Data available annually. County income derived from retirement and Medicare transfer payments. Recently there has been an out-migration of persons in the retirement age population, which is having an economic effect on the entire county. When retired people leave they take their entitlements with them along with their savings and other sources of personal income. This benchmark measures financial capital in the county as well as the financial loss or gain to the county depending on shifts in the retirement age population.
Data is available annually.
Average annual earnings of wage and salary workers, nonfarm proprietors, and farm proprietors. Currently Miner County ranks lowest among its neighboring counties in average earnings per worker. This measure will inform the community as to how successful they are in terms of people being able to earn a living through economic diversification and development initiatives. Other transfer payments. As the county seeks to reduce poverty a decline in income maintenance transfer payments can be taken as a measure of success.