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Thursday, May 17, 2018 Contact: Jeannine Aversa, (301) 278-9003 Real Personal Income for States, 2016 The percent change in real state personal income ranged from 3.3 percent in Utah and Georgia to -3.6 percent in Wyoming. In the District of Columbia, real personal income grew 4.5 percent. • States with the fastest growth in real personal income were Utah (3.3 percent), Georgia (3.3 percent), and Washington (3.0 percent). The District of Columbia’s real personal income grew 4.5 percent. • Eight states had declining real personal income. The largest percent declines were in Wyoming (-3.6 percent), Oklahoma (-2.7 percent), and Louisiana (-1.9 percent). • States with the highest all items RPPs were Hawaii (118.4), New York (115.6), and California (114.4). The District of Columbia’s RPP was 115.9. • States with the lowest RPPs were Mississippi (86.4), Alabama (86.6), and Arkansas (86.9). • Across states, Hawaii had the highest rents RPP (157.4) and Alabama and West Virginia had the lowest (63.2). 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. NOTE: The next release of Real Personal Income for States and Metropolitan Areas for 2017 will be in May 2019.
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