Economic Forecaster Says Georgia’s Low Per Capita Income Ranking Not the Whole Story

Some new figures from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis show Georgia has slipped to 40th among the states in per capita income.

Within days, the new numbers were cited by Dalton Mayor David Pennington, when he announced his intention to challenge Governor Nathan Deal for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in 2014.

But Georgia State University economic forecaster Rajeev Dhawan says the per capita income rankings must be taken with “a grain of salt.”