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• In ten years Jefferson County Local Regular Property Taxes (home taxes) went up 139.9%! An anual growth rate of 9.1%, (blue line).

• Jefferson County is one of 39 counties in Washington. It is not part of a Metropolitan Area. Its 1999 population of 26,748 ranked 27th in the State.
  Jefferson County Per Capita Personal Income (PCPI)
  Over the past 10 years PCPI went up an average of 4.2% each year. State wide PCPI rose 5.0%, 4.4% nation wide.
  The PCPI was $16,772 in 1989 ranking 10th in the State. By 1999, the PCPI was $25,223 ranking 9th in the State, 83% of the State average of $30,380, 88% of the national average of $28,546.
• Jefferson County Total Personal Income (TPI)
  Over the past 10 years the average annual growth rate of TPI was 7.6%. The average annual growth rate for the State was 7.0%, 5.4% nation wide.
  In 1989, the TPI was $323,241* ranking 27th in the State. By 1999, TPI was $674,657* ranking 25th in the State, 0.4% of the State total.
• COMPONENTS OF TOTAL PERSONAL INCOME (TPI)
  TPI includes the earnings (wages and salaries, other labor income, and proprietors's income); dividends, interest, and rent; and transfer payments received by the residents of Jefferson County.
  Earnings were 51.2% of TPI in 1989. By 1999, earnings were 46.9% of TPI. Dividends, interest, and rent were 34.3% (compared with 32.0% in 1989); and transfer payments were 18.8% (compared with 16.8% in 1989).
  From 1989 to 1999, earnings increased on average 6.7% each year; dividends, interest, and rent increased on average 8.4%; and transfer payments increased on average 8.9%.

• EARNINGS BY INDUSTRY
  Earnings of persons employed in Jefferson County increased from $133,681* in 1989 to $262,483* in 1999, an average annual growth rate of 7.0%. The largest industries in 1999 were services, 22.8% of earnings; state and local government, 22.1%; and retail trade, 12.3%.
  In 1989, the largest industries were state and local government, 22.0% of earnings; services, 17.7%; and retail trade, 13.8%. Of the industries that accounted for at least 5% of earnings in 1999, the slowest growing from 1989 to 1999 was nondurable goods manufacturing; the fastest was services which increased at an average annual rate of 9.7%.

* All income estimates with the exception of PCPI are in thousands of dollars.
County information furnished by Regional Economic Information System Bureau of Economic Analysis. (http://www.bea.gov/bea/regional/bearfacts/bf10/53/index.htm)
Chart furnished by Washington State Office of Program Research.
(http://www.leg.wa.gov/house/opr/)

ACTS
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Phone: 360-385-0786
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