Greeley personal income jumps in 2010

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A report by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
showed Greeley among the best-recovering Metropolitan Statistical Areas
in the nation in bouncing back from the recession.

The report, which looked at personal income growth for the nation’s 366
MSAs between 2009 and 2010, showed personal income in the Greeley MSA
rising 3.9 percent. The 2010 ranking raised Greeley from No. 339 on the
MSA list to No. 66.

Greeley’s total personal income rose from $6.926 billion in 2009 to $7.194 billion in 2010, according to the BEA report.

The Fort Collins-Loveland MSA also showed improvement from 2009 to 2010,
rising from No. 284 on the list to No. 196, for a 2.7 percent rise in
personal income.

Fort Collins-Loveland MSA’s total personal income rose from $11.292 billion in 2009 to $11.6 billion in 2010.

For the nation overall, personal income grew by 2.9 percent in 2010
after falling 1.9 percent in 2009. Personal income growth in 2010 ranged
from a high of 10.1 percent in Elizabethtown, Ky., to a low of minus
0.9 in Grand Junction.