Rural Counties With Greatest Percentage Increases in Personal Income in 2006
05/11/2008
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The fifty rural counties with the greatest percentage increase in personal income from 2005 to 2006.

These are the 50 rural (non metro) counties with the largest percentage increases in personal income from 2005 to 2006:


Rank County State Income 2005 Income 2006 $ Change % Change
1 Washington LA $18,777 $23,365 $4,588 24.4%
2 Vermilion LA $18,936 $23,358 $4,422 23.4%
3 Willacy TX $18,636 $22,436 $3,800 20.4%
4 Allendale SC $18,877 $22,509 $3,632 19.2%
5 Jefferson Davis LA $19,697 $23,472 $3,775 19.2%
6 North Slope Borough AK $43,720 $51,957 $8,237 18.8%
7 Kenedy TX $28,279 $33,568 $5,289 18.7%
8 St. Mary LA $27,195 $32,202 $5,007 18.4%
9 Crane TX $23,759 $27,716 $3,957 16.7%
10 Uintah UT $23,975 $27,920 $3,945 16.5%
11 Duchesne UT $25,638 $29,707 $4,069 15.9%
12 Sutton TX $27,632 $31,947 $4,315 15.6%
13 Woodruff AR $17,663 $20,360 $2,697 15.3%
14 Beauregard LA $20,603 $23,727 $3,124 15.2%
15 Sublette WY $42,621 $49,077 $6,456 15.1%
16 Garfield WA $19,424 $22,326 $2,902 14.9%
17 Ward TX $23,637 $27,110 $3,473 14.7%
18 Chautauqua KS $26,626 $30,489 $3,863 14.5%
19 Williams ND $31,568 $36,109 $4,541 14.4%
20 Winkler TX $25,514 $29,161 $3,647 14.3%
21 Sterling TX $19,852 $22,625 $2,773 14.0%
22 Liberty MT $27,153 $30,910 $3,757 13.8%
23 Assumption LA $25,779 $29,329 $3,550 13.8%
24 Prairie AR $20,172 $22,937 $2,765 13.7%
25 Sweetwater WY $38,335 $43,463 $5,128 13.4%
26 Geary KS $33,627 $38,083 $4,456 13.3%
27 Lipscomb TX $27,320 $30,933 $3,613 13.2%
28 Lake and Peninsula Borough AK $26,644 $30,144 $3,500 13.1%
29 Crockett TX $17,674 $19,952 $2,278 12.9%
30 Duval TX $20,894 $23,581 $2,687 12.9%
31 Knox MO $21,834 $24,634 $2,800 12.8%
32 Vernon LA $28,943 $32,636 $3,693 12.8%
33 Lea NM $26,856 $30,261 $3,405 12.7%
34 Campbell WY $37,756 $42,538 $4,782 12.7%
35 Arkansas AR $26,166 $29,478 $3,312 12.7%
36 Aleutians West Census Area AK $28,501 $32,103 $3,602 12.6%
37 Cooke TX $30,436 $34,222 $3,786 12.4%
38 Greenwood KS $23,312 $26,202 $2,890 12.4%
39 Yakutat City and Borough AK $34,946 $39,274 $4,328 12.4%
40 Hudspeth TX $15,168 $17,007 $1,839 12.1%
41 Jack TX $22,633 $25,377 $2,744 12.1%
42 Kay OK $27,687 $31,023 $3,336 12.0%
43 Tangipahoa LA $22,179 $24,836 $2,657 12.0%
44 West Carroll LA $19,799 $22,159 $2,360 11.9%
45 Andrews TX $28,225 $31,549 $3,324 11.8%
46 Love OK $24,495 $27,374 $2,879 11.8%
47 Bristol Bay Borough AK $42,456 $47,419 $4,963 11.7%
48 Latimer OK $22,832 $25,501 $2,669 11.7%
49 Stephens TX $24,921 $27,834 $2,913 11.7%
50 Eureka NV $30,433 $33,977 $3,544 11.6%


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