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Personal Income By Region |
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2002 - 2004 |
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(millions of dollars) |
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Percent Change |
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Rank |
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2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
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United States |
$8,872,521 |
$9,156,108 |
$9,702,525 |
6.0 |
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1 |
Far West |
1,570,823 |
1,620,549 |
1,732,021 |
6.9 |
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2 |
Southeast |
1,972,941 |
2,039,640 |
2,171,715 |
6.5 |
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3 |
Southwest |
906,031 |
942,624 |
1,002,498 |
6.4 |
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4 |
Rocky Mountain |
283,387 |
292,385 |
310,888 |
6.3 |
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5 |
New England |
528,170 |
539,988 |
573,379 |
6.2 |
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6 |
Mideast |
1,648,202 |
1,687,423 |
1,790,447 |
6.1 |
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7 |
Plains |
576,655 |
598,971 |
634,984 |
6.0 |
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8 |
Great Lakes |
1,386,311 |
1,434,528 |
1,486,594 |
3.6 |
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The Bureau of Economic Analysis groups all 50 states and
the District of Columbia |
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into eight distinct regions for purposes of data
collecting and analyses: New England |
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(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode
Island and Vermont); |
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Mideast (Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New
Jersey, New York and |
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Pennsylvania); Great Lakes (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan,
Ohio and Wisconsin); Plains |
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(Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North
Dakota and South Dakota); |
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Southeast (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, |
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North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and
West Virginia); Southwest |
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(Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas); Rocky
Mountain (Colorado, Idaho, |
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Montana, Utah and Wyoming); and Far West (Alaska,
California, Hawaii, Nevada, |
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Oregon and Washington). |
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