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Per capita personal income in Mercer County

Per capita personal income in Mercer County was $49,680 in 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. That is up 5.1% from 2023. That is the 54th highest of 120 counties in 2024.

2024, USD49,680
Change on 2023+5.1%
Rank54th of 120Counties in Kentucky ranked
Series high49,6802024
Series low2,9021969

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Per capita personal income in Mercer County, 1969 to 2024

010K20K30K40K50K196919771985199320012009201720241969: 2,902 USD1970: 3,029 USD1971: 3,549 USD1972: 3,983 USD1973: 4,255 USD1974: 4,770 USD1975: 4,901 USD1976: 5,665 USD1977: 6,216 USD1978: 6,785 USD1979: 7,457 USD1980: 8,368 USD1981: 9,228 USD1982: 9,626 USD1983: 10,050 USD1984: 11,030 USD1985: 11,564 USD1986: 11,717 USD1987: 12,064 USD1988: 12,839 USD1989: 13,966 USD1990: 14,848 USD1991: 15,591 USD1992: 16,603 USD1993: 17,271 USD1994: 18,086 USD1995: 18,008 USD1996: 18,799 USD1997: 19,880 USD1998: 20,688 USD1999: 21,421 USD2000: 23,493 USD2001: 23,627 USD2002: 23,935 USD2003: 23,976 USD2004: 25,586 USD2005: 26,418 USD2006: 27,404 USD2007: 28,696 USD2008: 29,305 USD2009: 29,237 USD2010: 30,078 USD2011: 30,940 USD2012: 31,606 USD2013: 32,322 USD2014: 33,011 USD2015: 33,887 USD2016: 34,318 USD2017: 35,061 USD2018: 35,463 USD2019: 36,689 USD2020: 39,380 USD2021: 43,598 USD2022: 45,030 USD2023: 47,267 USD2024: 49,680 USD020K40K60K19691988200720241969: 2,902 USD1970: 3,029 USD1971: 3,549 USD1972: 3,983 USD1973: 4,255 USD1974: 4,770 USD1975: 4,901 USD1976: 5,665 USD1977: 6,216 USD1978: 6,785 USD1979: 7,457 USD1980: 8,368 USD1981: 9,228 USD1982: 9,626 USD1983: 10,050 USD1984: 11,030 USD1985: 11,564 USD1986: 11,717 USD1987: 12,064 USD1988: 12,839 USD1989: 13,966 USD1990: 14,848 USD1991: 15,591 USD1992: 16,603 USD1993: 17,271 USD1994: 18,086 USD1995: 18,008 USD1996: 18,799 USD1997: 19,880 USD1998: 20,688 USD1999: 21,421 USD2000: 23,493 USD2001: 23,627 USD2002: 23,935 USD2003: 23,976 USD2004: 25,586 USD2005: 26,418 USD2006: 27,404 USD2007: 28,696 USD2008: 29,305 USD2009: 29,237 USD2010: 30,078 USD2011: 30,940 USD2012: 31,606 USD2013: 32,322 USD2014: 33,011 USD2015: 33,887 USD2016: 34,318 USD2017: 35,061 USD2018: 35,463 USD2019: 36,689 USD2020: 39,380 USD2021: 43,598 USD2022: 45,030 USD2023: 47,267 USD2024: 49,680 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
202449,680
202347,267
202245,030
202143,598
202039,380
201936,689
201835,463
201735,061
201634,318
201533,887
201433,011
201332,322
201231,606
201130,940
201030,078
200929,237
200829,305
200728,696
200627,404
200526,418
200425,586
200323,976
200223,935
200123,627
200023,493
199921,421
199820,688
199719,880
199618,799
199518,008
199418,086
199317,271
199216,603
199115,591
199014,848
198913,966
198812,839
198712,064
198611,717
198511,564
198411,030
198310,050
19829,626
19819,228
19808,368
19797,457
19786,785
19776,216
19765,665
19754,901
19744,770
19734,255
19723,983
19713,549
19703,029
19692,902

Compared with Kentucky and United States

Place2024
Mercer County49,680
Kentucky58,270
United States73,634

Mercer County compared with nearby places

Adair County: 46,912 USDAllen County: 42,837 USDAnderson County: 50,855 USDBallard County: 56,514 USDBarren County: 46,597 USDBath County: 42,291 USDBell County: 45,728 USDBoone County: 64,196 USDBourbon County: 64,704 USDBoyd County: 52,228 USDBoyle County: 51,266 USDBracken County: 49,234 USDBreathitt County: 45,633 USDBreckinridge County: 44,420 USDBullitt County: 56,382 USDButler County: 46,975 USDCaldwell County: 47,832 USDCalloway County: 47,693 USDCampbell County: 69,948 USDCarlisle County: 63,307 USDCarroll County: 50,303 USDCarter County: 43,472 USDCasey County: 44,575 USDChristian County: 49,795 USDClark County: 53,557 USDClay County: 43,063 USDClinton County: 49,059 USDCrittenden County: 46,735 USDCumberland County: 58,561 USDDaviess County: 54,758 USDEdmonson County: 42,848 USDElliott County: 31,817 USDEstill County: 44,838 USDFayette County: 69,065 USDFleming County: 43,335 USDFloyd County: 47,956 USDFranklin County: 55,891 USDFulton County: 45,299 USDGallatin County: 47,218 USDGarrard County: 48,533 USDGrant County: 49,999 USDGraves County: 53,707 USDGrayson County: 46,616 USDGreen County: 46,405 USDGreenup County: 54,155 USDHancock County: 60,598 USDHardin County: 58,679 USDHarlan County: 43,594 USDHarrison County: 48,659 USDHart County: 46,784 USDHenderson County: 58,936 USDHenry County: 56,028 USDHickman County: 59,100 USDHopkins County: 52,111 USDJackson County: 41,040 USDJefferson County: 70,646 USDJessamine County: 64,325 USDJohnson County: 44,314 USDKenton County: 78,130 USDKnott County: 46,865 USDKnox County: 41,424 USDLarue County: 46,184 USDLaurel County: 44,825 USDLawrence County: 44,526 USDLee County: 38,144 USDLeslie County: 45,322 USDLetcher County: 44,848 USDLewis County: 42,705 USDLincoln County: 44,365 USDLivingston County: 52,369 USDLogan County: 47,923 USDLyon County: 47,096 USDMcCracken County: 70,969 USDMcCreary County: 37,875 USDMcLean County: 52,510 USDMadison County: 49,437 USDMagoffin County: 48,391 USDMarion County: 49,243 USDMarshall County: 56,075 USDMartin County: 38,274 USDMason County: 53,520 USDMeade County: 52,259 USDMenifee County: 44,164 USDMercer County: 49,680 USDMetcalfe County: 40,444 USDMonroe County: 48,281 USDMontgomery County: 47,981 USDMorgan County: 38,051 USDMuhlenberg County: 45,963 USDNelson County: 58,611 USDNicholas County: 44,191 USDOhio County: 42,868 USDOldham County: 87,137 USDOwen County: 43,235 USDOwsley County: 52,567 USDPendleton County: 50,282 USDPerry County: 49,317 USDPike County: 50,689 USDPowell County: 43,268 USDPulaski County: 51,943 USDRobertson County: 43,041 USDRockcastle County: 44,633 USDRowan County: 42,123 USDRussell County: 61,122 USDScott County: 58,861 USDShelby County: 64,459 USDSimpson County: 47,253 USDSpencer County: 61,267 USDTaylor County: 45,058 USDTodd County: 52,075 USDTrigg County: 49,748 USDTrimble County: 53,257 USDUnion County: 54,276 USDWarren County: 49,863 USDWashington County: 50,816 USDWayne County: 40,460 USDWebster County: 53,393 USDWhitley County: 47,869 USDWolfe County: 50,741 USDWoodford County: 69,234 USD
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Per capita personal income, 2024, USD. Mercer 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.

More on how it is measured
  • 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, Mercer 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, Mercer 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/mercer-county-kentucky. 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, Mercer 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/mercer-county-kentucky.

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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, Mercer 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/mercer-county-kentucky (Accessed: 11 October 2026).

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What is the per capita personal income in Mercer County?

Per capita personal income in Mercer County was $49,680 in 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. That is up 5.1% from 2023. That is the 54th highest of 120 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 Mercer County?

$49,680 in 2024, the highest value since 1969 in this series.

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