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Income

  • The Baltimore-Washington area rank 6th in per capita income, well above the national average.
  • In 2007, the Washington-Baltimore CSA was 3rd in effective buying income with $224 billion and 4th in retail sales with combined sales of $144 billion.
  • The CSA generates over $340 billion in personal income. 


Per Capita Personal Income by Metropolitan Area

 

Area

Per capita personal income

Rank

Dollars

2007

2005

2006

2007

 

United States

34,757

36,714

38,632

 

Metropolitan portion of the United States

36,483

38,564

40,536

 

 

 

 

 

1

Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT

68,840

74,281

80,192

2

Naples-Marco Island, FL

54,166

57,446

61,788

3

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA

54,191

57,747

61,337

4

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

51,277

55,020

58,716

5

Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL

50,369

54,045

58,144

6

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

49,442

51,868

54,211

7

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH

47,491

50,542

53,763

8

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA

46,221

49,789

53,423

9

Boulder, CO

47,032

49,628

52,438

10

Trenton-Ewing, NJ

45,740

49,847

52,388

11

Midland, TX

42,615

48,644

52,294

12

Napa, CA

45,223

47,491

50,817

13

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

42,356

45,369

48,499

14

Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL

43,700

46,486

48,498

15

Barnstable Town, MA

42,618

45,445

48,468

16

Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA

42,017

45,194

47,923

17

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT

42,782

44,835

47,641

18

Casper, WY

39,865

44,152

47,354

19

Reno-Sparks, NV

42,219

44,337

46,734

20

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

42,457

44,237

46,458

21

Denver-Aurora, CO

42,476

44,691

46,439

22

Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX

40,734

43,174

46,235

23

New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA

19,926

40,211

46,188

24

Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA

40,968

43,510

46,120

25

Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA

40,821

43,318

45,766

26

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

40,948

43,364

45,460

27

Santa Fe, NM

39,522

42,363

45,230

28

Baltimore-Towson, MD

40,933

43,026

45,208

29

Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA

40,845

42,746

44,927

30

San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA

40,383

42,801

44,832

Data Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2007

 

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