Howell County vs. Missouri
Comparative Trends Analysis:
Per Capita Personal Income Growth and Change, 1969-2022
Introduction
Howell County vs. Missouri
Howell County:
2022 PCI = $40,595
2022 Percent of State = 70.21%
Missouri:
2022 PCI = $57,818
Per Capita Income (PCI) is one of the most widely used indicators for gauging the economic performance and changing fortunes of local economies. It is used as a yardstick to assess the economic well being of a region's residents and the quality of consumer markets. It serves as a barometer for calibrating the economic performance of a region over time and to judge differences in relative economic prosperity between regions. Shifting trends in local per capita income growth have important social and political ramifications and significant implications in formulating local economic development strategies and initiatives.
Data Definition:
This measure of income is calculated as the total personal income of the residents of an area divided by the population of the area. Per capita personal income is often used as an indicator of consumers' purchasing power and of the economic well-being of the residents of an area.
Personal income is measured as a flow throughout the year, while the measurement of population is at one point in mid-year. Therefore, per capita income is distorted if a significant change in population occurs during the year.
For smaller counties in particular, per capita income in any given year may be exceptionally high or low for the short run because of unusual local conditions, such as a bumper crop, a catastrophe, or a major construction project as the building of a dam or nuclear power plant.
Farm incomes are notorious for being especially volatile year-to-year, owing to changing weather, commodity market conditions, and alterations in government programs. Therefore, the per capita income of farm-dependent counties may exhibit sharp fluctuations over time.
The presence of large institutional populations--such as residents attending a local college or the residents of a local prison or state mental institution--can significantly lower the per capita income estimates of an area. Such results may not reflect the relative economic well being of the non-institutional population and may mislead if care is not given to their interpretation.
Howell County Per Capita Personal Income, 1970-2022
Current vs. Constant Dollars
Howell County Per Capita Personal Income, 1970-2022
Current vs. Constant Dollars
Figure 1.
Figure 1 depicts Howell County's annual per capita personal income over 1970-2022 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 Howell County over time.
When measured in current dollars, Howell County's per capita personal income increased 1,467.54%, from $2,590 in 1970 to $40,595 in 2022. When measured in constant 2017 dollars to adjust for inflation, it advanced 167.00%, from $13,102 in 1970 to $34,983 in 2022.
Real Per Capita Personal Income, 1969-2022
Real Per Capita Personal Income, 1969-2022
Figure 2.
Figure 2 traces Howell County's and Missouri's annual real per capita personal income for the period 1969-2022 to illustrate real per capita personal income patterns over time. During this 54-year period, Howell County's real per capita personal income rose from $12,892 in 1969 to $34,983 in 2022, for a net gain of $22,091, or 171.36%. In comparison, Missouri's real per capita personal income increased from $19,303 in 1969 to $49,824 in 2022, for a net gain of $30,522, or 158.12%.
Real Per Capita Personal Income Indices (1969=100): 1969-2022
Real Per Capita Personal Income Indices (1969=100): 1969-2022
Figure 3.
Figure 3 shows Howell County's real per capita personal income growth in a broader context by offering direct comparisons across time with Missouri, the United States. The growth indices shown here express each region's real per capita personal income in 1969 as a base figure of 100, and the real per capita personal incomes in later years as a percentage of the 1969 base figure. This method allows for more direct comparison of differences in real per capita personal income growth between regions that may differ vastly in size.
Howell County's overall real per capita personal income growth was 171.36% over 1969-2022 outpaced Missouri's increase of 158.12%, and outpaced the United States' increase of 171.04%.
Per Capita Personal Income as a Percent of the U.S. Average: 1969-2022
Per Capita Personal Income as a Percent of the U.S. Average: 1969-2022
Figure 4.
Figure 4 portrays the trends for per capita personal income relative to the national average by tracing Howell County and Missouri per capita personal income as a percent of the national average over 1969-2022.
In 1969, Howell County's per capita personal income amounted to 61.93% of the national average; in 2022, it approximated 62.01%. Similarly, in 1969, Missouri's per capita personal income totaled 92.73% of the national average; in 2022, it consisted of 88.31%.
Howell County Real Per Capita Personal Income:
Annual Percent Change, 1970-2022
Howell County Real Per Capita Personal Income:
Annual Percent Change, 1970-2022
Figure 5.
Figure 5 highlights the short-run pattern of Howell County's real per capita personal income growth by tracking the year-to-year percent change over 1970-2022. The average annual percent change for the entire 53-year period is also traced 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, Howell County's real per capita personal income grew at an annual rate of 1.93% over 1970-2022. The county recorded its highest growth in 1978 (7.78%) and posted its lowest growth in 2022 (-5.69%). In 2022, Howell County's real per capita personal income declined by -5.69%
Howell County Real Per Capita Personal Income:
Annual Percent Change and Decade Averages Over 1970-2022
Howell County Real Per Capita Personal Income:
Annual Percent Change and Decade Averages Over 1970-2022
Figure 6.
Over the past five decades some counties have experienced extreme swings in growth, and often such swings have tended to coincide with the decades themselves. Figure 6 again illustrates the annual percent change in Howell County's real per capita personal income since 1970, but this time they are overlayed with average growth rates for the decade of the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020-2022.
During the 1970s, Howell County's annual real per capita personal income growth rate averaged 2.50%. It averaged 2.31% in the 1980s, 1.94% in the 1990s, 1.73% during the 2000s, 1.52% during the 2010s, 0.84% thus far this decade (2020-2022).
Real Per Capita Personal Income Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change by Decade
Real Per Capita Personal Income Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change by Decade
Figure 7.
Figure 7 compares the decade average growth rates for Howell County noted in the previous graph with the corresponding decade averages for Missouri and the nation. As the chart reveals, Howell County's average annual real per capita personal income growth fell below Missouri's average during the 1970s (2.50% vs. 2.54%), outperformed Missouri's average throughout the 1980s (2.31% vs. 2.01%), outpaced Missouri's average during the 1990s (1.94% vs. 1.94%), outpaced Missouri's average throughout the 2000s (1.73% vs. 1.14%), exceeded Missouri's average during the 2010s (1.52% vs. 1.37%), and recorded under Missouri's average over the 3 year period of the current decade, 2020-2022 (0.84% vs. 2.22%).
Finally, relative to nationwide real per capita personal income growth trends, Howell County registered above the nation over the 1970s (2.50% vs. 2.37%), outpaced the nation over the 1980s (2.31% vs. 2.19%), lagged the nation throughout the 1990s (1.94% vs. 2.01%), led the nation in the 2000s (1.73% vs. 1.10%), trailed the nation during the 2010s (1.52% vs. 1.97%), and trailed the nation over 2020-2022 (0.84% vs. 1.78%).
   
 
Real* Per Capita Personal Income Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change
 
 
 
1.93
2.50
2.31
1.94
1.73
1.52
0.84
-5.69
 
1.82
2.54
2.01
1.94
1.14
1.37
2.22
-3.15
 
1.92
2.37
2.19
2.01
1.10
1.97
1.78
-4.55
 
   

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Howell County:
Per Capita Personal Income, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
2,434
0.189
12,892
100.0
N
66.79
61.93
1970
 
2,590
0.198
13,102
101.6
1.63
65.65
61.69
1971
 
2,689
0.206
13,051
101.2
-0.39
63.70
60.15
1972
 
2,896
0.213
13,592
105.4
4.14
63.49
59.63
1973
 
3,279
0.225
14,601
113.3
7.42
64.98
61.13
1974
 
3,450
0.248
13,917
108.0
-4.68
64.06
59.13
1975
 
3,811
0.269
14,187
110.0
1.94
64.77
60.26
1976
 
4,113
0.283
14,517
112.6
2.33
64.18
59.83
1977
 
4,474
0.302
14,827
115.0
2.13
63.29
59.53
1978
 
5,158
0.323
15,980
124.0
7.78
65.89
61.73
1979
 
5,765
0.351
16,403
127.2
2.65
66.30
62.44
1980
 
6,380
0.389
16,390
127.1
-0.08
68.06
62.65
1981
 
7,136
0.424
16,823
130.5
2.64
68.36
63.19
1982
 
7,640
0.448
17,065
132.4
1.44
68.42
63.72
1983
 
8,240
0.467
17,654
136.9
3.45
69.31
64.88
1984
 
8,750
0.484
18,064
140.1
2.32
66.87
63.00
1985
 
9,207
0.501
18,368
142.5
1.68
66.05
62.44
1986
 
9,791
0.512
19,115
148.3
4.07
67.02
63.24
1987
 
10,067
0.528
19,065
147.9
-0.26
66.09
62.03
1988
 
10,751
0.549
19,595
152.0
2.78
66.58
61.64
1989
 
11,789
0.573
20,588
159.7
5.07
68.31
63.18
1990
 
12,009
0.598
20,091
155.8
-2.41
67.03
61.21
1991
 
12,959
0.618
20,979
162.7
4.42
69.75
64.64
1992
 
13,814
0.634
21,783
169.0
3.83
70.60
65.54
1993
 
14,532
0.650
22,357
173.4
2.64
71.78
66.93
1994
 
14,895
0.664
22,447
174.1
0.40
70.02
66.05
1995
 
15,545
0.678
22,944
178.0
2.21
70.02
65.93
1996
 
16,136
0.692
23,318
180.9
1.63
69.34
65.26
1997
 
17,053
0.704
24,221
187.9
3.88
69.69
65.78
1998
 
17,610
0.710
24,815
192.5
2.45
69.04
64.05
1999
 
17,936
0.720
24,911
193.2
0.39
68.25
62.73
2000
 
18,803
0.738
25,471
197.6
2.25
67.50
61.55
2001
 
20,391
0.753
27,078
210.0
6.31
71.21
64.63
2002
 
20,732
0.763
27,175
210.8
0.35
71.13
65.19
2003
 
21,738
0.779
27,907
216.5
2.69
72.33
66.56
2004
 
23,447
0.798
29,373
227.8
5.25
74.68
68.59
2005
 
24,215
0.821
29,485
228.7
0.38
75.07
67.89
2006
 
25,609
0.844
30,328
235.3
2.86
75.63
67.67
2007
 
25,708
0.866
29,683
230.3
-2.13
72.97
64.94
2008
 
26,515
0.892
29,735
230.7
0.17
71.42
64.90
2009
 
26,217
0.889
29,483
228.7
-0.85
72.21
66.70
2010
 
27,061
0.905
29,897
231.9
1.40
73.17
66.72
2011
 
27,868
0.928
30,029
232.9
0.44
72.57
65.34
2012
 
28,511
0.945
30,159
233.9
0.43
71.31
64.45
2013
 
28,949
0.958
30,224
234.4
0.21
72.15
65.20
2014
 
30,430
0.971
31,333
243.0
3.67
73.54
65.74
2015
 
31,488
0.973
32,362
251.0
3.29
73.78
65.52
2016
 
31,399
0.983
31,947
247.8
-1.28
71.64
64.12
2017
 
32,512
1.000
32,512
252.2
1.77
72.60
63.74
2018
 
34,016
1.020
33,333
258.6
2.53
72.87
63.81
2019
 
35,457
1.035
34,254
265.7
2.76
73.26
63.83
2020
 
38,338
1.046
36,640
284.2
6.97
73.59
64.81
2021
 
40,430
1.090
37,092
287.7
1.23
72.10
62.75
2022
 
40,595
1.160
34,983
271.4
-5.69
70.21
62.01
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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Missouri:
Per Capita Personal Income, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
3,645
0.189
19,303
100.0
N
92.73
1970
 
3,945
0.198
19,956
103.4
3.39
93.97
1971
 
4,222
0.206
20,490
106.1
2.67
94.44
1972
 
4,562
0.213
21,408
110.9
4.48
93.92
1973
 
5,045
0.225
22,469
116.4
4.96
94.08
1974
 
5,386
0.248
21,724
112.5
-3.31
92.30
1975
 
5,883
0.269
21,904
113.5
0.82
93.03
1976
 
6,409
0.283
22,619
117.2
3.26
93.21
1977
 
7,070
0.302
23,428
121.4
3.58
94.07
1978
 
7,828
0.323
24,252
125.6
3.52
93.68
1979
 
8,695
0.351
24,743
128.2
2.02
94.18
1980
 
9,374
0.389
24,080
124.8
-2.68
92.05
1981
 
10,438
0.424
24,609
127.5
2.19
92.44
1982
 
11,166
0.448
24,941
129.2
1.35
93.13
1983
 
11,889
0.467
25,472
132.0
2.13
93.61
1984
 
13,086
0.484
27,015
140.0
6.06
94.22
1985
 
13,940
0.501
27,809
144.1
2.94
94.53
1986
 
14,608
0.512
28,522
147.8
2.56
94.36
1987
 
15,232
0.528
28,848
149.5
1.14
93.87
1988
 
16,147
0.549
29,431
152.5
2.02
92.58
1989
 
17,258
0.573
30,138
156.1
2.40
92.49
1990
 
17,917
0.598
29,975
155.3
-0.54
91.33
1991
 
18,580
0.618
30,078
155.8
0.34
92.67
1992
 
19,566
0.634
30,852
159.8
2.57
92.83
1993
 
20,247
0.650
31,149
161.4
0.96
93.25
1994
 
21,271
0.664
32,056
166.1
2.91
94.32
1995
 
22,201
0.678
32,766
169.7
2.22
94.16
1996
 
23,270
0.692
33,626
174.2
2.62
94.12
1997
 
24,469
0.704
34,753
180.0
3.35
94.38
1998
 
25,506
0.710
35,941
186.2
3.42
92.77
1999
 
26,281
0.720
36,501
189.1
1.56
91.92
2000
 
27,857
0.738
37,735
195.5
3.38
91.18
2001
 
28,634
0.753
38,026
197.0
0.77
90.77
2002
 
29,144
0.763
38,202
197.9
0.46
91.65
2003
 
30,054
0.779
38,584
199.9
1.00
92.02
2004
 
31,396
0.798
39,330
203.8
1.93
91.85
2005
 
32,256
0.821
39,276
203.5
-0.14
90.43
2006
 
33,860
0.844
40,100
207.7
2.10
89.48
2007
 
35,228
0.866
40,676
210.7
1.44
88.99
2008
 
37,124
0.892
41,633
215.7
2.35
90.87
2009
 
36,306
0.889
40,830
211.5
-1.93
92.37
2010
 
36,984
0.905
40,860
211.7
0.07
91.19
2011
 
38,402
0.928
41,380
214.4
1.27
90.04
2012
 
39,983
0.945
42,295
219.1
2.21
90.38
2013
 
40,121
0.958
41,889
217.0
-0.96
90.36
2014
 
41,380
0.971
42,607
220.7
1.72
89.40
2015
 
42,677
0.973
43,862
227.2
2.94
88.80
2016
 
43,826
0.983
44,591
231.0
1.66
89.49
2017
 
44,781
1.000
44,781
232.0
0.42
87.80
2018
 
46,680
1.020
45,744
237.0
2.15
87.56
2019
 
48,401
1.035
46,759
242.2
2.22
87.14
2020
 
52,095
1.046
49,787
257.9
6.48
88.07
2021
 
56,073
1.090
51,443
266.5
3.32
87.03
2022
 
57,818
1.160
49,824
258.1
-3.15
88.31
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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United States:
Per Capita Personal Income, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
3,931
0.189
20,816
100.0
N
1970
 
4,198
0.198
21,238
102.0
2.03
1971
 
4,471
0.206
21,697
104.2
2.16
1972
 
4,857
0.213
22,793
109.5
5.05
1973
 
5,363
0.225
23,883
114.7
4.78
1974
 
5,836
0.248
23,537
113.1
-1.45
1975
 
6,324
0.269
23,544
113.1
0.03
1976
 
6,875
0.283
24,265
116.6
3.07
1977
 
7,516
0.302
24,906
119.6
2.64
1978
 
8,356
0.323
25,889
124.4
3.95
1979
 
9,232
0.351
26,271
126.2
1.47
1980
 
10,184
0.389
26,160
125.7
-0.42
1981
 
11,291
0.424
26,621
127.9
1.76
1982
 
11,990
0.448
26,781
128.7
0.60
1983
 
12,701
0.467
27,210
130.7
1.61
1984
 
13,889
0.484
28,674
137.7
5.38
1985
 
14,746
0.501
29,417
141.3
2.59
1986
 
15,482
0.512
30,227
145.2
2.75
1987
 
16,228
0.528
30,733
147.6
1.67
1988
 
17,442
0.549
31,790
152.7
3.44
1989
 
18,658
0.573
32,584
156.5
2.50
1990
 
19,619
0.598
32,821
157.7
0.73
1991
 
20,050
0.618
32,457
155.9
-1.11
1992
 
21,077
0.634
33,234
159.7
2.39
1993
 
21,713
0.650
33,405
160.5
0.51
1994
 
22,552
0.664
33,986
163.3
1.74
1995
 
23,577
0.678
34,798
167.2
2.39
1996
 
24,725
0.692
35,729
171.6
2.67
1997
 
25,925
0.704
36,822
176.9
3.06
1998
 
27,493
0.710
38,740
186.1
5.21
1999
 
28,592
0.720
39,711
190.8
2.51
2000
 
30,551
0.738
41,384
198.8
4.21
2001
 
31,548
0.753
41,895
201.3
1.23
2002
 
31,801
0.763
41,684
200.2
-0.50
2003
 
32,659
0.779
41,928
201.4
0.59
2004
 
34,183
0.798
42,821
205.7
2.13
2005
 
35,669
0.821
43,432
208.6
1.43
2006
 
37,843
0.844
44,816
215.3
3.19
2007
 
39,588
0.866
45,710
219.6
1.99
2008
 
40,854
0.892
45,816
220.1
0.23
2009
 
39,307
0.889
44,204
212.4
-3.52
2010
 
40,557
0.905
44,808
215.3
1.36
2011
 
42,649
0.928
45,956
220.8
2.56
2012
 
44,237
0.945
46,795
224.8
1.83
2013
 
44,401
0.958
46,357
222.7
-0.94
2014
 
46,287
0.971
47,659
229.0
2.81
2015
 
48,060
0.973
49,394
237.3
3.64
2016
 
48,971
0.983
49,826
239.4
0.88
2017
 
51,004
1.000
51,004
245.0
2.36
2018
 
53,309
1.020
52,240
251.0
2.42
2019
 
55,547
1.035
53,662
257.8
2.72
2020
 
59,153
1.046
56,533
271.6
5.35
2021
 
64,430
1.090
59,110
284.0
4.56
2022
 
65,470
1.160
56,419
271.0
-4.55
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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