Income inches up.

• Position: Trends And Transitions - Brief Article

Per capita income the average income received by people--grew 2.3 percent in 2003, slower than the growth rates during the latter half of the 1990s, but nearly double the growth rate of 2002, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Five of the 10 states with the fastest growing per capita personal income, led by North Dakota and South Dakota, were in the Plains region. Natural resources, mining...