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Per capita personal income in Wayne County

Per capita personal income in Wayne County was $53,955 in 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. That is up 7.2% from 2023. That is the 54th highest of 100 counties in 2024.

2024, USD53,955
Change on 2023+7.2%
Rank54th of 100Counties in North Carolina ranked
Series high53,9552024
Series low3,0201969

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Per capita personal income in Wayne County, 1969 to 2024

020K40K60K196919771985199320012009201720241969: 3,020 USD1970: 3,353 USD1971: 3,581 USD1972: 3,943 USD1973: 4,355 USD1974: 4,863 USD1975: 5,181 USD1976: 5,582 USD1977: 5,825 USD1978: 6,393 USD1979: 6,910 USD1980: 7,601 USD1981: 8,308 USD1982: 8,881 USD1983: 9,416 USD1984: 10,573 USD1985: 10,944 USD1986: 11,517 USD1987: 11,836 USD1988: 12,719 USD1989: 13,729 USD1990: 14,702 USD1991: 15,293 USD1992: 16,428 USD1993: 17,216 USD1994: 18,101 USD1995: 18,825 USD1996: 19,575 USD1997: 20,424 USD1998: 21,065 USD1999: 21,867 USD2000: 22,932 USD2001: 24,122 USD2002: 24,866 USD2003: 25,300 USD2004: 26,520 USD2005: 27,593 USD2006: 28,854 USD2007: 30,573 USD2008: 31,456 USD2009: 31,305 USD2010: 31,763 USD2011: 32,652 USD2012: 34,138 USD2013: 33,731 USD2014: 34,961 USD2015: 35,707 USD2016: 36,184 USD2017: 38,161 USD2018: 39,399 USD2019: 41,262 USD2020: 44,034 USD2021: 49,250 USD2022: 48,917 USD2023: 50,323 USD2024: 53,955 USD020K40K60K19691988200720241969: 3,020 USD1970: 3,353 USD1971: 3,581 USD1972: 3,943 USD1973: 4,355 USD1974: 4,863 USD1975: 5,181 USD1976: 5,582 USD1977: 5,825 USD1978: 6,393 USD1979: 6,910 USD1980: 7,601 USD1981: 8,308 USD1982: 8,881 USD1983: 9,416 USD1984: 10,573 USD1985: 10,944 USD1986: 11,517 USD1987: 11,836 USD1988: 12,719 USD1989: 13,729 USD1990: 14,702 USD1991: 15,293 USD1992: 16,428 USD1993: 17,216 USD1994: 18,101 USD1995: 18,825 USD1996: 19,575 USD1997: 20,424 USD1998: 21,065 USD1999: 21,867 USD2000: 22,932 USD2001: 24,122 USD2002: 24,866 USD2003: 25,300 USD2004: 26,520 USD2005: 27,593 USD2006: 28,854 USD2007: 30,573 USD2008: 31,456 USD2009: 31,305 USD2010: 31,763 USD2011: 32,652 USD2012: 34,138 USD2013: 33,731 USD2014: 34,961 USD2015: 35,707 USD2016: 36,184 USD2017: 38,161 USD2018: 39,399 USD2019: 41,262 USD2020: 44,034 USD2021: 49,250 USD2022: 48,917 USD2023: 50,323 USD2024: 53,955 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
202453,955
202350,323
202248,917
202149,250
202044,034
201941,262
201839,399
201738,161
201636,184
201535,707
201434,961
201333,731
201234,138
201132,652
201031,763
200931,305
200831,456
200730,573
200628,854
200527,593
200426,520
200325,300
200224,866
200124,122
200022,932
199921,867
199821,065
199720,424
199619,575
199518,825
199418,101
199317,216
199216,428
199115,293
199014,702
198913,729
198812,719
198711,836
198611,517
198510,944
198410,573
19839,416
19828,881
19818,308
19807,601
19796,910
19786,393
19775,825
19765,582
19755,181
19744,863
19734,355
19723,943
19713,581
19703,353
19693,020

Compared with North Carolina and United States

Place2024
Wayne County53,955
North Carolina65,247
United States73,634

Wayne 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. Wayne 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, Wayne 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, Wayne 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/wayne-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, Wayne 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/wayne-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, Wayne 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/wayne-county-north-carolina (Accessed: 11 October 2026).

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What is the per capita personal income in Wayne County?

Per capita personal income in Wayne County was $53,955 in 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. That is up 7.2% from 2023. That is the 54th 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 Wayne County?

$53,955 in 2024, the highest value since 1969 in this series.

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