Introduction
East Baton Rouge Parish vs. Louisiana
East Baton Rouge Parish:
2022 TPI = $27,024,382K
2022 Percent of State = 10.80%
Louisiana:
2022 TPI = $250,170,566K
2022 Percent of U.S. = 1.15%
The annual total personal incomes (TPI) estimates compiled by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, (BEA) are among the most comprehensive, consistent, comparable and timely measures of economic activity available statewide and at the national levels. Personal income estimates are also the best available local level indicator of general purchasing power, and are therefore central to tracking and comparing county patterns of economic growth and change.
The following graphs highlight trends in the pattern of growth and change in the total personal income of East Baton Rouge Parish and Louisiana with comparison to the nation. The data used are those compiled by the Regional Income and Product Divisions of the Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce. The 2017 constant dollar (real) estimates of total personal income reported in the tables and portrayed graphically below are determined using the Implicit Price Deflator for Personal Consumption.
Data Definition:
Personal income is the income received by persons from participation in production, plus transfer receipts from government and business, plus government interest (which is treated like a transfer receipt). It is defined as the sum of wages and salaries, supplements to wages and salaries, proprietors' income with inventory valuation and capital consumption adjustments, rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment, personal dividend income, personal interest income, and personal current transfer receipts, less contributions for government social insurance. Because the personal income of an area represents the income that is received by, or on behalf of, all the persons who live in that area, and because the estimates of some components of personal income (wages and salaries, supplements to wages and salaries, and contributions for government social insurance) are made on a place-of-work basis, state personal income includes an adjustment for residence. The residence adjustment represents the net flow of compensation (less contributions for government social insurance) of interstate commuters.
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East Baton Rouge Parish Total Personal Income, 1970-2022
Current vs. Constant Dollars (Millions)
East Baton Rouge Parish Total Personal Income, 1970-2022
Current vs. Constant Dollars (Millions)
Figure 1.
Figure 1 depicts East Baton Rouge Parish's annual total 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 East Baton Rouge Parish over time.
When measured in current dollars, East Baton Rouge Parish's total personal income increased 2,428.58%, from $1,069M in 1970 to $27,024M in 2022. When measured in constant 2017 dollars to adjust for inflation, it advanced 330.70%, from $5,407M in 1970 to $23,288M in 2022.
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Real Total Personal Income, 1969-2022 (Millions)
Real Total Personal Income, 1969-2022 (Millions)
Figure 2.
Figure 2 tracks East Baton Rouge Parish's and Louisiana's annual real total personal income for the period 1969-2022 to illustrate real total personal income patterns over time. During this 54-year period, East Baton Rouge Parish's real total personal income rose from $5,213M in 1969 to $23,288M in 2022, for a net gain of $18,075M, or 346.74%. In comparison, Louisiana's real total personal income advanced from $57,014M in 1969 to $215,584M in 2022, for a net advance of $158,571M, or 278.13%.
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Real Total Personal Income Indices (1969=100): 1969-2022
Real Total Personal Income Indices (1969=100): 1969-2022
Figure 3.
Figure 3 portrays East Baton Rouge Parish's real total personal income growth in a broader context by offering direct comparisons across time with Louisiana, the United States. The growth indices shown here express each region's real total personal income in 1969 as a base figure of 100, and the real total personal incomes in later years as a percentage of the 1969 base figure. This method allows for more direct comparison of differences in real total personal income growth between regions that may differ vastly in size.
East Baton Rouge Parish's overall real total personal income growth was 346.74% over 1969-2022 outpaced Louisiana's increase of 278.13%, and fell below the United States' increase of 348.76%.
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Total Personal Income as a Percent of the Louisiana Total: 1969-2022
Total Personal Income as a Percent of the Louisiana Total: 1969-2022
Figure 4.
Another interesting and insightful way of highlighting the total personal income growth of East Baton Rouge Parish is to compare its individual percentage contributions to Louisiana's statewide total personal income over time, as shown in Figure 4. A rising share means a region's total personal income grew faster, or declined less, than Louisiana's total personal income, while a declining share shows it grew more slowly.
In 1969, East Baton Rouge Parish's total personal income comprised 9.14% of Louisiana's total personal income, while in 2022 it comprised 10.80% thereby yielding a +1.66% share-shift.
   
 
Total Personal Income Share-Shift
2022 vs. 1969
 
Share-
Shift*
 
2022
vs.
1969
+1.66%
=
10.80%
-
9.14%
 
   
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East Baton Rouge Parish Real Total Personal Income:
Annual Percent Change, 1970-2022
East Baton Rouge Parish Real Total Personal Income:
Annual Percent Change, 1970-2022
Figure 5.
Figure 5 highlights the short-run pattern of East Baton Rouge Parish's real total 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, East Baton Rouge Parish's real total personal income grew at an annual rate of 2.90% over 1970-2022. The parish posted its highest growth in 1976 (10.08%) and posted its lowest growth in 2022 (-6.83%). In 2022, East Baton Rouge Parish's real total personal income declined by -6.83%
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East Baton Rouge Parish Real Total Personal Income:
Annual Percent Change and Decade Averages Over 1970-2022
East Baton Rouge Parish Real Total Personal Income:
Annual Percent Change and Decade Averages Over 1970-2022
Figure 6.
Over the past five decades some parishes have experienced extreme swings in growth, and often such swings have tended to coincide with the decades themselves. Figure 6 again shows the annual percent change in East Baton Rouge Parish's real total personal income since 1970, but this time they are displayed with average growth rates for the decade of the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020-2022.
During the 1970s, East Baton Rouge Parish's annual real total personal income growth rate averaged 5.92%. It averaged 1.99% throughout the 1980s, 2.98% throughout the 1990s, 2.65% in the 2000s, 1.45% in the 2010s, 1.27% thus far this decade (2020-2022).
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Real Total Personal Income Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change by Decade
Real Total Personal Income Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change by Decade
Figure 7.
Figure 7 compares the decade average growth rates for East Baton Rouge Parish noted in the previous graph with the corresponding decade averages for Louisiana and the nation. As the chart reveals, East Baton Rouge Parish's average annual real total personal income growth led Louisiana's average in the 1970s (5.92% vs. 4.96%), registered above Louisiana's average during the 1980s (1.99% vs. 1.34%), outperformed Louisiana's average during the 1990s (2.98% vs. 2.94%), amounted to less than Louisiana's average throughout the 2000s (2.65% vs. 2.87%), topped Louisiana's average during the 2010s (1.45% vs. 1.32%), and topped Louisiana's average over the 3 year period of the current decade, 2020-2022 (1.27% vs. 0.74%).
Finally, relative to nationwide real total personal income growth trends, East Baton Rouge Parish outperformed the nation throughout the 1970s (5.92% vs. 3.50%), fell below the nation during the 1980s (1.99% vs. 3.16%), lagged the nation in the 1990s (2.98% vs. 3.27%), outperformed the nation throughout the 2000s (2.65% vs. 2.06%), recorded underneath the nation over the 2010s (1.45% vs. 2.72%), and recorded underneath the nation over 2020-2022 (1.27% vs. 2.10%).
   
 
Real* Total Personal Income Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change
 
 
 
2.90
5.92
1.99
2.98
2.65
1.45
1.27
-6.83
 
2.57
4.96
1.34
2.94
2.87
1.32
0.74
-6.87
 
2.89
3.50
3.16
3.27
2.06
2.72
2.10
-4.19
 
   
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East Baton Rouge Parish:
Total Personal Income, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
984,354
0.189
5,212,911
100.0
N
9.14
1970
 
1,068,758
0.198
5,407,053
103.7
3.72
9.16
1971
 
1,169,080
0.206
5,673,769
108.8
4.93
9.19
1972
 
1,291,163
0.213
6,059,522
116.2
6.80
9.28
1973
 
1,428,177
0.225
6,360,174
122.0
4.96
9.20
1974
 
1,671,022
0.248
6,739,894
129.3
5.97
9.47
1975
 
1,930,993
0.269
7,189,103
137.9
6.66
9.72
1976
 
2,242,275
0.283
7,914,005
151.8
10.08
10.00
1977
 
2,553,659
0.302
8,462,550
162.3
6.93
10.20
1978
 
2,891,276
0.323
8,957,975
171.8
5.85
10.10
1979
 
3,252,685
0.351
9,255,570
177.6
3.32
10.02
1980
 
3,877,521
0.389
9,960,751
191.1
7.62
10.37
1981
 
4,343,892
0.424
10,241,405
196.5
2.82
10.09
1982
 
4,643,983
0.448
10,372,748
199.0
1.28
10.02
1983
 
4,889,578
0.467
10,475,572
201.0
0.99
10.10
1984
 
5,214,437
0.484
10,764,956
206.5
2.76
10.13
1985
 
5,465,169
0.501
10,902,428
209.1
1.28
10.20
1986
 
5,455,146
0.512
10,650,630
204.3
-2.31
10.17
1987
 
5,517,233
0.528
10,448,909
200.4
-1.89
10.26
1988
 
5,895,204
0.549
10,744,927
206.1
2.83
10.37
1989
 
6,432,604
0.573
11,233,831
215.5
4.55
10.68
1990
 
6,950,353
0.598
11,627,525
223.1
3.50
10.72
1991
 
7,404,977
0.618
11,987,207
230.0
3.09
10.82
1992
 
8,035,266
0.634
12,669,924
243.0
5.70
10.98
1993
 
8,315,232
0.650
12,792,665
245.4
0.97
10.83
1994
 
8,875,954
0.664
13,376,264
256.6
4.56
10.85
1995
 
9,278,560
0.678
13,694,483
262.7
2.38
10.81
1996
 
9,645,177
0.692
13,937,513
267.4
1.77
10.76
1997
 
9,919,143
0.704
14,088,291
270.3
1.08
10.53
1998
 
10,532,201
0.710
14,840,984
284.7
5.34
10.65
1999
 
10,830,704
0.720
15,042,436
288.6
1.36
10.71
2000
 
11,374,210
0.738
15,407,616
295.6
2.43
10.64
2001
 
11,956,888
0.753
15,878,580
304.6
3.06
10.42
2002
 
12,273,254
0.763
16,087,421
308.6
1.32
10.38
2003
 
12,773,901
0.779
16,399,082
314.6
1.94
10.47
2004
 
13,706,991
0.798
17,170,871
329.4
4.71
10.76
2005
 
14,630,104
0.821
17,814,000
341.7
3.75
10.67
2006
 
15,718,418
0.844
18,614,896
357.1
4.50
10.86
2007
 
16,742,496
0.866
19,331,574
370.8
3.85
10.57
2008
 
17,661,293
0.892
19,806,317
379.9
2.46
10.39
2009
 
17,357,340
0.889
19,519,956
374.5
-1.45
10.50
2010
 
17,777,253
0.905
19,640,335
376.8
0.62
10.28
2011
 
18,830,696
0.928
20,290,824
389.2
3.31
10.56
2012
 
19,451,346
0.945
20,576,032
394.7
1.41
10.39
2013
 
19,717,266
0.958
20,585,780
394.9
0.05
10.39
2014
 
20,143,132
0.971
20,740,244
397.9
0.75
10.19
2015
 
20,336,951
0.973
20,901,501
401.0
0.78
10.25
2016
 
20,971,443
0.983
21,337,596
409.3
2.09
10.62
2017
 
21,491,133
1.000
21,491,133
412.3
0.72
10.56
2018
 
22,543,798
1.020
22,091,583
423.8
2.79
10.62
2019
 
23,326,545
1.035
22,534,894
432.3
2.01
10.64
2020
 
25,094,099
1.046
23,982,510
460.1
6.42
10.74
2021
 
27,243,892
1.090
24,994,167
479.5
4.22
10.80
2022
 
27,024,382
1.160
23,288,248
446.7
-6.83
10.80
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
November 2023
REAP_PI_CA1400_300_PSN
 
   
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Louisiana:
Total Personal Income, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
10,765,877
0.189
57,013,594
100.0
N
1.36
1970
 
11,663,035
0.198
59,005,540
103.5
3.49
1.36
1971
 
12,715,230
0.206
61,709,439
108.2
4.58
1.38
1972
 
13,912,080
0.213
65,290,407
114.5
5.80
1.37
1973
 
15,528,477
0.225
69,153,761
121.3
5.92
1.37
1974
 
17,651,808
0.248
71,196,741
124.9
2.95
1.42
1975
 
19,875,142
0.269
73,995,316
129.8
3.93
1.46
1976
 
22,415,528
0.283
79,114,559
138.8
6.92
1.50
1977
 
25,031,404
0.302
82,951,365
145.5
4.85
1.52
1978
 
28,630,805
0.323
88,706,175
155.6
6.94
1.54
1979
 
32,475,032
0.351
92,408,252
162.1
4.17
1.57
1980
 
37,374,092
0.389
96,008,251
168.4
3.90
1.62
1981
 
43,061,071
0.424
101,523,213
178.1
5.74
1.66
1982
 
46,351,425
0.448
103,530,019
181.6
1.98
1.67
1983
 
48,426,165
0.467
103,749,604
182.0
0.21
1.63
1984
 
51,456,385
0.484
106,229,247
186.3
2.39
1.57
1985
 
53,604,870
0.501
106,935,984
187.6
0.67
1.53
1986
 
53,664,957
0.512
104,775,488
183.8
-2.02
1.44
1987
 
53,761,175
0.528
101,816,551
178.6
-2.82
1.37
1988
 
56,826,716
0.549
103,575,533
181.7
1.73
1.33
1989
 
60,255,953
0.573
105,230,354
184.6
1.60
1.31
1990
 
64,855,002
0.598
108,498,540
190.3
3.11
1.32
1991
 
68,440,395
0.618
110,791,587
194.3
2.11
1.35
1992
 
73,201,408
0.634
115,423,223
202.4
4.18
1.35
1993
 
76,792,104
0.650
118,141,698
207.2
2.36
1.36
1994
 
81,800,589
0.664
123,275,347
216.2
4.35
1.38
1995
 
85,828,363
0.678
126,676,452
222.2
2.76
1.37
1996
 
89,603,979
0.692
129,479,906
227.1
2.21
1.35
1997
 
94,201,468
0.704
133,795,600
234.7
3.33
1.33
1998
 
98,863,548
0.710
139,309,183
244.3
4.12
1.30
1999
 
101,157,727
0.720
140,494,892
246.4
0.85
1.27
2000
 
106,907,698
0.738
144,818,209
254.0
3.08
1.24
2001
 
114,767,385
0.753
152,409,478
267.3
5.24
1.28
2002
 
118,194,270
0.763
154,925,574
271.7
1.65
1.29
2003
 
122,009,868
0.779
156,635,772
274.7
1.10
1.29
2004
 
127,386,860
0.798
159,578,664
279.9
1.88
1.27
2005
 
137,162,443
0.821
167,012,606
292.9
4.66
1.30
2006
 
144,684,366
0.844
171,345,767
300.5
2.59
1.28
2007
 
158,432,952
0.866
182,933,195
320.9
6.76
1.33
2008
 
170,008,643
0.892
190,656,771
334.4
4.22
1.37
2009
 
165,305,617
0.889
185,901,662
326.1
-2.49
1.37
2010
 
173,007,343
0.905
191,138,766
335.3
2.82
1.38
2011
 
178,350,916
0.928
192,180,203
337.1
0.54
1.34
2012
 
187,190,681
0.945
198,014,134
347.3
3.04
1.35
2013
 
189,741,336
0.958
198,099,139
347.5
0.04
1.35
2014
 
197,729,803
0.971
203,591,193
357.1
2.77
1.34
2015
 
198,425,901
0.973
203,934,163
357.7
0.17
1.28
2016
 
197,411,933
0.983
200,858,668
352.3
-1.51
1.24
2017
 
203,454,869
1.000
203,454,869
356.9
1.29
1.22
2018
 
212,320,756
1.020
208,061,732
364.9
2.26
1.21
2019
 
219,278,027
1.035
211,836,221
371.6
1.81
1.20
2020
 
233,715,013
1.046
223,362,176
391.8
5.44
1.19
2021
 
252,319,196
1.090
231,483,377
406.0
3.64
1.18
2022
 
250,170,566
1.160
215,584,366
378.1
-6.87
1.15
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
November 2023
REAP_PI_CA1400_300_PSN
 
   
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United States:
Total Personal Income, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
791,229,000
0.189
4,190,165,758
100.0
N
1970
 
855,525,000
0.198
4,328,265,709
103.3
3.30
1971
 
924,613,000
0.206
4,487,323,465
107.1
3.67
1972
 
1,016,408,000
0.213
4,770,076,966
113.8
6.30
1973
 
1,133,468,000
0.225
5,047,731,018
120.5
5.82
1974
 
1,244,912,000
0.248
5,021,223,733
119.8
-0.53
1975
 
1,362,505,000
0.269
5,072,617,275
121.1
1.02
1976
 
1,495,704,000
0.283
5,279,017,400
126.0
4.07
1977
 
1,651,632,000
0.302
5,473,329,799
130.6
3.68
1978
 
1,855,849,000
0.323
5,749,934,936
137.2
5.05
1979
 
2,073,296,000
0.351
5,899,598,782
140.8
2.60
1980
 
2,313,972,000
0.389
5,944,235,512
141.9
0.76
1981
 
2,590,995,000
0.424
6,108,676,176
145.8
2.77
1982
 
2,777,640,000
0.448
6,204,105,336
148.1
1.56
1983
 
2,969,333,000
0.467
6,361,584,112
151.8
2.54
1984
 
3,275,415,000
0.484
6,761,937,695
161.4
6.29
1985
 
3,508,482,000
0.501
6,999,046,441
167.0
3.51
1986
 
3,717,756,000
0.512
7,258,548,586
173.2
3.71
1987
 
3,931,800,000
0.528
7,446,308,852
177.7
2.59
1988
 
4,264,433,000
0.549
7,772,592,728
185.5
4.38
1989
 
4,605,107,000
0.573
8,042,309,775
191.9
3.47
1990
 
4,897,332,000
0.598
8,192,943,538
195.5
1.87
1991
 
5,072,291,000
0.618
8,211,045,100
196.0
0.22
1992
 
5,406,546,000
0.634
8,524,985,809
203.5
3.82
1993
 
5,643,648,000
0.650
8,682,535,385
207.2
1.85
1994
 
5,933,938,000
0.664
8,942,579,420
213.4
3.00
1995
 
6,278,125,000
0.678
9,266,058,093
221.1
3.62
1996
 
6,660,854,000
0.692
9,625,094,288
229.7
3.87
1997
 
7,068,422,000
0.704
10,039,373,926
239.6
4.30
1998
 
7,584,003,000
0.710
10,686,661,406
255.0
6.45
1999
 
7,978,449,000
0.720
11,081,025,264
264.5
3.69
2000
 
8,620,234,000
0.738
11,677,052,911
278.7
5.38
2001
 
8,990,104,000
0.753
11,938,732,039
284.9
2.24
2002
 
9,146,700,000
0.763
11,989,225,466
286.1
0.42
2003
 
9,474,684,000
0.779
12,163,560,736
290.3
1.45
2004
 
10,008,929,000
0.798
12,538,275,270
299.2
3.08
2005
 
10,540,800,000
0.821
12,834,755,927
306.3
2.36
2006
 
11,291,446,000
0.844
13,372,153,008
319.1
4.19
2007
 
11,925,044,000
0.866
13,769,145,681
328.6
2.97
2008
 
12,423,410,000
0.892
13,932,275,429
332.5
1.18
2009
 
12,058,253,000
0.889
13,560,635,845
323.6
-2.67
2010
 
12,547,501,000
0.905
13,862,497,514
330.8
2.23
2011
 
13,299,818,000
0.928
14,331,082,712
342.0
3.38
2012
 
13,905,749,000
0.945
14,709,785,897
351.1
2.64
2013
 
14,063,283,000
0.958
14,682,748,144
350.4
-0.18
2014
 
14,778,160,000
0.971
15,216,235,418
363.1
3.63
2015
 
15,467,113,000
0.973
15,896,476,839
379.4
4.47
2016
 
15,884,741,000
0.983
16,162,082,333
385.7
1.67
2017
 
16,658,962,000
1.000
16,658,962,000
397.6
3.07
2018
 
17,514,402,000
1.020
17,163,073,878
409.6
3.03
2019
 
18,343,601,000
1.035
17,721,060,157
422.9
3.25
2020
 
19,609,985,000
1.046
18,741,324,605
447.3
5.76
2021
 
21,392,812,000
1.090
19,626,252,970
468.4
4.72
2022
 
21,820,248,000
1.160
18,803,588,325
448.8
-4.19
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
November 2023
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