Footnotes for Personal Income by Major Source and Earnings by Industry

  1. The estimates of earnings for 2001 are based on the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
  2. Farm income consists of proprietors' income; the cash wages, pay-in-kind, and other labor income of hired farm workers; and the salaries of officers of corporate farms.
  3. Census Bureau midyear population estimates. Estimates for 2001 reflect county population estimates available as of April 2003. The Census Bureau has revised county population figures for Franklin, FL and Gulf, FL; Adams, WI and Marquette, WI; and for Grayson, VA, Russell, VA, and Wise + Norton, VA for 2000-2001 as part of its Count Question Resolution program for challenges to group quarter or housing units figures from the 2000 Census. Census has not yet adjusted population figures for these areas prior to 2000 in order to be consistent with the newly revised 2000-2001 population.
  4. Personal contributions for social insurance are included in earnings by type and industry but they are excluded from personal income.
  5. The adjustment for residence is the net inflow of the earnings of interarea commuters. For the United States, it consists of adjustments for border workers: Wage and salary disbursements to U.S. residents commuting to Canada less wage and salary disbursements to Canadian and Mexican residents commuting into the United States.
  6. Rental income of persons includes the capital consumption adjustment.
  7. Proprietors income includes the inventory valuation adjustment and capital consumption adjustment.
  8. "Other" consists of wage and salary disbursements to U.S. residents employed by international organizations and foreign embassies and consulates in the United States.
Regional Economic Information System
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Table CA05 (NAICS)
May 2003

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