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Per capita personal income in Nelson County

Per capita personal income in Nelson County was $58,611 in 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. That is up 3.9% from 2023. That is the 20th highest of 120 counties in 2024.

2024, USD58,611
Change on 2023+3.9%
Rank20th of 120Counties in Kentucky ranked
Series high58,6112024
Series low2,7131969

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Per capita personal income in Nelson County, 1969 to 2024

020K40K60K196919771985199320012009201720241969: 2,713 USD1970: 2,808 USD1971: 3,078 USD1972: 3,484 USD1973: 3,871 USD1974: 4,280 USD1975: 4,563 USD1976: 4,951 USD1977: 5,572 USD1978: 6,197 USD1979: 6,846 USD1980: 7,483 USD1981: 8,335 USD1982: 8,896 USD1983: 9,036 USD1984: 9,908 USD1985: 10,525 USD1986: 11,157 USD1987: 11,911 USD1988: 12,731 USD1989: 13,689 USD1990: 14,975 USD1991: 15,677 USD1992: 16,762 USD1993: 17,579 USD1994: 18,705 USD1995: 19,078 USD1996: 20,169 USD1997: 21,020 USD1998: 22,011 USD1999: 22,589 USD2000: 24,628 USD2001: 25,578 USD2002: 26,015 USD2003: 26,433 USD2004: 27,734 USD2005: 28,545 USD2006: 29,321 USD2007: 30,478 USD2008: 31,211 USD2009: 30,778 USD2010: 31,913 USD2011: 33,358 USD2012: 34,069 USD2013: 36,536 USD2014: 36,160 USD2015: 37,956 USD2016: 40,779 USD2017: 40,579 USD2018: 42,107 USD2019: 43,802 USD2020: 48,130 USD2021: 52,977 USD2022: 53,806 USD2023: 56,388 USD2024: 58,611 USD020K40K60K19691988200720241969: 2,713 USD1970: 2,808 USD1971: 3,078 USD1972: 3,484 USD1973: 3,871 USD1974: 4,280 USD1975: 4,563 USD1976: 4,951 USD1977: 5,572 USD1978: 6,197 USD1979: 6,846 USD1980: 7,483 USD1981: 8,335 USD1982: 8,896 USD1983: 9,036 USD1984: 9,908 USD1985: 10,525 USD1986: 11,157 USD1987: 11,911 USD1988: 12,731 USD1989: 13,689 USD1990: 14,975 USD1991: 15,677 USD1992: 16,762 USD1993: 17,579 USD1994: 18,705 USD1995: 19,078 USD1996: 20,169 USD1997: 21,020 USD1998: 22,011 USD1999: 22,589 USD2000: 24,628 USD2001: 25,578 USD2002: 26,015 USD2003: 26,433 USD2004: 27,734 USD2005: 28,545 USD2006: 29,321 USD2007: 30,478 USD2008: 31,211 USD2009: 30,778 USD2010: 31,913 USD2011: 33,358 USD2012: 34,069 USD2013: 36,536 USD2014: 36,160 USD2015: 37,956 USD2016: 40,779 USD2017: 40,579 USD2018: 42,107 USD2019: 43,802 USD2020: 48,130 USD2021: 52,977 USD2022: 53,806 USD2023: 56,388 USD2024: 58,611 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
202458,611
202356,388
202253,806
202152,977
202048,130
201943,802
201842,107
201740,579
201640,779
201537,956
201436,160
201336,536
201234,069
201133,358
201031,913
200930,778
200831,211
200730,478
200629,321
200528,545
200427,734
200326,433
200226,015
200125,578
200024,628
199922,589
199822,011
199721,020
199620,169
199519,078
199418,705
199317,579
199216,762
199115,677
199014,975
198913,689
198812,731
198711,911
198611,157
198510,525
19849,908
19839,036
19828,896
19818,335
19807,483
19796,846
19786,197
19775,572
19764,951
19754,563
19744,280
19733,871
19723,484
19713,078
19702,808
19692,713

Compared with Kentucky and United States

Place2024
Nelson County58,611
Kentucky58,270
United States73,634

Nelson 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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  • 59K and over
Per capita personal income, 2024, USD. Nelson 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, Nelson 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, Nelson 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/nelson-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, Nelson 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/nelson-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, Nelson 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/nelson-county-kentucky (Accessed: 11 October 2026).

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What is the per capita personal income in Nelson County?

Per capita personal income in Nelson County was $58,611 in 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. That is up 3.9% from 2023. That is the 20th highest of 120 counties in 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

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 Nelson County?

$58,611 in 2024, the highest value since 1969 in this series.

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