Evening star., 1939-05-15
Per Capita Income
In D. {. Averages
50 Pct. Above Nation
Virginia Is Among Seven
States in Which Total in
1887 Exceeded 1929
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Incomes per person in the Dis
trict of Columbia averaged more
than so per cent higher than the
national average per capita in 1887,
according to a report released by
Secretary of Commerce Harry l..
Hopkins today.
In the same category were Dela-
ware, Nevada, New York and Cali
fornia, while 16 other States record
ed higher per capita incomes in 1887
than the national average per per-
son, and the remaining % States
showed lower figure.
Virginia was listed as one of seven
States with higher total income
payments to Individuals in 1887
than In 1929.
Others in the group were Nevada,
Florida New Mexico, North Caro-
lima, South Carolina and Idaho.
On a per capita basis the national
average was $547 and the State
rankings in 1887 were: District of
Columbia. S1,259; Delaware, 1923;
Nevada, SOIL; New York. $3.50; Cali
fornia, s837; Connecticut, s767;
Rhode Island, s692; Massachusetts,,
1868; Michigan, $675, and Illinois,
$643.
The figures, measuring the flow
of wages. salaries, interest, divi-
dends, net rents, royalties and other
income to individuals were COM
piled by Robert r. Nathan and John
L. Martin, Division of Economic Re-
search, Bureau of Foreign and Do
mestic Commerce.
In Virginia the total income pay
ments in 1887 were 1868 900 900, COM
pared with 1855, 100000 in 1929.
Per Capita Is Lower.
On the other hand, Virginia was
among eight States in which the per
capita incomes were more than one
third below the national figure in
1887. The per capita figure of 1888
placed the State with North Caro-
lima, Georgia, Kentucky. Tennessee,
South Dakota, North Dakota and
Oklahoma in this respect.
The average income per man,
woman and child resident in the
United States" the report said. was
S547 in 1887, which equals $1,000
per family or four persons"
The per capita income figures
were arrived at by dividing total in
come payments by the population
estimates of the Bureau of Census.
The report indicated that the
tho q tinr, tho hiuhnr n @
annual average income would be.
Ten States with the highest per
capita incomes contained 269 per
cent Of the total population of the
country and 375 per cent of the to-
tsl income. In contrast. Is States
with the lowest average incomes con-
tanned 294 per cent of the popula-
ton and accounted for only 1863 per
cent Of the total income payments.
Payments by Types.
Payments by types in Virginia in
1887 included $6O1 100000 in salaries
and wages, s43 100000 in other labor
income, s203 100000 in entrepre-
neurial Withdrawals, s120,000,00O in
dividends, interest, rents and royal
ties.
Salaries and wages were listed as
S30OO0,000 less than in 1929. but
"other labor income" almost made
up the difference, with an increase
of 5000 900 over that of 10 years
ago. Under "other labor income"
was included both direct and work
relief, social security benefits, pay
ments out of other Government re-
tirement funds, workmen's COM
pensation benefits, payments to vet
Grams on adjusted service certificates
and payments from private pension
or retirement funds.