Sacramento, 71 other markets surpass $25B income level

Monday, August 17, 2009, 9:05am PDT
Sacramento, 71 other markets surpass $25B income level
Sacramento Business Journal - by G. Scott Thomas

Seventy-two U.S. markets currently have more than $25 billion in total personal income, with Sacramento ranking 27th on the list and the San Francisco-Oakland area ranking No. 8.

Total personal income (TPI) is defined as the sum of all money received by all residents of a given area in a given year. It encompasses such diverse sources of income as salaries, interest payments, dividends, rental income and government checks.

The New York City area is first in the nation with TPI of $1.031 trillion, based on 2008 figures.

Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington and Houston round out the top five.

The following are the 72 markets with TPI of more than $25 billion:

* New York City, $1.031 trillion
* Los Angeles, $552.5 billion
* Chicago, $433.8 billion
* Washington, $302.8 billion
* Houston, $276.4 billion
* Philadelphia, $274.1 billion
* Dallas-Fort Worth, $267.1 billion
* San Francisco-Oakland, $263.9 billion
* Boston, $248.9 billion
* Miami-Fort Lauderdale, $236.7 billion
* Atlanta, $202.4 billion
* Detroit, $176.1 billion
* Seattle, $168.8 billion
* Minneapolis-St. Paul, $154.6 billion
* Phoenix, $148.5 billion
* San Diego, $136.5 billion
* Baltimore, $126.2 billion
* Riverside-San Bernardino, $119.4 billion
* Denver, $119.1 billion
* St. Louis, $116.4 billion
* San Jose, $107.0 billion
* Tampa-St. Petersburg, $100.9 billion
* Pittsburgh, $100.7 billion
* Portland, Ore., $87.1 billion
* Cincinnati, $83.5 billion
* Cleveland, $83.2 billion
* Sacramento, $82.3 billion
* Kansas City, $80.8 billion
* Bridgeport-Stamford, Conn., $73.6 billion
* Las Vegas, $73.3 billion
* Orlando, $71.4 billion
* San Antonio, $70.8 billion
* Columbus, $67.6 billion
* Indianapolis, $67.4 billion
* Milwaukee, $66.7 billion
* Charlotte, $66.3 billion
* Providence, $64.7 billion
* Virginia Beach-Norfolk, $63.2 billion
* Austin, $62.5 billion
* Nashville, $61.0 billion
* Hartford, $58.5 billion
* Jacksonville, $51.6 billion
* Richmond, $50.3 billion
* New Orleans, $50.1 billion
* Oklahoma City, $49.4 billion
* Memphis, $48.6 billion
* Louisville, $47.4 billion
* Birmingham, $45.1 billion
* Raleigh, $42.7 billion
* Buffalo, $40.9 billion
* Salt Lake City, $40.5 billion
* Tulsa, $39.7 billion
* Rochester, N.Y., $39.5 billion
* Honolulu, $39.4 billion
* New Haven, Conn., $38.3 billion
* Oxnard-Thousand Oaks, Calif., $36.4 billion
* Omaha, $35.8 billion
* Albany, $34.9 billion
* Worcester, Mass., $33.5 billion
* Bradenton-Sarasota, Fla., $33.4 billion
* Tucson, $33.0 billion
* Allentown-Bethlehem, Pa., $30.6 billion
* Dayton, $29.0 billion
* Albuquerque, $29.0 billion
* Baton Rouge, La., $27.6 billion
* Grand Rapids, $26.9 billion
* Akron, Ohio, $26.2 billion
* Poughkeepsie, N.Y., $26.1 billion
* Fresno, Calif., $26.0 billion
* Little Rock, Ark., $25.8 billion
* Springfield, Mass., $25.5 billion
* Columbia, S.C., $25.2 billion


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