placestats

Personal income

All income that residents receive, from wages, investments and government benefits. It is counted where people live, not where they work.

Reported for3,091areas, in 51 states — none in PR
Link to density0.87mostly reflects how urban a place is
Nearby places alike0.32Moran’s I: strongly, neighbouring places tend to be similar
Typecountcounts rise and fall together from size alone

How it has moved

Loading…

Every state, every year

One row per state and one column per year, sorted by the latest value. It shows states, not counties: nobody can scan 3,222 rows, and the pattern only shows when it all fits on one screen.

Loading…

Where it comes from

BEA Regional Accounts · BEA CAINC1 line 1

Combining areas: added up across areas.

What it goes with

The strongest links that have a page of their own. Unadjusted is the link before adjusting for anything, from −1 (opposite) to +1 (in step). Adjusted compares places with the same population density, income and education levels, so those differences can’t explain the link. This list leaves out the 7 pairs built from the same numbers or the same model as this measure, since they are bound to match.

MeasureUnadjustedAdjusted
Personal income and Share foreign-bornWhere Personal income is higher, Share foreign-born tends to be higher: a moderate link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Share foreign-born by US county+0.51+0.40
Personal income and Share Asian, not HispanicWhere Personal income is higher, Share Asian, not Hispanic tends to be higher: a weak link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Share Asian, not Hispanic by US county+0.52+0.36
Personal income and Threat of utility shut-offPoints one way across counties (+0.12) and the other across people (-0.16), when bigger places count for more: the average county and the average resident disagree. Threat of utility shut-off by US county-0.11+0.12
Personal income and Health scorePoints one way across counties (-0.08) and the other across people (+0.11), when bigger places count for more: the average county and the average resident disagree. Health score by US county+0.26-0.08

Population makeup

How this measure varies with the racial and ethnic makeup of counties. Every group is shown, whatever its rank. These are links across counties: they describe places, not people. They say nothing about any person’s risk or behaviour based on their race. Counties with a larger share of one group also differ in much else, such as income, segregation, region and history. The adjusted figure only accounts for density, income and education.

Share of residentsUnadjustedAdjusted
Personal income and Share White, not HispanicWhere Personal income is higher, Share White, not Hispanic tends to be lower: a weak link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Share White, not Hispanic by US county-0.25-0.24
Personal income and Share Black, not HispanicCould easily be chance once only places with similar density, income and education are compared. Share Black, not Hispanic by US county+0.02+0.05
Personal income and Share Hispanic or Latino, any raceWhere Personal income is higher, Share Hispanic or Latino, any race tends to be higher: a weak link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Share Hispanic or Latino, any race by US county+0.18+0.22
Personal income and Share Asian, not HispanicWhere Personal income is higher, Share Asian, not Hispanic tends to be higher: a weak link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Share Asian, not Hispanic by US county+0.52+0.36
Personal income and Share American Indian or Alaska Native, not HispanicCould easily be chance once only places with similar density, income and education are compared. Share American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic by US county-0.10+0.09

Highest and lowest, per 1,000 residents

Of 3,089 counties reporting it. This is a count, so it is ranked per 1,000 residents, not as published. Ranked by raw totals, it would just list the largest counties in the country. Its link to population is 0.87, so the raw order would match almost every other count here. The published totals are in the table on each place page.

Highest

  1. Teton County, WY — 500,771 (11,697,000 total)
  2. Summit County, UT — 269,662 (11,517,000 total)
  3. Pitkin County, CO — 255,383 (4,371,900 total)
  4. New York County, NY — 208,264 (339,010,000 total)
  5. Sherman County, TX — 200,493 (488,000 total)

Lowest

  1. Wheeler County, GA — 23,853 (177,320 total)
  2. Crowley County, CO — 25,577 (146,660 total)
  3. Forest County, PA — 28,800 (195,410 total)
  4. Madison County, ID — 29,075 (1,557,800 total)
  5. Union County, FL — 29,319 (455,940 total)

The middle area reports 54,516. The middle half of counties falls between 47,986 and 63,926 (the 25th to 75th percentile).

All measures · Explore its pairs · How the US county data works