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Per capita personal income in Mecklenburg County

Per capita personal income in Mecklenburg County was $86,098 in 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. That is up 4.4% from 2023. That is the 3rd highest of 100 counties in 2024.

2024, USD86,098
Change on 2023+4.4%
Rank3rd of 100Counties in North Carolina ranked
Series high86,0982024
Series low4,0381969

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Per capita personal income in Mecklenburg County, 1969 to 2024

020K40K60K80K100K196919771985199320012009201720241969: 4,038 USD1970: 4,335 USD1971: 4,708 USD1972: 5,168 USD1973: 5,635 USD1974: 6,123 USD1975: 6,637 USD1976: 7,137 USD1977: 7,742 USD1978: 8,624 USD1979: 9,536 USD1980: 10,379 USD1981: 11,563 USD1982: 12,289 USD1983: 13,250 USD1984: 14,815 USD1985: 16,145 USD1986: 17,242 USD1987: 18,523 USD1988: 20,342 USD1989: 21,598 USD1990: 22,767 USD1991: 22,912 USD1992: 24,574 USD1993: 25,802 USD1994: 27,119 USD1995: 28,937 USD1996: 30,672 USD1997: 32,040 USD1998: 34,507 USD1999: 35,744 USD2000: 37,440 USD2001: 33,073 USD2002: 33,285 USD2003: 35,445 USD2004: 40,153 USD2005: 43,915 USD2006: 49,473 USD2007: 54,884 USD2008: 63,776 USD2009: 53,532 USD2010: 46,869 USD2011: 47,975 USD2012: 55,980 USD2013: 48,960 USD2014: 51,045 USD2015: 53,808 USD2016: 55,211 USD2017: 58,249 USD2018: 60,764 USD2019: 63,742 USD2020: 68,555 USD2021: 75,056 USD2022: 78,578 USD2023: 82,469 USD2024: 86,098 USD025K50K75K100K19691988200720241969: 4,038 USD1970: 4,335 USD1971: 4,708 USD1972: 5,168 USD1973: 5,635 USD1974: 6,123 USD1975: 6,637 USD1976: 7,137 USD1977: 7,742 USD1978: 8,624 USD1979: 9,536 USD1980: 10,379 USD1981: 11,563 USD1982: 12,289 USD1983: 13,250 USD1984: 14,815 USD1985: 16,145 USD1986: 17,242 USD1987: 18,523 USD1988: 20,342 USD1989: 21,598 USD1990: 22,767 USD1991: 22,912 USD1992: 24,574 USD1993: 25,802 USD1994: 27,119 USD1995: 28,937 USD1996: 30,672 USD1997: 32,040 USD1998: 34,507 USD1999: 35,744 USD2000: 37,440 USD2001: 33,073 USD2002: 33,285 USD2003: 35,445 USD2004: 40,153 USD2005: 43,915 USD2006: 49,473 USD2007: 54,884 USD2008: 63,776 USD2009: 53,532 USD2010: 46,869 USD2011: 47,975 USD2012: 55,980 USD2013: 48,960 USD2014: 51,045 USD2015: 53,808 USD2016: 55,211 USD2017: 58,249 USD2018: 60,764 USD2019: 63,742 USD2020: 68,555 USD2021: 75,056 USD2022: 78,578 USD2023: 82,469 USD2024: 86,098 USD
USD. Source: BEA, CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, per capita personal income, current dollars, individual counties and county equivalents. Retrieved 2026-10-11, published 2026-02-05.
All 56 values
PeriodUSD
202486,098
202382,469
202278,578
202175,056
202068,555
201963,742
201860,764
201758,249
201655,211
201553,808
201451,045
201348,960
201255,980
201147,975
201046,869
200953,532
200863,776
200754,884
200649,473
200543,915
200440,153
200335,445
200233,285
200133,073
200037,440
199935,744
199834,507
199732,040
199630,672
199528,937
199427,119
199325,802
199224,574
199122,912
199022,767
198921,598
198820,342
198718,523
198617,242
198516,145
198414,815
198313,250
198212,289
198111,563
198010,379
19799,536
19788,624
19777,742
19767,137
19756,637
19746,123
19735,635
19725,168
19714,708
19704,335
19694,038

Compared with North Carolina and United States

Place2024
Mecklenburg County86,098
North Carolina65,247
United States73,634

Mecklenburg County compared with nearby places

Alamance County: 54,218 USDAlexander County: 53,459 USDAlleghany County: 51,809 USDAnson County: 55,451 USDAshe County: 51,489 USDAvery County: 53,895 USDBeaufort County: 62,010 USDBertie County: 53,853 USDBladen County: 54,352 USDBrunswick County: 64,262 USDBuncombe County: 70,623 USDBurke County: 51,046 USDCabarrus County: 61,113 USDCaldwell County: 50,611 USDCamden County: 62,549 USDCarteret County: 74,177 USDCaswell County: 48,203 USDCatawba County: 60,366 USDChatham County: 91,638 USDCherokee County: 45,135 USDChowan County: 57,700 USDClay County: 50,528 USDCleveland County: 51,181 USDColumbus County: 48,989 USDCraven County: 61,929 USDCumberland County: 52,382 USDCurrituck County: 65,005 USDDare County: 83,613 USDDavidson County: 53,998 USDDavie County: 67,760 USDDuplin County: 58,319 USDDurham County: 69,077 USDEdgecombe County: 50,111 USDForsyth County: 63,989 USDFranklin County: 52,112 USDGaston County: 55,398 USDGates County: 55,934 USDGraham County: 47,641 USDGranville County: 54,829 USDGreene County: 42,879 USDGuilford County: 63,665 USDHalifax County: 50,594 USDHarnett County: 50,128 USDHaywood County: 58,464 USDHenderson County: 63,668 USDHertford County: 49,820 USDHoke County: 46,122 USDHyde County: 56,767 USDIredell County: 70,112 USDJackson County: 49,869 USDJohnston County: 55,335 USDJones County: 53,974 USDLee County: 57,393 USDLenoir County: 56,998 USDLincoln County: 64,836 USDMcDowell County: 50,502 USDMacon County: 55,969 USDMadison County: 50,927 USDMartin County: 46,890 USDMecklenburg County: 86,098 USDMitchell County: 50,776 USDMontgomery County: 50,197 USDMoore County: 72,920 USDNash County: 56,141 USDNew Hanover County: 69,666 USDNorthampton County: 52,819 USDOnslow County: 57,450 USDOrange County: 87,778 USDPamlico County: 59,634 USDPasquotank County: 53,928 USDPender County: 56,586 USDPerquimans County: 58,932 USDPerson County: 52,765 USDPitt County: 58,766 USDPolk County: 72,236 USDRandolph County: 51,934 USDRichmond County: 51,502 USDRobeson County: 46,550 USDRockingham County: 50,840 USDRowan County: 51,712 USDRutherford County: 47,500 USDSampson County: 50,934 USDScotland County: 47,747 USDStanly County: 54,224 USDStokes County: 52,304 USDSurry County: 54,267 USDSwain County: 59,665 USDTransylvania County: 64,641 USDTyrrell County: 46,999 USDUnion County: 76,528 USDVance County: 49,403 USDWake County: 85,573 USDWarren County: 40,932 USDWashington County: 50,780 USDWatauga County: 56,442 USDWayne County: 53,955 USDWilkes County: 52,892 USDWilson County: 54,929 USDYadkin County: 53,881 USDYancey County: 48,908 USD
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Per capita personal income, 2024, USD. Mecklenburg County is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

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Definition

Personal income of the residents of a place divided by its resident population at mid-year, in current US dollars. United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional accounts, tables SAINC1 for the nation and states and CAINC1 for counties.

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  • Personal income is income from work, own businesses, property and government benefits, before income taxes.

An average, not a median: high incomes pull it up. It includes employer contributions to pensions and health insurance and government benefits, so it is higher than wages or household cash income. For the typical household use median_household_income. Not the same as gdp_per_capita_usd.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, per capita personal income, current dollars, individual counties and county equivalents. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC1.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-11.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. (2026). CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, per capita personal income, current dollars, individual counties and county equivalents (Per capita personal income, Mecklenburg County, 1969 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 11, 2026, from https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC1.zip

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CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, per capita personal income, current dollars, individual counties and county equivalents, Per capita personal income, Mecklenburg County, 1969 to 2024. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 5 Feb. 2026, https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC1.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/per-capita-personal-income/mecklenburg-county-north-carolina. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. 2026. CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, per capita personal income, current dollars, individual counties and county equivalents. Per capita personal income, Mecklenburg County, 1969 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 11, 2026. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC1.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/per-capita-personal-income/mecklenburg-county-north-carolina.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (2026) CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, per capita personal income, current dollars, individual counties and county equivalents, Per capita personal income, Mecklenburg County, 1969 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC1.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/per-capita-personal-income/mecklenburg-county-north-carolina (Accessed: 11 October 2026).

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What is the per capita personal income in Mecklenburg County?

Per capita personal income in Mecklenburg County was $86,098 in 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. That is up 4.4% from 2023. That is the 3rd highest of 100 counties in 2024.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, per capita personal income, current dollars, individual counties and county equivalents. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-11.

What was the highest per capita personal income in Mecklenburg County?

$86,098 in 2024, the highest value since 1969 in this series.

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