HEADWATERS ECONOMICS GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: 	US Personal Prosperity Index
Dataset Name: 		Composite Index
Dataset Type: 		ACCESS

GENERAL DESCRIPTION: 
This composite index was designed to measure personal prosperity, focusing on individual success instead of measures of the community.  The index is made up of 4 components (includes metadata file names for more information)
* Earnings per Job. (TBL_REIS.txt)
* Per Capita Income. (TBL_REIS.txt)
* Education - % of Adults with a BA or Greater. (TBL_Census.txt)
* Knowledge Based Jobs - % of jobs that are in occupations that require a college education. (TBL_Census.txt)

Steps:
1. Calculate standard deviations from the mean for the 175 counties in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana.
2. Calculate the average of the four scores (equal weights).
3. Normalize the composite average in step 2.

 
DATA SOURCE(S): US Census and BEA REIS
Date of Original Source Data:	REIS was 2004, Census was 2000

DATASET EXTENT:  4 Northwestern States (Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana)

TABLES CODES AND VALUES: 

ITEM		ITEM DESCRIPTION
fips		5 digit county fips 
PPCompositeStd	Normalized Composite Index

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY: 
Calculated by Headwaters Economics.

          
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