Trump country sees biggest income dips - and jumps; Nebraska dominates list of biggest losses
(WorldNews Politics)

{{featured_button_text}} 1 of 2 Nationally, per capita income grew modestly after inflation between 2016 and 2018, but in rural areas and small cities that voted heavily Republican in 2016, the numbers are much more mixed. GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star file photo In recent years, an oil boom has pumped up the incomes of many rural residents in Texas, even as flooding and the trade war have dragged down incomes in Nebraska farm country. Both cases are emblematic of a broader trend: The counties with the most dramatic income gains and losses since 2016 are mostly rural and Republican. A Stateline analysis of Bureau of Economic Analysis data shows that while residents of booming big cities were...