Joplin-area income growth second-highest across Missouri

The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis released personal income data for metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) for 2008. The average increase for MSA personal income was 3.3 percent from 2007 to 2008.

The St. Louis MO-IL MSA had a personal income increase of 5.6 percent. Joplin closely followed with a 5.5 percent increase as the second-highest across the Show-Me State.

Trendsights from the Missouri Department of Economic Development’s research division contains a comparison of Joplin and Missouri’s other metro areas.