Ninth Federal Reserve District County Analysis Summary
| MSA Counties |
Non-MSA Counties |
Top 25 Non-MSA Counties** |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Counties | 33 |
270 |
25 |
| Percent of Total Population Foreign-Born | 3.8 |
1.4 |
3.2 |
| Average Population, 2000 | 139,000 |
13,824 |
27,207 |
| Percent Change in Total Population, 1990-2000 | 18.1 |
1.6 |
5.6 |
| Percent Change Population Without Immigrants, 1990-2000 | 16.4 |
1.1 |
3.7 |
| Per Capita Personal Income, 2000 | 27,867 |
22,430 |
25,002 |
| Percent Change in Per Capita Personal Income, 1990-2000 | 57 |
53 |
56 |
| Manufacturing Employment as a Percent of Nonfarm Employment, 2000 | 12 |
9 |
21 |
| Percent of Total Population Below Poverty Level, 1989 | 10 |
17 |
13 |
| Percent of Total Population Below Poverty Level, 1999 | 8 |
14 |
9 |
| Percent of Foreign-Born Population Below Poverty Level, 1999 | 16.2 |
19.1 |
22.5 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Bureau of Economic Analysis
*Calculations use a simple average, that is, the sum of variables in each
county divided by the total number of counties.
Counties are not weighted by population or other variables.
** Counties with the highest percent of total population born in Asia,
Africa and Latin America.
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Research for these stories was contributed by Rob Grunewald, regional economic analyst, and public affairs research assistants Shefali Mehta and Colbey Sullivan.
