Table 4. Per capita income ($) for 1950, 1960, 1970, and 1978 (Florida Sta- 

 tistical Abstract 1962, 1977, 1980; Bureau of Economic and Business Research 

 1980). 



County 



1950 



1960 



1970 



1978 



Per capita income for the region was computed by multiplying the per capita 

 income in each county by the population of that county, then aggregating the 

 products for all 10 counties, and dividing the aggregate by the region's 

 total population. 



Table 5. Median family income {$) for the counties of Southwest Florida in 

 1950, 1960, 1969, and 1979 (U.S. Department of Commerce 1953, 1963, 1970, and 

 1980). 



The median income for Southwest Florida was computed from the region's income 

 distribution (derived by aggregating the distributions for the ten counties). 



