The fastest growth could be found in two rural Kansas counties: Sheridan and Greeley.
Sheridan County grew at a rate of 35% to $62,156 per capita in 2019. And in West Kansas, Greeley County grew at a rate of 30% to $98,916.
Xan Wedel, who leads the state data center at the Institute for Policy and Social Research at the University of Kansas, says government payments such as tariff subsidies under former President Donald Trump s administration influenced the growth. In Greeley and Sheridan counties the ratio of farms to people is roughly one farm for every five and eight residents, respectively.
Farm income was a clear driver of growth in both counties, with cash receipts from the marketing of livestock and other products being the primary contributor to annual gains followed by government payments. Farm proprietor income, which includes government payments, increased by 125% statewide between 2018 and 2019. And government payments to Kansas farms nearly doubled to $1.37 billion d
Kristi Tanner and Adrienne Roberts
Detroit Free Press
Before the pandemic caused widespread job losses last year, personal income per capita in Brevard County increased in 2019 compared with the year prior, rising to $47,911, a 4.2% jump.
Personal income per capita is measured as the total personal income of an area divided by the population. In 2019, Brevard County ranked 10th in Florida in terms of personal income per capita growth. In 2018, income grew by 5.1%.
Nationwide, personal income per capita increased by 3.5% to $56,490 in 2019 compared with 2018. That increase was smaller than the previous year s 4.8%. The majority of the 3,000-plus counties the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) tracks continued to see personal income per capita rise in 2019, the latest data available.
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