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TUESDAY, June 24, 2014

STATE PERSONAL INCOME: FIRST QUARTER 2014

State personal income increased 0.8 percent on average in the first quarter of 2014, an acceleration from the 0.5
percent growth in the fourth quarter of 2013. Personal income grew in 46 states and growth accelerated in 24 of those
states. The fastest growth, 1.4 percent, was in Washington state, Vermont, and West Virginia. Personal income fell 2.9
percent in North Dakota, 0.3 percent in South Dakota, and 0.2 percent in Arkansas and Nebraska. Inflation, as measured by
the national price index for personal consumption expenditures, was 0.3 percent in the first quarter, the same as in the
fourth quarter.

First Quarter 2014 State Personal Income Growth and Ranks
State
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas

Growth
1.2
1.3
0.9
-0.2
0.3
1.3
0.9
0.6
0.9
0.8
0.8
1.3
0.2
0.9
0.4
0.1
0.2

Rank
11
8
21
47
43
7
16
35
-23
24
5
44
22
42
46
45

State
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina

Growth
1.3
0.6
0.5
0.7
0.9
0.6
0.6
0.5
0.6
0.5
-0.2
1.1
0.9
0.6
0.9
1.2
0.7

Rank
4
37
39
27
19
30
34
40
31
38
48
12
18
36
20
9
29

State
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

Growth
-2.9
1.1
0.6
1.2
1.0
0.8
0.9
-0.3
0.6
1.3
1.1
1.4
0.7
1.4
1.4
0.7
0.4

Rank
50
13
32
10
15
25
17
49
33
6
14
2
26
1
3
28
41

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: State personal income estimates for second quarter 2014 will be released on September 30, 2014.
Contact: Jeannine Aversa or Thomas Dail 202–606–2649

Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce