Question of the Month

November/December 2002
October 2002

How do the states of the Southern Legislative Conference rank in the categories of annual state personal income and per capita personal income?

State 2001 Personal Income (thousands of dollars) 2001 Per Capita Income
Alabama 109,773,054 24,589
Arkansas 61,662,669 22,887
Florida 474,625,595 28,947
Georgia 240,895,710 28,733
Kentucky 101,326,275 24,923
Louisiana 109,560,182 24,535
Maryland 189,141,723 35,188
Mississippi 62,163,207 21,750
Missouri 158,905,914 28,226
North Carolina 225,233,835 27,514
Oklahoma 86,749,508 25,071
South Carolina 101,110,225 24,886
Tennessee 154,910,561 26,988
Texas 609,489,206 28,581
Virginia 233,106,915 32,431
West Virginia 41,230,293 22,881
SLC Total/Average 2,959,884,872 26,758
United States 8,678,255,000 30,472