rocky Mount and Greenville.


                     Fastest growing metropolitan areas, 1999-2000
                                    (Percent change)

                             1999        ------------- 2000 -------------
                                                         Dividends,
                           Personal    Personal    Net    Interest, Transfer
                            Income      Income   Earnings  & Rent   Payments

United States.............     4.7       7.0       7.8       5.6      5.1

San Jose, CA..............    15.2      21.0      25.4       6.2      3.3
San Francisco, CA.........     9.6      15.6      20.8       3.8      2.3
Rocky Mount, NC...........    -5.2      14.4       7.1      82.7      4.0
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA     9.3      14.4      19.1       3.5      2.4
Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa, CA     7.1      13.6      17.4       4.8      4.2
Greenville, NC............    -0.9      13.3       9.4      39.8      4.7
Santa Rosa, CA............     5.6      13.0      17.7       3.5      4.1
Oakland, CA...............     8.3      12.4      15.6       4.5      3.1

Fastest growing metropolitan areas, 2000

Each of the metropolitan areas that comprise the greater San Francisco area had net earnings growth that were at least double the national average of 7.8 percent. Much of the strength in earnings reflects strong earnings growth in "new economy" types of industries business services, which includes software development, prepackaged software, data processing services, and computer rental and leasing, in industrial machinery and equipment manufacturing, which includes computer manufacturing, and in electronics and other electric equipment manufacturing. Earnings in these industries were affected greatly by increases in the stock market, which peaked in March 2000. San Jose was the fastest growing metropolitan area in 1999 and 2000.

The 2000 growth in Rocky Mount and Greenville reverses a pattern of below average growth in personal income in recent years. In 1999, Rocky Mount was the slowest growing metropolitan area, and Greenville was the fourth slowest, due to the effects of Hurricane Floyd.

Slowest growing metropolitan areas, 2000

All 8 of the slowest growing metropolitan areas had growth in earnings that was less than the national average by at least 5.1 percentage points. Four of the slowest growing areas were in the Southeast Region, and four were in the Great Lakes Region. Six of the 8 areas—Lake Charles; Youngstown-Warren; Flint; Toledo; Decatur, IL; and New Orleans—had earnings declines in durable goods manufacturing. In addition:

  • Anniston had declines in both federal civilian and military earnings due to the closing of Fort McClellan.
  • Lake Charles had a decline in mining earnings.
  • Flint; Decatur, IL; and New Orleans had earnings declines in depository and nondepository institutions.
                     Slowest growing metropolitan areas, 1999-2000
                                    (Percent change)

                             1999        ------------- 2000 -------------
                                                         Dividends,
                           Personal    Personal    Net    Interest, Transfer
                            Income      Income   Earnings  & Rent   Payments

United States.............     4.7       7.0       7.8       5.6      5.1

Anniston, AL..............     0.4      -0.2      -3.1       3.5      5.4
Lake Charles, LA..........     1.7       2.8       1.4       7.6      3.0
Decatur, AL...............     4.5       2.9       1.2       6.3      7.0
Youngstown-Warren, OH.....     2.5       3.1       1.9       4.8      5.2
Flint, MI.................     1.9       3.2       1.6       8.9      4.1
Toledo, OH................     3.6       3.2       2.4       4.6      4.8
Decatur, IL...............     4.2       3.3       2.3       6.1      4.4
New Orleans, LA...........     1.5       3.4       2.7       6.8      2.4

All of the 8 areas with the slowest growth in 2000 had below average personal income growth in 1999. Only Decatur, AL and Decatur, IL had personal income growth in 1999 that was within 1.0 percentage point of the national average.

Per capita personal income levels, 2000

The 10 metropolitan areas with the highest levels of 2000 per capita personal income (PCPI) were located on either the east or west coasts. San Francisco, with a 2000 PCPI of $57,414, continued to have the highest PCPI in the nation. Of the 10 areas, only Trenton did not rank in the top 10 in PCPI in 1999.

Five of the metropolitan areas—New Haven-Bridgeport-Stamford-Waterbury; Bergen-Passaic; Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon; Trenton; and Nassau-Suffolk—were part of the greater New York area2.

        The 10 Metropolitan Areas with the highest per capita incomes in 2000

                                      --- Dollars ---          --- Ranks ---
                                      1999       2000          1999     2000

United States...................     27,843     29,469         ....      ....

San Francisco, CA...............     49,830     57,414            1         1
San Jose, CA....................     45,928     55,157            2         2
New Haven-Bridgeport-Stamford-
 Danbury-Waterbury, CT..........     43,806     46,542            3         3
Bergen-Passaic, NJ..............     39,239     42,726            6         4
Middlesex-Somerset-
 Hunterdon, NJ..................     39,393     42,392            5         5
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL..     39,545     41,007            4         6
Trenton, NJ.....................     37,512     40,954           11         7
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA....     38,858     40,686            8         8
Nassau-Suffolk, NY..............     38,387     40,353            9         9
Naples, FL......................     38,916     40,121            7        10

Nine of the 10 metropolitan areas with the lowest levels of 2000 PCPI ranked in the bottom 10 in 1999. McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, with a 2000 PCPI of $13,344, continued to have the lowest PCPI in the nation. Six of the seven lowest ranking metropolitan areas were in the Southwest Region.


        The 10 Metropolitan Areas with the lowest per capita incomes in 2000

                                      --- Dollars ---          --- Ranks ---
                                      1999       2000          1999     2000

United States...................     27,843     29,469         ....      ....

Pine Bluff, AR..................     19,080     19,826          308       309
Provo-Orem, UT..................     18,114     19,128          310       310
Merced, CA......................     18,100     18,536          311       311
El Paso, TX.....................     17,749     18,535          313       312
Auburn-Opelika, AL..............     17,901     18,484          312       313
Las Cruces, NM..................     16,705     17,321          314       314
Yuma, AZ........................     16,004     16,002          315       315
Laredo, TX......................     14,347     15,114          316       316
Brownsville-Harlingen-
 San Benito, TX.................     14,179     14,906          317       317
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX....     12,782     13,344          318       318

Note about data on BEA web site

A narrative summary, BEA Regional Facts (BEARFACTS), of personal income and per capita personal income, components of income, and earnings by industry is available for each metropolitan area and for counties for the latest ten year (1990–2000) and most current year (1999–2000) periods. To access BEARFACTS for any area on BEA's Web site, go to
/regional/bearfacts/

The complete set of income and employment estimates for 1969–2000 for counties, metropolitan areas, and BEA economic areas is now available interactively on BEA's Web site. Detailed annual estimates of earnings and employment by industry, transfer payments (i.e., social security payments), 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 /regional/reis/ to access these estimates.

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 May 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 participation in production, from government and business transfer payments, and from government interest. Personal income is the sum of net earnings by place of residence, rental income of persons, personal dividend income, personal interest income, and transfer payments. Net earnings is earnings by place of work—the sum of wage and salary disbursements (payrolls), other labor income, and proprietors' income—less personal contributions for 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 (NIPA's) because of differences in coverage and in the timing of the availability of source data.

Per capita personal income (PCPI) is the annual total personal income of residents divided by resident population as of July 1. PCPI estimates for 1990–1999 have been revised to incorporate revised county population estimates for 1990–99 from the Census Bureau that are consistent with the April 1, 2000 decennial census counts.

The metropolitan area definitions used by BEA for its personal income estimates are the county-based definitions issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for federal statistical purposes. 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. OMB recognizes two sets of metropolitan areas in the New England region. The first set is defined in terms of cities and towns; the second set, which is used for the estimates presented here, consists of the 12 New England county metropolitan statistical areas (NECMA's). Outside of the New England region, the metropolitan areas consist of 58 primary metropolitan statistical areas (PMSA's) and 248 metropolitan statistical areas (MSA's). The PMSA's and one NECMA are grouped into 17 consolidated metropolitan statistical areas (CMSA's). The 318 metropolitan areas discussed in the text of this release consist of the MSA's, PMSA's, and NECMA's. The estimates for all of the areas, including the 17 CMSA's, are shown in Table 1.


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1Designated by the Office of Management and Budget as the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA consolidated metropolitan statistical area.
2Designated by the Office of Management and Budget as the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA consolidated metropolitan statistical area.


 
 
Area name Personal income Per capita personal income1
Millions of dollars Percent
change2
1999-
2000
Dollars Rank
in U.S.
2000
1998 1999 2000 1998 1999 2000
United States3 7,418,497 7,769,367 8,314,032 7.0 26,893 27,843 29,469 .
Metropolitan portion 6,309,791 6,622,851 7,103,560 7.3 28,528 29,569 31,332 .
Nonmetropolitan portion 1,108,706 1,146,516 1,210,472 5.6 20,277 20,822 21,847 .
      Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas                
Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI 287,183 298,505 316,620 6.1 31,878 32,820 34,506 .
Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN 54,908 57,245 60,249 5.2 28,078 29,075 30,384 .
Cleveland-Akron, OH 83,338 85,770 89,742 4.6 28,294 29,115 30,464 .
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX 150,138 160,079 174,907 9.3 30,167 31,267 33,289 .
Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO 78,606 85,196 94,440 10.9 31,947 33,652 36,370 .
Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI 162,694 169,368 178,609 5.5 29,973 31,114 32,694 .
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX 136,556 142,509 155,001 8.8 30,405 30,982 33,025 .
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA 428,551 451,458 482,176 6.8 26,909 27,892 29,329 .
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL 95,902 98,951 105,353 6.5 25,637 25,937 27,033 .
Milwaukee-Racine, WI 49,851 51,775 54,331 4.9 29,698 30,734 32,137 .
New York-No. New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA 741,023 774,361 836,234 8.0 35,723 36,956 39,568 .
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD 187,702 194,772 206,743 6.1 30,592 31,598 33,377 .
Portland-Salem, OR-WA 61,119 64,272 69,210 7.7 27,732 28,687 30,453 .
Sacramento-Yolo, CA 46,577 50,012 54,157 8.3 26,894 28,299 29,951 .
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA 257,252 283,762 328,725 15.8 37,277 40,660 46,586 .
Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA 112,042 121,281 127,818 5.4 32,207 34,412 35,877 .
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 247,605 262,832 283,865 8.0 33,416 34,955 37,168 .
      Metropolitan Statistical Areas4                
Abilene, TX 2,881 2,964 3,096 4.5 22,971 23,460 24,487 214
Akron, OH* 18,584 19,186 20,194 5.3 26,893 27,680 29,023 90
Albany, GA 2,567 2,635 2,770 5.1 21,313 21,864 22,920 267
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 24,112 24,816 26,233 5.7 27,587 28,392 29,942 71
Albuquerque, NM 16,861 17,372 18,503 6.5 24,043 24,598 25,894 164
Alexandria, LA 2,833 2,901 3,006 3.6 22,509 23,006 23,777 239
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA 16,797 17,530 18,614 6.2 26,606 27,593 29,146 88
Altoona, PA 2,908 3,031 3,165 4.4 22,284 23,361 24,533 210
Amarillo, TX 4,981 5,047 5,333 5.7 23,404 23,387 24,429 217
Anchorage, AK 8,403 8,599 9,108 5.9 32,668 33,156 34,950 24
Ann Arbor, MI* 17,299 18,414 19,765 7.3 31,002 32,312 33,987 32
Anniston, AL 2,361 2,369 2,364 -0.2 20,146 20,620 21,232 298
Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 9,082 9,545 10,179 6.6 25,858 26,864 28,332 102
Asheville, NC 5,554 5,706 6,032 5.7 25,142 25,506 26,618 144
Athens, GA 3,262 3,407 3,589 5.3 22,001 22,542 23,311 253
Atlanta, GA 116,796 126,048 136,832 8.6 30,121 31,435 33,013 37
Atlantic-Cape May, NJ* 10,234 10,373 10,954 5.6 29,262 29,420 30,824 63
Auburn-Opelika, AL 1,920 2,021 2,135 5.6 17,466 17,901 18,484 313
Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC 10,502 10,817 11,389 5.3 22,320 22,800 23,816 236
Austin-San Marcos, TX 32,797 36,972 40,483 9.5 28,382 30,659 32,039 44
Bakersfield, CA 12,577 12,921 13,787 6.7 19,559 19,714 20,767 304
Baltimore, MD* 74,127 77,608 82,502 6.3 29,354 30,551 32,265 42
Bangor, ME (NECMA) 3,124 3,244 3,426 5.6 21,605 22,387 23,653 242
Barnstable-Yarmouth, MA (NECMA) 6,912 7,430 8,128 9.4 32,223 33,932 36,417 20
Baton Rouge, LA 14,061 14,542 15,176 4.4 23,787 24,312 25,117 190
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 8,795 8,798 9,146 3.9 22,974 22,851 23,756 240
Bellingham, WA 3,550 3,707 3,876 4.6 22,048 22,525 23,133 261
Benton Harbor, MI 3,853 4,018 4,171 3.8 23,776 24,799 25,659 170
Bergen-Passaic, NJ* 51,904 53,692 58,721 9.4 38,142 39,239 42,726 4
Billings, MT 3,100 3,179 3,376 6.2 24,285 24,697 26,057 160
Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula, MS 7,741 8,027 8,429 5.0 21,773 22,234 23,097 262
Binghamton, NY 5,773 5,959 6,244 4.8 22,798 23,575 24,779 198
Birmingham, AL 24,406 25,652 26,814 4.5 26,791 27,966 29,057 89
Bismarck, ND 2,200 2,272 2,426 6.8 23,487 24,107 25,586 174
Bloomington, IN 2,662 2,779 2,955 6.3 22,308 23,098 24,503 213
Bloomington-Normal, IL 3,930 4,212 4,475 6.2 26,819 28,244 29,670 74
Boise City, ID 10,380 11,091 12,349 11.3 25,483 26,343 28,329 103
Boston-Worcester-Lawrence-Lowell-Brockton, MA-NH (NECMA) 199,531 212,497 235,164 10.7 33,411 35,287 38,758 16
Boulder-Longmont, CO* 9,487 10,392 11,521 10.9 34,181 36,347 39,347 14
Brazoria, TX* 5,314 5,625 6,014 6.9 22,984 23,675 24,723 200
Bremerton, WA* 5,442 5,636 5,916 5.0 23,777 24,568 25,443 179
Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX 4,518 4,683 5,023 7.3 13,919 14,179 14,906 317
Bryan-College Station, TX 2,760 2,856 3,058 7.1 18,708 19,015 20,033 308
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 29,513 30,160 31,371 4.0 25,043 25,710 26,846 139
Burlington, VT (NECMA) 5,216 5,514 5,904 7.1 26,791 27,985 29,611 77
Canton-Massillon, OH 9,853 10,086 10,523 4.3 24,258 24,783 25,863 165
Casper, WY 1,860 1,917 2,137 11.5 28,117 28,920 32,112 43
Cedar Rapids, IA 5,450 5,718 6,089 6.5 29,112 30,106 31,686 50
Champaign-Urbana, IL 4,129 4,296 4,554 6.0 23,329 24,049 25,331 182
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 11,824 12,686 13,463 6.1 22,074 23,227 24,458 216
Charleston, WV 6,583 6,698 7,014 4.7 25,925 26,523 27,898 113
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC 40,359 43,205 46,600 7.9 28,212 29,360 30,901 60
Charlottesville, VA 4,452 4,598 4,947 7.6 28,927 29,223 30,875 62
Chattanooga, TN-GA 11,243 11,761 12,472 6.0 24,477 25,422 26,781 140
Cheyenne, WY 2,067 2,178 2,291 5.2 25,674 26,885 28,035 109
Chicago, IL* 265,559 276,206 292,932 6.1 32,665 33,632 35,336 22
Chico-Paradise, CA 4,086 4,280 4,549 6.3 20,433 21,262 22,325 279
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN* 46,511 48,408 50,946 5.2 28,582 29,551 30,891 61
Clarksville-Hopkinsville, TN-KY 4,089 4,290 4,619 7.7 20,168 20,938 22,250 281
Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH* 64,754 66,584 69,549 4.5 28,723 29,557 30,909 58
Colorado Springs, CO 12,887 13,738 14,957 8.9 25,874 26,988 28,804 92
Columbia, MO 3,327 3,436 3,646 6.1 25,094 25,623 26,851 138
Columbia, SC 13,418 14,089 14,932 6.0 25,621 26,519 27,741 116
Columbus, GA-AL 6,213 6,489 6,823 5.1 22,694 23,694 24,813 197
Columbus, OH 41,976 44,389 47,299 6.6 27,896 29,114 30,619 66
Corpus Christi, TX 8,262 8,409 8,879 5.6 21,646 22,029 23,323 250
Corvallis, OR 2,157 2,196 2,291 4.3 27,327 28,059 29,318 81
Cumberland, MD-WV 1,971 2,010 2,102 4.6 19,190 19,617 20,653 305
Dallas, TX* 106,605 113,699 124,705 9.7 31,840 32,974 35,216 23
Danville, VA 2,150 2,199 2,314 5.2 19,461 19,936 21,028 303
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 9,260 9,250 9,690 4.8 25,824 25,713 27,005 134
Dayton-Springfield, OH 25,427 26,056 27,084 3.9 26,572 27,336 28,504 99
Daytona Beach, FL 10,308 10,587 11,232 6.1 21,519 21,754 22,660 276
Decatur, AL 3,274 3,423 3,521 2.9 22,707 23,573 24,108 228
Decatur, IL 2,927 3,049 3,150 3.3 25,353 26,479 27,516 124
Denver, CO* 65,598 70,982 78,793 11.0 32,532 34,267 37,153 18
Des Moines, IA 13,074 13,700 14,340 4.7 29,503 30,402 31,347 53
Detroit, MI* 134,925 140,283 147,828 5.4 30,410 31,601 33,259 36
Dothan, AL 2,943 3,071 3,202 4.3 21,566 22,357 23,197 259
Dover, DE 2,772 2,862 3,025 5.7 22,348 22,787 23,795 238
Dubuque, IA 2,173 2,174 2,287 5.2 24,481 24,450 25,645 172
Duluth-Superior, MN-WI 5,789 5,978 6,339 6.0 23,893 24,590 26,005 162
Dutchess County, NY* 7,710 7,964 8,687 9.1 28,160 28,691 30,939 57
Eau Claire, WI 3,432 3,584 3,785 5.6 23,435 24,321 25,472 178
El Paso, TX 11,624 11,988 12,643 5.5 17,318 17,749 18,535 312
Elkhart-Goshen, IN 4,372 4,627 4,857 5.0 24,578 25,614 26,485 149
Elmira, NY 2,085 2,145 2,281 6.4 22,711 23,499 25,069 191
Enid, OK 1,328 1,326 1,373 3.5 22,841 22,791 23,815 237
Erie, PA 6,504 6,649 6,944 4.4 23,082 23,637 24,740 199
Eugene-Springfield, OR 7,590 7,904 8,271 4.6 23,744 24,564 25,584 175
Evansville-Henderson, IN-KY 7,640 7,896 8,310 5.2 25,940 26,712 28,048 108
Fargo-Moorhead, ND-MN 4,258 4,535 4,720 4.1 24,914 26,230 27,024 133
Fayetteville, NC 6,862 7,105 7,542 6.2 22,912 23,558 24,899 193
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR 6,356 6,806 7,306 7.4 21,588 22,442 23,316 251
Flagstaff, AZ-UT 2,432 2,528 2,700 6.8 20,111 20,842 22,000 288
Flint, MI* 10,470 10,672 11,017 3.2 24,171 24,567 25,217 186
Florence, AL 2,877 2,956 3,060 3.5 20,254 20,770 21,397 295
Florence, SC 2,790 2,902 3,085 6.3 22,336 23,107 24,517 211
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 6,219 6,670 7,376 10.6 25,830 27,017 29,178 87
Fort Lauderdale, FL* 43,721 44,556 47,997 7.7 28,015 27,950 29,409 80
Fort Myers-Cape Coral, FL 10,924 11,196 11,834 5.7 25,893 25,917 26,655 142
Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie, FL 8,644 8,932 9,367 4.9 27,779 28,237 29,206 85
Fort Smith, AR-OK 4,113 4,319 4,625 7.1 20,384 21,104 22,249 282
Fort Walton Beach, FL 4,093 4,254 4,530 6.5 24,363 25,163 26,501 148
Fort Wayne, IN 12,805 13,195 13,878 5.2 25,924 26,479 27,591 118
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX* 43,532 46,380 50,202 8.2 26,729 27,745 29,305 82
Fresno, CA 17,465 18,462 19,556 5.9 19,454 20,260 21,121 301
Gadsden, AL 2,072 2,119 2,219 4.7 19,852 20,375 21,486 294
Gainesville, FL 4,938 5,063 5,347 5.6 23,217 23,455 24,507 212
Galveston-Texas City, TX* 6,251 6,387 6,660 4.3 25,446 25,662 26,564 145
Gary, IN* 15,702 16,146 17,196 6.5 24,947 25,604 27,216 129
Glens Falls, NY 2,698 2,751 2,893 5.2 21,856 22,169 23,262 256
Goldsboro, NC 2,217 2,222 2,443 9.9 19,543 19,635 21,550 292
Grand Forks, ND-MN 2,264 2,264 2,388 5.5 22,657 23,122 24,572 208
Grand Junction, CO 2,562 2,709 2,885 6.5 22,738 23,591 24,693 201
Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI 27,695 28,933 30,550 5.6 26,095 26,853 27,977 110
Great Falls, MT 1,881 1,896 1,978 4.3 23,304 23,527 24,661 202
Greeley, CO* 3,521 3,822 4,126 8.0 21,144 21,921 22,539 278
Green Bay, WI 6,102 6,365 6,659 4.6 27,442 28,311 29,295 83
Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point, NC 32,570 33,716 35,799 6.2 26,716 27,237 28,522 98
Greenville, NC 2,936 2,911 3,299 13.3 22,499 21,964 24,599 207
Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC 21,965 22,964 24,403 6.3 23,404 24,108 25,277 184
Hagerstown, MD* 2,945 3,012 3,206 6.5 22,570 22,960 24,267 221
Hamilton-Middletown, OH* 8,397 8,837 9,303 5.3 25,580 26,719 27,878 114
Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle, PA 17,221 17,838 18,653 4.6 27,505 28,399 29,624 76
Hartford, CT (NECMA) 37,637 39,103 41,761 6.8 33,179 34,261 36,295 21
Hattiesburg, MS 2,195 2,288 2,393 4.6 20,035 20,679 21,344 296
Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC 7,725 8,092 8,633 6.7 23,209 23,945 25,178 189
Honolulu, HI 24,914 25,263 26,235 3.8 28,091 28,744 29,960 70
Houma, LA 4,031 3,970 4,185 5.4 20,817 20,406 21,519 293
Houston, TX* 124,991 130,497 142,327 9.1 31,136 31,726 33,891 33
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 6,247 6,348 6,653 4.8 19,709 20,092 21,106 302
Huntsville, AL 8,576 8,881 9,471 6.6 25,483 26,155 27,575 119
Indianapolis, IN 44,755 46,852 49,836 6.4 28,589 29,485 30,906 59
Iowa City, IA 2,888 3,058 3,276 7.1 26,788 27,847 29,441 79
Jackson, MI 3,514 3,704 3,865 4.3 22,524 23,582 24,357 219
Jackson, MS 10,716 11,095 11,666 5.1 24,692 25,369 26,396 151
Jackson, TN 2,404 2,512 2,674 6.4 22,969 23,611 24,853 196
Jacksonville, FL 28,638 29,383 31,413 6.9 26,673 26,997 28,456 100
Jacksonville, NC 3,166 3,284 3,433 4.5 21,000 21,950 22,847 270
Jamestown, NY 2,821 2,842 2,959 4.1 20,036 20,288 21,208 299
Janesville-Beloit, WI 3,683 3,780 3,918 3.7 24,416 24,943 25,694 169
Jersey City, NJ* 14,950 15,660 16,760 7.0 24,990 25,927 27,522 122
Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA 9,857 10,121 10,712 5.8 20,756 21,174 22,302 280
Johnstown, PA 4,865 5,069 5,262 3.8 20,634 21,658 22,663 275
Jonesboro, AR 1,615 1,699 1,793 5.5 20,154 20,968 21,744 290
Joplin, MO 3,224 3,351 3,505 4.6 20,928 21,506 22,230 283
Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, MI 11,108 11,333 11,759 3.8 24,700 25,092 25,950 163
Kankakee, IL* 2,302 2,358 2,494 5.8 22,297 22,740 24,010 230
Kansas City, MO-KS 50,305 53,017 56,591 6.7 28,865 30,090 31,765 48
Kenosha, WI* 3,620 3,795 3,998 5.3 24,731 25,589 26,646 143
Killeen-Temple, TX 6,365 6,759 7,132 5.5 20,671 21,933 22,696 273
Knoxville, TN 16,490 17,021 18,153 6.7 24,441 24,975 26,345 153
Kokomo, IN 2,654 2,784 2,918 4.8 26,292 27,474 28,727 95
La Crosse, WI-MN 3,064 3,164 3,323 5.0 24,438 25,100 26,165 156
Lafayette, LA 8,201 8,151 8,572 5.2 21,511 21,219 22,210 284
Lafayette, IN 4,093 4,205 4,455 5.9 22,738 23,179 24,330 220
Lake Charles, LA 3,988 4,054 4,166 2.8 21,841 22,103 22,701 272
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 10,122 10,478 11,306 7.9 21,469 21,919 23,285 255
Lancaster, PA 11,981 12,495 13,298 6.4 25,806 26,706 28,195 106
Lansing-East Lansing, MI 10,949 11,526 12,050 4.5 24,474 25,780 26,895 136
Laredo, TX 2,572 2,712 2,945 8.6 14,053 14,347 15,114 316
Las Cruces, NM 2,818 2,905 3,032 4.4 16,376 16,705 17,321 314
Las Vegas, NV-AZ 37,556 40,561 43,615 7.5 26,320 26,985 27,558 121
Lawrence, KS 2,043 2,135 2,278 6.7 20,941 21,461 22,747 271
Lawton, OK 2,285 2,349 2,443 4.0 19,771 20,235 21,332 297
Lewiston-Auburn, ME (NECMA) 2,316 2,413 2,497 3.5 22,463 23,333 24,045 229
Lexington, KY 12,170 12,785 13,743 7.5 26,121 26,975 28,597 97
Lima, OH 3,555 3,702 3,864 4.4 22,894 23,909 24,890 194
Lincoln, NE 6,509 6,858 7,217 5.2 26,611 27,717 28,752 94
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 14,634 15,240 16,045 5.3 25,598 26,327 27,417 126
Longview-Marshall, TX 4,677 4,764 5,009 5.2 22,492 22,804 23,992 232
Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA* 253,406 265,291 281,835 6.2 27,208 28,111 29,522 78
Louisville, KY-IN 28,201 29,247 31,008 6.0 27,866 28,670 30,191 68
Lubbock, TX 5,475 5,594 5,978 6.9 22,851 23,235 24,613 205
Lynchburg, VA 4,704 4,910 5,194 5.8 22,169 22,976 24,141 226
Macon, GA 7,490 7,814 8,234 5.4 23,505 24,357 25,474 177
Madison, WI 13,090 13,737 14,679 6.9 31,152 32,456 34,301 30
Mansfield, OH 3,826 3,908 4,101 4.9 21,746 22,156 23,347 249
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 6,720 7,105 7,659 7.8 12,492 12,782 13,344 318
Medford-Ashland, OR 4,005 4,246 4,468 5.2 22,670 23,687 24,563 209
Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL 11,116 11,374 12,261 7.8 23,772 24,090 25,650 171
Memphis, TN-AR-MS 30,687 31,775 33,329 4.9 27,625 28,222 29,275 84
Merced, CA 3,545 3,742 3,924 4.9 17,528 18,100 18,536 311
Miami, FL* 52,180 54,395 57,356 5.4 23,935 24,492 25,320 183
Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, NJ* 43,472 45,564 49,749 9.2 38,155 39,393 42,392 5
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI* 44,776 46,566 48,860 4.9 30,032 31,122 32,538 39
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI 96,082 101,215 109,236 7.9 33,308 34,518 36,666 19
Missoula, MT 2,093 2,161 2,315 7.1 22,307 22,802 24,111 227
Mobile, AL 11,393 11,774 12,280 4.3 21,378 21,930 22,677 274
Modesto, CA 9,178 9,650 10,302 6.8 21,407 22,001 22,889 268
Monmouth-Ocean, NJ* 35,161 36,478 39,362 7.9 31,952 32,721 34,812 28
Monroe, LA 3,109 3,258 3,396 4.2 21,055 22,135 23,061 265
Montgomery, AL 7,860 8,251 8,584 4.0 23,899 24,915 25,740 167
Muncie, IN 2,735 2,813 2,952 5.0 22,889 23,683 24,877 195
Myrtle Beach, SC 4,043 4,309 4,616 7.1 21,737 22,461 23,315 252
Naples, FL 8,951 9,538 10,198 6.9 38,357 38,916 40,121 10
Nashville, TN 34,143 35,748 38,263 7.0 28,598 29,429 30,962 56
Nassau-Suffolk, NY* 101,028 105,063 111,360 6.0 37,229 38,387 40,353 9
New Haven-Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury-Waterbury, CT* 71,036 74,358 79,510 6.9 42,134 43,806 46,542 3
New London-Norwich, CT (NECMA) 7,690 7,918 8,235 4.0 29,967 30,741 31,745 49
New Orleans, LA 33,225 33,710 34,842 3.4 24,878 25,187 26,056 161
New York, NY* 321,204 337,522 365,961 8.4 35,123 36,504 39,259 15
Newark, NJ* 72,871 75,398 81,529 8.1 36,321 37,298 40,061 11
Newburgh, NY-PA* 9,167 9,590 10,211 6.5 24,411 25,125 26,211 155
Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC 37,362 38,836 41,180 6.0 24,154 24,929 26,159 157
Oakland, CA* 78,163 84,680 95,167 12.4 33,581 35,819 39,611 13
Ocala, FL 5,251 5,448 5,780 6.1 20,996 21,367 22,191 285
Odessa-Midland, TX 6,287 5,994 6,414 7.0 25,995 24,968 27,139 131
Oklahoma City, OK 24,684 25,793 27,606 7.0 23,226 23,969 25,436 180
Olympia, WA* 5,055 5,267 5,513 4.7 25,018 25,711 26,460 150
Omaha, NE-IA 20,377 21,682 22,895 5.6 28,932 30,459 31,866 46
Orange County, CA* 87,686 92,823 99,583 7.3 31,619 32,963 34,862 27
Orlando, FL 38,426 40,731 43,921 7.8 24,508 25,330 26,523 147
Owensboro, KY 2,038 2,086 2,220 6.5 22,421 22,837 24,238 222
Panama City, FL 3,274 3,345 3,483 4.1 22,274 22,575 23,479 246
Parkersburg-Marietta, WV-OH 3,320 3,421 3,567 4.3 21,826 22,565 23,610 244
Pensacola, FL 8,788 9,038 9,522 5.4 21,491 22,043 23,063 264
Peoria-Pekin, IL 9,219 9,360 9,689 3.5 26,532 26,893 27,908 111
Philadelphia, PA-NJ* 156,407 162,631 172,229 5.9 30,868 31,985 33,742 34
Phoenix-Mesa, AZ 77,874 82,677 90,309 9.2 25,329 26,013 27,564 120
Pine Bluff, AR 1,575 1,606 1,670 4.0 18,619 19,080 19,826 309
Pittsburgh, PA 66,086 68,840 72,206 4.9 27,806 29,096 30,644 65
Pittsfield, MA (NECMA) 3,726 3,817 4,051 6.1 27,445 28,226 30,054 69
Pocatello, ID 1,469 1,523 1,597 4.9 19,629 20,162 21,141 300
Portland, ME (NECMA) 7,649 8,026 8,447 5.3 29,309 30,408 31,773 47
Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA* 53,544 56,273 60,856 8.1 28,700 29,672 31,620 51
Providence-Warwick-Pawtucket, RI (NECMA) 25,106 26,176 27,693 5.8 26,519 27,393 28,709 96
Provo-Orem, UT 6,142 6,551 7,089 8.2 17,380 18,114 19,128 310
Pueblo, CO 2,861 2,985 3,146 5.4 20,780 21,291 22,174 286
Punta Gorda, FL 3,253 3,331 3,511 5.4 23,638 23,751 24,650 203
Racine, WI* 5,076 5,209 5,470 5.0 27,042 27,654 28,949 91
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 33,005 35,371 38,912 10.0 29,253 30,443 32,537 40
Rapid City, SD 2,100 2,209 2,340 5.9 24,056 25,090 26,361 152
Reading, PA 9,620 9,934 10,509 5.8 26,208 26,781 28,078 107
Redding, CA 3,605 3,781 4,032 6.6 22,247 23,339 24,606 206
Reno, NV 10,552 11,195 11,911 6.4 32,502 33,636 34,879 25
Richland-Kennewick-Pasco, WA 4,150 4,269 4,598 7.7 22,279 22,582 23,872 235
Richmond-Petersburg, VA 27,932 29,358 31,271 6.5 28,635 29,744 31,292 54
Riverside-San Bernardino, CA* 66,827 71,205 76,593 7.6 21,500 22,325 23,350 248
Roanoke, VA 6,288 6,493 6,883 6.0 26,766 27,579 29,181 86
Rochester, MN 3,622 3,867 4,151 7.3 30,171 31,547 33,283 35
Rochester, NY 29,626 30,133 31,213 3.6 27,024 27,488 28,419 101
Rockford, IL 9,165 9,419 9,769 3.7 25,083 25,570 26,253 154
Rocky Mount, NC 3,250 3,080 3,524 14.4 22,739 21,488 24,629 204
Sacramento, CA* 42,528 45,671 49,567 8.5 27,086 28,509 30,252 67
Saginaw-Bay City-Midland, MI 10,028 10,320 10,772 4.4 24,846 25,590 26,733 141
St. Cloud, MN 3,700 3,826 4,067 6.3 22,650 23,124 24,210 224
St. Joseph, MO 2,204 2,303 2,455 6.6 21,715 22,601 23,944 234
St. Louis, MO-IL 75,458 77,468 81,709 5.5 29,184 29,855 31,354 52
Salem, OR* 7,574 7,999 8,354 4.4 22,391 23,253 24,000 231
Salinas, CA 10,442 11,127 11,970 7.6 26,919 28,081 29,695 73
Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT 31,226 32,672 34,868 6.7 23,953 24,738 26,075 159
San Angelo, TX 2,338 2,404 2,520 4.8 22,475 23,136 24,235 223
San Antonio, TX 36,977 38,704 41,169 6.4 23,903 24,612 25,741 166
San Diego, CA 78,156 84,493 91,850 8.7 28,558 30,289 32,515 41
San Francisco, CA* 78,465 85,983 99,425 15.6 45,683 49,830 57,414 1
San Jose, CA* 66,666 76,769 92,880 21.0 40,185 45,928 55,157 2
San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles, CA 5,869 6,231 6,669 7.0 24,453 25,592 26,932 135
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc, CA 11,416 12,132 13,085 7.9 28,920 30,567 32,734 38
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA* 7,686 8,398 9,610 14.4 30,636 33,107 37,567 17
Santa Fe, NM 4,226 4,395 4,626 5.2 29,261 30,007 31,249 55
Santa Rosa, CA* 13,452 14,202 16,046 13.0 30,168 31,321 34,863 26
Sarasota-Bradenton, FL 19,092 19,594 20,503 4.6 33,319 33,672 34,577 29
Savannah, GA 7,316 7,601 8,008 5.4 25,362 26,066 27,289 128
Scranton-Wilkes-Barre-Hazleton, PA 14,638 14,950 15,708 5.1 23,206 23,827 25,191 188
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA* 84,997 93,159 98,384 5.6 35,880 38,858 40,686 8
Sharon, PA 2,559 2,623 2,774 5.8 21,107 21,720 23,080 263
Sheboygan, WI 2,895 3,031 3,190 5.3 25,852 27,039 28,278 104
Sherman-Denison, TX 2,306 2,426 2,597 7.1 21,546 22,218 23,400 247
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 8,780 9,031 9,404 4.1 22,529 23,083 23,972 233
Sioux City, IA-NE 2,933 2,974 3,091 3.9 23,791 24,008 24,902 192
Sioux Falls, SD 4,671 4,958 5,322 7.3 28,406 29,413 30,675 64
South Bend, IN 6,727 6,930 7,261 4.8 25,495 26,156 27,335 127
Spokane, WA 9,650 9,977 10,692 7.2 23,336 24,015 25,550 176
Springfield, IL 5,541 5,695 5,976 4.9 27,466 28,286 29,651 75
Springfield, MO 7,296 7,561 8,000 5.8 23,032 23,510 24,473 215
Springfield, MA (NECMA) 15,250 15,780 16,832 6.7 25,173 25,990 27,653 117
State College, PA 3,080 3,251 3,428 5.4 22,871 24,026 25,237 185
Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV 2,751 2,785 2,891 3.8 20,426 20,893 21,969 289
Stockton-Lodi, CA 11,542 12,297 13,209 7.4 21,364 22,261 23,242 258
Sumter, SC 1,964 2,040 2,148 5.3 18,620 19,464 20,493 306
Syracuse, NY 17,807 18,316 19,126 4.4 24,260 25,010 26,130 158
Tacoma, WA* 16,548 17,219 18,004 4.6 24,371 24,859 25,587 173
Tallahassee, FL 6,569 6,864 7,237 5.4 23,649 24,429 25,382 181
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 61,218 63,331 67,824 7.1 26,197 26,732 28,214 105
Terre Haute, IN 3,173 3,265 3,424 4.9 21,192 21,844 22,977 266
Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR 2,564 2,673 2,808 5.0 19,916 20,647 21,636 291
Toledo, OH 15,919 16,490 17,011 3.2 25,739 26,667 27,521 123
Topeka, KS 4,369 4,478 4,724 5.5 25,799 26,418 27,784 115
Trenton, NJ* 12,521 13,071 14,385 10.1 36,397 37,512 40,954 7
Tucson, AZ 18,089 19,037 20,117 5.7 22,239 22,967 23,705 241
Tulsa, OK 21,450 21,984 23,157 5.3 27,244 27,529 28,775 93
Tuscaloosa, AL 3,605 3,753 3,903 4.0 22,062 22,826 23,652 243
Tyler, TX 4,389 4,518 4,810 6.5 25,662 26,152 27,421 125
Utica-Rome, NY 6,583 6,764 7,038 4.0 21,897 22,557 23,505 245
Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa, CA* 12,820 13,731 15,597 13.6 25,628 26,888 29,880 72
Ventura, CA* 20,632 22,140 24,166 9.2 28,232 29,783 31,919 45
Victoria, TX 2,025 2,078 2,231 7.3 24,305 24,748 26,533 146
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ* 3,126 3,182 3,412 7.2 21,421 21,748 23,303 254
Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, CA 6,631 6,972 7,396 6.1 18,426 19,117 20,043 307
Waco, TX 4,467 4,705 4,897 4.1 21,293 22,241 22,878 269
Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV* 170,533 182,212 198,156 8.8 35,871 37,588 40,046 12
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 2,966 2,946 3,116 5.8 23,216 23,053 24,373 218
Wausau, WI 3,088 3,209 3,381 5.3 24,782 25,591 26,860 137
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL 42,948 44,169 46,589 5.5 39,182 39,545 41,007 6
Wheeling, WV-OH 3,324 3,382 3,541 4.7 21,368 21,926 23,170 260
Wichita, KS 14,502 14,638 15,236 4.1 26,868 26,908 27,904 112
Wichita Falls, TX 3,252 3,341 3,537 5.9 23,143 23,746 25,208 187
Williamsport, PA 2,563 2,632 2,788 5.9 21,257 21,904 23,252 257
Wilmington-Newark, DE-MD* 17,935 18,587 20,149 8.4 31,301 32,010 34,262 31
Wilmington, NC 5,363 5,625 6,034 7.3 23,777 24,443 25,738 168
Yakima, WA 4,551 4,593 4,906 6.8 20,709 20,730 22,022 287
Yolo, CA* 4,049 4,341 4,589 5.7 25,035 26,265 27,038 132
York, PA 9,518 9,805 10,387 5.9 25,328 25,877 27,142 130
Youngstown-Warren, OH 13,592 13,926 14,356 3.1 22,649 23,312 24,173 225
Yuba City, CA 2,717 2,983 3,158 5.9 19,828 21,600 22,624 277
Yuma, AZ 2,445 2,491 2,578 3.5 16,404 16,004 16,002 315
1. Per capita personal income was computed using Census Bureau midyear population
estimates. Estimates for 1998–2000 reflect county population estimates available as of
April 2002.
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 of personal income in the national income
and product accounts (NIPA's) because of differences in coverage, in the methodologies
used to prepare the estimates, and in the timing of the availability of source data. In
particular, it differs from the NIPA estimate because, by definition, it omits the earnings of
Federal civilian and military personnel stationed abroad and of U.S. residents employed
abroad temporarily by private U.S. firms. 
4. Includes Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Primary Metropolitan Statistical
Areas (PMSA's designated by *), and New England County Metropolitan
Areas (NECMA's). The New Haven-Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury-Waterbury,
CT NECMA is presented as a PMSA (part of the New York CMSA).