2000 vs. 2017 Personal Income Growth and Change

Louisiana Real Personal Income Growth by County

2000 vs. 2017, Net Percent Change

Ascension Parish 2000 vs. 2017

Net Percent Change = 137.44%

Rank = #1

St. Bernard Parish 2000 vs. 2017

Net Percent Change = -31.46%

Rank = #64

Grant Parish 2000 vs. 2017

Net Percent Change = 43.84%

Rank = #28

With a spotlight on Grant Parish, the chart above displays the distribution of the net percent change of real (inflation adjusted) personal income across Louisiana's 64 counties over the period 2000-2017.

Those counties whose real personal income growth registered above the statewide average over this period realized an increase in their statewide share of real personal income. Likewise, those counties whose real personal income growth registered below the statewide average experienced a decline in their relative share of real personal income statewide.

Statewide Snippets:

Over 2000-2017 real personal income grew in sixty-three Louisiana counties while declining in one.
Real personal income growth in twenty-nine counties outpaced the statewide average (40.49%), while growth in thirty-five counties trailed.
At the extremes of the distribution, Ascension Parish posted the highest growth of real personal income (137.44%), while St. Bernard Parish placed last by logging a -31.46% decline.
The spread in real personal income growth between the highest (Ascension Parish, 137.44%) and lowest (St. Bernard Parish, -31.46%) over 2000-2017 equated to 168.90% ( = 137.44% − -31.46%).
Real personal income growth statewide is but a weighted metric that stems from each county's share of real personal income statewide. On this point, as the largest county in Louisiana, East Baton Rouge Parish's net real personal income growth over 2000-2017 of $6,083,517K made up 10.37% of the total net growth statewide ($58,636,660K):

East Baton Rouge Parish: Percent Share of Louisiana's
Real Personal Income Growth, 2000-2017:

10.37% = ($6,083,517K / $58,636,660K) x 100

Grant Parish Snippets:

Over 2000-2017, Grant Parish posted a 43.84% net gain in real personal income.
Grant Parish was joined by twenty-eight other counties whose real personal income growth over 2000-2017 registered above the statewide average (40.49%).
Ranked #28 among Louisiana's 64 counties, Grant Parish's real personal income growth (43.84%) outperformed the statewide average of 40.49% by a 3.35% margin.
Grant Parish's net real personal income growth (43.84%, #28) over 2000-2017 registered just above that of Pointe Coupee Parish (42.83%, #29) and just below that of Natchitoches Parish (44.20%, #27).

Real Personal Income Growth by County

2000 vs. 2017, Net Percent Change

County Distribution of Real Personal Income Growth, 2000 vs. 2017

	More than 70%	70% to 60%	60% to 50%	50% to 40%	40% to 30%	30% to 20%	20% to 10%	10% or Below	Total
2000 vs. 2017	8	5	9	8	14	12	4	4	64

Real Personal Income by County, 2017

East Baton Rouge Parish 2017

Real Personal Income = $21,491M

Percent of State = 10.56%

Rank = #1

Tensas Parish 2017

Real Personal Income = $170M

Percent of State = 0.08%

Rank = #64

Grant Parish 2017

Real Personal Income = $677M

Percent of State = 0.33%

Rank = #47

Again highlighting Grant Parish's position, the bar graph above displays the disposition by county of 2017 real personal income statewide ($203,455M).

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Statewide Snippets:

Ranked #1, East Baton Rouge Parish's 2017 personal income totaled $21,491M, equating to 10.56% of the statewide total.
Ranked last (#64), Tensas Parish's real personal income of $170M in 2017 comprised just 0.08% of the total statewide. Tensas Parish's real personal income in 2017 equates to just 0.8% to that of East Baton Rouge Parish's.
East Baton Rouge Parish's 2017 personal income ($21,491M) exceeded the combined personal income ($21,117M) of Louisiana's thirty-two smallest counties.

Grant Parish Snippets:

Grant Parish's personal income in 2017 ranked #47, amounting to 0.33% of the statewide total.
Grant Parish's personal income of $677M placed below that of Richland Parish's ($715M, #46), and just above that of Franklin Parish's ($615M, #48).
Grant Parish's personal income of $677M exceeds the combined total ($411M) of Louisiana's two smallest counties.

Real Personal Income by County, 2017

County Distribution of Real Personal Income, 2017

	More than $12,500M	$12,500M to $10,000M	$10,000M to $7,500M	$7,500M to $5,000M	$5,000M to $2,500M	$2,500M or Below	Total
2017	4	2	1	5	6	46	64

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Louisiana Real* Personal Income by County:
2000 vs. 2017

	2000		2017		2000 - 2017
County	Constant Dollars (1000s)	Percent of State Total	Constant Dollars (1000s)	Percent of State Total	Net Percent Change	Net Change (1000s)	Share (%) of State Change
Acadia	1,563,795	1.08	2,175,702	1.07	39.13	611,907	1.04
Allen	574,879	0.40	806,509	0.40	40.29	231,630	0.40
Ascension	2,528,120	1.75	6,002,729	2.95	137.44	3,474,609	5.93
Assumption	621,517	0.43	983,517	0.48	58.24	362,000	0.62
Avoyelles	999,976	0.69	1,449,882	0.71	44.99	449,906	0.77
Beauregard	882,771	0.61	1,512,284	0.74	71.31	629,513	1.07
Bienville	389,076	0.27	483,455	0.24	24.26	94,379	0.16
Bossier	3,190,734	2.20	5,302,892	2.61	66.20	2,112,158	3.60
Caddo	8,785,863	6.07	10,972,463	5.39	24.89	2,186,600	3.73
Calcasieu	5,795,891	4.00	9,322,139	4.58	60.84	3,526,248	6.01
Caldwell	259,806	0.18	315,379	0.16	21.39	55,573	0.09
Cameron	260,765	0.18	317,168	0.16	21.63	56,403	0.10
Catahoula	272,795	0.19	305,627	0.15	12.04	32,832	0.06
Claiborne	421,926	0.29	514,750	0.25	22.00	92,824	0.16
Concordia	464,599	0.32	612,894	0.30	31.92	148,295	0.25
De Soto	674,243	0.47	1,045,317	0.51	55.04	371,074	0.63
East Baton Rouge	15,407,616	10.64	21,491,133	10.56	39.48	6,083,517	10.37
East Carroll	196,374	0.14	241,512	0.12	22.99	45,138	0.08
East Feliciana	586,206	0.40	764,849	0.38	30.47	178,643	0.30
Evangeline	792,395	0.55	1,063,707	0.52	34.24	271,312	0.46
Franklin	512,777	0.35	615,338	0.30	20.00	102,561	0.17
Grant	470,551	0.32	676,824	0.33	43.84	206,273	0.35
Iberia	2,032,130	1.40	2,671,201	1.31	31.45	639,071	1.09
Iberville	850,232	0.59	1,288,553	0.63	51.55	438,321	0.75
Jackson	481,105	0.33	514,402	0.25	6.92	33,297	0.06
Jefferson	17,636,807	12.18	20,949,797	10.30	18.78	3,312,990	5.65
Jefferson Davis	773,217	0.53	1,253,760	0.62	62.15	480,543	0.82
Lafayette	7,229,342	4.99	11,397,290	5.60	57.65	4,167,948	7.11
Lafourche	2,873,091	1.98	4,167,871	2.05	45.07	1,294,780	2.21
La Salle	337,303	0.23	438,912	0.22	30.12	101,609	0.17
Lincoln	1,189,041	0.82	1,812,554	0.89	52.44	623,513	1.06
Livingston	2,717,651	1.88	5,500,967	2.70	102.42	2,783,316	4.75
Madison	281,870	0.19	345,726	0.17	22.65	63,856	0.11
Morehouse	820,410	0.57	929,475	0.46	13.29	109,065	0.19
Natchitoches	1,010,409	0.70	1,456,960	0.72	44.20	446,551	0.76
Orleans	17,640,487	12.18	19,020,044	9.35	7.82	1,379,557	2.35
Ouachita	4,735,335	3.27	6,045,387	2.97	27.67	1,310,052	2.23
Plaquemines	785,710	0.54	1,086,376	0.53	38.27	300,666	0.51
Pointe Coupee	674,120	0.47	962,843	0.47	42.83	288,723	0.49
Rapides	4,114,046	2.84	5,541,427	2.72	34.70	1,427,381	2.43
Red River	220,036	0.15	330,376	0.16	50.15	110,340	0.19
Richland	527,532	0.36	715,188	0.35	35.57	187,656	0.32
Sabine	578,761	0.40	795,941	0.39	37.52	217,180	0.37
St. Bernard	2,046,867	1.41	1,402,824	0.69	-31.46	-644,043	-1.10
St. Charles	1,611,426	1.11	2,512,115	1.23	55.89	900,689	1.54
St. Helena	243,869	0.17	420,384	0.21	72.38	176,515	0.30
St. James	541,810	0.37	981,495	0.48	81.15	439,685	0.75
St. John the Baptist	1,178,463	0.81	1,709,246	0.84	45.04	530,783	0.91
St. Landry	2,112,893	1.46	3,210,802	1.58	51.96	1,097,909	1.87
St. Martin	1,180,097	0.81	1,930,039	0.95	63.55	749,942	1.28
St. Mary	1,573,794	1.09	1,885,492	0.93	19.81	311,698	0.53
St. Tammany	7,829,799	5.41	15,171,419	7.46	93.77	7,341,620	12.52
Tangipahoa	2,692,218	1.86	4,882,470	2.40	81.35	2,190,252	3.74
Tensas	166,255	0.11	169,715	0.08	2.08	3,460	0.01
Terrebonne	2,969,852	2.05	4,417,287	2.17	48.74	1,447,435	2.47
Union	621,840	0.43	834,143	0.41	34.14	212,303	0.36
Vermilion	1,417,606	0.98	2,199,856	1.08	55.18	782,250	1.33
Vernon	1,518,228	1.05	1,941,634	0.95	27.89	423,406	0.72
Washington	1,096,864	0.76	1,502,864	0.74	37.01	406,000	0.69
Webster	1,186,150	0.82	1,490,119	0.73	25.63	303,969	0.52
West Baton Rouge	679,568	0.47	1,194,892	0.59	75.83	515,324	0.88
West Carroll	286,900	0.20	354,697	0.17	23.63	67,797	0.12
West Feliciana	346,739	0.24	557,979	0.27	60.92	211,240	0.36
Winn	355,661	0.25	484,277	0.24	36.16	128,616	0.22

Louisiana	144,818,209	100.00	203,454,869	100.00	40.49	58,636,660	100.00
Metropolitan	125,354,817	86.56	176,830,113	86.91	41.06	51,475,296	87.79
Nonmetropolitan	19,463,392	13.44	26,624,756	13.09	36.79	7,161,364	12.21

United States	11,677,052,911		16,658,962,000		42.66	4,981,909,089
Metropolitan U.S.	10,325,098,869		14,874,329,091		44.06	4,549,230,222
Nonmetropolitan U.S.	1,351,954,042		1,784,632,909		32.00	432,678,867

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

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

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Louisiana Personal Income by County:
2000 vs. 2017

	2000		2017		2000 - 2017
County	Current Dollars (1000s)	Percent of State Total	Current Dollars (1000s)	Percent of State Total	Net Percent Change	Net Change (1000s)	Share (%) of State Change
Acadia	1,154,425	1.08	2,175,702	1.07	88.47	1,021,277	1.06
Allen	424,387	0.40	806,509	0.40	90.04	382,122	0.40
Ascension	1,866,309	1.75	6,002,729	2.95	221.64	4,136,420	4.28
Assumption	458,816	0.43	983,517	0.48	114.36	524,701	0.54
Avoyelles	738,202	0.69	1,449,882	0.71	96.41	711,680	0.74
Beauregard	651,679	0.61	1,512,284	0.74	132.06	860,605	0.89
Bienville	287,224	0.27	483,455	0.24	68.32	196,231	0.20
Bossier	2,355,464	2.20	5,302,892	2.61	125.13	2,947,428	3.05
Caddo	6,485,900	6.07	10,972,463	5.39	69.17	4,486,563	4.65
Calcasieu	4,278,643	4.00	9,322,139	4.58	117.88	5,043,496	5.22
Caldwell	191,794	0.18	315,379	0.16	64.44	123,585	0.13
Cameron	192,502	0.18	317,168	0.16	64.76	124,666	0.13
Catahoula	201,383	0.19	305,627	0.15	51.76	104,244	0.11
Claiborne	311,474	0.29	514,750	0.25	65.26	203,276	0.21
Concordia	342,976	0.32	612,894	0.30	78.70	269,918	0.28
De Soto	497,740	0.47	1,045,317	0.51	110.01	547,577	0.57
East Baton Rouge	11,374,210	10.64	21,491,133	10.56	88.95	10,116,923	10.48
East Carroll	144,967	0.14	241,512	0.12	66.60	96,545	0.10
East Feliciana	432,749	0.40	764,849	0.38	76.74	332,100	0.34
Evangeline	584,962	0.55	1,063,707	0.52	81.84	478,745	0.50
Franklin	378,542	0.35	615,338	0.30	62.55	236,796	0.25
Grant	347,370	0.32	676,824	0.33	94.84	329,454	0.34
Iberia	1,500,159	1.40	2,671,201	1.31	78.06	1,171,042	1.21
Iberville	627,658	0.59	1,288,553	0.63	105.30	660,895	0.68
Jackson	355,161	0.33	514,402	0.25	44.84	159,241	0.16
Jefferson	13,019,844	12.18	20,949,797	10.30	60.91	7,929,953	8.21
Jefferson Davis	570,804	0.53	1,253,760	0.62	119.65	682,956	0.71
Lafayette	5,336,845	4.99	11,397,290	5.60	113.56	6,060,445	6.28
Lafourche	2,120,973	1.98	4,167,871	2.05	96.51	2,046,898	2.12
La Salle	249,004	0.23	438,912	0.22	76.27	189,908	0.20
Lincoln	877,774	0.82	1,812,554	0.89	106.49	934,780	0.97
Livingston	2,006,224	1.88	5,500,967	2.70	174.20	3,494,743	3.62
Madison	208,082	0.19	345,726	0.17	66.15	137,644	0.14
Morehouse	605,643	0.57	929,475	0.46	53.47	323,832	0.34
Natchitoches	745,904	0.70	1,456,960	0.72	95.33	711,056	0.74
Orleans	13,022,560	12.18	19,020,044	9.35	46.05	5,997,484	6.21
Ouachita	3,495,719	3.27	6,045,387	2.97	72.94	2,549,668	2.64
Plaquemines	580,027	0.54	1,086,376	0.53	87.30	506,349	0.52
Pointe Coupee	497,649	0.47	962,843	0.47	93.48	465,194	0.48
Rapides	3,037,071	2.84	5,541,427	2.72	82.46	2,504,356	2.59
Red River	162,435	0.15	330,376	0.16	103.39	167,941	0.17
Richland	389,435	0.36	715,188	0.35	83.65	325,753	0.34
Sabine	427,253	0.40	795,941	0.39	86.29	368,688	0.38
St. Bernard	1,511,038	1.41	1,402,824	0.69	-7.16	-108,214	-0.11
St. Charles	1,189,587	1.11	2,512,115	1.23	111.18	1,322,528	1.37
St. Helena	180,029	0.17	420,384	0.21	133.51	240,355	0.25
St. James	399,975	0.37	981,495	0.48	145.39	581,520	0.60
St. John the Baptist	869,965	0.81	1,709,246	0.84	96.47	839,281	0.87
St. Landry	1,559,780	1.46	3,210,802	1.58	105.85	1,651,022	1.71
St. Martin	871,171	0.81	1,930,039	0.95	121.55	1,058,868	1.10
St. Mary	1,161,806	1.09	1,885,492	0.93	62.29	723,686	0.75
St. Tammany	5,780,114	5.41	15,171,419	7.46	162.48	9,391,305	9.73
Tangipahoa	1,987,449	1.86	4,882,470	2.40	145.67	2,895,021	3.00
Tensas	122,733	0.11	169,715	0.08	38.28	46,982	0.05
Terrebonne	2,192,404	2.05	4,417,287	2.17	101.48	2,224,883	2.30
Union	459,055	0.43	834,143	0.41	81.71	375,088	0.39
Vermilion	1,046,505	0.98	2,199,856	1.08	110.21	1,153,351	1.19
Vernon	1,120,786	1.05	1,941,634	0.95	73.24	820,848	0.85
Washington	809,727	0.76	1,502,864	0.74	85.60	693,137	0.72
Webster	875,640	0.82	1,490,119	0.73	70.17	614,479	0.64
West Baton Rouge	501,671	0.47	1,194,892	0.59	138.18	693,221	0.72
West Carroll	211,795	0.20	354,697	0.17	67.47	142,902	0.15
West Feliciana	255,970	0.24	557,979	0.27	117.99	302,009	0.31
Winn	262,556	0.25	484,277	0.24	84.45	221,721	0.23

Louisiana	106,907,698	100.00	203,454,869	100.00	90.31	96,547,171	100.00
Metropolitan	92,539,433	86.56	176,830,113	86.91	91.09	84,290,680	87.31
Nonmetropolitan	14,368,265	13.44	26,624,756	13.09	85.30	12,256,491	12.69

United States	8,620,234,000		16,658,962,000		93.25	8,038,728,000
Metropolitan U.S.	7,622,194,487		14,874,329,091		95.14	7,252,134,604
Nonmetropolitan U.S.	998,039,513		1,784,632,909		78.81	786,593,396

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

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