Introduction
North Dakota vs. United States
North Dakota:
2022 TPI = $54,828,494K
2022 Percent of U.S. = 0.25%
U.S.:
2022 TPI = $21,820,248,000K
The annual total personal incomes (TPI) estimates compiled by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, (BEA) are among the most comprehensive, consistent, comparable and timely measures of economic activity available statewide and at the national levels. Personal income estimates are also the best available local level indicator of general purchasing power, and are therefore central to tracking and comparing state patterns of economic growth and change.
The following graphs highlight trends in the pattern of growth and change in the total personal income of North Dakota. The data used are those compiled by the Regional Income and Product Divisions of the Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce. The 2017 constant dollar (real) estimates of total personal income reported in the tables and portrayed graphically below are determined using the Implicit Price Deflator for Personal Consumption.
Data Definition:
Personal Income is the income that is received by all persons from all sources. It is calculated as the sum of wage and salary disbursements, supplements to wages and salaries, proprietors' income with inventory valuation and capital consumption adjustments, rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment, personal dividend income, personal interest income, and personal current transfer receipts, less contributions for government social insurance. The personal income of an area is the income that is received by, or on behalf of, all the individuals who live in the area; therefore, the estimates of personal income are presented by the place of residence of the income recipients.
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North Dakota Total Personal Income, 1959-2022
Current vs. Constant Dollars (Millions)
North Dakota Total Personal Income, 1959-2022
Current vs. Constant Dollars (Millions)
Figure 1.
Figure 1 depicts North Dakota's annual total personal income over 1959-2022 in current and constant (2017) dollars. Constant dollar measurements remove the effects of inflation. They allow for comparison of changes in the real purchasing power of North Dakota over time.
When measured in current dollars, North Dakota's total personal income increased 4,950.54%, from $1,086M in 1959 to $54,828M in 2022. When measured in constant 2017 dollars to adjust for inflation, it advanced 565.47%, from $7,100M in 1959 to $47,248M in 2022.
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Real Total Personal Income Indices (1958=100): 1958-2022
Real Total Personal Income Indices (1958=100): 1958-2022
Figure 2.
Figure 2 shows North Dakota's real total personal income growth in a broader context by offering direct comparisons across time with the United States. The growth indices shown here express each region's real total personal income in 1958 as a base figure of 100, and the real total personal incomes in later years as a percentage of the 1958 base figure. This method allows for more direct comparison of differences in real total personal income growth between regions that may differ vastly in size.
North Dakota's overall real total personal income growth was 508.22% over 1958-2022 trailed the United States' increase of 653.14%.
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Total Personal Income as a Percent of the United States Total: 1958-2022
Total Personal Income as a Percent of the United States Total: 1958-2022
Figure 3.
Another interesting and insightful way of comparing the total personal income growth of North Dakota is to trace its individual percentage contributions to the United States' total total personal income over time, as shown in Figure 3. A rising share means a region's total personal income grew faster, or declined less, than the United States' total personal income, while a declining share shows it grew more slowly.
In 1958, North Dakota's total personal income totaled 0.31% of the United States' total personal income, while in 2022 it comprised 0.25% thereby yielding a -0.06% share-shift.
   
 
Total Personal Income Share-Shift
2022 vs. 1958
 
Share-
Shift*
 
2022
vs.
1958
-0.06%
=
0.25%
-
0.31%
 
   
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North Dakota Real Total Personal Income:
Annual Percent Change, 1959-2022
North Dakota Real Total Personal Income:
Annual Percent Change, 1959-2022
Figure 4.
Figure 4 shows the short-run pattern of North Dakota's real total personal income growth by tracking the year-to-year percent change over 1959-2022. The average annual percent change for the entire 64-year period is also illustrated on this chart to provide a benchmark for gauging periods of relative high--and relative low--growth against the backdrop of the long-term average.
On average, North Dakota's real total personal income grew at an annual rate of 3.23% over 1959-2022. The state posted its highest growth in 1962 (38.55%) and posted its lowest growth in 1980 (-13.56%). In 2022, North Dakota's real total personal income grew by 0.47%
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North Dakota Real Total Personal Income:
Annual Percent Change and Decade Averages Over 1959-2022
North Dakota Real Total Personal Income:
Annual Percent Change and Decade Averages Over 1959-2022
Figure 5.
Over the past six decades some states have experienced extreme swings in growth, and often such swings have tended to coincide with the decades themselves. Figure 5 again depicts the annual percent change in North Dakota's real total personal income since 1959, but this time they are displayed with average growth rates for the decade of the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020-2022.
During the 1960s, North Dakota's annual real total personal income growth rate averaged 4.80%. It averaged 4.81% in the 1970s, 0.92% throughout the 1980s, 2.61% during the 1990s, 3.62% throughout the 2000s, 3.70% throughout the 2010s, 3.65% thus far this decade (2020-2022).
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Real Total Personal Income Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change by Decade
Real Total Personal Income Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change by Decade
Figure 6.
Figure 6 compares the decade average growth rates for North Dakota noted in the previous graph with the corresponding decade averages for the nation.
Relative to nationwide real total personal income growth trends, North Dakota lagged the nation throughout the 1960s (4.80% vs. 4.82%), recorded above the nation over the 1970s (4.81% vs. 3.50%), trailed the nation in the 1980s (0.92% vs. 3.16%), fell below the nation in the 1990s (2.61% vs. 3.27%), outpaced the nation over the 2000s (3.62% vs. 2.06%), topped the nation over the 2010s (3.70% vs. 2.72%), and outpaced the nation over 2020-2022 (3.65% vs. 2.10%).
   
 
Real* Total Personal Income Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change
 
 
 
3.23
4.80
4.81
0.92
2.61
3.62
3.70
3.65
0.47
 
3.23
4.82
3.50
3.16
3.27
2.06
2.72
2.10
-4.19
 
   
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Interactive TableTip: To augment your analysis click on the column headers in the following table to rank and/or sort the data.

   
 
North Dakota:
Total Personal Income, 1958-2022
 
1958
 
1,170,366
0.151
7,768,260
100.0
N
0.31
1959
 
1,085,596
0.153
7,100,039
91.4
-8.60
0.27
1960
 
1,210,253
0.155
7,787,485
100.2
9.68
0.29
1961
 
1,109,242
0.157
7,064,336
90.9
-9.29
0.25
1962
 
1,554,904
0.159
9,787,889
126.0
38.55
0.34
1963
 
1,448,231
0.161
9,008,092
116.0
-7.97
0.30
1964
 
1,440,731
0.163
8,833,963
113.7
-1.93
0.28
1965
 
1,677,209
0.165
10,137,869
130.5
14.76
0.30
1966
 
1,697,119
0.170
10,005,418
128.8
-1.31
0.28
1967
 
1,699,091
0.174
9,771,068
125.8
-2.34
0.26
1968
 
1,778,337
0.181
9,841,923
126.7
0.73
0.25
1969
 
1,990,570
0.189
10,541,598
135.7
7.11
0.25
1970
 
2,102,372
0.198
10,636,305
136.9
0.90
0.25
1971
 
2,424,204
0.206
11,765,125
151.5
10.61
0.26
1972
 
2,887,407
0.213
13,550,812
174.4
15.18
0.28
1973
 
4,036,830
0.225
17,977,422
231.4
32.67
0.36
1974
 
3,998,170
0.248
16,126,205
207.6
-10.30
0.32
1975
 
4,181,464
0.269
15,567,625
200.4
-3.46
0.31
1976
 
4,101,883
0.283
14,477,404
186.4
-7.00
0.27
1977
 
4,261,106
0.302
14,120,844
181.8
-2.46
0.26
1978
 
5,357,868
0.323
16,600,161
213.7
17.56
0.29
1979
 
5,507,758
0.351
15,672,418
201.7
-5.59
0.27
1980
 
5,273,968
0.389
13,548,007
174.4
-13.56
0.23
1981
 
6,904,340
0.424
16,278,062
209.5
20.15
0.27
1982
 
7,454,850
0.448
16,651,069
214.3
2.29
0.27
1983
 
7,838,187
0.467
16,792,756
216.2
0.85
0.26
1984
 
8,456,480
0.484
17,457,999
224.7
3.96
0.26
1985
 
8,743,001
0.501
17,441,352
224.5
-0.10
0.25
1986
 
8,871,038
0.512
17,319,819
223.0
-0.70
0.24
1987
 
9,105,864
0.528
17,245,301
222.0
-0.43
0.23
1988
 
8,460,842
0.549
15,421,201
198.5
-10.58
0.20
1989
 
9,472,814
0.573
16,543,221
213.0
7.28
0.21
1990
 
10,256,270
0.598
17,158,126
220.9
3.72
0.21
1991
 
10,401,883
0.618
16,838,610
216.8
-1.86
0.21
1992
 
11,384,968
0.634
17,951,700
231.1
6.61
0.21
1993
 
11,536,405
0.650
17,748,315
228.5
-1.13
0.20
1994
 
12,531,737
0.664
18,885,612
243.1
6.41
0.21
1995
 
12,552,311
0.678
18,526,303
238.5
-1.90
0.20
1996
 
14,037,638
0.692
20,284,725
261.1
9.49
0.21
1997
 
13,770,070
0.704
19,557,814
251.8
-3.58
0.19
1998
 
15,078,708
0.710
21,247,492
273.5
8.64
0.20
1999
 
15,257,879
0.720
21,191,204
272.8
-0.26
0.19
2000
 
16,591,077
0.738
22,474,434
289.3
6.06
0.19
2001
 
16,930,740
0.753
22,483,785
289.4
0.04
0.19
2002
 
17,356,115
0.763
22,749,885
292.9
1.18
0.19
2003
 
18,949,490
0.779
24,327,278
313.2
6.93
0.20
2004
 
19,330,915
0.798
24,216,011
311.7
-0.46
0.19
2005
 
20,501,369
0.821
24,963,007
321.3
3.08
0.19
2006
 
21,508,536
0.844
25,471,975
327.9
2.04
0.19
2007
 
23,828,798
0.866
27,513,709
354.2
8.02
0.20
2008
 
26,942,586
0.892
30,214,855
389.0
9.82
0.22
2009
 
26,722,103
0.889
30,051,510
386.8
-0.54
0.22
2010
 
29,758,809
0.905
32,877,576
423.2
9.40
0.24
2011
 
33,587,983
0.928
36,192,387
465.9
10.08
0.25
2012
 
39,538,595
0.945
41,824,735
538.4
15.56
0.28
2013
 
39,538,731
0.958
41,280,349
531.4
-1.30
0.28
2014
 
42,181,264
0.971
43,431,662
559.1
5.21
0.29
2015
 
40,408,157
0.973
41,529,879
534.6
-4.38
0.26
2016
 
39,232,018
0.983
39,916,994
513.8
-3.88
0.25
2017
 
39,743,692
1.000
39,743,692
511.6
-0.43
0.24
2018
 
42,565,900
1.020
41,712,054
537.0
4.95
0.24
2019
 
43,968,202
1.035
42,476,019
546.8
1.83
0.24
2020
 
47,621,422
1.046
45,511,943
585.9
7.15
0.24
2021
 
51,261,703
1.090
47,028,654
605.4
3.33
0.24
2022
 
54,828,494
1.160
47,248,429
608.2
0.47
0.25
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
REAP_PI_SA1400_300_PN
 
   
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United States:
Total Personal Income, 1958-2022
 
1958
 
376,151,280
0.151
2,496,689,765
100.0
N
1959
 
400,328,786
0.153
2,618,239,281
104.9
4.87
1960
 
417,700,000
0.155
2,687,729,232
107.7
2.65
1961
 
436,047,000
0.157
2,777,015,667
111.2
3.32
1962
 
464,000,000
0.159
2,920,810,777
117.0
5.18
1963
 
487,780,000
0.161
3,034,023,761
121.5
3.88
1964
 
522,633,000
0.163
3,204,568,030
128.4
5.62
1965
 
564,444,000
0.165
3,411,774,662
136.7
6.47
1966
 
612,713,000
0.170
3,612,268,600
144.7
5.88
1967
 
656,828,000
0.174
3,777,261,487
151.3
4.57
1968
 
720,877,000
0.181
3,989,578,837
159.8
5.62
1969
 
791,229,000
0.189
4,190,165,758
167.8
5.03
1970
 
855,525,000
0.198
4,328,265,709
173.4
3.30
1971
 
924,613,000
0.206
4,487,323,465
179.7
3.67
1972
 
1,016,408,000
0.213
4,770,076,966
191.1
6.30
1973
 
1,133,468,000
0.225
5,047,731,018
202.2
5.82
1974
 
1,244,912,000
0.248
5,021,223,733
201.1
-0.53
1975
 
1,362,505,000
0.269
5,072,617,275
203.2
1.02
1976
 
1,495,704,000
0.283
5,279,017,400
211.4
4.07
1977
 
1,651,632,000
0.302
5,473,329,799
219.2
3.68
1978
 
1,855,849,000
0.323
5,749,934,936
230.3
5.05
1979
 
2,073,296,000
0.351
5,899,598,782
236.3
2.60
1980
 
2,313,972,000
0.389
5,944,235,512
238.1
0.76
1981
 
2,590,995,000
0.424
6,108,676,176
244.7
2.77
1982
 
2,777,640,000
0.448
6,204,105,336
248.5
1.56
1983
 
2,969,333,000
0.467
6,361,584,112
254.8
2.54
1984
 
3,275,415,000
0.484
6,761,937,695
270.8
6.29
1985
 
3,508,482,000
0.501
6,999,046,441
280.3
3.51
1986
 
3,717,756,000
0.512
7,258,548,586
290.7
3.71
1987
 
3,931,800,000
0.528
7,446,308,852
298.2
2.59
1988
 
4,264,433,000
0.549
7,772,592,728
311.3
4.38
1989
 
4,605,107,000
0.573
8,042,309,775
322.1
3.47
1990
 
4,897,332,000
0.598
8,192,943,538
328.2
1.87
1991
 
5,072,291,000
0.618
8,211,045,100
328.9
0.22
1992
 
5,406,546,000
0.634
8,524,985,809
341.5
3.82
1993
 
5,643,648,000
0.650
8,682,535,385
347.8
1.85
1994
 
5,933,938,000
0.664
8,942,579,420
358.2
3.00
1995
 
6,278,125,000
0.678
9,266,058,093
371.1
3.62
1996
 
6,660,854,000
0.692
9,625,094,288
385.5
3.87
1997
 
7,068,422,000
0.704
10,039,373,926
402.1
4.30
1998
 
7,584,003,000
0.710
10,686,661,406
428.0
6.45
1999
 
7,978,449,000
0.720
11,081,025,264
443.8
3.69
2000
 
8,620,234,000
0.738
11,677,052,911
467.7
5.38
2001
 
8,990,104,000
0.753
11,938,732,039
478.2
2.24
2002
 
9,146,700,000
0.763
11,989,225,466
480.2
0.42
2003
 
9,474,684,000
0.779
12,163,560,736
487.2
1.45
2004
 
10,008,929,000
0.798
12,538,275,270
502.2
3.08
2005
 
10,540,800,000
0.821
12,834,755,927
514.1
2.36
2006
 
11,291,446,000
0.844
13,372,153,008
535.6
4.19
2007
 
11,925,044,000
0.866
13,769,145,681
551.5
2.97
2008
 
12,423,410,000
0.892
13,932,275,429
558.0
1.18
2009
 
12,058,253,000
0.889
13,560,635,845
543.1
-2.67
2010
 
12,547,501,000
0.905
13,862,497,514
555.2
2.23
2011
 
13,299,818,000
0.928
14,331,082,712
574.0
3.38
2012
 
13,905,749,000
0.945
14,709,785,897
589.2
2.64
2013
 
14,063,283,000
0.958
14,682,748,144
588.1
-0.18
2014
 
14,778,160,000
0.971
15,216,235,418
609.5
3.63
2015
 
15,467,113,000
0.973
15,896,476,839
636.7
4.47
2016
 
15,884,741,000
0.983
16,162,082,333
647.3
1.67
2017
 
16,658,962,000
1.000
16,658,962,000
667.2
3.07
2018
 
17,514,402,000
1.020
17,163,073,878
687.4
3.03
2019
 
18,343,601,000
1.035
17,721,060,157
709.8
3.25
2020
 
19,609,985,000
1.046
18,741,324,605
750.6
5.76
2021
 
21,392,812,000
1.090
19,626,252,970
786.1
4.72
2022
 
21,820,248,000
1.160
18,803,588,325
753.1
-4.19
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
REAP_PI_SA1400_300_PN
 
   
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