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NEWS RELEASE
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 8:30 A.M., EDT, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 2015
Media:
Technical:

Jeannine Aversa
Eric Figueroa

E-mail:

rpp@bea.gov

(202) 606-2649
(202) 606-5620

BEA 15-32

Real Personal Income for States and Metropolitan Areas, 2013
Real personal income across all regions rose by an average of 0.8 percent in 2013. This
growth rate reflects the year-over-year change in nominal personal income across all regions
adjusted by the change in the national personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index. On
a nominal basis, personal income across all regions grew an average of 2.0 percent in 2013. In
2013, the U.S. PCE price index grew 1.2 percent.

Real Personal Income for States and Metropolitan Areas
Growth in real state personal income in 2013 ranged from an increase of 3.5 percent in
Idaho to a decline of 4.4 percent in North Dakota. These growth rates reflect the year-over-year
change in the state’s nominal personal income, the change in the national PCE price index, and
the change in the regional price parity for that state. After Idaho, the states with the largest
growth rates were Utah (2.3 percent), California (2.2 percent), Nebraska (2.2 percent), and South
Dakota (2.0 percent). After North Dakota, the states with the largest rates of decline were New
Mexico (-0.6 percent), New York (-0.4 percent), Maryland (-0.3 percent), and Montana (-0.2
percent). States with growth rates close to the national average were Wyoming (0.8 percent),
Oklahoma (0.7 percent), Ohio (0.7 percent), New Hampshire (0.7 percent), and Illinois (0.7
percent).
Growth in real metropolitan area personal income in 2013 ranged from an increase of 4.8
percent in Sioux City, IA-NE-SD to a decline of 3.1 percent in New Bern, NC. After Sioux City,
IA-NE-SD, the metropolitan areas with the largest growth rates were Janesville-Beloit, WI (4.6
percent), Danville, IL (4.4 percent), Monroe, MI (4.4 percent), and Boise City, ID (3.9 percent).
After New Bern, NC, the metropolitan areas with the largest declines were Beckley, WV (-3.0
percent), Fairbanks, AK (-2.9 percent), Peoria, IL (-2.9 percent), and Anniston-OxfordJacksonville, AL (-2.4 percent).
Regional Price Parities
Regional Price Parities (RPPs) measure the differences in the price levels of goods and
services across states and metropolitan areas for a given year. RPPs are expressed as a
percentage of the overall national price level for each year, which is equal to 100.0.
In 2013, the District of Columbia’s RPP (117.7) was higher than that of any state. The
states with the highest RPPs were Hawaii (116.2), New York (115.3), New Jersey (114.5), and
California (112.3). Mississippi (86.8), Arkansas (87.5), South Dakota (87.6), Alabama (87.7),
and West Virginia (88.4) had the lowest RPPs among the States. States with high (low) RPPs
typically have relatively high (low) price levels for rents. States with RPPs closest to the national
average price level were Vermont (100.2), Illinois (101.0), Florida (98.8), and Oregon (98.7).
In 2013, the metropolitan area with the highest RPP was Urban Honolulu, HI (122.5).
Metropolitan areas with RPPs above 120.0 also included New York-Newark-Jersey City, NYNJ-PA (122.3), San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA (121.3), Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT
(120.8), Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA (120.5), and San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA (120.3).
The metropolitan area with the lowest RPP was Beckley, WV (78.0), followed by Danville, IL
(79.2), Rome, GA (81.3), Jonesboro, AR (81.7), and Valdosta, GA (81.8).

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Technical Note on Regional Price Parities and Implicit Regional Price Deflators
Price indexes commonly measure price changes over time. The BEA’s Personal
Consumption Expenditure price index and the BLS’ Consumer Price Index (CPI) are two
examples. Spatial price indexes measure price level differences across regions for one time
period. An example of these type of indexes are purchasing power parities (PPPs), which
measure differences in price levels across countries for a given period, and can be used to
convert estimates of per capita GDP into comparable levels in a common currency. The regional
price parities (RPPs) that BEA has developed compare regions within the United States, but
without the need for currency conversion. An implicit regional price deflator (IRPD) can be
derived by combining the RPPs and the PCE price index.
Regional Price Parities. The RPPs are calculated using price quotes for a wide array of
items from the CPI, which are aggregated into broader expenditure categories (such as food,
transportation, or education)1. Data on rents are obtained separately from the Census Bureau’s
American Community Survey (ACS). The expenditure weights for each category are constructed
using CPI expenditure weights, BEA’s Personal Consumption Expenditures, and ACS rents
expenditures2.
The broader categories and the data on rents are combined with the expenditure weights
using a multilateral aggregation method that expresses a region’s price level relative to the US3.
For example, if the RPP for area A is 120 and for area B is 90, then on average, prices are
20 percent higher and 10 percent lower than the US average for A and B, respectively. If the
Personal Income for area A is $12,000 and for area B is $9,000, then RPP-adjusted incomes are
$10,000 ($12,000/1.20) and $10,000 ($9,000/0.90), respectively. In other words, the purchasing
power of the two incomes is equivalent when adjusted by their respective RPPs.
Implicit Regional Price Deflator. The IRPD is a regional price index derived as the
product of two terms: the regional price parity and the US PCE price index.
The implicit regional price deflator will equal current dollar personal income divided by
real personal income in chained dollars. The growth rate or year-to-year change in the IRPDs is a
measure of regional inflation4.

1

The BEA Regional Price Parity statistics are based in part on restricted access Consumer Price Index data from the
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The BEA statistics expressed herein are products of BEA and not BLS.
2
To estimate RPPs, CPI price quotes are quality adjusted and pooled over 5 years. The ACS rents are also quality
adjusted and are either annual for states or pooled over 3 years for metropolitan areas. The expenditure weights are
specific to each year.
3
The multilateral system that is used is the Geary additive method. Any region or combination of regions may be
used as the base or reference region without loss of consistency.
4
The growth rate of the implicit regional price deflators will not necessarily equal the region or metro area price
deflators published by the BLS. This is because the CPI deflators are calculated directly while the IRPDs are indirect
estimates, and because of differences in the source data and the methodology. For a complete description see the
BEA working paper titled “Notes on estimating the Multi-year regional price parities by 16 expenditure categories:
2005-2009” (http://www.bea.gov/papers/pdf/notes_on_estimating_the_multi_year_rpps_and_appendix_tables.pdf)

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Detailed information on the methodology used to estimate the RPPs may be found in the
article, “Real Personal Income and Regional Price Parities for States and Metropolitan Areas,
2008-2012”, in the June 2014 issue of the Survey of Current Business.
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, property income, and personal current transfer
receipts. These are current dollar estimates. Comparisons for different regions and time periods
reflect changes in both the price and quantity components of regional personal income.
Estimates of personal income in the United States are derived as the sum of the regional
estimates. These differ from the estimates of personal income in the national income and product
account (NIPAs) because of differences in coverage, in the methodologies used to prepare the
estimates, and in the timing of the availability of source data.
Regional price parities (RPPs) are regional price levels expressed as a percentage of the
overall national price level for a given year. The price level is determined by the average prices
paid by consumers for the mix of goods and services consumed in each region.
Detailed CPI price data are adjusted to obtain average price levels for BLS-defined
areas5. These are allocated to counties in combination with direct price and expenditure data on
rents from the ACS. County data are then aggregated to states and metropolitan areas.
Personal income at RPPs is current-dollar personal income divided by the price parity6
for a given year and region. A balancing factor is applied so that the sum of personal income at
RPPs across regions equals the current dollar sum.
Real personal income is personal income at RPPs divided by the national PCE chaintype price index. The result is real personal income in chained dollars (using 2009 as the
reference year). Using Alaska in 2013 as an example:
(1)
Personal Income is divided by
the RPP

(2)
Personal income at RPPs is
deflated by the US PCE Price
Index

2013 Alaska
Real Personal Income

$36.9 / 1.060 = $34.8

$34.8 / 1.073 = $32.4

$32.4

Note. Dollar amounts are in billions.

5

The CPI represents about 87 percent of the total U.S. population, including almost all residents of urban or
metropolitan areas. In the northeast region, rural area prices (exclusive of Rents) are assumed to be the same as those
in the small metropolitan areas of the CPI; in the midwest, south, and west regions, they are assumed to be the same
as those in the nonmetropolitan urban areas of the CPI.
6
RPP should first be divided by 100.

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Estimates of real personal income in the United States are derived as the sum of the
regional estimates divided by the U.S. PCE Price Index.
Implicit Regional Price Deflator (IRPD) is the product of the RPP times the national
PCE price index. It is equal to personal income divided by real personal income. See also the
Technical Note.
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*
*
The tables in this press release are also available on the BEA website. Additional tables
showing estimates of real income and regional price parities can also be found there for state
metropolitan and nonmetropolitan portions, and metropolitan areas. Supplemental tables are
available upon request.
BEA’s national, international, regional, and industry statistics; the Survey of Current
Business; and BEA news releases are available without charge on BEA’s web site at
www.bea.gov. By visiting the site, you can also subscribe to receive free e-mail summaries of
BEA releases and announcements.
Next real personal income release – July 2016 for states, state metropolitan and
nonmetropolitan portions, and metropolitan areas.

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Table 1. Real Personal Income and Implicit Regional Price Deflators by State, 2012-2013
Personal income
Millions of dollars
2012
United States
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

13,873,161
173,150
36,447
239,929
107,443
1,805,194
240,350
216,308
40,379
48,109
792,950
369,149
61,968
56,072
592,057
249,326
135,346
125,168
157,043
186,923
52,958
315,776
376,874
381,314
254,870
99,886
240,578
39,357
85,187
108,050
66,155
487,127
74,602
1,059,053
375,683
39,493
464,780
157,971
153,097
581,772
48,584
166,959
38,096
251,752
1,127,675
102,464
27,819
398,812
324,458
65,245
243,148
30,255

2013
14,151,427
176,341
36,867
245,070
108,603
1,856,614
247,069
218,132
41,487
48,697
811,377
378,156
63,468
58,272
605,201
253,779
138,337
128,541
159,172
190,590
54,359
319,125
383,152
386,471
257,466
101,442
245,771
39,963
88,114
109,471
67,513
492,897
74,996
1,070,236
380,954
38,472
474,973
161,188
156,605
590,171
49,410
171,088
38,897
256,969
1,160,079
106,289
28,501
403,425
332,655
65,889
248,335
30,779

Maximum
1,805,194
1,856,614
Minimum
27,819
28,501
Range
1,777,375
1,828,113
Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

Real personal income
Millions of chained (2009) dollars
Percent
growth

2012

2013

Implicit regional price deflators

Percent
growth

2.0
1.8
1.2
2.1
1.1
2.8
2.8
0.8
2.7
1.2
2.3
2.4
2.4
3.9
2.2
1.8
2.2
2.7
1.4
2.0
2.6
1.1
1.7
1.4
1.0
1.6
2.2
1.5
3.4
1.3
2.1
1.2
0.5
1.1
1.4
-2.6
2.2
2.0
2.3
1.4
1.7
2.5
2.1
2.1
2.9
3.7
2.5
1.2
2.5
1.0
2.1
1.7

13,080,227
185,633
32,374
231,829
115,748
1,508,765
223,083
187,255
37,503
38,489
757,474
379,388
49,941
56,605
554,793
257,810
142,041
130,578
166,995
193,140
50,914
269,264
333,305
380,625
246,497
109,112
255,656
39,577
88,886
103,388
59,058
401,344
74,070
868,645
387,104
41,074
490,999
165,991
146,536
558,105
46,526
173,613
40,561
262,076
1,104,217
99,613
26,099
365,297
296,951
69,563
246,383
29,729

13,184,554
187,518
32,430
235,490
115,766
1,542,356
225,414
187,451
38,143
38,585
765,662
383,845
50,920
58,586
558,626
258,873
142,922
132,021
166,652
194,937
51,878
268,459
332,925
382,627
246,002
109,003
256,882
39,484
90,810
103,987
59,479
401,477
73,596
865,578
387,429
39,252
494,615
167,222
147,961
558,402
46,971
176,383
41,390
264,634
1,118,896
101,940
26,530
365,386
300,529
69,485
249,190
29,955

0.8
1.0
0.2
1.6
0.0
2.2
1.0
0.1
1.7
0.3
1.1
1.2
2.0
3.5
0.7
0.4
0.6
1.1
-0.2
0.9
1.9
-0.3
-0.1
0.5
-0.2
-0.1
0.5
-0.2
2.2
0.6
0.7
0.0
-0.6
-0.4
0.1
-4.4
0.7
0.7
1.0
0.1
1.0
1.6
2.0
1.0
1.3
2.3
1.6
0.0
1.2
-0.1
1.1
0.8

3.9
-2.6
6.5

1,508,765
26,099
1,482,666

1,542,356
26,530
1,515,826

3.5
-4.4
7.9

2012
106.1
93.3
112.6
103.5
92.8
119.6
107.7
115.5
107.7
125.0
104.7
97.3
124.1
99.1
106.7
96.7
95.3
95.9
94.0
96.8
104.0
117.3
113.1
100.2
103.4
91.5
94.1
99.4
95.8
104.5
112.0
121.4
100.7
121.9
97.0
96.2
94.7
95.2
104.5
104.2
104.4
96.2
93.9
96.1
102.1
102.9
106.6
109.2
109.3
93.8
98.7
101.8
125.0
91.5
33.4

2013
107.3
94.0
113.7
104.1
93.8
120.4
109.6
116.4
108.8
126.2
106.0
98.5
124.6
99.5
108.3
98.0
96.8
97.4
95.5
97.8
104.8
118.9
115.1
101.0
104.7
93.1
95.7
101.2
97.0
105.3
113.5
122.8
101.9
123.6
98.3
98.0
96.0
96.4
105.8
105.7
105.2
97.0
94.0
97.1
103.7
104.3
107.4
110.4
110.7
94.8
99.7
102.8
126.2
93.1
33.1

Percent growth
1.2
0.8
1.0
0.6
1.1
0.6
1.7
0.7
1.0
1.0
1.2
1.3
0.5
0.4
1.5
1.4
1.6
1.6
1.6
1.0
0.7
1.4
1.8
0.8
1.2
1.7
1.7
1.8
1.2
0.7
1.3
1.2
1.2
1.4
1.3
1.9
1.4
1.3
1.3
1.4
0.7
0.9
0.1
1.1
1.5
1.4
0.8
1.1
1.3
1.1
1.0
1.0
1.9
0.1
1.9

Table 2. Real Per Capita Personal Income by State, 2012-2013
Per capita personal income
Real per capita personal income
Dollars
Chained (2009) dollars
2012

2013

Percent
growth

2012

United States
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

44,200
35,942
49,906
36,624
36,423
47,505
46,315
60,223
44,031
75,950
41,041
37,229
44,578
35,142
46,009
38,136
44,014
43,380
35,857
40,617
39,863
53,659
56,713
38,585
47,377
33,446
39,933
39,142
45,914
39,229
50,056
54,932
35,805
54,099
38,538
56,310
40,230
41,399
39,258
45,577
46,257
35,347
45,676
39,002
43,271
35,891
44,443
48,715
47,055
35,140
42,475
52,469

44,765
36,481
50,150
36,983
36,698
48,434
46,897
60,658
44,815
75,329
41,497
37,845
45,204
36,146
46,980
38,622
44,763
44,417
36,214
41,204
40,924
53,826
57,248
39,055
47,500
33,913
40,663
39,366
47,157
39,235
51,013
55,386
35,965
54,462
38,683
53,182
41,049
41,861
39,848
46,202
46,989
35,831
46,039
39,558
43,862
36,640
45,483
48,838
47,717
35,533
43,244
52,826

1.3
1.5
0.5
1.0
0.8
2.0
1.3
0.7
1.8
-0.8
1.1
1.7
1.4
2.9
2.1
1.3
1.7
2.4
1.0
1.4
2.7
0.3
0.9
1.2
0.3
1.4
1.8
0.6
2.7
0.0
1.9
0.8
0.4
0.7
0.4
-5.6
2.0
1.1
1.5
1.4
1.6
1.4
0.8
1.4
1.4
2.1
2.3
0.3
1.4
1.1
1.8
0.7

41,674
38,533
44,330
35,388
39,239
39,704
42,988
52,135
40,895
60,763
39,205
38,262
35,927
35,476
43,113
39,434
46,192
45,255
38,129
41,968
38,325
45,755
50,156
38,515
45,820
36,536
42,436
39,360
47,908
37,536
44,687
45,259
35,550
44,373
39,710
58,564
42,500
43,501
37,575
43,723
44,298
36,756
48,631
40,601
42,371
34,892
41,695
44,621
43,066
37,467
43,040
51,557

Maximum
Minimum
Range

75,950
33,446
42,504

75,329
33,913
41,416

2.9
-5.6
8.4

60,763
34,892
25,871

Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

2013
41,706
38,794
44,114
35,537
39,119
40,236
42,786
52,126
41,202
59,688
39,159
38,415
36,267
36,340
43,364
39,397
46,247
45,619
37,916
42,144
39,056
45,280
49,744
38,666
45,385
36,441
42,501
38,895
48,600
37,269
44,942
45,113
35,293
44,047
39,341
54,261
42,747
43,428
37,648
43,715
44,670
36,940
48,989
40,738
42,305
35,141
42,337
44,233
43,109
37,473
43,392
51,410
59,688
35,141
24,547

Percent
growth
0.1
0.7
-0.5
0.4
-0.3
1.3
-0.5
0.0
0.8
-1.8
-0.1
0.4
0.9
2.4
0.6
-0.1
0.1
0.8
-0.6
0.4
1.9
-1.0
-0.8
0.4
-0.9
-0.3
0.2
-1.2
1.4
-0.7
0.6
-0.3
-0.7
-0.7
-0.9
-7.3
0.6
-0.2
0.2
0.0
0.8
0.5
0.7
0.3
-0.2
0.7
1.5
-0.9
0.1
0.0
0.8
-0.3
2.4
-7.3
9.8

Table 3. Regional Price Parities by State, 2013
Regional price parities
Services
All items
Goods
Rents
Other
Alabama
87.7
96.4
63.4
93.4
Alaska
106.0
101.9
138.8
98.2
Arizona
97.1
99.5
91.5
97.9
Arkansas
87.5
95.3
62.9
92.9
California
112.3
103.0
146.1
105.7
Colorado
102.2
101.4
109.5
99.4
Connecticut
108.5
104.3
116.1
109.0
Delaware
101.4
101.4
97.8
103.8
District of Columbia
117.7
107.9
157.0
110.2
Florida
98.8
98.2
104.5
96.2
Georgia
91.9
96.8
79.3
93.9
Hawaii
116.2
108.3
158.7
102.8
Idaho
92.8
98.5
76.4
96.4
Illinois
101.0
101.4
100.8
100.8
Indiana
91.4
97.0
76.0
94.2
Iowa
90.3
94.5
76.0
91.6
Kansas
90.8
95.5
76.6
92.7
Kentucky
89.1
94.9
69.4
92.9
Louisiana
91.2
96.6
76.8
93.5
Maine
97.7
98.1
97.6
97.4
Maryland
110.9
104.0
125.9
109.2
Massachusetts
107.3
99.1
123.7
108.7
Michigan
94.2
98.0
82.2
97.0
Minnesota
97.6
99.4
95.6
96.6
Mississippi
86.8
94.7
63.8
92.6
Missouri
89.2
94.1
75.4
91.3
Montana
94.4
98.7
83.3
95.0
Nebraska
90.5
95.2
75.9
92.1
Nevada
98.2
97.6
96.9
99.7
New Hampshire
105.9
98.8
122.7
105.6
New Jersey
114.5
102.2
135.4
115.9
New Mexico
95.0
98.0
83.4
98.5
New York
115.3
107.7
135.8
112.5
North Carolina
91.7
96.5
79.6
93.5
North Dakota
91.4
94.3
82.6
91.4
Ohio
89.6
95.5
73.8
91.9
Oklahoma
89.9
95.9
70.7
93.2
Oregon
98.7
98.6
99.5
98.5
Pennsylvania
98.6
99.6
90.7
101.6
Rhode Island
98.1
98.0
100.1
97.1
South Carolina
90.5
96.7
75.5
93.6
South Dakota
87.6
94.1
66.6
91.1
Tennessee
90.6
96.4
75.1
93.4
Texas
96.7
97.5
90.3
99.2
Utah
97.2
97.8
92.9
99.0
Vermont
100.2
98.0
113.2
97.0
Virginia
103.0
100.4
113.8
100.4
Washington
103.2
102.9
110.9
99.9
West Virginia
88.4
95.5
63.0
94.1
Wisconsin
92.9
95.8
86.2
92.8
Wyoming
95.8
98.6
89.7
95.4
All States
100.0
Maximum
117.7
Minimum
86.8
Range
30.9
Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

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