Area led state in 2006 personal income growth

Southwest Alabama led the state in per-capita personal income gains in 2006, according to federal figures released last week, with five counties among the state’s top 10 in growth. However, the data collected by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Affairs suggest that some of the gains may have been a rebound after 2005′s Hurricane Katrina, an effect that was much more pronounced along the Mississippi Gulf Coast and in Louisiana.

Mobile, Baldwin and Clarke counties were not far behind, weighing in at fourth, seventh and 10th, respectively, among Alabama’s 67 counties.

Area led state in 2006 personal income growth