Sweet Grass County vs. Montana
Comparative Trends Analysis:
Total Personal Income Growth and Change, 1969-2022
Introduction
Sweet Grass County vs. Montana
Sweet Grass County:
2022 TPI = $220,603K
2022 Percent of State = 0.32%
Montana:
2022 TPI = $68,477,036K
2022 Percent of U.S. = 0.31%
The annual total personal incomes (TPI) estimates compiled by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, (BEA) are among the most comprehensive, consistent, comparable and timely measures of economic activity available statewide and at the national levels. Personal income estimates are also the best available local level indicator of general purchasing power, and are therefore central to tracking and comparing county patterns of economic growth and change.
The following graphs highlight trends in the pattern of growth and change in the total personal income of Sweet Grass County and Montana with comparison to the nation. The data used are those compiled by the Regional Income and Product Divisions of the Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce. The 2017 constant dollar (real) estimates of total personal income reported in the tables and portrayed graphically below are determined using the Implicit Price Deflator for Personal Consumption.
Data Definition:
Personal income is the income received by persons from participation in production, plus transfer receipts from government and business, plus government interest (which is treated like a transfer receipt). It is defined as the sum of wages and salaries, supplements to wages and salaries, proprietors' income with inventory valuation and capital consumption adjustments, rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment, personal dividend income, personal interest income, and personal current transfer receipts, less contributions for government social insurance. Because the personal income of an area represents the income that is received by, or on behalf of, all the persons who live in that area, and because the estimates of some components of personal income (wages and salaries, supplements to wages and salaries, and contributions for government social insurance) are made on a place-of-work basis, state personal income includes an adjustment for residence. The residence adjustment represents the net flow of compensation (less contributions for government social insurance) of interstate commuters.
Sweet Grass County Total Personal Income, 1970-2022
Current vs. Constant Dollars (Millions)
Sweet Grass County Total Personal Income, 1970-2022
Current vs. Constant Dollars (Millions)
Figure 1.
Figure 1 depicts Sweet Grass County's annual total personal income over 1970-2022 in current and constant (2017) dollars. Constant dollar measurements remove the effects of inflation. They allow for comparison of changes in the real purchasing power of Sweet Grass County over time.
When measured in current dollars, Sweet Grass County's total personal income increased 1,944.70%, from $11M in 1970 to $221M in 2022. When measured in constant 2017 dollars to adjust for inflation, it advanced 248.28%, from $55M in 1970 to $190M in 2022.
Real Total Personal Income, 1969-2022 (Millions)
Real Total Personal Income, 1969-2022 (Millions)
Figure 2.
Figure 2 tracks Sweet Grass County's and Montana's annual real total personal income for the period 1969-2022 to illustrate real total personal income patterns over time. During this 54-year period, Sweet Grass County's real total personal income rose from $52M in 1969 to $190M in 2022, for a net gain of $138M, or 262.67%. In comparison, Montana's real total personal income increased from $12,448M in 1969 to $59,010M in 2022, for a net advance of $46,562M, or 374.07%.
Real Total Personal Income Indices (1969=100): 1969-2022
Real Total Personal Income Indices (1969=100): 1969-2022
Figure 3.
Figure 3 portrays Sweet Grass County's real total personal income growth in a broader context by offering direct comparisons across time with Montana, the United States. The growth indices shown here express each region's real total personal income in 1969 as a base figure of 100, and the real total personal incomes in later years as a percentage of the 1969 base figure. This method allows for more direct comparison of differences in real total personal income growth between regions that may differ vastly in size.
Sweet Grass County's overall real total personal income growth was 262.67% over 1969-2022 trailed Montana's increase of 374.07%, and fell below the United States' increase of 348.76%.
Total Personal Income as a Percent of the Montana Total: 1969-2022
Total Personal Income as a Percent of the Montana Total: 1969-2022
Figure 4.
Another interesting and insightful way of contrasting the total personal income growth of Sweet Grass County is to trace its individual percentage contributions to Montana's statewide total personal income over time, as shown in Figure 4. A rising share means a region's total personal income grew faster, or declined less, than Montana's total personal income, while a declining share shows it grew more slowly.
In 1969, Sweet Grass County's total personal income totaled 0.42% of Montana's total personal income, while in 2022 it comprised 0.32% thereby yielding a -0.10% share-shift.
   
 
Total Personal Income Share-Shift
2022 vs. 1969
 
Share-
Shift*
 
2022
vs.
1969
-0.10%
=
0.32%
-
0.42%
 
   
Sweet Grass County Real Total Personal Income:
Annual Percent Change, 1970-2022
Sweet Grass County Real Total Personal Income:
Annual Percent Change, 1970-2022
Figure 5.
Figure 5 shows the short-run pattern of Sweet Grass County's real total personal income growth by tracking the year-to-year percent change over 1970-2022. The average annual percent change for the entire 53-year period is also traced on this chart to provide a benchmark for gauging periods of relative high--and relative low--growth against the backdrop of the long-term average.
On average, Sweet Grass County's real total personal income grew at an annual rate of 2.68% over 1970-2022. The county recorded its highest growth in 2001 (32.11%) and posted its lowest growth in 2009 (-15.19%). In 2022, Sweet Grass County's real total personal income declined by -0.43%
Sweet Grass County Real Total Personal Income:
Annual Percent Change and Decade Averages Over 1970-2022
Sweet Grass County Real Total Personal Income:
Annual Percent Change and Decade Averages Over 1970-2022
Figure 6.
Over the past five decades some counties have experienced extreme swings in growth, and often such swings have tended to coincide with the decades themselves. Figure 6 again shows the annual percent change in Sweet Grass County's real total personal income since 1970, but this time they are overlayed with average growth rates for the decade of the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020-2022.
During the 1970s, Sweet Grass County's annual real total personal income growth rate averaged 4.07%. It averaged 0.16% throughout the 1980s, 1.99% throughout the 1990s, 4.01% throughout the 2000s, 3.55% during the 2010s, 1.46% thus far this decade (2020-2022).
Real Total Personal Income Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change by Decade
Real Total Personal Income Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change by Decade
Figure 7.
Figure 7 compares the decade average growth rates for Sweet Grass County noted in the previous graph with the corresponding decade averages for Montana and the nation. As the chart reveals, Sweet Grass County's average annual real total personal income growth lagged Montana's average during the 1970s (4.07% vs. 4.22%), lagged Montana's average in the 1980s (0.16% vs. 1.00%), lagged Montana's average in the 1990s (1.99% vs. 2.82%), registered above Montana's average during the 2000s (4.01% vs. 3.51%), exceeded Montana's average in the 2010s (3.55% vs. 3.07%), and trailed Montana's average over the 3 year period of the current decade, 2020-2022 (1.46% vs. 4.65%).
Finally, relative to nationwide real total personal income growth trends, Sweet Grass County recorded above the nation over the 1970s (4.07% vs. 3.50%), recorded underneath the nation during the 1980s (0.16% vs. 3.16%), fell below the nation throughout the 1990s (1.99% vs. 3.27%), exceeded the nation over the 2000s (4.01% vs. 2.06%), exceeded the nation over the 2010s (3.55% vs. 2.72%), and lagged the nation over 2020-2022 (1.46% vs. 2.10%).
   
 
Real* Total Personal Income Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change
 
 
 
2.68
4.07
0.16
1.99
4.01
3.55
1.46
-0.43
 
3.02
4.22
1.00
2.82
3.51
3.07
4.65
-0.34
 
2.89
3.50
3.16
3.27
2.06
2.72
2.10
-4.19
 
   

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Sweet Grass County:
Total Personal Income, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
9,898
0.189
52,418
100.0
N
0.42
1970
 
10,789
0.198
54,584
104.1
4.13
0.41
1971
 
12,777
0.206
62,009
118.3
13.60
0.46
1972
 
14,909
0.213
69,969
133.5
12.84
0.46
1973
 
16,915
0.225
75,328
143.7
7.66
0.45
1974
 
17,040
0.248
68,729
131.1
-8.76
0.42
1975
 
16,927
0.269
63,019
120.2
-8.31
0.38
1976
 
18,794
0.283
66,333
126.5
5.26
0.39
1977
 
19,404
0.302
64,303
122.7
-3.06
0.37
1978
 
22,854
0.323
70,808
135.1
10.12
0.38
1979
 
26,676
0.351
75,907
144.8
7.20
0.41
1980
 
28,650
0.389
73,597
140.4
-3.04
0.40
1981
 
32,690
0.424
77,072
147.0
4.72
0.40
1982
 
33,280
0.448
74,334
141.8
-3.55
0.39
1983
 
34,735
0.467
74,417
142.0
0.11
0.38
1984
 
36,901
0.484
76,180
145.3
2.37
0.38
1985
 
36,240
0.501
72,295
137.9
-5.10
0.37
1986
 
36,958
0.512
72,157
137.7
-0.19
0.37
1987
 
37,138
0.528
70,334
134.2
-2.53
0.36
1988
 
38,987
0.549
71,060
135.6
1.03
0.37
1989
 
43,866
0.573
76,607
146.1
7.81
0.37
1990
 
45,751
0.598
76,539
146.0
-0.09
0.37
1991
 
48,270
0.618
78,140
149.1
2.09
0.37
1992
 
51,085
0.634
80,550
153.7
3.09
0.36
1993
 
57,822
0.650
88,957
169.7
10.44
0.38
1994
 
55,583
0.664
83,765
159.8
-5.84
0.36
1995
 
56,287
0.678
83,076
158.5
-0.82
0.34
1996
 
55,974
0.692
80,884
154.3
-2.64
0.33
1997
 
60,394
0.704
85,778
163.6
6.05
0.34
1998
 
63,896
0.710
90,036
171.8
4.96
0.33
1999
 
66,522
0.720
92,390
176.3
2.61
0.34
2000
 
71,380
0.738
96,692
184.5
4.66
0.34
2001
 
96,192
0.753
127,742
243.7
32.11
0.44
2002
 
93,830
0.763
122,990
234.6
-3.72
0.42
2003
 
97,505
0.779
125,177
238.8
1.78
0.41
2004
 
107,451
0.798
134,605
256.8
7.53
0.41
2005
 
112,281
0.821
136,716
260.8
1.57
0.40
2006
 
119,915
0.844
142,012
270.9
3.87
0.39
2007
 
134,462
0.866
155,255
296.2
9.33
0.41
2008
 
135,841
0.892
152,339
290.6
-1.88
0.39
2009
 
114,889
0.889
129,203
246.5
-15.19
0.34
2010
 
116,746
0.905
128,981
246.1
-0.17
0.33
2011
 
124,839
0.928
134,519
256.6
4.29
0.33
2012
 
134,849
0.945
142,646
272.1
6.04
0.33
2013
 
135,874
0.958
141,859
270.6
-0.55
0.33
2014
 
148,658
0.971
153,065
292.0
7.90
0.35
2015
 
151,665
0.973
155,875
297.4
1.84
0.34
2016
 
149,888
0.983
152,505
290.9
-2.16
0.33
2017
 
161,295
1.000
161,295
307.7
5.76
0.34
2018
 
169,685
1.020
166,281
317.2
3.09
0.34
2019
 
188,460
1.035
182,064
347.3
9.49
0.35
2020
 
196,562
1.046
187,855
358.4
3.18
0.34
2021
 
208,119
1.090
190,933
364.3
1.64
0.32
2022
 
220,603
1.160
190,105
362.7
-0.43
0.32
Source: Calculations by the Montana Regional Economic Analysis Project (MT-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
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Montana:
Total Personal Income, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
2,350,491
0.189
12,447,657
100.0
N
0.30
1970
 
2,604,190
0.198
13,175,099
105.8
5.84
0.30
1971
 
2,787,297
0.206
13,527,285
108.7
2.67
0.30
1972
 
3,230,256
0.213
15,159,827
121.8
12.07
0.32
1973
 
3,745,221
0.225
16,678,784
134.0
10.02
0.33
1974
 
4,069,917
0.248
16,415,589
131.9
-1.58
0.33
1975
 
4,478,717
0.269
16,674,300
134.0
1.58
0.33
1976
 
4,806,477
0.283
16,964,236
136.3
1.74
0.32
1977
 
5,197,877
0.302
17,225,202
138.4
1.54
0.31
1978
 
6,090,546
0.323
18,870,201
151.6
9.55
0.33
1979
 
6,549,399
0.351
18,636,425
149.7
-1.24
0.32
1980
 
7,215,690
0.389
18,535,990
148.9
-0.54
0.31
1981
 
8,194,382
0.424
19,319,538
155.2
4.23
0.32
1982
 
8,632,561
0.448
19,281,591
154.9
-0.20
0.31
1983
 
9,082,310
0.467
19,458,201
156.3
0.92
0.31
1984
 
9,593,961
0.484
19,806,274
159.1
1.79
0.29
1985
 
9,735,941
0.501
19,422,161
156.0
-1.94
0.28
1986
 
10,122,849
0.512
19,763,855
158.8
1.76
0.27
1987
 
10,355,058
0.528
19,611,109
157.5
-0.77
0.26
1988
 
10,679,766
0.549
19,465,535
156.4
-0.74
0.25
1989
 
11,763,596
0.573
20,543,819
165.0
5.54
0.26
1990
 
12,379,212
0.598
20,709,681
166.4
0.81
0.25
1991
 
13,216,625
0.618
21,395,126
171.9
3.31
0.26
1992
 
14,009,275
0.634
22,089,680
177.5
3.25
0.26
1993
 
15,154,047
0.650
23,313,918
187.3
5.54
0.27
1994
 
15,574,369
0.664
23,470,928
188.6
0.67
0.26
1995
 
16,400,030
0.678
24,205,257
194.5
3.13
0.26
1996
 
17,173,644
0.692
24,816,329
199.4
2.52
0.26
1997
 
17,910,227
0.704
25,438,134
204.4
2.51
0.25
1998
 
19,125,723
0.710
26,950,164
216.5
5.94
0.25
1999
 
19,496,880
0.720
27,078,624
217.5
0.48
0.24
2000
 
20,770,544
0.738
28,135,981
226.0
3.90
0.24
2001
 
21,685,226
0.753
28,797,676
231.4
2.35
0.24
2002
 
22,350,296
0.763
29,296,111
235.4
1.73
0.24
2003
 
24,015,175
0.779
30,830,584
247.7
5.24
0.25
2004
 
26,072,167
0.798
32,660,838
262.4
5.94
0.26
2005
 
28,052,041
0.821
34,156,905
274.4
4.58
0.27
2006
 
30,362,708
0.844
35,957,731
288.9
5.27
0.27
2007
 
32,646,839
0.866
37,695,381
302.8
4.83
0.27
2008
 
34,730,541
0.892
38,948,683
312.9
3.32
0.28
2009
 
33,926,624
0.889
38,153,669
306.5
-2.04
0.28
2010
 
35,670,871
0.905
39,409,231
316.6
3.29
0.28
2011
 
38,082,705
0.928
41,035,629
329.7
4.13
0.29
2012
 
40,436,886
0.945
42,774,966
343.6
4.24
0.29
2013
 
40,785,993
0.958
42,582,551
342.1
-0.45
0.29
2014
 
42,901,443
0.971
44,173,189
354.9
3.74
0.29
2015
 
44,583,320
0.973
45,820,944
368.1
3.73
0.29
2016
 
45,283,300
0.983
46,073,929
370.1
0.55
0.29
2017
 
48,003,346
1.000
48,003,346
385.6
4.19
0.29
2018
 
50,352,020
1.020
49,341,989
396.4
2.79
0.29
2019
 
53,393,045
1.035
51,581,004
414.4
4.54
0.29
2020
 
58,208,785
1.046
55,630,320
446.9
7.85
0.30
2021
 
64,542,052
1.090
59,212,349
475.7
6.44
0.30
2022
 
68,477,036
1.160
59,010,053
474.1
-0.34
0.31
Source: Calculations by the Montana Regional Economic Analysis Project (MT-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
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United States:
Total Personal Income, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
791,229,000
0.189
4,190,165,758
100.0
N
1970
 
855,525,000
0.198
4,328,265,709
103.3
3.30
1971
 
924,613,000
0.206
4,487,323,465
107.1
3.67
1972
 
1,016,408,000
0.213
4,770,076,966
113.8
6.30
1973
 
1,133,468,000
0.225
5,047,731,018
120.5
5.82
1974
 
1,244,912,000
0.248
5,021,223,733
119.8
-0.53
1975
 
1,362,505,000
0.269
5,072,617,275
121.1
1.02
1976
 
1,495,704,000
0.283
5,279,017,400
126.0
4.07
1977
 
1,651,632,000
0.302
5,473,329,799
130.6
3.68
1978
 
1,855,849,000
0.323
5,749,934,936
137.2
5.05
1979
 
2,073,296,000
0.351
5,899,598,782
140.8
2.60
1980
 
2,313,972,000
0.389
5,944,235,512
141.9
0.76
1981
 
2,590,995,000
0.424
6,108,676,176
145.8
2.77
1982
 
2,777,640,000
0.448
6,204,105,336
148.1
1.56
1983
 
2,969,333,000
0.467
6,361,584,112
151.8
2.54
1984
 
3,275,415,000
0.484
6,761,937,695
161.4
6.29
1985
 
3,508,482,000
0.501
6,999,046,441
167.0
3.51
1986
 
3,717,756,000
0.512
7,258,548,586
173.2
3.71
1987
 
3,931,800,000
0.528
7,446,308,852
177.7
2.59
1988
 
4,264,433,000
0.549
7,772,592,728
185.5
4.38
1989
 
4,605,107,000
0.573
8,042,309,775
191.9
3.47
1990
 
4,897,332,000
0.598
8,192,943,538
195.5
1.87
1991
 
5,072,291,000
0.618
8,211,045,100
196.0
0.22
1992
 
5,406,546,000
0.634
8,524,985,809
203.5
3.82
1993
 
5,643,648,000
0.650
8,682,535,385
207.2
1.85
1994
 
5,933,938,000
0.664
8,942,579,420
213.4
3.00
1995
 
6,278,125,000
0.678
9,266,058,093
221.1
3.62
1996
 
6,660,854,000
0.692
9,625,094,288
229.7
3.87
1997
 
7,068,422,000
0.704
10,039,373,926
239.6
4.30
1998
 
7,584,003,000
0.710
10,686,661,406
255.0
6.45
1999
 
7,978,449,000
0.720
11,081,025,264
264.5
3.69
2000
 
8,620,234,000
0.738
11,677,052,911
278.7
5.38
2001
 
8,990,104,000
0.753
11,938,732,039
284.9
2.24
2002
 
9,146,700,000
0.763
11,989,225,466
286.1
0.42
2003
 
9,474,684,000
0.779
12,163,560,736
290.3
1.45
2004
 
10,008,929,000
0.798
12,538,275,270
299.2
3.08
2005
 
10,540,800,000
0.821
12,834,755,927
306.3
2.36
2006
 
11,291,446,000
0.844
13,372,153,008
319.1
4.19
2007
 
11,925,044,000
0.866
13,769,145,681
328.6
2.97
2008
 
12,423,410,000
0.892
13,932,275,429
332.5
1.18
2009
 
12,058,253,000
0.889
13,560,635,845
323.6
-2.67
2010
 
12,547,501,000
0.905
13,862,497,514
330.8
2.23
2011
 
13,299,818,000
0.928
14,331,082,712
342.0
3.38
2012
 
13,905,749,000
0.945
14,709,785,897
351.1
2.64
2013
 
14,063,283,000
0.958
14,682,748,144
350.4
-0.18
2014
 
14,778,160,000
0.971
15,216,235,418
363.1
3.63
2015
 
15,467,113,000
0.973
15,896,476,839
379.4
4.47
2016
 
15,884,741,000
0.983
16,162,082,333
385.7
1.67
2017
 
16,658,962,000
1.000
16,658,962,000
397.6
3.07
2018
 
17,514,402,000
1.020
17,163,073,878
409.6
3.03
2019
 
18,343,601,000
1.035
17,721,060,157
422.9
3.25
2020
 
19,609,985,000
1.046
18,741,324,605
447.3
5.76
2021
 
21,392,812,000
1.090
19,626,252,970
468.4
4.72
2022
 
21,820,248,000
1.160
18,803,588,325
448.8
-4.19
Source: Calculations by the Montana Regional Economic Analysis Project (MT-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
REAP_PI_CA1400_300_PN
 
   
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