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Re:The Geography of U.S. Inequality by fumplethumb on Tuesday September 06, 2016 @09:10AM (#12435697)
> If the per capita GDP of U.S. grew by 12.4%

Where did you get that number? No way that's right. Here are the numbers from the Fed: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/A191RP1Q027SBEA

Annual per capita GDP growth never exceeded 7% from 2000-2014.

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Re:The Geography of U.S. Inequality by yummyfajitas on Tuesday September 06, 2016 @09:15AM (#12435736)
Wrong series. This is the right one:

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/A939RX0Q048SBEA

Real GDP/capita = $43,935 in Q1 2000, $50,549 in Q4 2014. That's 15% growth.

Your own numbers don't disagree with this if you integrate them and divide by population.

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Re:The Geography of U.S. Inequality by fumplethumb on Tuesday September 06, 2016 @09:22AM (#12435780)
Ahh I see now. OP was talking cumulative growth, not annualized growth. Thanks!
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