This map layer portrays 2002 and 2003 per capita personal income, annual
number of full-time and part-time jobs, average wage per job in dollars,
population, and per capita number of jobs for counties in the United
States. Per capita personal income is calculated as the total personal
income of the residents of a county divided by the resident population
of the county. The Census Bureau's annual midyear population estimates
were used in the computation. The average annual number of full-time
and part-time jobs includes all jobs for which wages and salaries are
paid, except jury and witness service and paid employment of prisoners.
The jobs are counted at equal weight, and employees, sole proprietors,
and active partners are all included. Unpaid family workers and
volunteers are not included. Average wage per job is the wage and
salary disbursements divided by the number of wage and salary jobs in
the county. Wage and salary disbursements consist of the monetary
remuneration of employees, including the compensation of corporate
officers; commissions, tips, and bonuses; and receipts in kind, or
pay-in-kind, such as the meals furnished to the employees of
restaurants. It reflects the amount of payments disbursed, but not
necessarily earned during the year. Per capita number of jobs is
calculated as the average annual number of full-time and part-time jobs
in a county divided by the resident population of the county. The
Census Bureau's annual midyear population estimates were used in the
computation. All dollar estimates are in current dollars, not adjusted
for inflation. The information in this map layer comes from the Regional
Economic Information System (REIS) that is distributed by the Bureau of
Economic Analysis, http://www.bea.gov/. This is an updated version of
the November 2004 map layer, distributed as Income and Employment in the
United States, 2002.