MASON COUNTY
LOCAL
REGULAR PROPERTY TAXES FROM 1991 to 2001
- In ten years Mason County Local Regular Property Taxes
(home taxes) went up 123.2%! An annual growth rate of 8.4%,
(blue line).
- Mason County is one of 39 counties in
Washington. It is not part of a Metropolitan Area. Its 2000 population of
49,549 ranked 20th in the State.
Per Capita Personal Income
(PCPI)
Over the past 10 years county PCPI went up an
average of 3.6% each year. State wide PCPI rose 4.5%, 4.2% nation wide.
The
PCPI was $14,855 in 1990 ranking 31th in the State.
By 2000, the PCPI was
$21,210 ranking 29th in the State, 68% of the State average of $31,230, 72% of
the national average of $29,469.
- Mason County Total Personal Income (TPI)
Over
the past 10 years the average annual growth rate of TPI was 6.2%. The average
annual growth rate for the State was 6.5%, 5.5% nation wide.
In 1990, the
TPI was $574,647* ranking 20th in the State.
By 2000, TPI was $1,050,952*
ranking 20th in the State, 0.6% 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 county residents.
Earnings in Mason County were 56.5% of TPI in
1990. By 2000, earnings were 53.5% of TPI. Dividends, interest, and rent were
23.6% (compared with 24.8% in 1990); and transfer payments were 22.9% (compared
with 18.8% in 1990).
From 1990 to 2000, earnings increased on average 5.6%
each year; dividends, interest, and rent increased on average 5.7%; and
transfer payments increased on average 8.4%.
- EARNINGS BY INDUSTRY
Earnings of
persons employed in Mason County increased from $263,118* in 1990 to $464,297*
in 2000, an average annual growth rate of 5.8%.
The largest industries in
2000 were state and local government, 26.7% of earnings; services, 18.7%; and
durable goods manufacturing, 15.9%.
In 1990, the largest industries were
state and local government, 24.6% of earnings; durable goods manufacturing,
23.1%; and services, 12.5%.
Of the industries that accounted for at least 5%
of earnings in 2000, the slowest growing from 1990 to 2000 was durable goods
manufacturing, which increased at an average annual rate of 2.0%; the fastest
was services which increased at an average annual rate of 10.2%.
* 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
Anonymous Citizens for Tax Sanity
409 Q St.
Port Townsend
WA 98368
Phone: 360-385-0786
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