Pulaski County vs. Illinois
Comparative Trends Analysis:
Per Capita Personal Income Growth and Change, 1969-2022
Introduction
Pulaski County vs. Illinois
Pulaski County:
2022 PCI = $45,893
2022 Percent of State = 67.83%
Illinois:
2022 PCI = $67,655
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.
Pulaski County Per Capita Personal Income, 1970-2022
Current vs. Constant Dollars
Pulaski County Per Capita Personal Income, 1970-2022
Current vs. Constant Dollars
Figure 1.
Figure 1 depicts Pulaski 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 Pulaski County over time.
When measured in current dollars, Pulaski County's per capita personal income increased 1,689.90%, from $2,564 in 1970 to $45,893 in 2022. When measured in constant 2017 dollars to adjust for inflation, it advanced 204.88%, from $12,972 in 1970 to $39,549 in 2022.
Real Per Capita Personal Income, 1969-2022
Real Per Capita Personal Income, 1969-2022
Figure 2.
Figure 2 tracks Pulaski County's and Illinois' 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, Pulaski County's real per capita personal income rose from $12,479 in 1969 to $39,549 in 2022, for a net gain of $27,069, or 216.91%. In comparison, Illinois' real per capita personal income advanced from $23,260 in 1969 to $58,302 in 2022, for a net advance of $35,042, or 150.66%.
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 Pulaski County's real per capita personal income growth in a broader context by offering direct comparisons across time with Illinois, 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.
Pulaski County's overall real per capita personal income growth was 216.91% over 1969-2022 outpaced Illinois' increase of 150.66%, and topped 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 Pulaski County and Illinois per capita personal income as a percent of the national average over 1969-2022.
In 1969, Pulaski County's per capita personal income amounted to 59.95% of the national average; in 2022, it approximated 70.10%. Similarly, in 1969, Illinois' per capita personal income totaled 111.74% of the national average; in 2022, it consisted of 103.34%.
Pulaski County Real Per Capita Personal Income:
Annual Percent Change, 1970-2022
Pulaski County Real Per Capita Personal Income:
Annual Percent Change, 1970-2022
Figure 5.
Figure 5 highlights the short-run pattern of Pulaski 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, Pulaski County's real per capita personal income grew at an annual rate of 2.27% over 1970-2022. The county posted its highest growth in 2020 (10.57%) and posted its lowest growth in 2022 (-8.26%). In 2022, Pulaski County's real per capita personal income declined by -8.26%
Pulaski County Real Per Capita Personal Income:
Annual Percent Change and Decade Averages Over 1970-2022
Pulaski 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 depicts the annual percent change in Pulaski 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, Pulaski County's annual real per capita personal income growth rate averaged 2.71%. It averaged 2.80% in the 1980s, 1.17% throughout the 1990s, 3.39% during the 2000s, 1.05% in the 2010s, 3.14% 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 Pulaski County noted in the previous graph with the corresponding decade averages for Illinois and the nation. As the chart reveals, Pulaski County's average annual real per capita personal income growth outpaced Illinois' average during the 1970s (2.71% vs. 2.17%), outpaced Illinois' average throughout the 1980s (2.80% vs. 1.91%), posted below Illinois' average during the 1990s (1.17% vs. 2.18%), outpaced Illinois' average during the 2000s (3.39% vs. 0.75%), recorded under Illinois' average during the 2010s (1.05% vs. 1.90%), and outgained Illinois' average over the 3 year period of the current decade, 2020-2022 (3.14% vs. 1.63%).
Finally, relative to nationwide real per capita personal income growth trends, Pulaski County surpassed the nation over the 1970s (2.71% vs. 2.37%), outperformed the nation throughout the 1980s (2.80% vs. 2.19%), recorded underneath the nation over the 1990s (1.17% vs. 2.01%), exceeded the nation throughout the 2000s (3.39% vs. 1.10%), trailed the nation during the 2010s (1.05% vs. 1.97%), and recorded above the nation over 2020-2022 (3.14% vs. 1.78%).
   
 
Real* Per Capita Personal Income Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change
 
 
 
2.27
2.71
2.80
1.17
3.39
1.05
3.14
-8.26
 
1.78
2.17
1.91
2.18
0.75
1.90
1.63
-5.54
 
1.92
2.37
2.19
2.01
1.10
1.97
1.78
-4.55
 
   

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Pulaski County:
Per Capita Personal Income, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
2,356
0.189
12,479
100.0
N
53.65
59.95
1970
 
2,564
0.198
12,972
103.9
3.95
55.36
61.08
1971
 
2,883
0.206
13,994
112.1
7.88
58.41
64.50
1972
 
2,969
0.213
13,932
111.6
-0.44
55.67
61.12
1973
 
3,402
0.225
15,150
121.4
8.74
57.20
63.43
1974
 
3,813
0.248
15,379
123.2
1.52
58.71
65.34
1975
 
4,323
0.269
16,096
129.0
4.66
61.20
68.36
1976
 
4,580
0.283
16,166
129.5
0.44
59.93
66.62
1977
 
4,974
0.302
16,483
132.1
1.96
59.43
66.18
1978
 
5,187
0.323
16,070
128.8
-2.50
56.30
62.07
1979
 
5,700
0.351
16,218
130.0
0.92
56.33
61.73
1980
 
6,271
0.389
16,110
129.1
-0.67
57.25
61.58
1981
 
6,955
0.424
16,397
131.4
1.78
57.35
61.59
1982
 
7,501
0.448
16,754
134.3
2.18
58.33
62.56
1983
 
8,476
0.467
18,159
145.5
8.38
63.17
66.73
1984
 
8,942
0.484
18,461
147.9
1.67
60.56
64.38
1985
 
9,714
0.501
19,378
155.3
4.97
62.52
65.87
1986
 
9,401
0.512
18,355
147.1
-5.28
57.46
60.72
1987
 
9,984
0.528
18,909
151.5
3.02
57.91
61.53
1988
 
10,687
0.549
19,478
156.1
3.01
57.29
61.27
1989
 
12,155
0.573
21,228
170.1
8.98
61.18
65.15
1990
 
12,546
0.598
20,989
168.2
-1.12
59.68
63.95
1991
 
12,926
0.618
20,924
167.7
-0.31
60.75
64.47
1992
 
14,258
0.634
22,482
180.2
7.45
62.77
67.65
1993
 
15,078
0.650
23,197
185.9
3.18
64.72
69.44
1994
 
16,111
0.664
24,280
194.6
4.67
66.23
71.44
1995
 
16,019
0.678
23,642
189.5
-2.63
62.57
67.94
1996
 
16,708
0.692
24,143
193.5
2.12
61.83
67.57
1997
 
16,737
0.704
23,772
190.5
-1.54
59.02
64.56
1998
 
16,902
0.710
23,816
190.8
0.18
56.58
61.48
1999
 
17,088
0.720
23,733
190.2
-0.35
55.20
59.76
2000
 
18,098
0.738
24,516
196.5
3.30
54.72
59.24
2001
 
19,124
0.753
25,397
203.5
3.59
55.91
60.62
2002
 
19,949
0.763
26,148
209.5
2.96
57.79
62.73
2003
 
21,192
0.779
27,206
218.0
4.04
60.41
64.89
2004
 
22,494
0.798
28,179
225.8
3.58
61.86
65.81
2005
 
22,969
0.821
27,967
224.1
-0.75
60.89
64.39
2006
 
24,505
0.844
29,020
232.5
3.76
61.23
64.75
2007
 
26,179
0.866
30,227
242.2
4.16
62.11
66.13
2008
 
28,963
0.892
32,481
260.3
7.46
66.99
70.90
2009
 
29,392
0.889
33,054
264.9
1.76
71.53
74.78
2010
 
31,665
0.905
34,983
280.3
5.84
75.20
78.07
2011
 
32,785
0.928
35,327
283.1
0.98
74.39
76.87
2012
 
31,227
0.945
33,033
264.7
-6.49
67.99
70.59
2013
 
31,933
0.958
33,340
267.2
0.93
68.33
71.92
2014
 
31,005
0.971
31,924
255.8
-4.25
63.89
66.98
2015
 
32,155
0.973
33,048
264.8
3.52
63.45
66.91
2016
 
33,070
0.983
33,648
269.6
1.81
64.41
67.53
2017
 
36,034
1.000
36,034
288.7
7.09
67.93
70.65
2018
 
36,342
1.020
35,613
285.4
-1.17
64.81
68.17
2019
 
37,677
1.035
36,398
291.7
2.20
65.27
67.83
2020
 
42,112
1.046
40,247
322.5
10.57
68.38
71.19
2021
 
46,988
1.090
43,108
345.4
7.11
69.84
72.93
2022
 
45,893
1.160
39,549
316.9
-8.26
67.83
70.10
Source: Calculations by the Illinois Regional Economic Analysis Project (IL-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
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Illinois:
Per Capita Personal Income, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
4,392
0.189
23,260
100.0
N
111.74
1970
 
4,632
0.198
23,432
100.7
0.74
110.33
1971
 
4,936
0.206
23,958
103.0
2.24
110.42
1972
 
5,332
0.213
25,024
107.6
4.45
109.79
1973
 
5,947
0.225
26,485
113.9
5.84
110.89
1974
 
6,494
0.248
26,195
112.6
-1.10
111.29
1975
 
7,064
0.269
26,299
113.1
0.40
111.70
1976
 
7,644
0.283
26,977
116.0
2.58
111.18
1977
 
8,369
0.302
27,734
119.2
2.80
111.36
1978
 
9,213
0.323
28,543
122.7
2.92
110.25
1979
 
10,118
0.351
28,791
123.8
0.87
109.59
1980
 
10,954
0.389
28,140
121.0
-2.26
107.57
1981
 
12,127
0.424
28,590
122.9
1.60
107.40
1982
 
12,860
0.448
28,725
123.5
0.47
107.26
1983
 
13,417
0.467
28,745
123.6
0.07
105.64
1984
 
14,765
0.484
30,482
131.1
6.04
106.31
1985
 
15,537
0.501
30,994
133.3
1.68
105.36
1986
 
16,362
0.512
31,946
137.3
3.07
105.69
1987
 
17,242
0.528
32,654
140.4
2.22
106.25
1988
 
18,655
0.549
34,002
146.2
4.13
106.96
1989
 
19,869
0.573
34,699
149.2
2.05
106.49
1990
 
21,024
0.598
35,171
151.2
1.36
107.16
1991
 
21,276
0.618
34,442
148.1
-2.07
106.12
1992
 
22,714
0.634
35,815
154.0
3.99
107.77
1993
 
23,299
0.650
35,844
154.1
0.08
107.30
1994
 
24,327
0.664
36,661
157.6
2.28
107.87
1995
 
25,602
0.678
37,787
162.5
3.07
108.59
1996
 
27,020
0.692
39,045
167.9
3.33
109.28
1997
 
28,360
0.704
40,280
173.2
3.16
109.39
1998
 
29,873
0.710
42,094
181.0
4.50
108.66
1999
 
30,958
0.720
42,996
184.9
2.14
108.27
2000
 
33,072
0.738
44,799
192.6
4.19
108.25
2001
 
34,206
0.753
45,425
195.3
1.40
108.43
2002
 
34,520
0.763
45,248
194.5
-0.39
108.55
2003
 
35,081
0.779
45,037
193.6
-0.47
107.42
2004
 
36,366
0.798
45,555
195.9
1.15
106.39
2005
 
37,720
0.821
45,929
197.5
0.82
105.75
2006
 
40,021
0.844
47,396
203.8
3.19
105.76
2007
 
42,148
0.866
48,666
209.2
2.68
106.47
2008
 
43,238
0.892
48,490
208.5
-0.36
105.84
2009
 
41,088
0.889
46,207
198.7
-4.71
104.53
2010
 
42,107
0.905
46,519
200.0
0.68
103.82
2011
 
44,074
0.928
47,491
204.2
2.09
103.34
2012
 
45,932
0.945
48,588
208.9
2.31
103.83
2013
 
46,731
0.958
48,790
209.8
0.42
105.25
2014
 
48,531
0.971
49,970
214.8
2.42
104.85
2015
 
50,682
0.973
52,089
223.9
4.24
105.46
2016
 
51,340
0.983
52,237
224.6
0.28
104.84
2017
 
53,049
1.000
53,049
228.1
1.56
104.01
2018
 
56,072
1.020
54,947
236.2
3.58
105.18
2019
 
57,721
1.035
55,762
239.7
1.48
103.91
2020
 
61,587
1.046
58,859
253.1
5.55
104.11
2021
 
67,278
1.090
61,722
265.4
4.86
104.42
2022
 
67,655
1.160
58,302
250.7
-5.54
103.34
Source: Calculations by the Illinois Regional Economic Analysis Project (IL-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 Illinois Regional Economic Analysis Project (IL-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
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