Hartford County vs. Connecticut | Total Personal Income Trends over 1969-2022

Introduction

Hartford County:

2022 TPI = $63,219,541K

2022 Percent of State = 21.02%

Connecticut:

2022 TPI = $300,750,748K

2022 Percent of U.S. = 1.38%

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 Hartford County and Connecticut 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.

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

Figure 1.

Figure 1 depicts Hartford 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 Hartford County over time.

When measured in current dollars, Hartford County's total personal income increased 1,407.96%, from $4,192M in 1970 to $63,220M in 2022. When measured in constant 2017 dollars to adjust for inflation, it advanced 156.86%, from $21,210M in 1970 to $54,479M in 2022.

Real Total Personal Income, 1969-2022 (Millions)

Figure 2.

Figure 2 traces Hartford County's and Connecticut'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, Hartford County's real total personal income rose from $20,759M in 1969 to $54,479M in 2022, for a net gain of $33,720M, or 162.43%. In comparison, Connecticut's real total personal income advanced from $77,808M in 1969 to $259,172M in 2022, for a net advance of $181,364M, or 233.09%.

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

Figure 3.

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

Hartford County's overall real total personal income growth was 162.43% over 1969-2022 trailed Connecticut's increase of 233.09%, and fell below the United States' increase of 348.76%.

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

Figure 4.

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

In 1969, Hartford County's total personal income totaled 26.68% of Connecticut's total personal income, while in 2022 it equated to 21.02% thereby yielding a -5.66% share-shift.

Total Personal Income Share-Shift

2022 vs. 1969

	Share- Shift*		2022	vs.	1969
Hartford County	-5.66%	=	21.02%	-	26.68%

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

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

Figure 5.

Figure 5 shows the short-run pattern of Hartford 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, Hartford County's real total personal income grew at an annual rate of 1.86% over 1970-2022. The county recorded its highest growth in 1984 (6.72%) and posted its lowest growth in 2022 (-4.86%). In 2022, Hartford County's real total personal income declined by -4.86%

Hartford 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 illustrates the annual percent change in Hartford 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, Hartford County's annual real total personal income growth rate averaged 1.80%. It averaged 4.11% throughout the 1980s, 1.26% in the 1990s, 1.75% during the 2000s, 1.08% in the 2010s, -0.38% 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 Hartford County noted in the previous graph with the corresponding decade averages for Connecticut and the nation. As the chart reveals, Hartford County's average annual real total personal income growth lagged Connecticut's average throughout the 1970s (1.80% vs. 2.16%), lagged Connecticut's average throughout the 1980s (4.11% vs. 4.34%), fell below Connecticut's average throughout the 1990s (1.26% vs. 2.40%), amounted to less than Connecticut's average throughout the 2000s (1.75% vs. 2.58%), exceeded Connecticut's average during the 2010s (1.08% vs. 0.82%), and recorded under Connecticut's average over the 3 year period of the current decade, 2020-2022 (-0.38% vs. 0.12%).

Finally, relative to nationwide real total personal income growth trends, Hartford County trailed the nation in the 1970s (1.80% vs. 3.50%), registered above the nation during the 1980s (4.11% vs. 3.16%), lagged the nation in the 1990s (1.26% vs. 3.27%), fell under the nation during the 2000s (1.75% vs. 2.06%), lagged the nation over the 2010s (1.08% vs. 2.72%), and lagged the nation over 2020-2022 (-0.38% 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
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Hartford	1.86	1.80	4.11	1.26	1.75	1.08	-0.38	-4.86
Connecticut	2.33	2.16	4.34	2.40	2.58	0.82	0.12	-3.38
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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Hartford County:
Total Personal Income, 1969-2022


Year	Current Dollars (1000s)	Implicit Price Deflator2	Constant Dollars (1000s)	Index1	Percent Change	Percent of Statewide Total
1969	3,920,014	0.189	20,759,487	100.0	N	26.68
1970	4,192,380	0.198	21,210,058	102.2	2.17	26.75
1971	4,352,579	0.206	21,123,897	101.8	-0.41	26.36
1972	4,641,718	0.213	21,783,922	104.9	3.12	26.07
1973	5,071,268	0.225	22,584,137	108.8	3.67	26.15
1974	5,559,611	0.248	22,424,116	108.0	-0.71	26.28
1975	5,975,326	0.269	22,246,188	107.2	-0.79	26.29
1976	6,364,369	0.283	22,462,743	108.2	0.97	25.94
1977	6,953,560	0.302	23,043,346	111.0	2.58	25.72
1978	7,728,434	0.323	23,944,832	115.3	3.91	25.69
1979	8,709,166	0.351	24,782,079	119.4	3.50	25.75
1980	9,892,094	0.389	25,411,257	122.4	2.54	25.69
1981	10,965,643	0.424	25,853,219	124.5	1.74	25.40
1982	11,840,970	0.448	26,447,857	127.4	2.30	25.40
1983	12,663,609	0.467	27,130,879	130.7	2.58	25.35
1984	14,025,137	0.484	28,954,225	139.5	6.72	25.15
1985	15,035,746	0.501	29,994,706	144.5	3.59	25.09
1986	16,319,595	0.512	31,862,385	153.5	6.23	25.30
1987	17,721,787	0.528	33,562,719	161.7	5.34	25.28
1988	19,458,635	0.549	35,466,390	170.8	5.67	25.07
1989	21,194,965	0.573	37,014,661	178.3	4.37	25.18
1990	21,896,831	0.598	36,632,089	176.5	-1.03	25.20
1991	22,046,517	0.618	35,688,991	171.9	-2.57	25.08
1992	23,012,673	0.634	36,286,145	174.8	1.67	24.43
1993	23,555,683	0.650	36,239,512	174.6	-0.13	24.22
1994	24,017,690	0.664	36,195,205	174.4	-0.12	24.02
1995	24,678,957	0.678	36,424,354	175.5	0.63	23.40
1996	25,498,300	0.692	36,845,657	177.5	1.16	23.07
1997	26,932,184	0.704	38,252,140	184.3	3.82	22.96
1998	28,774,960	0.710	40,546,958	195.3	6.00	22.72
1999	30,111,475	0.720	41,820,912	201.5	3.14	22.52
2000	32,944,953	0.738	44,627,554	215.0	6.71	22.53
2001	33,467,085	0.753	44,443,820	214.1	-0.41	21.65
2002	33,622,516	0.763	44,071,406	212.3	-0.84	21.77
2003	34,348,030	0.779	44,095,861	212.4	0.06	21.96
2004	36,391,728	0.798	45,588,245	219.6	3.38	22.10
2005	38,064,951	0.821	46,348,888	223.3	1.67	21.96
2006	40,791,056	0.844	48,307,740	232.7	4.23	21.79
2007	43,004,460	0.866	49,654,716	239.2	2.79	21.35
2008	44,568,068	0.892	49,981,012	240.8	0.66	20.76
2009	44,100,984	0.889	49,595,691	238.9	-0.77	20.78
2010	45,158,984	0.905	49,891,712	240.3	0.60	20.55
2011	47,062,128	0.928	50,711,314	244.3	1.64	20.80
2012	48,208,151	0.945	50,995,569	245.6	0.56	21.04
2013	48,512,418	0.958	50,649,312	244.0	-0.68	21.67
2014	50,273,845	0.971	51,764,134	249.4	2.20	21.57
2015	51,987,331	0.973	53,430,488	257.4	3.22	21.74
2016	52,679,173	0.983	53,598,931	258.2	0.32	21.62
2017	53,701,749	1.000	53,701,749	258.7	0.19	21.53
2018	55,695,477	1.020	54,578,260	262.9	1.63	21.37
2019	57,142,234	1.035	55,202,954	265.9	1.14	21.36
2020	59,570,992	1.046	56,932,185	274.2	3.13	21.40
2021	62,417,323	1.090	57,263,074	275.8	0.58	21.35
2022	63,219,541	1.160	54,479,409	262.4	-4.86	21.02

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 Connecticut Regional Economic Analysis Project (CT-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis

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Connecticut:
Total Personal Income, 1969-2022


Year	Current Dollars (1000s)	Implicit Price Deflator2	Constant Dollars (1000s)	Index1	Percent Change	Percent of Nationwide Total
1969	14,692,532	0.189	77,808,251	100.0	N	1.86
1970	15,673,815	0.198	79,296,848	101.9	1.91	1.83
1971	16,514,402	0.206	80,147,547	103.0	1.07	1.79
1972	17,804,686	0.213	83,558,692	107.4	4.26	1.75
1973	19,393,356	0.225	86,365,424	111.0	3.36	1.71
1974	21,157,238	0.248	85,335,530	109.7	-1.19	1.70
1975	22,725,543	0.269	84,607,383	108.7	-0.85	1.67
1976	24,536,404	0.283	86,600,092	111.3	2.36	1.64
1977	27,032,652	0.302	89,583,285	115.1	3.44	1.64
1978	30,080,860	0.323	93,198,847	119.8	4.04	1.62
1979	33,816,493	0.351	96,225,402	123.7	3.25	1.63
1980	38,512,122	0.389	98,931,674	127.1	2.81	1.66
1981	43,179,237	0.424	101,801,808	130.8	2.90	1.67
1982	46,620,377	0.448	104,130,748	133.8	2.29	1.68
1983	49,957,302	0.467	107,029,955	137.6	2.78	1.68
1984	55,764,293	0.484	115,122,717	148.0	7.56	1.70
1985	59,933,866	0.501	119,561,654	153.7	3.86	1.71
1986	64,498,723	0.512	125,927,338	161.8	5.32	1.73
1987	70,109,828	0.528	132,778,736	170.6	5.44	1.78
1988	77,602,137	0.549	141,441,970	181.8	6.52	1.82
1989	84,161,946	0.573	146,979,525	188.9	3.92	1.83
1990	86,883,116	0.598	145,350,257	186.8	-1.11	1.77
1991	87,907,577	0.618	142,305,140	182.9	-2.10	1.73
1992	94,201,383	0.634	148,535,766	190.9	4.38	1.74
1993	97,257,684	0.650	149,627,206	192.3	0.73	1.72
1994	99,992,503	0.664	150,690,974	193.7	0.71	1.69
1995	105,483,757	0.678	155,686,390	200.1	3.32	1.68
1996	110,516,027	0.692	159,698,318	205.2	2.58	1.66
1997	117,285,384	0.704	166,581,993	214.1	4.31	1.66
1998	126,666,437	0.710	178,486,391	229.4	7.15	1.67
1999	133,690,124	0.720	185,678,149	238.6	4.03	1.68
2000	146,216,908	0.738	198,066,847	254.6	6.67	1.70
2001	154,585,901	0.753	205,287,909	263.8	3.65	1.72
2002	154,452,766	0.763	202,452,145	260.2	-1.38	1.69
2003	156,438,636	0.779	200,835,284	258.1	-0.80	1.65
2004	164,657,448	0.798	206,267,864	265.1	2.70	1.65
2005	173,328,780	0.821	211,049,691	271.2	2.32	1.64
2006	187,213,123	0.844	221,711,420	284.9	5.05	1.66
2007	201,450,389	0.866	232,602,895	298.9	4.91	1.69
2008	214,658,238	0.892	240,729,212	309.4	3.49	1.73
2009	212,233,766	0.889	238,676,765	306.7	-0.85	1.76
2010	219,801,274	0.905	242,836,770	312.1	1.74	1.75
2011	226,305,765	0.928	243,853,460	313.4	0.42	1.70
2012	229,133,085	0.945	242,381,667	311.5	-0.60	1.65
2013	223,834,328	0.958	233,693,872	300.3	-3.58	1.59
2014	233,084,021	0.971	239,993,432	308.4	2.70	1.58
2015	239,184,854	0.973	245,824,576	315.9	2.43	1.55
2016	243,698,710	0.983	247,953,594	318.7	0.87	1.53
2017	249,451,101	1.000	249,451,101	320.6	0.60	1.50
2018	260,582,194	1.020	255,355,076	328.2	2.37	1.49
2019	267,552,755	1.035	258,472,612	332.2	1.22	1.46
2020	278,373,604	1.046	266,042,533	341.9	2.93	1.42
2021	292,370,938	1.090	268,227,758	344.7	0.82	1.37
2022	300,750,748	1.160	259,171,814	333.1	-3.38	1.38

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 Connecticut Regional Economic Analysis Project (CT-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 Connecticut Regional Economic Analysis Project (CT-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis

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