Kent County vs. Rhode Island
Comparative Trends Analysis:
Total Personal Income Growth and Change, 1969-2022
Introduction
Kent County vs. Rhode Island
Kent County:
2022 TPI = $11,487,036K
2022 Percent of State = 16.52%
Rhode Island:
2022 TPI = $69,514,211K
2022 Percent of U.S. = 0.32%
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 Kent County and Rhode Island 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.
Kent County Total Personal Income, 1970-2022
Current vs. Constant Dollars (Millions)
Kent County Total Personal Income, 1970-2022
Current vs. Constant Dollars (Millions)
Figure 1.
Figure 1 depicts Kent County'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 Kent County over time.
When measured in current dollars, Kent County's total personal income increased 1,783.28%, from $610M in 1970 to $11,487M in 2022. When measured in constant 2017 dollars to adjust for inflation, it advanced 220.78%, from $3,086M in 1970 to $9,899M in 2022.
Real Total Personal Income, 1969-2022 (Millions)
Real Total Personal Income, 1969-2022 (Millions)
Figure 2.
Figure 2 tracks Kent County's and Rhode Island'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, Kent County's real total personal income rose from $3,000M in 1969 to $9,899M in 2022, for a net gain of $6,899M, or 229.93%. In comparison, Rhode Island's real total personal income advanced from $19,816M in 1969 to $59,904M in 2022, for a net gain of $40,088M, or 202.30%.
Real Total Personal Income Indices (1969=100): 1969-2022
Real Total Personal Income Indices (1969=100): 1969-2022
Figure 3.
Figure 3 portrays Kent County's real total personal income growth in a broader context by offering direct comparisons across time with Rhode Island, 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.
Kent County's overall real total personal income growth was 229.93% over 1969-2022 outpaced Rhode Island's increase of 202.30%, and fell below the United States' increase of 348.76%.
Total Personal Income as a Percent of the Rhode Island Total: 1969-2022
Total Personal Income as a Percent of the Rhode Island Total: 1969-2022
Figure 4.
Another interesting and insightful way of highlighting the total personal income growth of Kent County is to compare its individual percentage contributions to Rhode Island'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 Rhode Island's total personal income, while a declining share shows it grew more slowly.
In 1969, Kent County's total personal income totaled 15.14% of Rhode Island's total personal income, while in 2022 it totaled 16.52% thereby yielding a +1.38% share-shift.
   
 
Total Personal Income Share-Shift
2022 vs. 1969
 
Share-
Shift*
 
2022
vs.
1969
+1.38%
=
16.52%
-
15.14%
 
   
Kent County Real Total Personal Income:
Annual Percent Change, 1970-2022
Kent County Real Total Personal Income:
Annual Percent Change, 1970-2022
Figure 5.
Figure 5 shows the short-run pattern of Kent County'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, Kent County's real total personal income grew at an annual rate of 2.30% over 1970-2022. The county recorded its highest growth in 1972 (6.70%) and posted its lowest growth in 2022 (-5.46%). In 2022, Kent County's real total personal income declined by -5.46%
Kent County Real Total Personal Income:
Annual Percent Change and Decade Averages Over 1970-2022
Kent County Real Total 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 Kent County'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, Kent County's annual real total personal income growth rate averaged 2.96%. It averaged 3.70% throughout the 1980s, 1.91% throughout the 1990s, 1.75% throughout the 2000s, 1.68% throughout the 2010s, 0.73% thus far this decade (2020-2022).
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 Kent County noted in the previous graph with the corresponding decade averages for Rhode Island and the nation. As the chart reveals, Kent County's average annual real total personal income growth led Rhode Island's average in the 1970s (2.96% vs. 1.88%), trailed Rhode Island's average during the 1980s (3.70% vs. 3.83%), led Rhode Island's average in the 1990s (1.91% vs. 1.75%), topped Rhode Island's average throughout the 2000s (1.75% vs. 1.61%), amounted to less than Rhode Island's average during the 2010s (1.68% vs. 1.95%), and posted below Rhode Island's average over the 3 year period of the current decade, 2020-2022 (0.73% vs. 1.08%).
Finally, relative to nationwide real total personal income growth trends, Kent County fell below the nation in the 1970s (2.96% vs. 3.50%), topped the nation throughout the 1980s (3.70% vs. 3.16%), posted below the nation in the 1990s (1.91% vs. 3.27%), fell below the nation throughout the 2000s (1.75% vs. 2.06%), recorded underneath the nation during the 2010s (1.68% vs. 2.72%), and lagged the nation over 2020-2022 (0.73% vs. 2.10%).
   
 
Real* Total Personal Income Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change
 
 
 
2.30
2.96
3.70
1.91
1.75
1.68
0.73
-5.46
 
2.14
1.88
3.83
1.75
1.61
1.95
1.08
-6.50
 
2.89
3.50
3.16
3.27
2.06
2.72
2.10
-4.19
 
   

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Kent County:
Total Personal Income, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
566,542
0.189
3,000,275
100.0
N
15.14
1970
 
609,950
0.198
3,085,854
102.9
2.85
14.90
1971
 
650,015
0.206
3,154,647
105.1
2.23
14.99
1972
 
717,213
0.213
3,365,933
112.2
6.70
15.19
1973
 
785,179
0.225
3,496,678
116.5
3.88
15.56
1974
 
844,190
0.248
3,404,953
113.5
-2.62
15.96
1975
 
936,525
0.269
3,486,690
116.2
2.40
16.31
1976
 
1,030,148
0.283
3,635,859
121.2
4.28
16.42
1977
 
1,132,012
0.302
3,751,365
125.0
3.18
16.49
1978
 
1,245,347
0.323
3,858,430
128.6
2.85
16.54
1979
 
1,407,586
0.351
4,005,310
133.5
3.81
16.83
1980
 
1,613,618
0.389
4,145,135
138.2
3.49
17.18
1981
 
1,786,203
0.424
4,211,253
140.4
1.60
17.08
1982
 
1,907,338
0.448
4,260,209
142.0
1.16
16.94
1983
 
2,056,494
0.467
4,405,892
146.8
3.42
16.88
1984
 
2,245,081
0.484
4,634,862
154.5
5.20
16.80
1985
 
2,385,816
0.501
4,759,448
158.6
2.69
16.57
1986
 
2,568,402
0.512
5,014,549
167.1
5.36
16.63
1987
 
2,764,770
0.528
5,236,108
174.5
4.42
16.77
1988
 
3,046,024
0.549
5,551,853
185.0
6.03
16.72
1989
 
3,293,233
0.573
5,751,267
191.7
3.59
16.61
1990
 
3,401,943
0.598
5,691,247
189.7
-1.04
16.65
1991
 
3,455,349
0.618
5,593,533
186.4
-1.72
16.73
1992
 
3,616,041
0.634
5,701,736
190.0
1.93
16.76
1993
 
3,783,597
0.650
5,820,918
194.0
2.09
16.83
1994
 
3,887,596
0.664
5,858,696
195.3
0.65
16.87
1995
 
4,093,990
0.678
6,042,433
201.4
3.14
16.86
1996
 
4,261,703
0.692
6,158,263
205.3
1.92
16.97
1997
 
4,489,504
0.704
6,376,502
212.5
3.54
16.91
1998
 
4,740,978
0.710
6,680,539
222.7
4.77
16.72
1999
 
4,992,971
0.720
6,934,586
231.1
3.80
16.88
2000
 
5,325,610
0.738
7,214,123
240.4
4.03
16.71
2001
 
5,656,532
0.753
7,511,795
250.4
4.13
16.83
2002
 
5,936,247
0.763
7,781,058
259.3
3.58
16.98
2003
 
6,268,073
0.779
8,046,927
268.2
3.42
17.08
2004
 
6,572,583
0.798
8,233,534
274.4
2.32
17.05
2005
 
6,677,046
0.821
8,130,147
271.0
-1.26
17.02
2006
 
6,970,749
0.844
8,255,269
275.2
1.54
16.93
2007
 
7,230,041
0.866
8,348,102
278.2
1.12
16.84
2008
 
7,428,117
0.892
8,330,287
277.7
-0.21
16.97
2009
 
7,322,930
0.889
8,235,321
274.5
-1.14
17.12
2010
 
7,483,720
0.905
8,268,025
275.6
0.40
16.64
2011
 
7,891,079
0.928
8,502,951
283.4
2.84
16.90
2012
 
8,146,945
0.945
8,618,005
287.2
1.35
16.91
2013
 
8,180,085
0.958
8,540,405
284.7
-0.90
16.98
2014
 
8,486,840
0.971
8,738,419
291.3
2.32
16.96
2015
 
8,803,745
0.973
9,048,135
301.6
3.54
17.00
2016
 
8,864,675
0.983
9,019,449
300.6
-0.32
16.88
2017
 
9,303,827
1.000
9,303,827
310.1
3.15
17.01
2018
 
9,555,770
1.020
9,364,087
312.1
0.65
16.79
2019
 
10,055,541
1.035
9,714,278
323.8
3.74
16.67
2020
 
10,642,709
1.046
10,171,271
339.0
4.70
16.43
2021
 
11,413,290
1.090
10,470,812
349.0
2.94
16.34
2022
 
11,487,036
1.160
9,898,948
329.9
-5.46
16.52
Source: Calculations by the Rhode Island Regional Economic Analysis Project (RI-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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Rhode Island:
Total Personal Income, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
3,741,845
0.189
19,815,946
100.0
N
0.47
1970
 
4,092,971
0.198
20,707,128
104.5
4.50
0.48
1971
 
4,336,596
0.206
21,046,329
106.2
1.64
0.47
1972
 
4,721,967
0.213
22,160,536
111.8
5.29
0.46
1973
 
5,044,554
0.225
22,465,170
113.4
1.37
0.45
1974
 
5,288,914
0.248
21,332,287
107.7
-5.04
0.42
1975
 
5,742,437
0.269
21,379,140
107.9
0.22
0.42
1976
 
6,272,443
0.283
22,138,295
111.7
3.55
0.42
1977
 
6,864,937
0.302
22,749,659
114.8
2.76
0.42
1978
 
7,531,162
0.323
23,333,629
117.8
2.57
0.41
1979
 
8,362,745
0.351
23,796,332
120.1
1.98
0.40
1980
 
9,393,441
0.389
24,130,294
121.8
1.40
0.41
1981
 
10,455,116
0.424
24,649,572
124.4
2.15
0.40
1982
 
11,258,544
0.448
25,146,957
126.9
2.02
0.41
1983
 
12,185,542
0.467
26,106,654
131.7
3.82
0.41
1984
 
13,361,043
0.484
27,583,235
139.2
5.66
0.41
1985
 
14,402,385
0.501
28,731,218
145.0
4.16
0.41
1986
 
15,441,352
0.512
30,147,703
152.1
4.93
0.42
1987
 
16,481,698
0.528
31,214,155
157.5
3.54
0.42
1988
 
18,222,995
0.549
33,214,244
167.6
6.41
0.43
1989
 
19,829,194
0.573
34,629,493
174.8
4.26
0.43
1990
 
20,430,364
0.598
34,178,777
172.5
-1.30
0.42
1991
 
20,648,278
0.618
33,425,516
168.7
-2.20
0.41
1992
 
21,572,585
0.634
34,015,429
171.7
1.76
0.40
1993
 
22,483,684
0.650
34,590,283
174.6
1.69
0.40
1994
 
23,050,675
0.664
34,737,891
175.3
0.43
0.39
1995
 
24,278,996
0.678
35,834,041
180.8
3.16
0.39
1996
 
25,113,199
0.692
36,289,177
183.1
1.27
0.38
1997
 
26,554,301
0.704
37,715,427
190.3
3.93
0.38
1998
 
28,349,718
0.710
39,947,748
201.6
5.92
0.37
1999
 
29,581,071
0.720
41,084,250
207.3
2.84
0.37
2000
 
31,875,284
0.738
43,178,570
217.9
5.10
0.37
2001
 
33,611,758
0.753
44,635,943
225.3
3.38
0.37
2002
 
34,965,677
0.763
45,831,981
231.3
2.68
0.38
2003
 
36,700,205
0.779
47,115,574
237.8
2.80
0.39
2004
 
38,541,514
0.798
48,281,301
243.6
2.47
0.39
2005
 
39,241,318
0.821
47,781,263
241.1
-1.04
0.37
2006
 
41,162,032
0.844
48,747,077
246.0
2.02
0.36
2007
 
42,935,212
0.866
49,574,760
250.2
1.70
0.36
2008
 
43,768,605
0.892
49,084,451
247.7
-0.99
0.35
2009
 
42,764,925
0.889
48,093,167
242.7
-2.02
0.35
2010
 
44,973,874
0.905
49,687,202
250.7
3.31
0.36
2011
 
46,685,369
0.928
50,305,341
253.9
1.24
0.35
2012
 
48,186,451
0.945
50,972,614
257.2
1.33
0.35
2013
 
48,187,015
0.958
50,309,576
253.9
-1.30
0.34
2014
 
50,045,148
0.971
51,528,658
260.0
2.42
0.34
2015
 
51,775,192
0.973
53,212,461
268.5
3.27
0.33
2016
 
52,514,454
0.983
53,431,336
269.6
0.41
0.33
2017
 
54,704,265
1.000
54,704,265
276.1
2.38
0.33
2018
 
56,918,930
1.020
55,777,171
281.5
1.96
0.32
2019
 
60,313,567
1.035
58,266,659
294.0
4.46
0.33
2020
 
64,756,554
1.046
61,888,043
312.3
6.22
0.33
2021
 
69,837,337
1.090
64,070,364
323.3
3.53
0.33
2022
 
69,514,211
1.160
59,903,838
302.3
-6.50
0.32
Source: Calculations by the Rhode Island Regional Economic Analysis Project (RI-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 Rhode Island Regional Economic Analysis Project (RI-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
REAP_PI_CA1400_300_PN
 
   
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