Fairfield County led all eight Connecticut counties as the wealthiest in per-capita income in 2008, despite barely registering a gain in overall personal income that year, federal data shows.
Middlesex County is next highest in per-capita income, followed by Hartford and Litchfield counties, according to the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Fairfield County’s 2008 personal income of $70.75 billion was essentially unchanged from $70.54 billion in the 2007, the bureau said. The county’s 2008 per-capita income was $79,108, down from $79,576 the previous year. In 2006, Fairfield’s per-capita income was $76,511.
Middlesex County’s 2008 personal income grew 1.6 percent to $8.6 billion, yielding per capita income that year of $51,930. In 2007, per-capita income there was $51,379 and $47,551 in 2006.
Hartford County’s 2008 personal income rose 2.2 percent to $45.2 billion. Per-capital income rose that year to $51,616 from $50,626 the previous year, and from $47,773 in 2006, the bureau said.
Windham led all state counties in personal income growth, rising 3.5 percent to $4.2 billion. Yet, it remained the poorest with per-capita income of $36,174, up from $35,138 in 2007 and $33,160 in 2006.
The BEA’s full list of Connecticut counties and personal income data is available at http://www.bea.gov/regional/reis/scb.cfm
