By Associated Press
Birmingham, AL – Figures from a federal agency show per capita income declining in metro areas across Alabama, with the Birmingham area down 3.6 percent.
The figures were released on Monday by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. They show income for residents of the Birmingham area fell an average of $1,418 last year.
The decline brought per capita personal income in the seven-county area to $38,468, still the highest figure among the five biggest metro areas in the state. Mobile posted the lowest 2009 per capita income among Alabama metro areas, at $30,468.
Nationally, per capita income in 2009 was 2.8 percent below the level of 2008.
Tuscaloosa was down 2 percent, Dothan 0.8 percent, Mobile 0.3 percent and Huntsville 0.4 percent.