Douglas County vs. Nebraska | Total Personal Income Trends over 1969-2022

Introduction

Douglas County:

2022 TPI = $43,298,830K

2022 Percent of State = 34.24%

Nebraska:

2022 TPI = $126,473,544K

2022 Percent of U.S. = 0.58%

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 Douglas County and Nebraska 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.

Douglas County Total Personal Income, 1970-2022
Current vs. Constant Dollars (Millions)

Figure 1.

Figure 1 depicts Douglas 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 Douglas County over time.

When measured in current dollars, Douglas County's total personal income increased 2,372.78%, from $1,751M in 1970 to $43,299M in 2022. When measured in constant 2017 dollars to adjust for inflation, it advanced 321.20%, from $8,859M in 1970 to $37,313M in 2022.

Real Total Personal Income, 1969-2022 (Millions)

Figure 2.

Figure 2 traces Douglas County's and Nebraska'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, Douglas County's real total personal income rose from $8,388M in 1969 to $37,313M in 2022, for a net gain of $28,924M, or 344.81%. In comparison, Nebraska's real total personal income increased from $28,487M in 1969 to $108,989M in 2022, for a net gain of $80,501M, or 282.58%.

Real Total Personal Income Indices (1969=100): 1969-2022

Figure 3.

Figure 3 shows Douglas County's real total personal income growth in a broader context by offering direct comparisons across time with Nebraska, 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.

Douglas County's overall real total personal income growth was 344.81% over 1969-2022 outpaced Nebraska's increase of 282.58%, and fell below the United States' increase of 348.76%.

Total Personal Income as a Percent of the Nebraska Total: 1969-2022

Figure 4.

Another interesting and insightful way of highlighting the total personal income growth of Douglas County is to compare its individual percentage contributions to Nebraska'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 Nebraska's total personal income, while a declining share shows it grew more slowly.

In 1969, Douglas County's total personal income comprised 29.45% of Nebraska's total personal income, while in 2022 it equated to 34.24% thereby yielding a +4.79% share-shift.

Total Personal Income Share-Shift

2022 vs. 1969

	Share- Shift*		2022	vs.	1969
Douglas County	+4.79%	=	34.24%	-	29.45%

*Percent figures may not add due to rounding by a factor of ± 0.01%.

Douglas County Real Total Personal Income:
Annual Percent Change, 1970-2022

Figure 5.

Figure 5 highlights the short-run pattern of Douglas 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, Douglas County's real total personal income grew at an annual rate of 2.89% over 1970-2022. The county posted its highest growth in 2014 (10.24%) and posted its lowest growth in 2013 (-7.99%). In 2022, Douglas County's real total personal income declined by -0.04%

Douglas 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 traces the annual percent change in Douglas County's real total personal income since 1970, but this time they are overlayed with average growth rates for the decade of the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020-2022.

During the 1970s, Douglas County's annual real total personal income growth rate averaged 3.11%. It averaged 2.45% throughout the 1980s, 4.21% in the 1990s, 2.04% during the 2000s, 2.82% during the 2010s, 2.40% thus far this decade (2020-2022).

Real Total Personal Income Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change by Decade

Figure 7.

Figure 7 compares the decade average growth rates for Douglas County noted in the previous graph with the corresponding decade averages for Nebraska and the nation. As the chart reveals, Douglas County's average annual real total personal income growth amounted to less than Nebraska's average in the 1970s (3.11% vs. 3.39%), outgained Nebraska's average during the 1980s (2.45% vs. 1.97%), led Nebraska's average throughout the 1990s (4.21% vs. 3.18%), trailed Nebraska's average in the 2000s (2.04% vs. 2.15%), outpaced Nebraska's average in the 2010s (2.82% vs. 2.35%), and recorded under Nebraska's average over the 3 year period of the current decade, 2020-2022 (2.40% vs. 2.68%).

Finally, relative to nationwide real total personal income growth trends, Douglas County fell below the nation during the 1970s (3.11% vs. 3.50%), fell below the nation over the 1980s (2.45% vs. 3.16%), registered above the nation in the 1990s (4.21% vs. 3.27%), trailed the nation throughout the 2000s (2.04% vs. 2.06%), exceeded the nation during the 2010s (2.82% vs. 2.72%), and surpassed the nation over 2020-2022 (2.40% vs. 2.10%).

Real* Total Personal Income Growth:

Average Annual Percent Change

	1970-2022	1970-1979	1980-1989	1990-1999	2000-2009	2010-2019	2020-2022	2022
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Douglas	2.89	3.11	2.45	4.21	2.04	2.82	2.40	-0.04
Nebraska	2.61	3.39	1.97	3.18	2.15	2.35	2.68	-3.48
United States	2.89	3.50	3.16	3.27	2.06	2.72	2.10	-4.19

*Real total personal income growth determined using the Implicit Price Deflator for
Personal Consumption (2017=1.00).

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Douglas County:
Total Personal Income, 1969-2022


Year	Current Dollars (1000s)	Implicit Price Deflator2	Constant Dollars (1000s)	Index1	Percent Change	Percent of Statewide Total
1969	1,583,983	0.189	8,388,408	100.0	N	29.45
1970	1,751,017	0.198	8,858,732	105.6	5.61	30.20
1971	1,882,885	0.206	9,138,000	108.9	3.15	29.56
1972	2,049,829	0.213	9,619,997	114.7	5.27	29.07
1973	2,259,885	0.225	10,064,061	120.0	4.62	27.47
1974	2,489,530	0.248	10,041,262	119.7	-0.23	29.07
1975	2,730,990	0.269	10,167,498	121.2	1.26	27.96
1976	2,986,836	0.283	10,541,898	125.7	3.68	29.23
1977	3,251,623	0.302	10,775,527	128.5	2.22	29.37
1978	3,599,805	0.323	11,153,194	133.0	3.50	28.10
1979	3,998,508	0.351	11,377,822	135.6	2.01	28.90
1980	4,425,304	0.389	11,367,920	135.5	-0.09	29.97
1981	4,887,200	0.424	11,522,339	137.4	1.36	28.51
1982	5,341,394	0.448	11,930,477	142.2	3.54	29.00
1983	5,633,157	0.467	12,068,637	143.9	1.16	29.56
1984	6,207,350	0.484	12,814,777	152.8	6.18	29.28
1985	6,599,980	0.501	13,166,254	157.0	2.74	29.54
1986	6,918,849	0.512	13,508,364	161.0	2.60	30.09
1987	7,265,529	0.528	13,759,950	164.0	1.86	30.30
1988	7,791,464	0.549	14,201,156	169.3	3.21	30.31
1989	8,291,037	0.573	14,479,379	172.6	1.96	30.40
1990	8,991,289	0.598	15,041,889	179.3	3.88	30.75
1991	9,380,286	0.618	15,184,845	181.0	0.95	30.91
1992	9,987,039	0.634	15,747,460	187.7	3.71	31.02
1993	10,391,754	0.650	15,987,314	190.6	1.52	31.25
1994	11,113,892	0.664	16,748,888	199.7	4.76	31.40
1995	12,129,061	0.678	17,901,616	213.4	6.88	32.45
1996	12,956,983	0.692	18,723,152	223.2	4.59	31.83
1997	13,651,855	0.704	19,389,912	231.2	3.56	32.54
1998	14,747,164	0.710	20,780,312	247.7	7.17	32.96
1999	15,715,970	0.720	21,827,433	260.2	5.04	33.56
2000	16,669,412	0.738	22,580,548	269.2	3.45	33.63
2001	17,305,081	0.753	22,980,905	274.0	1.77	33.34
2002	17,805,415	0.763	23,338,815	278.2	1.56	33.72
2003	18,437,908	0.779	23,670,511	282.2	1.42	32.86
2004	19,713,999	0.798	24,695,904	294.4	4.33	33.64
2005	20,247,275	0.821	24,653,616	293.9	-0.17	33.41
2006	21,931,500	0.844	25,972,880	309.6	5.35	34.64
2007	23,172,815	0.866	26,756,284	319.0	3.02	34.03
2008	24,187,963	0.892	27,125,673	323.4	1.38	33.42
2009	23,698,328	0.889	26,650,991	317.7	-1.75	33.16
2010	25,758,147	0.905	28,457,639	339.2	6.78	34.26
2011	28,615,030	0.928	30,833,833	367.6	8.35	34.03
2012	29,866,371	0.945	31,593,259	376.6	2.46	34.63
2013	27,843,105	0.958	29,069,549	346.5	-7.99	32.37
2014	31,124,886	0.971	32,047,535	382.0	10.24	34.17
2015	32,133,951	0.973	33,025,983	393.7	3.05	33.94
2016	31,785,881	0.983	32,340,850	385.5	-2.07	33.97
2017	33,406,122	1.000	33,406,122	398.2	3.29	34.86
2018	35,047,400	1.020	34,344,371	409.4	2.81	35.02
2019	35,987,888	1.035	34,766,539	414.5	1.23	34.44
2020	37,410,823	1.046	35,753,642	426.2	2.84	33.60
2021	40,686,190	1.090	37,326,437	445.0	4.40	33.06
2022	43,298,830	1.160	37,312,746	444.8	-0.04	34.24

1 1969 = 100

2 Implicit Price Deflator for Personal Consumption (2017=1.00).

*Real total personal income determined using the Implicit Price Deflator for
Personal Consumption (2017=1.00).

N Data not available for this year or not meaningful.

Source: Calculations by the Nebraska Regional Economic Analysis Project (NE-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis

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Nebraska:
Total Personal Income, 1969-2022


Year	Current Dollars (1000s)	Implicit Price Deflator2	Constant Dollars (1000s)	Index1	Percent Change	Percent of Nationwide Total
1969	5,379,281	0.189	28,487,428	100.0	N	0.68
1970	5,798,379	0.198	29,335,116	103.0	2.98	0.68
1971	6,368,793	0.206	30,908,969	108.5	5.37	0.69
1972	7,052,470	0.213	33,097,757	116.2	7.08	0.69
1973	8,225,746	0.225	36,632,135	128.6	10.68	0.73
1974	8,565,102	0.248	34,546,453	121.3	-5.69	0.69
1975	9,766,447	0.269	36,360,562	127.6	5.25	0.72
1976	10,217,431	0.283	36,061,945	126.6	-0.82	0.68
1977	11,073,092	0.302	36,695,029	128.8	1.76	0.67
1978	12,810,851	0.323	39,691,570	139.3	8.17	0.69
1979	13,834,996	0.351	39,367,715	138.2	-0.82	0.67
1980	14,766,423	0.389	37,932,653	133.2	-3.65	0.64
1981	17,139,112	0.424	40,408,139	141.8	6.53	0.66
1982	18,416,033	0.448	41,133,843	144.4	1.80	0.66
1983	19,059,909	0.467	40,834,495	143.3	-0.73	0.64
1984	21,198,999	0.484	43,764,320	153.6	7.17	0.65
1985	22,345,017	0.501	44,575,920	156.5	1.85	0.64
1986	22,995,304	0.512	44,896,042	157.6	0.72	0.62
1987	23,979,655	0.528	45,414,293	159.4	1.15	0.61
1988	25,708,448	0.549	46,857,647	164.5	3.18	0.60
1989	27,277,131	0.573	47,636,491	167.2	1.66	0.59
1990	29,237,911	0.598	48,913,276	171.7	2.68	0.60
1991	30,344,047	0.618	49,121,065	172.4	0.42	0.60
1992	32,191,221	0.634	50,758,784	178.2	3.33	0.60
1993	33,258,813	0.650	51,167,405	179.6	0.81	0.59
1994	35,389,620	0.664	53,332,962	187.2	4.23	0.60
1995	37,383,281	0.678	55,175,017	193.7	3.45	0.60
1996	40,706,786	0.692	58,822,285	206.5	6.61	0.61
1997	41,958,216	0.704	59,593,813	209.2	1.31	0.59
1998	44,746,986	0.710	63,053,230	221.3	5.80	0.59
1999	46,824,406	0.720	65,032,994	228.3	3.14	0.59
2000	49,570,265	0.738	67,148,364	235.7	3.25	0.58
2001	51,911,791	0.753	68,938,130	242.0	2.67	0.58
2002	52,804,271	0.763	69,214,286	243.0	0.40	0.58
2003	56,102,181	0.779	72,023,752	252.8	4.06	0.59
2004	58,597,206	0.798	73,405,246	257.7	1.92	0.59
2005	60,598,110	0.821	73,785,856	259.0	0.52	0.57
2006	63,317,163	0.844	74,984,797	263.2	1.62	0.56
2007	68,098,639	0.866	78,629,486	276.0	4.86	0.57
2008	72,377,339	0.892	81,167,813	284.9	3.23	0.58
2009	71,459,691	0.889	80,363,121	282.1	-0.99	0.59
2010	75,194,060	0.905	83,074,508	291.6	3.37	0.60
2011	84,096,145	0.928	90,616,940	318.1	9.08	0.63
2012	86,235,852	0.945	91,222,049	320.2	0.67	0.62
2013	86,022,151	0.958	89,811,289	315.3	-1.55	0.61
2014	91,084,468	0.971	93,784,524	329.2	4.42	0.62
2015	94,681,723	0.973	97,310,068	341.6	3.76	0.61
2016	93,559,697	0.983	95,193,213	334.2	-2.18	0.59
2017	95,823,701	1.000	95,823,701	336.4	0.66	0.58
2018	100,067,751	1.020	98,060,454	344.2	2.33	0.57
2019	104,489,901	1.035	100,943,747	354.3	2.94	0.57
2020	111,347,511	1.046	106,415,168	373.6	5.42	0.57
2021	123,080,460	1.090	112,916,817	396.4	6.11	0.58
2022	126,473,544	1.160	108,988,516	382.6	-3.48	0.58

1 1969 = 100

2 Implicit Price Deflator for Personal Consumption (2017=1.00).

*Real total personal income determined using the Implicit Price Deflator for
Personal Consumption (2017=1.00).

N Data not available for this year or not meaningful.

Source: Calculations by the Nebraska Regional Economic Analysis Project (NE-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis

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United States:
Total Personal Income, 1969-2022


Year	Current Dollars (1000s)	Implicit Price Deflator2	Constant Dollars (1000s)	Index1	Percent Change
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

1 1969 = 100

2 Implicit Price Deflator for Personal Consumption (2017=1.00).

*Real total personal income determined using the Implicit Price Deflator for
Personal Consumption (2017=1.00).

N Data not available for this year or not meaningful.

Source: Calculations by the Nebraska Regional Economic Analysis Project (NE-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis

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