2000 vs. 2017 Per Capita Income Growth and Change

Missouri Real Per Capita Income Growth by County

2000 vs. 2017, Net Percent Change

Ripley County 2000 vs. 2017

Net Percent Change = 53.84%

Rank = #1

Daviess County 2000 vs. 2017

Net Percent Change = 5.04%

Rank = #115

Scott County 2000 vs. 2017

Net Percent Change = 25.37%

Rank = #51

With a spotlight on Scott County, the chart above displays the distribution of the net percent change of real (inflation adjusted) per capita income (PCI) across Missouri's 115 counties over the period 2000-2017.

Statewide Snippets:

Over 2000-2017 real PCI grew in all 115 Missouri counties.
Real PCI growth in eighty-six counties outpaced the statewide average (18.67%), while growth in twenty-nine counties trailed.
At the extremes of the distribution, Ripley County posted the highest growth of real PCI (53.84%), while Daviess County placed last by logging a 5.04% gain.
The spread in real PCI growth between the highest (Ripley County, 53.84%) and lowest (Daviess County, 5.04%) over 2000-2017 equated to 48.80% ( = 53.84% − 5.04%).

Scott County Snippets:

Over 2000-2017, Scott County posted a 25.37% net gain in real PCI.
Scott County was joined by eighty-five other counties whose real PCI growth over 2000-2017 registered above the statewide average (18.67%).
Ranked #51 among Missouri's 115 counties, Scott County's real PCI growth (25.37%) outperformed the statewide average of 18.67% by a 6.70% margin.
Scott County's net real PCI growth (25.37%, #51) over 2000-2017 registered just above that of Dade County (24.66%, #52) and just below that of Ray County (25.42%, #50).
Scott County's real PCI as a percent of the statewide average rose from 81.76% in 2000 to 86.38% in 2017, resulting in a gain of 4.61%.

Real Per Capita Income Growth by County

2000 vs. 2017, Net Percent Change

County Distribution of Real Per Capita Income Growth, 2000 vs. 2017

	More than 40%	40% to 35%	35% to 30%	30% to 25%	25% to 20%	20% to 15%	15% to 10%	10% or Below	Total
2000 vs. 2017	6	8	12	25	27	20	12	5	115

Real Per Capita Income by County, 2017

St. Louis County 2017

PCI = $64,852

Percent of State = 144.82%

Rank = #1

DeKalb County 2017

PCI = $26,656

Percent of State = 59.53%

Rank = #115

Scott County 2017

PCI = $38,681

Percent of State = 86.38%

Rank = #34

Again highlighting Scott County's position, the bar graph above displays the disposition by county of 2017 real per capita income statewide ($44,781).

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Statewide Snippets:

Ranked #1, St. Louis County's 2017 PCI totaled $64,852, equating to 144.82% of the statewide average.
Ranked last (#115), DeKalb County's real per capita income of $26,656 in 2017 comprised just 59.53% of the total statewide. DeKalb County's real per capita income in 2017 equates to just 41.1% to that of St. Louis County's.

Scott County Snippets:

Scott County's PCI in 2017 ranked #34, amounting to 86.38% of the statewide average.
Scott County's PCI of $38,681 placed below that of Camden County's ($38,771, #33), and just above that of Marion County's ($38,428, #35).

Real Per Capita Income by County, 2017

County Distribution of Real Per Capita Income, 2017

	More than $45,000	$45,000 to $42,500	$42,500 to $40,000	$40,000 to $37,500	$37,500 to $35,000	$35,000 to $32,500	$32,500 to $30,000	$30,000 or Below	Total
2017	6	7	12	16	20	27	18	9	115

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Missouri Real* Per Capita Income by County:
2000 vs. 2017

	2000		2017		2000 - 2017
County	Constant Dollars	Percent of State Average	Constant Dollars	Percent of State Average	Net Percent Change	Net Change	Change in Percent of State Avg.
Adair	27,561	73.04	31,107	69.46	12.87	3,546	-3.57
Andrew	35,032	92.83	41,876	93.51	19.54	6,844	0.68
Atchison	34,861	92.38	40,441	90.31	16.01	5,580	-2.07
Audrain	31,247	82.81	36,799	82.18	17.77	5,552	-0.63
Barry	28,101	74.47	34,210	76.39	21.74	6,109	1.93
Barton	27,093	71.80	34,153	76.27	26.06	7,059	4.47
Bates	29,314	77.68	37,952	84.75	29.47	8,638	7.07
Benton	26,438	70.06	35,382	79.01	33.83	8,944	8.95
Bollinger	25,157	66.67	34,311	76.62	36.39	9,154	9.95
Boone	38,012	100.73	45,193	100.92	18.89	7,180	0.19
Buchanan	33,371	88.43	38,183	85.27	14.42	4,813	-3.17
Butler	30,834	81.71	34,459	76.95	11.75	3,624	-4.76
Caldwell	33,755	89.45	36,616	81.77	8.48	2,861	-7.68
Callaway	28,898	76.58	36,862	82.32	27.56	7,964	5.74
Camden	33,986	90.07	38,771	86.58	14.08	4,784	-3.49
Cape Girardeau	34,903	92.50	41,857	93.47	19.92	6,954	0.98
Carroll	29,901	79.24	43,201	96.47	44.48	13,300	17.23
Carter	24,785	65.68	33,651	75.15	35.77	8,867	9.47
Cass	36,464	96.63	44,916	100.30	23.18	8,452	3.67
Cedar	24,434	64.75	29,677	66.27	21.46	5,243	1.52
Chariton	31,968	84.72	40,657	90.79	27.18	8,689	6.07
Christian	31,891	84.51	39,119	87.36	22.66	7,227	2.84
Clark	28,178	74.67	35,909	80.19	27.44	7,732	5.52
Clay	41,325	109.51	46,373	103.55	12.21	5,047	-5.96
Clinton	33,090	87.69	39,700	88.65	19.97	6,610	0.96
Cole	39,529	104.75	44,578	99.55	12.77	5,050	-5.20
Cooper	28,554	75.67	37,026	82.68	29.67	8,472	7.01
Crawford	28,692	76.04	34,455	76.94	20.08	5,762	0.91
Dade	25,625	67.91	31,943	71.33	24.66	6,318	3.43
Dallas	26,429	70.04	31,693	70.77	19.92	5,265	0.74
Daviess	29,304	77.66	30,782	68.74	5.04	1,478	-8.92
DeKalb	19,837	52.57	26,656	59.53	34.38	6,819	6.96
Dent	26,594	70.47	32,949	73.58	23.90	6,355	3.10
Douglas	22,967	60.86	29,078	64.93	26.61	6,111	4.07
Dunklin	26,954	71.43	33,137	74.00	22.94	6,183	2.57
Franklin	34,939	92.59	42,672	95.29	22.13	7,733	2.70
Gasconade	30,627	81.16	37,916	84.67	23.80	7,288	3.51
Gentry	30,018	79.55	40,488	90.41	34.88	10,469	10.86
Greene	35,167	93.19	41,647	93.00	18.43	6,480	-0.19
Grundy	28,632	75.88	33,280	74.32	16.23	4,648	-1.56
Harrison	28,039	74.30	34,205	76.38	21.99	6,166	2.08
Henry	30,023	79.56	40,458	90.35	34.76	10,435	10.79
Hickory	22,682	60.11	30,853	68.90	36.03	8,172	8.79
Holt	33,430	88.59	45,477	101.56	36.04	12,047	12.96
Howard	30,358	80.45	37,481	83.70	23.46	7,123	3.25
Howell	25,471	67.50	32,512	72.60	27.64	7,041	5.10
Iron	25,851	68.51	32,839	73.33	27.03	6,988	4.83
Jackson	40,579	107.54	43,893	98.02	8.17	3,314	-9.52
Jasper	31,764	84.18	37,922	84.68	19.39	6,159	0.51
Jefferson	33,596	89.03	40,658	90.79	21.02	7,063	1.76
Johnson	27,756	73.55	35,467	79.20	27.78	7,711	5.65
Knox	28,053	74.34	33,016	73.73	17.69	4,963	-0.61
Laclede	27,154	71.96	34,399	76.82	26.68	7,244	4.86
Lafayette	33,462	88.68	40,414	90.25	20.77	6,951	1.57
Lawrence	25,498	67.57	33,018	73.73	29.49	7,520	6.16
Lewis	25,501	67.58	32,355	72.25	26.88	6,854	4.67
Lincoln	30,735	81.45	39,261	87.67	27.74	8,526	6.22
Linn	29,261	77.54	36,827	82.24	25.85	7,565	4.69
Livingston	33,271	88.17	36,453	81.40	9.56	3,182	-6.77
McDonald	24,610	65.22	27,868	62.23	13.24	3,258	-2.98
Macon	29,405	77.92	40,225	89.83	36.80	10,820	11.90
Madison	24,079	63.81	33,574	74.97	39.43	9,495	11.16
Maries	26,862	71.19	32,376	72.30	20.53	5,514	1.11
Marion	30,897	81.88	38,428	85.81	24.37	7,531	3.94
Mercer	26,434	70.05	31,141	69.54	17.81	4,707	-0.51
Miller	25,758	68.26	34,734	77.57	34.85	8,976	9.31
Mississippi	25,993	68.88	29,870	66.70	14.91	3,876	-2.18
Moniteau	28,267	74.91	34,695	77.48	22.74	6,427	2.57
Monroe	29,818	79.02	38,839	86.73	30.25	9,021	7.71
Montgomery	30,434	80.65	38,842	86.74	27.63	8,408	6.09
Morgan	25,790	68.34	39,189	87.51	51.95	13,398	19.17
New Madrid	28,458	75.41	33,279	74.32	16.94	4,822	-1.10
Newton	30,417	80.60	37,228	83.13	22.39	6,811	2.53
Nodaway	26,902	71.29	29,784	66.51	10.71	2,882	-4.78
Oregon	21,694	57.49	31,885	71.20	46.98	10,191	13.71
Osage	32,366	85.77	42,605	95.14	31.64	10,239	9.37
Ozark	22,323	59.16	30,071	67.15	34.71	7,748	7.99
Pemiscot	26,939	71.39	32,038	71.54	18.92	5,098	0.15
Perry	30,060	79.66	39,910	89.12	32.77	9,850	9.46
Pettis	31,671	83.93	35,851	80.06	13.20	4,180	-3.87
Phelps	30,301	80.30	36,885	82.37	21.73	6,584	2.07
Pike	26,311	69.72	32,651	72.91	24.10	6,340	3.19
Platte	45,458	120.47	56,008	125.07	23.21	10,550	4.61
Polk	24,304	64.41	33,192	74.12	36.57	8,888	9.71
Pulaski	32,740	86.76	38,418	85.79	17.34	5,678	-0.97
Putnam	23,560	62.43	32,722	73.07	38.89	9,162	10.64
Ralls	31,484	83.43	37,356	83.42	18.65	5,873	-0.01
Randolph	27,809	73.69	37,438	83.60	34.63	9,629	9.91
Ray	32,332	85.68	40,552	90.56	25.42	8,220	4.88
Reynolds	25,130	66.60	32,462	72.49	29.17	7,332	5.89
Ripley	22,493	59.61	34,603	77.27	53.84	12,110	17.66
St. Charles	40,716	107.90	51,071	114.05	25.43	10,354	6.15
St. Clair	23,986	63.56	28,942	64.63	20.67	4,957	1.07
Ste. Genevieve	30,608	81.11	36,816	82.21	20.28	6,208	1.10
St. Francois	27,758	73.56	32,303	72.14	16.38	4,546	-1.42
St. Louis	55,325	146.61	64,852	144.82	17.22	9,527	-1.79
Saline	31,868	84.45	36,198	80.83	13.59	4,330	-3.62
Schuyler	24,974	66.18	31,356	70.02	25.55	6,382	3.84
Scotland	27,710	73.43	32,813	73.28	18.42	5,103	-0.16
Scott	30,854	81.76	38,681	86.38	25.37	7,827	4.61
Shannon	22,295	59.08	31,570	70.50	41.60	9,275	11.42
Shelby	32,875	87.12	36,869	82.33	12.15	3,994	-4.79
Stoddard	27,987	74.17	36,038	80.48	28.77	8,051	6.31
Stone	30,650	81.22	38,007	84.87	24.00	7,357	3.65
Sullivan	27,699	73.40	36,294	81.05	31.03	8,595	7.65
Taney	31,544	83.59	34,551	77.16	9.53	3,007	-6.44
Texas	22,734	60.25	27,619	61.68	21.49	4,884	1.43
Vernon	29,260	77.54	34,851	77.83	19.11	5,591	0.29
Warren	32,397	85.85	40,170	89.70	23.99	7,773	3.85
Washington	22,684	60.11	29,253	65.33	28.96	6,569	5.21
Wayne	22,570	59.81	31,796	71.00	40.88	9,226	11.19
Webster	24,799	65.72	31,625	70.62	27.53	6,826	4.90
Worth	25,697	68.10	32,705	73.03	27.27	7,008	4.94
Wright	23,071	61.14	30,916	69.04	34.00	7,845	7.90
St. Louis City	34,566	91.60	42,980	95.98	24.34	8,415	4.38

Missouri	37,735	100.00	44,781	100.00	18.67	7,045	0.00
Metropolitan	41,139	109.02	48,089	107.39	16.89	6,950	-1.63
Nonmetropolitan	28,200	74.73	34,781	77.67	23.34	6,581	2.94

United States	41,384		51,004		23.24	9,619
Metropolitan U.S.	43,392		52,884		21.87	9,492
Nonmetropolitan U.S.	30,577		39,344		28.67	8,766

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

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

November 2023

REAP_PI_CA1400_YRVYR_700A

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Missouri Per Capita Income by County:
2000 vs. 2017

	2000		2017		2000 - 2017
County	Current Dollars	Percent of State Average	Current Dollars	Percent of State Average	Net Percent Change	Net Change	Change in Percent of State Avg.
Adair	20,346	73.04	31,107	69.46	52.89	10,761	-3.57
Andrew	25,861	92.83	41,876	93.51	61.93	16,015	0.68
Atchison	25,735	92.38	40,441	90.31	57.15	14,706	-2.07
Audrain	23,067	82.81	36,799	82.18	59.53	13,732	-0.63
Barry	20,745	74.47	34,210	76.39	64.91	13,465	1.93
Barton	20,001	71.80	34,153	76.27	70.76	14,152	4.47
Bates	21,640	77.68	37,952	84.75	75.38	16,312	7.07
Benton	19,517	70.06	35,382	79.01	81.29	15,865	8.95
Bollinger	18,572	66.67	34,311	76.62	84.75	15,740	9.95
Boone	28,061	100.73	45,193	100.92	61.05	17,131	0.19
Buchanan	24,635	88.43	38,183	85.27	55.00	13,548	-3.17
Butler	22,762	81.71	34,459	76.95	51.38	11,696	-4.76
Caldwell	24,919	89.45	36,616	81.77	46.94	11,697	-7.68
Callaway	21,333	76.58	36,862	82.32	72.79	15,529	5.74
Camden	25,089	90.07	38,771	86.58	54.53	13,681	-3.49
Cape Girardeau	25,766	92.50	41,857	93.47	62.45	16,091	0.98
Carroll	22,074	79.24	43,201	96.47	95.71	21,128	17.23
Carter	18,296	65.68	33,651	75.15	83.92	15,355	9.47
Cass	26,918	96.63	44,916	100.30	66.86	17,998	3.67
Cedar	18,037	64.75	29,677	66.27	64.53	11,639	1.52
Chariton	23,600	84.72	40,657	90.79	72.28	17,057	6.07
Christian	23,543	84.51	39,119	87.36	66.16	15,576	2.84
Clark	20,801	74.67	35,909	80.19	72.63	15,108	5.52
Clay	30,507	109.51	46,373	103.55	52.01	15,865	-5.96
Clinton	24,428	87.69	39,700	88.65	62.52	15,272	0.96
Cole	29,181	104.75	44,578	99.55	52.77	15,398	-5.20
Cooper	21,079	75.67	37,026	82.68	75.65	15,947	7.01
Crawford	21,181	76.04	34,455	76.94	62.67	13,273	0.91
Dade	18,917	67.91	31,943	71.33	68.86	13,026	3.43
Dallas	19,510	70.04	31,693	70.77	62.44	12,183	0.74
Daviess	21,633	77.66	30,782	68.74	42.29	9,149	-8.92
DeKalb	14,644	52.57	26,656	59.53	82.03	12,012	6.96
Dent	19,632	70.47	32,949	73.58	67.83	13,317	3.10
Douglas	16,955	60.86	29,078	64.93	71.51	12,124	4.07
Dunklin	19,898	71.43	33,137	74.00	66.53	13,239	2.57
Franklin	25,793	92.59	42,672	95.29	65.44	16,879	2.70
Gasconade	22,610	81.16	37,916	84.67	67.70	15,306	3.51
Gentry	22,160	79.55	40,488	90.41	82.71	18,328	10.86
Greene	25,961	93.19	41,647	93.00	60.42	15,686	-0.19
Grundy	21,137	75.88	33,280	74.32	57.45	12,143	-1.56
Harrison	20,699	74.30	34,205	76.38	65.25	13,506	2.08
Henry	22,164	79.56	40,458	90.35	82.54	18,295	10.79
Hickory	16,744	60.11	30,853	68.90	84.27	14,109	8.79
Holt	24,679	88.59	45,477	101.56	84.28	20,798	12.96
Howard	22,411	80.45	37,481	83.70	67.24	15,070	3.25
Howell	18,803	67.50	32,512	72.60	72.91	13,709	5.10
Iron	19,083	68.51	32,839	73.33	72.08	13,755	4.83
Jackson	29,956	107.54	43,893	98.02	46.52	13,937	-9.52
Jasper	23,449	84.18	37,922	84.68	61.73	14,474	0.51
Jefferson	24,801	89.03	40,658	90.79	63.94	15,857	1.76
Johnson	20,490	73.55	35,467	79.20	73.10	14,977	5.65
Knox	20,709	74.34	33,016	73.73	59.43	12,307	-0.61
Laclede	20,046	71.96	34,399	76.82	71.60	14,353	4.86
Lafayette	24,703	88.68	40,414	90.25	63.60	15,711	1.57
Lawrence	18,823	67.57	33,018	73.73	75.41	14,195	6.16
Lewis	18,825	67.58	32,355	72.25	71.87	13,529	4.67
Lincoln	22,689	81.45	39,261	87.67	73.04	16,571	6.22
Linn	21,601	77.54	36,827	82.24	70.48	15,225	4.69
Livingston	24,562	88.17	36,453	81.40	48.42	11,892	-6.77
McDonald	18,168	65.22	27,868	62.23	53.40	9,701	-2.98
Macon	21,707	77.92	40,225	89.83	85.30	18,517	11.90
Madison	17,775	63.81	33,574	74.97	88.88	15,799	11.16
Maries	19,830	71.19	32,376	72.30	63.27	12,546	1.11
Marion	22,809	81.88	38,428	85.81	68.48	15,619	3.94
Mercer	19,514	70.05	31,141	69.54	59.58	11,627	-0.51
Miller	19,015	68.26	34,734	77.57	82.67	15,719	9.31
Mississippi	19,189	68.88	29,870	66.70	55.66	10,681	-2.18
Moniteau	20,867	74.91	34,695	77.48	66.26	13,827	2.57
Monroe	22,012	79.02	38,839	86.73	76.44	16,827	7.71
Montgomery	22,467	80.65	38,842	86.74	72.88	16,375	6.09
Morgan	19,039	68.34	39,189	87.51	105.84	20,150	19.17
New Madrid	21,008	75.41	33,279	74.32	58.41	12,271	-1.10
Newton	22,454	80.60	37,228	83.13	65.79	14,773	2.53
Nodaway	19,859	71.29	29,784	66.51	49.97	9,924	-4.78
Oregon	16,015	57.49	31,885	71.20	99.10	15,870	13.71
Osage	23,893	85.77	42,605	95.14	78.32	18,712	9.37
Ozark	16,479	59.16	30,071	67.15	82.48	13,592	7.99
Pemiscot	19,887	71.39	32,038	71.54	61.10	12,150	0.15
Perry	22,191	79.66	39,910	89.12	79.85	17,719	9.46
Pettis	23,380	83.93	35,851	80.06	53.34	12,471	-3.87
Phelps	22,369	80.30	36,885	82.37	64.90	14,517	2.07
Pike	19,423	69.72	32,651	72.91	68.10	13,228	3.19
Platte	33,558	120.47	56,008	125.07	66.90	22,450	4.61
Polk	17,942	64.41	33,192	74.12	85.00	15,250	9.71
Pulaski	24,170	86.76	38,418	85.79	58.95	14,248	-0.97
Putnam	17,392	62.43	32,722	73.07	88.14	15,330	10.64
Ralls	23,242	83.43	37,356	83.42	60.73	14,114	-0.01
Randolph	20,529	73.69	37,438	83.60	82.37	16,909	9.91
Ray	23,868	85.68	40,552	90.56	69.90	16,684	4.88
Reynolds	18,552	66.60	32,462	72.49	74.98	13,910	5.89
Ripley	16,605	59.61	34,603	77.27	108.39	17,998	17.66
St. Charles	30,058	107.90	51,071	114.05	69.91	21,013	6.15
St. Clair	17,707	63.56	28,942	64.63	63.46	11,236	1.07
Ste. Genevieve	22,595	81.11	36,816	82.21	62.94	14,220	1.10
St. Francois	20,491	73.56	32,303	72.14	57.65	11,812	-1.42
St. Louis	40,842	146.61	64,852	144.82	58.79	24,010	-1.79
Saline	23,526	84.45	36,198	80.83	53.87	12,672	-3.62
Schuyler	18,437	66.18	31,356	70.02	70.08	12,920	3.84
Scotland	20,456	73.43	32,813	73.28	60.41	12,357	-0.16
Scott	22,777	81.76	38,681	86.38	69.82	15,904	4.61
Shannon	16,459	59.08	31,570	70.50	91.81	15,111	11.42
Shelby	24,269	87.12	36,869	82.33	51.92	12,600	-4.79
Stoddard	20,661	74.17	36,038	80.48	74.43	15,377	6.31
Stone	22,626	81.22	38,007	84.87	67.98	15,381	3.65
Sullivan	20,448	73.40	36,294	81.05	77.50	15,846	7.65
Taney	23,287	83.59	34,551	77.16	48.37	11,264	-6.44
Texas	16,783	60.25	27,619	61.68	64.56	10,836	1.43
Vernon	21,600	77.54	34,851	77.83	61.34	13,251	0.29
Warren	23,916	85.85	40,170	89.70	67.96	16,254	3.85
Washington	16,746	60.11	29,253	65.33	74.69	12,507	5.21
Wayne	16,662	59.81	31,796	71.00	90.83	15,135	11.19
Webster	18,307	65.72	31,625	70.62	72.75	13,318	4.90
Worth	18,970	68.10	32,705	73.03	72.40	13,735	4.94
Wright	17,032	61.14	30,916	69.04	81.52	13,885	7.90
St. Louis City	25,517	91.60	42,980	95.98	68.44	17,463	4.38

Missouri	27,857	100.00	44,781	100.00	60.75	16,924	0.00
Metropolitan	30,369	109.02	48,089	107.39	58.35	17,719	-1.63
Nonmetropolitan	20,818	74.73	34,781	77.67	67.08	13,964	2.94

United States	30,551		51,004		66.95	20,453
Metropolitan U.S.	32,033		52,884		65.09	20,851
Nonmetropolitan U.S.	22,573		39,344		74.30	16,771

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

November 2023

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