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MONDAY, November 26, 2012 Local Area Personal Income: Counties, 2009 – 2011 Personal income rose in 3,062 of the nation’s 3,113 counties in 2011, with growth ranging from 62.2 percent in King County, Texas to -28.8 percent in Lynn County, Texas. Of the 50 counties with the fastest personal income growth in 2011, 45 were located in the Plains Region—with 41 of the 45 counties located in Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Increases in farm income were a major factor in the growth rates for most of these counties. Inflation, as measured by the national price index for personal consumption expenditures, accelerated to 2.4 percent in 2011 from 1.9 percent in 2010. Per capita personal income (personal income divided by population) in counties in 2011 ranged from $121,301 in New York County (Manhattan), New York to $16,752 in Crowley County, Colorado. Of the nation’s 3,113 counties, 609 (19.6 percent) had 2011 per capita personal income levels that exceeded the nation’s average of $41,560. BEA data—including GDP, personal income, the balance of payments, foreign direct investment, the input-output accounts, and economic data for states, local areas, and industries—are available on the BEA Web site: www.bea.gov. E-mail alerts are also available. Contact: Ralph Stewart or Jeannine Aversa 202–606–2649 Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce
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