English: Change in per capital personal income among metropolitan counties, in and around the midwestern and northeastern United States, 1980-2002. Figures are in relation to the average for metropolitan counties, 2002, which is higher than the national average.

KEY: Dark green=above average income and faster-than-average growth Green=above average income, average growth Yellow-green=above-average income but decreasing

Pink=below-average income but faster-than-average growth Red=below-average income, average or below-average growth Burgundy=below average income and further decrease

Sources: National Atlas (www.nationalatlas.gov/mapmaker) and Economic Research page of the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis (http://research.stlouisfed.org/).