List of U.S. states by income

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This is a list of U.S. states by income .

States ranked by median household income

Median Household Income by State (Note that table does not reflect the margin of error in the values). [1]

Contents

RankState20152014201320122011
1 Maryland $75,847$73,971$72,483$71,122$70,004
District of Columbia † $75,628$71,648$67,572$66,583$63,124
2 Hawaii $73,486$69,592$68,020$66,259$61,821
3 Alaska $73,355$71,583$72,237$67,712$67,825
4 New Jersey $72,222$71,919$70,165$69,667$67,458
5 Connecticut $71,346$70,048$67,098$67,276$65,753
6 Massachusetts $70,628$69,160$66,768$65,339$62,859
7 New Hampshire $70,303$66,532$64,230$63,280$62,647
8 Virginia $66,262$64,902$62,666$61,741$61,882
9 California $64,500$61,933$60,190$58,328$57,287
10 Washington $64,129$61,366$58,405$57,573$56,835
11 Colorado $63,909$61,303$58,823$56,765$55,387
12 Minnesota $63,488$61,481$60,702$58,906$56,954
13 Utah $62,912$60,922$59,770$57,049$55,869
14 Delaware $61,255$59,716$57,846$58,415$58,814
15 New York $60,85058,878$57,369$56,448$55,246
16 North Dakota $60,557$59,029$55,759$53,585$51,704
17 Wyoming $60,214$57,055$58,752$54,901$56,322
18 Illinois $59,588$57,444$56,210$55,137$53,234
19 Rhode Island $58,073$54,891$55,902$54,554$53,636
20 Vermont $56,990$54,166$52,578$52,977$52,776
United States $55,775$53,657$52,250$51,371$50,502
21 Pennsylvania $55,702$53,234$52,007$51,230$50,228
22 Texas $55,653$53,035$51,704$50,740$49,392
23 Wisconsin $55,638$52,622$51,467$51,059$50,395
24 Nebraska $54,996$52,686$51,440$50,723$50,296
25 Iowa $54,736$53,712$52,229$50,957$49,427
26 Oregon $54,148$51,075$50,251$49,161$46,816
27 Kansas $53,90652,504$50,972$50,241$48,964
28 South Dakota $53,017$50,979$48,947$48,362$48,321
29 Nevada $52,431$51,450$51,230$49,760$48,927
30 Maine $51,494$49,462$46,974$46,709$46,033
31 Arizona $51,492$50,068$48,510$47,826$46,709
32 Georgia $51,244$49,321$47,829$47,209$46,007
33 Michigan $51,084$49,847$48,273$46,859$45,981
34 Ohio $51,075$49,308$48,081$46,829$45,749
35 Indiana $50,532$49,446$47,529$46,974$46,438
36 Missouri $50,238$48,363$46,931$45,321$45,247
37 Montana $49,509$46,328$46,972$45,076$44,222
38 Florida $49,426$47,463$46,036$45,040$44,299
39 Oklahoma $48,568$47,529$45,690$44,312$43,225
40 Idaho $48,275$47,861$46,783$45,489$43,341
41 North Carolina $47,830$46,556$45,906$45,150$43,916
42 Tennessee $47,275$44,361$44,297$42,764$41,693
43 South Carolina $47,238$45,238$44,163$43,107$42,367
44 Louisiana $45,727$44,555$44,164$42,944$41,734
45 New Mexico $45,382$44,803$43,872$42,558$41,963
46 Kentucky $45,215$42,958$43,399$41,724$41,141
47 Alabama $44,765$42,830$42,849$41,574$41,415
48 West Virginia $42,019$41,059$41,253$40,196$38,482
49 Arkansas $41,995$41,262$40,511$40,112$38,758
50 Mississippi $40,593$39,680$37,963$37,095$36,919
Puerto Rico † $18,626$18,928$19,183$19,429$18,660

States ranked by per capita income

All data is from the 2010-2014 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates. [2] [3]

RankStatePer capita
income		Median
household
income		Median
family
income		PopulationNumber of
households		Number of
families
District of Columbia † $45,877$71,648$84,094658,893277,378117,864
1 Connecticut $39,373$70,048$88,8193,596,6771,355,817887,263
2 New Jersey $37,288$69,160$87,9518,938,1752,549,3361,610,581
3 Massachusetts $36,593$71,919$88,4196,938,6083,194,8442,203,675
4 Maryland $36,338$73,971$89,6785,976,4072,165,4381,445,972
5 New Hampshire $34,691$66,532$80,5811,326,813519,756345,901
6 Virginia $34,052$64,902$78,2908,326,2893,083,8202,058,820
7 New York $33,095$58,878$71,11519,746,2277,282,3984,621,954
8 North Dakota $33,071$59,029$75,221739,482305,431187,800
9 Alaska $33,062$71,583$82,307736,732249,659165,015
10 Minnesota $32,638$61,481$77,9415,457,1732,129,1951,369,594
11 Colorado $32,357$61,303$75,4055,355,8662,039,5921,315,283
12 Washington $31,841$61,366$74,1937,061,5302,679,6011,725,099
13 Rhode Island $30,830$54,891$71,2121,055,173409,654257,165
14 Delaware $30,488$59,716$72,594935,614349,743233,000
15 California $30,441$61,933$71,01538,802,50012,758,6488,762,059
16 Illinois $30,417$57,444$71,79612,880,5804,772,4213,099,184
17 Hawaii $29,736$69,592$79,1871,419,561450,769314,151
18 Wyoming $29,698$57,055$72,460584,153232,594149,032
19 Pennsylvania $29,220$53,234$67,87612,787,2094,945,9723,185,054
20 Vermont $29,178$54,166$67,154626,562257,229162,017
United States $28,889$53,657$65,910318,857,056117,259,42777,152,072
21 Iowa $28,361$53,712$67,7713,107,1261,241,471801,562
22 Wisconsin $28,213$52,622$67,1875,757,5642,307,6851,485,877
23 Maine $27,978$49,462$62,0781,330,089549,841344,585
24 Kansas $27,870$52,504$66,4252,904,0211,109,280728,602
25 Oregon $27,646$51,075$62,6703,970,2391,535,511966,250
26 Nebraska $27,446$52,686$66,1201,881,503740,765480,317
27 Texas $27,125$53,035$62,83026,956,9589,277,1976,407,165
28 South Dakota $26,959$50,979$66,936853,175334,475211,235
29 Ohio $26,937$49,308$62,30011,594,1634,593,1722,923,523
30 Michigan $26,613$49,847$62,1439,909,8773,834,5742,485,159
31 Florida $26,582$47,463$57,21219,893,2977,328,0464,693,411
32 Missouri $26,126$48,363$61,2996,063,5892,354,8091,508,816
33 Montana $25,989$46,328$60,6431,023,579410,962251,176
34 North Carolina $25,774$46,556$57,3809,943,9643,790,6202,492,048
35 Nevada $25,773$51,450$60,8242,839,0991,021,519642,461
36 Arizona $25,715$50,068$59,7006,731,4842,428,7431,579,481
37 Georgia $25,615$49,321$58,88510,097,3433,587,5212,426,392
38 Oklahoma $25,229$47,529$58,7103,878,0511,459,759966,516
39 Indiana $25,140$49,446$60,7806,596,8552,502,7391,657,223
40 Tennessee $24,922$44,361$55,5576,549,3522,509,6651,660,344
41 Utah $24,877$60,922$69,5352,942,902918,370691,495
42 Louisiana $24,800$44,555$56,5734,649,6761,718,1941,112,659
43 South Carolina $24,596$45,238$56,4914,832,4821,826,9141,201,616
44 Idaho $23,938$47,861$58,1011,634,464591,587407,499
45 Kentucky $23,684$42,958$54,7764,413,4571,712,0941,124,586
46 New Mexico $23,683$44,803$54,7052,085,572760,916489,532
47 Alabama $23,606$42,830$53,7644,849,3771,841,2171,232,515
48 Arkansas $22,883$41,262$51,5282,966,3691,131,288752,212
49 West Virginia $22,714$41,059$52,4131,850,326735,375472,869
50 Mississippi $21,036$39,680$50,1782,994,0791,095,823738,463
Puerto Rico † $11,241$18,928$22,4773,548,3971,233,490867,505

About Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia

†Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia are not formally US states, but their residents are American citizens. Puerto Rico has a higher population than 21 US states, while D.C. has a higher population than 2. Data for the other inhabited US territories is not listed here.

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References

  1. ↑ Bureau, U.S. Census. "American FactFinder - Results". factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS 2010-2014 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
  3. ↑ "ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES 2010-2014 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
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