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Comparing ACS Per Capita Income and BEA Personal Income
Cliff Cook
over 10 years ago
Can anyone point me to discussion of the differences between ACS per capita income and BEA personal income.
I realize the differences, which can be startling to the unfamiliar, reflect how the numbers are measured. I need to explain this to several financial people who are unfamiliar with both data series but have been using BEA figures in a particular document. I want to convince them to switch to ACS numbers, as they are a better fit geographically.
Larry Mugler
over 10 years ago
Here is an explanation of the difference by the Missouri State Data Center:
mcdc.missouri.edu/.../
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