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Benton County Tops State in Per Capita Income

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There’s a “new economic reality in the state of Arkansas,” according to Metroplan, the planning agency for central Arkansas.

Benton County, with per capita income in 2016 of $71,787, is far and away the county leader in Arkansas in that measure. Pulaski County, which was long No. 1 among Arkansas counties in per capita income, stood at second place in 2016, with per capita income of $45,862.

The figures were contained in Metroplan’s recently released “2017 Economic Review & Outlook,” reporting on economic trends in the region. The report examines the economy of the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The shift has been apparent for several years. “Benton County’s income in 2015 was nearly $72,000, not far from twice as high as the state average of $38,000 and substantially higher than Pulaski County (about $46,000),” the report said.

“While the Little Rock metro remains larger overall in both population and economic terms, this change is suggestive of things to come,” Metroplan said. “It is important to remember that the economies of the Northwest and Little Rock regions are structurally different, more complementary than competitive.”

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