Today In the Times

Bill

Frank Bruni holds forth on the nature half of the "nature v nurture" argument far better than I ever could.

David Stockman laments the disappearance of any semblance of fiscal responsibility among the ruling class as powerfully as you ever have

Eli

Why Healthcare in the US Costs So Much (Again)

Bill,

You might enjoy the excellent article by Steven Brill on what the true drivers of US healthcare costs are. It's the longest article Time has ever published, and it elucidates in painful exacting detail the through-the-looking glass quality of US healthcare pricing. Mostly it seems, pricing is simply made up. Competition among providers doesn't exist, and Brill argue it can't exist given the unequal power vested in providers (especially large hospitals) compared to payers.

The cheapest an most efficient payer in terms of overheard. Why it's Medicare of course.

Fee for service is ending. Will the collectivist impulse that replaces it in the short term (think large aggregations of doctors and hospitals receiving a set amount of money for each covered life) prove successful in altering the cost curve while still providing quality care, or will Obamacare prove to be the unmitigated disaster predicted by its opponents?  

Time will tell.

Eli

Letting Go

Bill

It's much easier said than done. To the degree that you can leave the awfulness of that day behind I salute you. Nothing remotely close has ever happened to me. None of us know for sure how we will react, and endure, when tested. From where I sit your ability to find some perspective is remarkable.

My father, who was a difficult and tormented man, nonetheless taught me a few things. Among them is the difficult-to-accept fact that our ability to alter events is quite limited, and to control them, impossible. His eldest son was born brilliant but damaged in a mysterious and relentlessly enervating way that an endless parade of shrinks, health gurus, rabbis and charlatans could not repair. He began running away from home at 16 and he never stopped. He never worked much, and he never married. Now 65 years old, he lives alone a one bedroom somewhere in Brooklyn, blaming everyone but himself for his troubles, pushing away everybody who might have cared for him.

His youngest son, your faithful correspondent, was just born lucky.

Children end up more or less who they're meant to be. At least I believe that is the case. Our job as parents is to shield them (for a while) from harm, to allow them to fall but pick them up when they stumble, to not get in the way, and to tell them the truth. From what I know, that's a pretty good description of exactly what you've done.

Eli

Zero Dark Thirty

I saw Zero Dark Thirty in the theatre recently.

I wasn't sure if I would be able to watch it at all because on 9/11 as I exited my office across the street from the Twin Towers I turned and watched people die as they jumped from the towers. Since then there have been things I can't and won't re-live.

One of my favorite podcasts is RadioLab and the latest edition relays the story of a woman who is raped and for years suffers deeply for the crime committed against her. (Of course, there is a twist to the story, but I won't spoil it for you).

One day a social worker tells her:

"At some point, victims reach the point where they understand that the anger and hatred they are feeling is really damaging themselves and their families and they need to let go of it."

I don't know when I let go of it, but I did. I don't know if it was a conscious decision, or if the anger just faded away bit by bit, day by day. And I wonder how much damage I did to myself and my family during those years of anger and hatred. God bless them, they stuck with me anyway.

Now my son is battling his demons, and at times he nurtures and feeds his anger and hatred, and in the process damages himself and his family. We all pray one day he will realize he needs to let go of it.

The Headline Alone Should Strike Fear into the Hearts of ObamaCare supporters.

"Can you get Obamacare? This insanely complicated chart will tell you."

And this is from a supporter of the horror.

Chevy Volt Costing Taxpayers Up to $250K Per Vehicle [Michigan Capitol Confidential]

Everyone plays by the same rules?

http://www.michigancapitolconfidential.com/16192

Chevy Volt Costing Taxpayers Up to $250K Per Vehicle

Analyst: 'This might be the most
government-supported car since the Trabant'

(Editor's note: This article has been updated with a reaction from a General Motor's official.)

Each Chevy Volt sold thus far may have as much as $250,000 in state and federal dollars in incentives behind it – a total of $3 billion altogether, according to an analysis by James Hohman, assistant director of fiscal policy at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.

Hohman looked at total state and federal assistance offered for the development and production of the Chevy Volt, General Motors' plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. His analysis included 18 government deals that included loans, rebates, grants and tax credits. The amount of government assistance does not include the fact that General Motors is currently 26 percent owned by the federal government.

The Volt subsidies flow through multiple companies involved in production. The analysis includes adding up the amount of government subsidies via tax credits and direct funding for not only General Motors, but other companies supplying parts for the vehicle. For example, the Department of Energy awarded a $105.9 million grant to the GM Brownstown plant that assembles the batteries. The company was also awarded approximately $106 million for its Hamtramck assembly plant in state credits to retain jobs. The company that supplies the Volt's batteries, Compact Power, was awarded up to $100 million in refundable battery credits (combination tax breaks and cash subsidies). These are among many of the subsidies and tax credits for the vehicle.

It's unlikely that all the companies involved in Volt production will ever receive all the $3 billion in incentives, Hohman said, because many of them are linked to meeting various employment and other milestones. But the analysis looks at the total value that has been offered to the Volt in different aspects of production – from the assembly line to the dealerships to the battery manufacturers. Some tax credits and subsidies are offered for periods up to 20 years, though most have a much shorter time frame.

GM has estimated they've sold 6,000 Volts so far. That would mean each of the 6,000 Volts sold would be subsidized between $50,000 and $250,000, depending on how many government subsidy milestones are realized.

If those manufacturers awarded incentives to produce batteries the Volt may use are included in the analysis, the potential government subsidy per Volt increases to $256,824. For example, A123 Systems has received extensive state and federal support, and bid to be a supplier to the Volt, but the deal instead went to Compact Power. The $256,824 figure includes adding up the subsidies to both companies.

The $3 billion total subsidy figure includes $690.4 million offered by the state of Michigan and $2.3 billion in federal money. That's enough to purchase 75,222 Volts with a sticker price of $39,828.

Additional state and local support provided to Volt suppliers was not included in the analysis, Hohman said, and could increase the level of government aid. For instance, the Volt is being assembled at the Poletown plant in Detroit/Hamtramck, which was built on land acquired by General Motors through eminent domain.

"It just goes to show  there are certain folks that will spend anything to get their vision of what people should do," said State Representative Tom McMillin, R-Rochester Hills. "It's a glaring example of the failure of central planning trying to force citizens to purchase something they may not want. … They should let the free market make those decisions."

"This might be the most government-supported car since the Trabant," said Hohman, referring to the car produced by the former Communist state of East Germany.

According to GM CEO Dan Akerson, the average Volt owner makes $170,000 per year.

~~~~~

(Updated Information)

Greg Martin, director of Policy and Washington Communications for GM, wrote in an email, "While much less than the hundreds of billions of dollars that Japanese and Korean auto and battery manufacturers have received over the years, the investments provided by several different Administrations and Congresses to jump-start the country's fledgling battery technology and domestic electric vehicle industries (not just specifically for the Volt as Ford's offering will also use LG Chem batteries and Fisker will use the A123 system for example) matches the same foresight and innovation  leadership that other countries are exhibiting and which America has historically taken pride in." 

Martin added that the Mackinac Center's math was "simple and selective." However, he offered no data or specifics to support his assertion.

"This is a matter of simple math," said Hohman. "I added the known state and federal incentives that have been offered and divided by the number of Volts sold. If GM has additional information to add to the public data on the use of taxpayer money, I look forward to seeing it."   

~~~~~

See also:

Michigan Senate Revives Corporate Welfare Scheme Governor Vowed to End

Troy Third Graders Get Chevy Volt Marketing Lesson

Experts Say State Battery-Plant Subsidy Is a "Risky Venture"

Analysis: Michigan Taxpayers to Write $100 Million Check to Korean Battery Maker

Michigan Taxpayers Writing Check to Second Electric Car Battery Maker for $100 Million

Cost to Revive Economy With Battery Plant Subsidies: $5 Trillion

Will Michigan Business Taxpayers Be Subsidizing Batteries for 'Free' Golf Carts?

President Sees Bright Green Future for Battery Jobs; Details Show Reality Still Very Cloudy

Projections vs. Reality

Cruz Gets Under Feinstein's skin

I love it when politicians lose their cool. Cruz isn't even trying very hard and provokes Feinstein to a major hissy fit.

Thanks to Hot Air for the link.

Per Capita Personal Income U.S. and All States

Look at North Dakota, 2011 v 2006.

Per capita income up almost 50%. Think of that. It's the equivalent of every person in your state getting a 50% pay raise.

In 2006 it ranked 38. in 2011 it ranked 7. 

And it's due to the environmentalists most recent boogie-man: hydraulic fracturing. 

Meanwhile in the liberal paradise of California, per capita income has increased 11% and the state's ranking has declined from 7 to 17. 

And in another liberal paradise, District of Columbia, per capita income has increased to 73,783, 27% higher than current #1 (state), Connecticut. 

Per Capita Personal Income by State

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Per Capita Personal Income by State, 1990 to 2011
	2011r			2010r			2009r			2008r			2007			2006
Area name	Dollars	Rank*		Dollars	Rank*		Dollars	Rank*		Dollars	Rank*		Dollars	Rank*		Dollars	Rank*
United States	$41,560	NA		$39,791	NA		$38,637	NA		$40,947	NA		$39,506	NA		$37,725	NA
Alabama	34,880	42		33,710	42		32,406	42		33,949	43		32,528	44		31,208	43
Alaska	45,665	10		43,749	9		42,713	8		44,816	7		41,316	14		38,951	14
Arizona	35,062	41		33,773	41		33,560	38		36,059	35		35,441	32		34,326	27
Arkansas	33,740	45		32,373	45		31,688	46		32,861	47		31,353	47		29,385	48
California	43,647	17		41,893	16		41,034	12		44,003	12		43,211	8		41,518	7
Colorado	44,053	13		42,107	12		41,154	11		44,180	10		42,724	10		41,181	9
Connecticut	57,902	1		55,427	1		52,900	1		56,959	1		55,859	1		52,324	1
Delaware	41,449	22		39,425	22		38,695	19		40,565	19		39,808	18		38,812	15
Dist. of Col.	73,783	NA		71,220	NA		68,093	NA		70686	NA		65,329	NA		60,957	NA
Florida	39,636	26		38,345	24		36,849	26		39,978	23		39,256	19		37,996	18
Georgia	35,979	39		34,531	37		33,887	36		35,857	36		35,369	33		34,061	28
Hawaii	42,925	18		40,952	17		40,242	16		41,520	16		39,946	16		37,507	19
Idaho	32,881	49		31,556	49		30,809	49		33,110	45		32,607	43		31,493	42
Illinois	43,721	16		42,025	13		40,865	14		43,502	13		41,950	12		39,900	11
Indiana	35,689	40		34,028	40		33,163	41		34,894	41		33,645	41		32,667	40
Iowa	41,156	23		37,882	27		36,977	24		38,314	27		35,843	29		33,719	32
Kansas	40,883	24		38,545	23		37,988	23		40,466	20		37,663	23		35,678	22
Kentucky	33,989	44		32,504	44		31,754	45		32,516	48		31,175	48		30,034	47
Louisiana	38,549	28		37,116	28		36,062	28		37,861	29		35,794	30		33,287	36
Maine	38,299	29		36,629	29		35,981	29		36,429	33		34,930	35		33,474	33
Maryland	50,656	5		48,621	5		47,419	4		48,864	6		46,839	5		44,858	4
Massachusetts	53,471	2		51,143	2		49,578	2		51,902	3		50,150	3		47,559	2
Michigan	36,264	36		34,326	39		33,221	40		35,288	39		34,419	37		33,365	35
Minnesota	44,560	11		42,528	10		40,950	13		43,466	14		41,642	13		39,867	12
Mississippi	32,000	50		30,841	50		30,013	50		30,945	50		29,568	49		27,917	50
Missouri	37,969	30		36,406	30		35,837	31		37,738	30		35,521	31		34,013	29
Montana	36,016	38		34,405	38		33,364	39		35,323	38		33,651	40		31,959	41
Nebraska	42,450	19		39,445	21		38,438	21		40,396	21		37,887	21		35,432	24
Nevada	36,964	34		35,777	33		35,919	30		39,879	24		39,872	17		38,786	16
New Hampshire	45,881	9		43,968	8		42,418	9		44,199	9		42,984	9		41,092	10
New Jersey	52,430	3		50,428	3		49,221	3		52,141	2		50,256	2		47,500	3
New Mexico	34,133	43		32,940	43		32,200	43		33,490	44		31,675	46		30,209	46
New York	51,126	4		49,119	4		46,739	5		49,408	4		47,852	4		44,567	5
North Carolina	36,028	37		34,604	36		34,001	35		35,741	37		34,761	36		33,373	34
North Dakota	47,236	7		42,462	11		39,372	17		40,877	17		36,208	27		32,914	38
Ohio	37,836	31		35,931	31		35,001	33		36,401	34		35,183	34		34,008	30
Oklahoma	37,679	32		35,535	34		34,082	34		37,694	31		34,329	38		33,040	37
Oregon	37,527	33		35,906	32		35,159	32		37,407	32		35,950	28		34,706	26
Pennsylvania	42,291	20		40,444	18		39,210	18		40,674	18		38,927	20		36,984	20
Rhode Island	43,875	15		42,001	15		40,460	15		41,822	15		40,349	15		38,251	17
South Carolina	33,388	48		32,193	46		31,448	47		32,971	46		31,990	45		30,794	45
South Dakota	44,217	12		39,558	20		38,147	22		40,313	22		36,993	25		33,948	31
Tennessee	36,567	35		35,103	35		33,711	37		35,112	40		34,221	39		32,885	39
Texas	40,147	25		38,222	25		36,595	27		39,615	25		37,098	24		35,287	25
Utah	33,509	46		32,121	47		31,778	44		34,025	42		32,761	42		31,035	44
Vermont	41,572	21		39,736	19		38,530	20		39,433	26		37,820	22		35,867	21
Virginia	46,107	8		44,134	7		42,929	6		44,691	8		43,261	7		41,218	8
Washington	43,878	14		42,024	14		41,504	10		44,106	11		42,192	11		39,570	13
West Virginia	33,403	47		31,806	48		30,968	48		31,286	49		29,497	50		28,372	49
Wisconsin	39,575	27		38,010	26		36,859	25		38,172	28		36,831	26		35,598	23
Wyoming	47,898	6		45,353	6		42,828	7		49,104	5		45,281	6		43,836	6
	2005			2004			2003			2002			2001			2000
Area name	Dollars	Rank*		Dollars	Rank*		Dollars	Rank*		Dollars	Rank*		Dollars	Rank*		Dollars	Rank*
United States	$35,452	NA		$33,909	NA		$32,295	NA		$31,481	NA		$31,157	NA		$30,319	NA
Alabama	29,681	41		28,256	42		26,660	42		25,762	44		25,072	46		24,067	44
Alaska	36,911	14		34,993	16		33,657	14		33,174	12		32,251	14		30,508	15
Arizona	32,223	32		30,080	37		28,239	38		27,459	37		27,091	37		26,293	37
Arkansas	27,858	48		26,810	48		25,407	48		24,260	49		23,864	48		22,574	48
California	38,731	9		36,887	8		34,975	10		34,049	9		33,896	8		33,404	8
Colorado	38,795	8		36,849	10		35,312	7		35,131	7		35,355	6		33,986	7
Connecticut	48,134	1		46,174	1		43,576	1		43,243	1		43,561	1		41,920	1
Delaware	36,771	15		35,534	14		33,760	13		33,130	13		32,350	13		31,009	13
Dist. of Col.	56,362	NA		52,362	NA		48,451	NA		46,347	NA		45,421	NA		40,462	NA
Florida	35,489	18		33,463	19		31,241	22		30,462	20		29,804	22		29,079	21
Georgia	32,775	27		31,126	32		30,056	30		29,526	28		29,346	25		28,541	26
Hawaii	35,067	19		33,202	20		31,197	23		30,232	22		29,313	26		29,024	22
Idaho	29,544	43		28,412	41		26,452	43		26,042	41		25,665	40		24,685	41
Illinois	37,437	13		36,164	11		34,717	11		33,793	10		33,232	11		32,645	9
Indiana	31,141	38		30,528	34		29,484	33		28,476	33		28,028	33		27,459	32
Iowa	32,204	33		31,594	28		29,398	35		28,823	32		27,908	34		27,285	33
Kansas	33,102	26		31,882	25		30,812	25		29,742	27		29,662	23		28,468	28
Kentucky	28,486	47		27,492	45		26,347	45		25,856	42		25,363	43		24,785	40
Louisiana	29,567	42		27,669	44		26,429	44		25,763	43		25,275	45		23,554	45
Maine	31,834	35		31,335	31		29,851	31		28,846	31		28,181	32		26,699	34
Maryland	42,405	4		40,499	4		38,153	4		37,092	4		36,203	4		34,678	4
Massachusetts	44,097	2		42,276	3		40,264	3		39,597	3		39,547	3		38,222	3
Michigan	32,409	30		31,768	26		31,300	21		30,262	21		30,024	20		29,400	18
Minnesota	37,892	11		37,017	7		35,252	8		34,071	8		33,348	9		32,599	10
Mississippi	26,755	49		25,122	50		23,970	50		23,131	50		22,815	50		21,555	50
Missouri	32,253	31		31,412	30		30,218	29		29,286	29		28,637	30		27,885	31
Montana	29,975	40		28,489	40		26,915	39		25,635	46		25,284	44		23,457	46
Nebraska	34,098	21		33,100	21		32,009	19		30,231	23		29,849	21		28,590	25
Nevada	37,760	12		35,019	15		32,496	17		31,205	18		31,125	17		30,977	14
New Hampshire	38,528	10		37,718	6		35,808	6		35,231	6		34,805	7		34,102	6
New Jersey	43,880	3		42,302	2		40,423	2		39,936	2		39,635	2		38,667	2
New Mexico	28,641	46		27,092	47		25,639	47		24,977	47		24,751	47		22,746	47
New York	41,108	5		38,660	5		36,264	5		35,448	5		35,476	5		34,623	5
North Carolina	31,905	34		30,480	35		28,934	37		28,428	34		28,359	31		27,906	30
North Dakota	31,795	36		29,925	38		29,468	34		27,161	38		26,574	38		25,592	38
Ohio	32,445	29		31,580	29		30,672	26		29,849	25		29,275	27		28,695	24
Oklahoma	30,333	39		28,702	39		26,862	40		26,185	39		26,200	39		24,602	42
Oregon	32,557	28		31,650	27		30,582	27		29,797	26		29,250	28		28,728	23
Pennsylvania	34,719	20		33,664	18		32,288	18		31,438	17		30,683	18		30,113	16
Rhode Island	36,117	17		34,976	17		33,477	16		32,160	15		31,197	16		29,498	17
South Carolina	29,131	44		27,844	43		26,663	41		26,049	40		25,637	41		25,076	39
South Dakota	33,306	24		32,294	24		30,526	28		28,103	36		27,865	35		26,421	36
Tennessee	31,327	37		30,285	36		29,041	36		28,162	35		27,551	36		26,689	35
Texas	33,220	25		31,115	33		29,622	32		28,966	30		29,185	29		28,506	27
Utah	29,104	45		27,254	46		26,051	46		25,754	45		25,618	42		24,515	43
Vermont	33,317	23		32,640	23		30,960	24		29,994	24		29,477	24		28,196	29
Virginia	38,898	6		36,869	9		35,033	9		33,737	11		33,246	10		31,634	12
Washington	36,766	16		35,998	12		33,909	12		33,126	14		32,966	12		32,410	11
West Virginia	26,443	50		25,599	49		24,773	49		24,302	48		23,573	49		22,173	49
Wisconsin	33,635	22		32,699	22		31,619	20		30,799	19		30,105	19		29,141	20
Wyoming	38,839	7		35,825	13		33,634	15		31,890	16		31,216	15		29,261	19
	1999			1998			1997			1996			1995
Area name	Dollars	Rank*		Dollars	Rank*		Dollars	Rank*		Dollars	Rank*		Dollars	Rank*
United States	$28,333	NA		$27,258	NA		$25,654	NA		$24,442	NA		$23,262	NA
Alabama	22,961	42		22,217	42		21,118	39		20,245	41		19,551	39
Alaska	28,538	15		27,943	15		27,197	9		26,179	9		25,778	6
Arizona	24,583	37		23,722	37		22,231	36		21,159	38		20,164	36
Arkansas	21,556	47		20,798	48		19,846	48		19,170	48		18,260	48
California	30,679	8		29,195	9		27,063	12		25,788	13		24,498	12
Colorado	30,919	7		29,174	10		27,402	8		25,964	10		24,575	11
Connecticut	38,718	1		37,226	1		34,877	1		32,835	1		31,366	1
Delaware	29,072	14		28,397	13		26,574	15		25,808	12		24,409	13
Dist. of Col.	37,093	NA		36,503	NA		34,807	NA		32,981	NA		31,291	NA
Florida	27,329	21		26,453	21		24,919	20		24,050	20		23,014	20
Georgia	26,772	27		25,680	26		24,287	26		23,340	25		22,023	24
Hawaii	27,467	20		26,546	20		25,892	16		25,253	16		25,160	8
Idaho	23,269	40		22,234	41		20,961	43		20,525	39		19,665	37
Illinois	30,619	9		29,746	6		28,130	6		26,806	6		25,382	7
Indiana	25,899	32		25,169	31		23,607	32		22,655	30		21,644	28
Iowa	25,539	33		24,898	33		23,747	31		22,787	28		21,006	34
Kansas	26,826	26		26,032	23		24,504	24		23,255	26		21,870	26
Kentucky	23,032	41		22,244	40		21,021	41		19,982	43		18,978	43
Louisiana	22,458	45		22,119	44		21,088	40		20,155	42		19,367	41
Maine	25,151	35		24,171	35		22,566	35		21,507	36		20,372	35
Maryland	32,216	5		30,742	5		29,000	5		27,689	5		26,618	5
Massachusetts	34,671	3		33,006	3		30,911	3		29,279	3		27,662	3
Michigan	27,858	17		26,903	18		25,349	19		24,279	19		23,428	17
Minnesota	30,562	10		29,273	8		27,095	11		25,871	11		24,144	15
Mississippi	20,555	50		19,947	50		18,880	50		18,079	50		17,176	50
Missouri	26,218	31		25,419	28		24,104	27		22,901	27		21,832	27
Montana	22,045	46		21,459	46		20,033	46		19,261	47		18,546	47
Nebraska	27,017	24		25,859	25		24,359	25		23,853	21		22,008	25
Nevada	29,650	12		28,624	12		27,118	10		26,239	8		24,914	9
New Hampshire	31,036	6		29,664	7		27,546	7		26,649	7		24,845	10
New Jersey	35,360	2		34,212	2		32,326	2		30,613	2		29,022	2
New Mexico	21,461	48		21,059	47		19,968	47		19,289	46		18,617	46
New York	32,625	4		31,416	4		30,012	4		28,497	4		27,106	4
North Carolina	26,326	29		25,301	30		23,945	28		22,714	29		21,615	29
North Dakota	23,502	39		23,177	38		20,854	45		21,279	37		19,004	42
Ohio	27,293	22		26,418	22		24,912	21		23,545	23		22,653	21
Oklahoma	22,757	44		21,949	45		20,899	44		19,936	44		18,973	44
Oregon	27,016	25		26,016	24		24,854	22		23,751	22		22,531	22
Pennsylvania	28,348	16		27,367	16		25,566	18		24,384	17		23,226	19
Rhode Island	27,741	18		26,945	17		25,621	17		24,299	18		23,364	18
South Carolina	23,550	38		22,573	39		21,287	38		20,359	40		19,384	40
South Dakota	24,816	36		23,736	36		22,085	37		21,672	35		19,610	38
Tennessee	25,370	34		24,462	34		23,031	34		22,136	33		21,339	31
Texas	26,399	28		25,376	29		23,812	29		22,260	31		21,070	32
Utah	22,943	43		22,188	43		21,001	42		19,899	45		18,765	45
Vermont	26,268	30		24,921	32		23,168	33		22,106	34		21,057	33
Virginia	29,617	13		28,199	14		26,695	14		25,354	14		24,360	14
Washington	30,521	11		28,821	11		26,749	13		25,280	15		23,778	16
West Virginia	21,049	49		20,472	49		19,373	49		18,567	49		17,817	49
Wisconsin	27,652	19		26,619	19		24,777	23		23,509	24		22,387	23
Wyoming	27,192	23		25,496	27		23,774	30		22,233	32		21,358	30
	1994			1993			1992			1991			1990
Area name	Dollars	Rank*		Dollars	Rank*		Dollars	Rank*		Dollars	Rank*		Dollars	Rank*
United States	$22,297	NA		$21,385	NA		$20,799	NA		$19,818	NA		$19,354	NA
Alabama	18,656	40		17,766	41		17,264	40		16,337	39		15,618	41
Alaska	25,186	6		24,478	7		23,706	7		23,092	6		22,594	6
Arizona	19,385	37		18,371	36		17,762	36		17,253	35		16,806	35
Arkansas	17,496	48		16,692	48		16,204	47		15,103	48		14,402	49
California	23,448	13		22,744	11		22,439	10		21,734	9		21,380	8
Colorado	23,237	14		22,152	14		21,102	16		20,123	17		19,377	19
Connecticut	29,891	1		29,051	1		28,287	1		26,430	1		26,198	1
Delaware	23,487	12		22,885	9		22,500	9		22,073	8		21,209	9
Dist. of Col.	30,804	NA		29,883	NA		28,694	NA		27,333	NA		26,015	NA
Florida	21,919	20		21,197	19		20,474	19		19,776	19		19,437	17
Georgia	20,945	28		19,866	28		19,139	28		18,110	28		17,563	29
Hawaii	24,847	7		24,566	6		24,014	6		22,763	7		21,818	7
Idaho	18,865	39		18,110	38		17,063	42		16,015	44		15,603	42
Illinois	24,181	8		23,068	8		22,553	8		21,148	10		20,835	10
Indiana	20,973	27		19,885	27		19,099	29		17,865	30		17,454	30
Iowa	20,367	31		18,700	34		18,789	32		17,700	32		17,350	31
Kansas	21,235	23		20,371	23		19,710	22		18,605	22		18,034	22
Kentucky	18,308	44		17,554	45		17,150	41		16,142	43		15,360	43
Louisiana	18,641	41		17,559	44		16,857	45		15,931	45		15,171	45
Maine	19,552	35		18,690	35		18,214	35		17,457	34		17,211	33
Maryland	25,780	5		24,805	5		24,112	5		23,282	5		22,681	5
Massachusetts	26,393	3		25,182	3		24,422	4		23,314	4		22,797	4
Michigan	22,593	17		21,046	20		20,179	20		19,129	20		18,719	20
Minnesota	23,003	15		21,601	17		21,306	15		20,129	16		19,710	15
Mississippi	16,512	50		15,426	50		14,651	50		13,749	50		13,117	50
Missouri	21,035	25		19,951	26		19,327	26		18,320	27		17,582	28
Montana	17,989	45		17,787	39		16,859	44		16,250	41		15,346	44
Nebraska	21,024	26		19,836	29		19,403	24		18,523	24		17,948	24
Nevada	23,892	9		22,833	10		22,099	11		20,777	13		20,042	13
New Hampshire	23,642	10		22,311	13		21,861	12		21,056	11		20,236	12
New Jersey	27,593	2		26,799	2		26,270	2		24,754	2		24,354	2
New Mexico	17,772	47		17,039	46		16,260	46		15,577	46		14,823	47
New York	25,807	4		25,089	4		24,693	3		23,685	3		23,710	3
North Carolina	20,630	30		19,704	30		18,886	31		17,691	33		17,194	34
North Dakota	19,156	38		17,696	42		17,639	38		16,167	42		15,866	39
Ohio	21,818	21		20,676	21		20,025	21		19,013	21		18,638	21
Oklahoma	18,427	43		17,772	40		17,269	39		16,434	38		16,077	37
Oregon	21,219	24		20,077	24		19,201	27		18,469	26		17,895	26
Pennsylvania	22,355	18		21,655	16		21,050	17		20,171	15		19,433	18
Rhode Island	22,199	19		21,600	18		20,820	18		19,981	18		19,821	14
South Carolina	18,579	42		17,651	43		17,010	43		16,256	40		15,844	40
South Dakota	19,503	36		18,248	37		17,740	37		16,666	37		16,075	38
Tennessee	20,283	32		19,331	33		18,527	34		17,242	36		16,574	36
Texas	20,161	34		19,413	32		18,765	33		17,763	31		17,260	32
Utah	17,775	46		16,845	47		16,135	48		15,479	47		14,847	46
Vermont	20,255	33		19,446	31		18,941	30		17,869	29		17,643	27
Virginia	23,534	11		22,596	12		21,842	13		20,953	12		20,312	11
Washington	22,981	16		22,139	15		21,581	14		20,583	14		19,637	16
West Virginia	17,269	49		16,549	49		16,081	49		15,086	49		14,436	48
Wisconsin	21,550	22		20,398	22		19,674	23		18,494	25		17,986	23
Wyoming	20,741	29		20,065	25		19,344	25		18,589	23		17,910	25

*     Ranks are among the 50 states and do not included the District of Columbia.

NA  Not applicable.

p    Preliminary.

r     Revised.

Note:  Per capita personal income is total personal income divided by total midyear population.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis.  Released September 2012.

Table prepared by: Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of New Mexico.

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Bureau of Business & Economic Research, UNM / bber@unm.edu
Last Revised 10/12/12