Study Says Missouri's Personal Income Up in 1990s.

Byline: Josh Flory

Jun. 16--Missourians felt the economic boom of the 1990s in their wallets, according to a study released yesterday by the state Department of Economic Development.

The study found that per capita income grew by 48.7 percent in Missouri during the last decade, from $17,751 in 1990 to $26,404 in 1999. The figures were even more impressive in Boone County, which saw per capita income rise from $17,178 to $26,568, a 54.7 percent increase.

Daryl Hobbs, director of the University of Missouri-Columbia's Office of Social and Economic Data Analysis, said Missouri mirrored the rest of the country. "There was a tremendous amount of economic …