Income:

Total Personal Income
The total personal income in Colusa County was nearly $566.2 million in 2004, a 7 percent increase for previous years. When adjusted for inflation, the total personal income increased 4.5 percent. Total personal income is expected to increase to $620.6 million by 2015. This projection indicates an economy that is steadily growing, with a buyer market that will continue to gain spending power in the future.

Per Capita Income
The per capita income in Colusa County in 2004 was $27,701 or over 3 percent more than the previous year. When adjusted for inflation, per capita income increased 0.6 percent in the same year. Nominal per capita income in the county is expected to rise over 32 percent by 2015.

Typically, the per capita income of Colusa County has been more volatile than statewide trends, and the county ranked seventh out of twenty-three Northern California Counties in 2004.

Median Household Income
The total median household income in Colusa County in 1999 was $35,602, compared to $47,493 in California in the same year. The city of Colusa had the highest median household income in the county, at $35,250, while the city of Williams had a slightly lower figure of $32,042 for the same year. In 2004, Colusa County’s median household income of $38,350 was 33 percent lower than the California average of $49,894.

Poverty Rate
The city of Williams had the highest poverty rate at 19.2 percent in Colusa County in 1999; and the city of Colusa saw the highest increase between 1989 and 1999 with a 4.5 percent rise, compared to 2.8 percent throughout the county. These figures were significantly higher than the statewide average, although the rural location and relatively low population of Colusa County may affect relative poverty rates. The county’s poverty rate had lowered from 13 percent to 11.7 percent between 2003 and 2004.

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