2000 vs. 2017 Personal Income Growth and Change

United States Real Personal Income Growth by State

2000 vs. 2017, Net Percent Change

Utah 2000 vs. 2017

Net Percent Change = 83.15%

Rank = #1

Michigan 2000 vs. 2017

Net Percent Change = 11.54%

Rank = #51

Georgia 2000 vs. 2017

Net Percent Change = 45.88%

Rank = #23

With a spotlight on Georgia, the chart above displays the distribution of the net percent change of real (inflation adjusted) personal income across the nation's 51 states over the period 2000-2017.

Those states whose real personal income growth registered above the nationwide average over this period realized an increase in their nationwide share of real personal income. Likewise, those states whose real personal income growth registered below the nationwide average experienced a decline in their relative share of real personal income nationwide.

Nationwide Snippets:

Over 2000-2017 real personal income grew in all 51 U.S. states.
Real personal income growth in twenty-six states outpaced the nationwide average (42.66%), while growth in twenty-five states trailed.
At the extremes of the distribution, Utah posted the highest growth of real personal income (83.15%), while Michigan placed last by logging a 11.54% gain.
The spread in real personal income growth between the highest (Utah, 83.15%) and lowest (Michigan, 11.54%) over 2000-2017 equated to 71.61% ( = 83.15% − 11.54%).
Real personal income growth nationwide is but a weighted metric that stems from each state's share of real personal income nationwide. On this point, as the largest state in the nation, California's net real personal income growth over 2000-2017 of $767,658,338K made up 15.41% of the total net growth nationwide ($4,981,909,089K):

California: Percent Share of U.S.
Real Personal Income Growth, 2000-2017:

15.41% = ($767,658,338K / $4,981,909,089K) x 100

Georgia Snippets:

Over 2000-2017, Georgia posted a 45.88% net gain in real personal income.
Georgia was joined by twenty-five other states whose real personal income growth over 2000-2017 registered above the nationwide average (42.66%).
Ranked #23 among the United States' 51 states, Georgia's real personal income growth (45.88%) outperformed the nationwide average of 42.66% by a 3.22% margin.
Georgia's net real personal income growth (45.88%, #23) over 2000-2017 registered just above that of New Mexico (45.02%, #24) and just below that of Virginia (47.21%, #22).
Georgia's share of real personal income nationwide rose from 2.74% in 2000 to 2.81% in 2017, resulting in a share-shift of 0.06%.

Real Personal Income Growth by State

2000 vs. 2017, Net Percent Change

State Distribution of Real Personal Income Growth, 2000 vs. 2017

	More than 70%	70% to 60%	60% to 50%	50% to 40%	40% to 30%	30% to 20%	20% to 10%	10% or Below	Total
2000 vs. 2017	4	5	11	7	14	9	1	0	51

Real Personal Income by State, 2017

California 2017

Real Personal Income = $2,295,049M

Percent of U.S. = 13.78%

Rank = #1

Vermont 2017

Real Personal Income = $31,960M

Percent of U.S. = 0.19%

Rank = #51

Georgia 2017

Real Personal Income = $467,592M

Percent of U.S. = 2.81%

Rank = #9

Again highlighting Georgia's position, the bar graph above displays the disposition by state of 2017 real personal income nationwide ($16,658,962M).

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Nationwide Snippets:

Ranked #1, California's 2017 personal income totaled $2,295,049M, equating to 13.78% of the nationwide total.
Ranked last (#51), Vermont's real personal income of $31,960M in 2017 comprised just 0.19% of the total nationwide. Vermont's real personal income in 2017 equates to just 1.4% to that of California's.
California's 2017 personal income ($2,295,049M) exceeded the combined personal income ($2,274,208M) of the nation's twenty-five smallest states.

Georgia Snippets:

Georgia's personal income in 2017 ranked #9, amounting to 2.81% of the nationwide total.
Georgia's personal income of $467,592M placed below that of Ohio's ($541,289M, #8), and just above that of Virginia's ($462,372M, #10).
Georgia's personal income of $467,592M exceeds the combined total ($455,783M) of the nation's ten smallest states.

Real Personal Income by State, 2017

State Distribution of Real Personal Income, 2017

	More than $1,000B	$1,000B to $800B	$800B to $600B	$600B to $400B	$400B to $200B	$200B or Below	Total
2017	4	0	2	8	11	26	51

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United States Real* Personal Income by State:
2000 vs. 2017

	2000		2017		2000 - 2017
State	Constant Dollars (1000s)	Percent of U.S. Total	Constant Dollars (1000s)	Percent of U.S. Total	Net Percent Change	Net Change (1000s)	Share (%) of U.S. Change
Alabama	146,301,845	1.25	197,963,769	1.19	35.31	51,661,924	1.04
Alaska	27,217,050	0.23	41,919,375	0.25	54.02	14,702,325	0.30
Arizona	183,649,522	1.57	297,261,506	1.78	61.86	113,611,984	2.28
Arkansas	82,477,000	0.71	123,825,419	0.74	50.13	41,348,419	0.83
California	1,527,390,315	13.08	2,295,048,653	13.78	50.26	767,658,338	15.41
Colorado	198,532,647	1.70	303,366,730	1.82	52.80	104,834,083	2.10
Connecticut	198,066,847	1.70	249,451,101	1.50	25.94	51,384,254	1.03
Delaware	36,014,874	0.31	48,077,134	0.29	33.49	12,062,260	0.24
District of Columbia	33,631,711	0.29	54,158,673	0.33	61.03	20,526,962	0.41
Florida	638,817,808	5.47	1,011,002,173	6.07	58.26	372,184,365	7.47
Georgia	320,523,367	2.74	467,592,473	2.81	45.88	147,069,106	2.95
Hawaii	47,957,349	0.41	73,646,392	0.44	53.57	25,689,043	0.52
Idaho	44,251,039	0.38	71,472,616	0.43	61.52	27,221,577	0.55
Illinois	557,043,777	4.77	685,632,726	4.12	23.08	128,588,949	2.58
Indiana	231,681,690	1.98	297,990,490	1.79	28.62	66,308,800	1.33
Iowa	108,480,674	0.93	147,911,455	0.89	36.35	39,430,781	0.79
Kansas	102,775,308	0.88	141,311,803	0.85	37.50	38,536,495	0.77
Kentucky	136,104,512	1.17	180,836,063	1.09	32.87	44,731,551	0.90
Louisiana	144,818,209	1.24	203,454,869	1.22	40.49	58,636,660	1.18
Maine	47,535,166	0.41	61,740,123	0.37	29.88	14,204,957	0.29
Maryland	255,258,805	2.19	356,078,970	2.14	39.50	100,820,165	2.02
Massachusetts	330,724,406	2.83	459,778,749	2.76	39.02	129,054,343	2.59
Michigan	407,819,394	3.49	454,894,818	2.73	11.54	47,075,424	0.94
Minnesota	216,189,513	1.85	301,748,990	1.81	39.58	85,559,477	1.72
Mississippi	83,450,542	0.71	109,132,813	0.66	30.78	25,682,271	0.52
Missouri	211,592,925	1.81	273,774,195	1.64	29.39	62,181,270	1.25
Montana	28,135,981	0.24	48,003,346	0.29	70.61	19,867,365	0.40
Nebraska	67,148,364	0.58	95,823,701	0.58	42.70	28,675,337	0.58
Nevada	87,118,471	0.75	138,846,976	0.83	59.38	51,728,505	1.04
New Hampshire	59,326,653	0.51	78,660,960	0.47	32.59	19,334,307	0.39
New Jersey	446,468,206	3.82	566,237,088	3.40	26.83	119,768,882	2.40
New Mexico	56,788,289	0.49	82,354,111	0.49	45.02	25,565,822	0.51
New York	925,488,745	7.93	1,255,776,700	7.54	35.69	330,287,955	6.63
North Carolina	300,068,056	2.57	449,817,671	2.70	49.91	149,749,615	3.01
North Dakota	22,474,434	0.19	39,743,692	0.24	76.84	17,269,258	0.35
Ohio	438,639,572	3.76	541,289,443	3.25	23.40	102,649,871	2.06
Oklahoma	112,882,500	0.97	171,995,438	1.03	52.37	59,112,938	1.19
Oregon	131,280,305	1.12	197,262,336	1.18	50.26	65,982,031	1.32
Pennsylvania	504,850,469	4.32	671,702,754	4.03	33.05	166,852,285	3.35
Rhode Island	43,178,570	0.37	54,704,265	0.33	26.69	11,525,695	0.23
South Carolina	136,416,422	1.17	210,387,551	1.26	54.22	73,971,129	1.48
South Dakota	27,364,689	0.23	42,989,296	0.26	57.10	15,624,607	0.31
Tennessee	208,596,498	1.79	299,307,669	1.80	43.49	90,711,171	1.82
Texas	801,574,512	6.86	1,367,826,004	8.21	70.64	566,251,492	11.37
Utah	73,461,250	0.63	134,546,734	0.81	83.15	61,085,484	1.23
Vermont	23,949,786	0.21	31,960,192	0.19	33.45	8,010,406	0.16
Virginia	314,093,142	2.69	462,372,199	2.78	47.21	148,279,057	2.98
Washington	260,515,556	2.23	423,017,231	2.54	62.38	162,501,675	3.26
West Virginia	54,525,163	0.47	70,797,616	0.42	29.84	16,272,453	0.33
Wisconsin	214,697,792	1.84	281,979,549	1.69	31.34	67,281,757	1.35
Wyoming	19,703,191	0.17	32,487,400	0.20	64.88	12,784,209	0.26

United States	11,677,052,911	100.00	16,658,962,000	100.00	42.66	4,981,909,089	100.00

*Real total personal income determined using the Implicit Price Deflator for
Personal Consumption (2017=1.00).

Source: Calculations by the United States Regional Economic Analysis Project (US-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis

November 2023

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United States Personal Income by State:
2000 vs. 2017

	2000		2017		2000 - 2017
State	Current Dollars (1000s)	Percent of U.S. Total	Current Dollars (1000s)	Percent of U.S. Total	Net Percent Change	Net Change (1000s)	Share (%) of U.S. Change
Alabama	108,002,948	1.25	197,963,769	1.19	83.29	89,960,821	1.12
Alaska	20,092,171	0.23	41,919,375	0.25	108.64	21,827,204	0.27
Arizona	135,573,750	1.57	297,261,506	1.78	119.26	161,687,756	2.01
Arkansas	60,886,171	0.71	123,825,419	0.74	103.37	62,939,248	0.78
California	1,127,550,078	13.08	2,295,048,653	13.78	103.54	1,167,498,575	14.52
Colorado	146,560,771	1.70	303,366,730	1.82	106.99	156,805,959	1.95
Connecticut	146,216,908	1.70	249,451,101	1.50	70.60	103,234,193	1.28
Delaware	26,586,900	0.31	48,077,134	0.29	80.83	21,490,234	0.27
District of Columbia	24,827,602	0.29	54,158,673	0.33	118.14	29,331,071	0.36
Florida	471,588,082	5.47	1,011,002,173	6.07	114.38	539,414,091	6.71
Georgia	236,616,760	2.74	467,592,473	2.81	97.62	230,975,713	2.87
Hawaii	35,403,074	0.41	73,646,392	0.44	108.02	38,243,318	0.48
Idaho	32,667,002	0.38	71,472,616	0.43	118.79	38,805,614	0.48
Illinois	411,220,857	4.77	685,632,726	4.12	66.73	274,411,869	3.41
Indiana	171,032,057	1.98	297,990,490	1.79	74.23	126,958,433	1.58
Iowa	80,082,603	0.93	147,911,455	0.89	84.70	67,828,852	0.84
Kansas	75,870,788	0.88	141,311,803	0.85	86.25	65,441,015	0.81
Kentucky	100,475,073	1.17	180,836,063	1.09	79.98	80,360,990	1.00
Louisiana	106,907,698	1.24	203,454,869	1.22	90.31	96,547,171	1.20
Maine	35,091,410	0.41	61,740,123	0.37	75.94	26,648,713	0.33
Maryland	188,437,155	2.19	356,078,970	2.14	88.96	167,641,815	2.09
Massachusetts	244,147,371	2.83	459,778,749	2.76	88.32	215,631,378	2.68
Michigan	301,060,433	3.49	454,894,818	2.73	51.10	153,834,385	1.91
Minnesota	159,595,422	1.85	301,748,990	1.81	89.07	142,153,568	1.77
Mississippi	61,604,859	0.71	109,132,813	0.66	77.15	47,527,954	0.59
Missouri	156,202,129	1.81	273,774,195	1.64	75.27	117,572,066	1.46
Montana	20,770,544	0.24	48,003,346	0.29	131.11	27,232,802	0.34
Nebraska	49,570,265	0.58	95,823,701	0.58	93.31	46,253,436	0.58
Nevada	64,312,598	0.75	138,846,976	0.83	115.89	74,534,378	0.93
New Hampshire	43,796,122	0.51	78,660,960	0.47	79.61	34,864,838	0.43
New Jersey	329,591,759	3.82	566,237,088	3.40	71.80	236,645,329	2.94
New Mexico	41,922,251	0.49	82,354,111	0.49	96.44	40,431,860	0.50
New York	683,214,301	7.93	1,255,776,700	7.54	83.80	572,562,399	7.12
North Carolina	221,516,240	2.57	449,817,671	2.70	103.06	228,301,431	2.84
North Dakota	16,591,077	0.19	39,743,692	0.24	139.55	23,152,615	0.29
Ohio	323,812,505	3.76	541,289,443	3.25	67.16	217,476,938	2.71
Oklahoma	83,332,119	0.97	171,995,438	1.03	106.40	88,663,319	1.10
Oregon	96,913,747	1.12	197,262,336	1.18	103.54	100,348,589	1.25
Pennsylvania	372,690,713	4.32	671,702,754	4.03	80.23	299,012,041	3.72
Rhode Island	31,875,284	0.37	54,704,265	0.33	71.62	22,828,981	0.28
South Carolina	100,705,331	1.17	210,387,551	1.26	108.91	109,682,220	1.36
South Dakota	20,201,161	0.23	42,989,296	0.26	112.81	22,788,135	0.28
Tennessee	153,990,107	1.79	299,307,669	1.80	94.37	145,317,562	1.81
Texas	591,738,336	6.86	1,367,826,004	8.21	131.15	776,087,668	9.65
Utah	54,230,564	0.63	134,546,734	0.81	148.10	80,316,170	1.00
Vermont	17,680,211	0.21	31,960,192	0.19	80.77	14,279,981	0.18
Virginia	231,869,839	2.69	462,372,199	2.78	99.41	230,502,360	2.87
Washington	192,317,794	2.23	423,017,231	2.54	119.96	230,699,437	2.87
West Virginia	40,251,566	0.47	70,797,616	0.42	75.89	30,546,050	0.38
Wisconsin	158,494,204	1.84	281,979,549	1.69	77.91	123,485,345	1.54
Wyoming	14,545,290	0.17	32,487,400	0.20	123.35	17,942,110	0.22

United States	8,620,234,000	100.00	16,658,962,000	100.00	93.25	8,038,728,000	100.00

Source: Calculations by the United States Regional Economic Analysis Project (US-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis

November 2023

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