Area income drops some of the state's largest

Ohio's economy has worked for nearly a decade to overcome the setbacks of the economic downturn. Workers in Montgomery County, in particular, have been stung.

The county saw the state's third-worst drop in median household income from 1999 to the period of 2010-14, according to U.S. Census survey data adjusted for inflation to 2014 dollars. The 24.2 percent drop in that period, from $57,075 in 1999 to $43,281 in the period , was just slightly behind Williams County (26.7 percent drop) and Clark County (25 percent drop).

That and other conclusions from a study of median household income data show that Ohio's struggles since the late 1990s have been stark. Of Ohio's 88 counties, 73 saw drops of at least 10 percent in the data, and 18 experienced dips of at least 20 percent.

The Dayton Daily News will explore this and other aspects about the current state of Ohio's economy with a special report publishing Wednesday on MyDaytonDailyNews.com.

Change in median household income

Area counties, adjusted for inflation to 2014 dollars

County	1999	2005-09	2010-14	% change 1999 to 2010-14
Butler	$68,060	$59,965	$56,998	-16.3%
Champaign	$61,315	$54,438	$49,840	-18.7%
Clark	$57,337	$48,407	$43,011	-25%
Greene	$69,156	$62,907	$58,775	-15%
Miami	$62,694	$57,187	$51,847	-17.3%
Montgomery	$57,075	$48,347	$43,281	-24.2%
Warren	$82,369	$78,276	$73,177	-11.2%

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