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Benchmarks
Per Capita Income

- Per Capita Income is defined as total income of individuals
divided by total population of the county.
- Income includes earnings from work, wealth earnings from
dividends, interest and rent, and transfer payments from the
government such as welfare and social security.
- Paulding County’s per capita income as a % of the United
States has been declining since 1986.
- The gap between Paulding and the Atlanta MSA was 27% in 1986
and 51% in 2001.
Why has the Paulding County relative standard of living declined
for 15 years?
Why has the gap between Paulding and the Atlanta MSA increased
so dramatically?
What type of business does Paulding County need to reverse this
trend?
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