CONCENTRATIONS OF NONEMPLOYMENT INCOME IN THE UNITED STATES ∗

∗The authors wish to acknowledge Ellen White and James Moore, Center for Cartographic Research, Michigan State University, for assistance in the preparation of illustrations; Curtis C. Roseman, University of Southern California, for reviewing an early draft of the paper; and Amy Broesamle for manuscript typing.

Abstract

Nonemployment income from investments, pensions, welfare benefits, and so forth provides one third of total personal income in the United States. Spatial concentrations of this income occur in places such as Florida, Michigan, Arkansas and the Great Plains. These concentrations result largely from the presence of older persons who are the principal recipients of nonemployment income. In turn, spatial concentrations of older persons result from “aging in place,” which typifies the Great Plains, or from amenity-bound immigration by older persons, which characterizes Florida.

Key words:

• nonemployment income
• retirement population
• migration

Notes

∗The authors wish to acknowledge Ellen White and James Moore, Center for Cartographic Research, Michigan State University, for assistance in the preparation of illustrations; Curtis C. Roseman, University of Southern California, for reviewing an early draft of the paper; and Amy Broesamle for manuscript typing.