50 States Incomes from NETSTATE.COM (original) (raw)
This table lists the per capita income, per capita disposable income, and median household income for each state by rank from high to low. Per capita income figures are from the 2000 Census. Median income figures are from 1993.
- Per capita income: Personal income for each person in state.
- Per capita disposable income: personal income for each person minus taxes.
- Median household income: Income, per household, separating higher half of household incomes and lower half of household incomes in a state.
| Income information for the 50 states. (Read across row for state rankings in each category.) | ||||||
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| Rank | State | Per Capita(2000) | State | Per Capita Disposable(2000) | State | Median household1993 |
| 1 | Connecticut | 40,702∣[Connecticut](../intro/ct40,702 | Connecticut | 40,702∣[Connecticut](../intro/ct32,655 | Alaska | $42,931 |
| 2 | Massachusetts | 37,704∣[NewJersey](../intro/nj37,704 | New Jersey | 37,704∣[NewJersey](../intro/nj30,645 | Hawaii | $42,662 |
| 3 | New Jersey | 37,118∣[Massachusetts](../intro/ma37,118 | Massachusetts | 37,118∣[Massachusetts](../intro/ma30,587 | New Jersey | $40,500 |
| 4 | New York | 34,689∣[NewHampshire](../intro/nh34,689 | New Hampshire | 34,689∣[NewHampshire](../intro/nh28,454 | Maryland | $39,939 |
| 5 | Maryland | 33,482∣[NewYork](../intro/ny33,482 | New York | 33,482∣[NewYork](../intro/ny28,370 | Connecticut | $39,516 |
| 6 | New Hampshire | 33,169∣[Maryland](../intro/md33,169 | Maryland | 33,169∣[Maryland](../intro/md27,906 | New Hampshire | $37,964 |
| 7 | Colorado | 32,434∣[Colorado](../intro/co32,434 | Colorado | 32,434∣[Colorado](../intro/co27,131 | Massachusetts | $37,064 |
| 8 | California | 32,149∣[Illinois](../intro/il32,149 | Illinois | 32,149∣[Illinois](../intro/il26,860 | Virginia | $36,433 |
| 9 | Minnesota | 31,935∣[Minnesota](../intro/mn31,935 | Minnesota | 31,935∣[Minnesota](../intro/mn26,816 | Delaware | $36,064 |
| 10 | Illinois | 31,856∣[California](../intro/ca31,856 | California | 31,856∣[California](../intro/ca26,401 | Nevada | $35,814 |
| 11 | Washington | 31,230∣[Washington](../intro/wa31,230 | Washington | 31,230∣[Washington](../intro/wa26,291 | Utah | $35,786 |
| 12 | Virginia | 31,120∣[Delaware](../intro/de31,120 | Delaware | 31,120∣[Delaware](../intro/de26,200 | Washington | $35,655 |
| 13 | Delaware | 31,012∣[Virginia](../intro/va31,012 | Virginia | 31,012∣[Virginia](../intro/va25,913 | Colorado | $34,488 |
| 14 | Alaska | 29,642∣[Alaska](../intro/ak29,642 | Alaska | 29,642∣[Alaska](../intro/ak25,856 | California | $34,073 |
| 15 | Nevada | 29,506∣[Nevada](../intro/nv29,506 | Nevada | 29,506∣[Nevada](../intro/nv25,245 | Minnesota | $33,682 |
| 16 | Pennsylvania | 29,504∣[Pennsylvania](../intro/pa29,504 | Pennsylvania | 29,504∣[Pennsylvania](../intro/pa25,164 | Rhode Island | $33,509 |
| 17 | Michigan | 29,127∣[RhodeIsland](../intro/ri29,127 | Rhode Island | 29,127∣[RhodeIsland](../intro/ri24,966 | Oregon | $33,138 |
| 18 | Rhode Island | 29,113∣[Michigan](../intro/mi29,113 | Michigan | 29,113∣[Michigan](../intro/mi24,601 | Illinois | $32,875 |
| 19 | Wisconsin | 28,100∣[Texas](../intro/tx28,100 | Texas | 28,100∣[Texas](../intro/tx24,263 | Michigan | $32,662 |
| 20 | Ohio | 27,977∣[Hawaii](../intro/hi27,977 | Hawaii | 27,977∣[Hawaii](../intro/hi24,149 | Wisconsin | $31,766 |
| 21 | Hawaii | 27,851∣[Wisconsin](../intro/wi27,851 | Wisconsin | 27,851∣[Wisconsin](../intro/wi23,878 | New York | $31,697 |
| 22 | Georgia | 27,794∣[Florida](../intro/fl27,794 | Florida | 27,794∣[Florida](../intro/fl23,838 | Georgia | $31,663 |
| 23 | Florida | 27,764∣[Nebraska](../intro/ne27,764 | Nebraska | 27,764∣[Nebraska](../intro/ne23,827 | Ohio | $31,285 |
| 24 | Texas | 27,752∣[Ohio](../intro/oh27,752 | Ohio | 27,752∣[Ohio](../intro/oh23,780 | Vermont | $31,065 |
| 25 | Oergon | 27,660∣[Georgia](../intro/ga27,660 | Georgia | 27,660∣[Georgia](../intro/ga23,648 | Idaho | $31,010 |
| 26 | Nebraska | 27,630∣[Kansas](../intro/ks27,630 | Kansas | 27,630∣[Kansas](../intro/ks23,461 | Nebraska | $31,008 |
| 27 | Kansas | 27,374∣[Missouri](../intro/mo27,374 | Missouri | 27,374∣[Missouri](../intro/mo23,461 | Pennsylvania | $30,995 |
| 28 | Wyoming | 27,372∣[Wyoming](../intro/wy27,372 | Wyoming | 27,372∣[Wyoming](../intro/wy23,300 | Arizona | $30,510 |
| 29 | Missouri | 27,206∣[Oregon](../intro/or27,206 | Oregon | 27,206∣[Oregon](../intro/or23,185 | Kansas | $29,770 |
| 30 | Indiana | 26,933∣[Indiana](../intro/in26,933 | Indiana | 26,933∣[Indiana](../intro/in23,155 | Indiana | $29,475 |
| 31 | North Carolina | 26,882∣[SouthDakota](../intro/sd26,882 | South Dakota | 26,882∣[SouthDakota](../intro/sd23,134 | Wyoming | $29,442 |
| 32 | Vermont | 26,848∣[Vermont](../intro/vt26,848 | Vermont | 26,848∣[Vermont](../intro/vt23,011 | North Carolina | $28,820 |
| 33 | Iowa | 26,431∣[NorthCarolina](../intro/nc26,431 | North Carolina | 26,431∣[NorthCarolina](../intro/nc23,002 | Texas | $28,727 |
| 34 | South Dakota | 25,958∣[Tennessee](../intro/tn25,958 | Tennessee | 25,958∣[Tennessee](../intro/tn22,987 | Missouri | $28,682 |
| 35 | Tennessee | 25,946∣[Iowa](../intro/ia25,946 | Iowa | 25,946∣[Iowa](../intro/ia22,949 | Iowa | $28,663 |
| 36 | Maine | 25,380∣[NorthDakota](../intro/nd25,380 | North Dakota | 25,380∣[NorthDakota](../intro/nd21,993 | Florida | $28,550 |
| 37 | Arizona | 24,988∣[Maine](../intro/me24,988 | Maine | 24,988∣[Maine](../intro/me21,778 | North Dakota | $28,118 |
| 38 | North Dakota | 24,708∣[Arizona](../intro/az24,708 | Arizona | 24,708∣[Arizona](../intro/az21,446 | South Dakota | $27,737 |
| 39 | Kentucky | 24,085∣[SouthCarolina](../intro/sc24,085 | South Carolina | 24,085∣[SouthCarolina](../intro/sc20,821 | Maine | $27,438 |
| 40 | South Carolina | 24,000∣[Kentucky](../intro/ky24,000 | Kentucky | 24,000∣[Kentucky](../intro/ky20,729 | New Mexico | $26,758 |
| 41 | Idaho | 23,727∣[Alabama](../intro/al23,727 | Alabama | 23,727∣[Alabama](../intro/al20,595 | Montana | $26,470 |
| 42 | Oklahoma | 23,650∣[Oklahoma](../intro/ok23,650 | Oklahoma | 23,650∣[Oklahoma](../intro/ok20,591 | Louisiana | $26,312 |
| 43 | Alabama | 23,521∣[Idaho](../intro/id23,521 | Idaho | 23,521∣[Idaho](../intro/id20,394 | Oklahoma | $26,260 |
| 44 | Utah | 23,436∣[Louisiana](../intro/la23,436 | Louisiana | 23,436∣[Louisiana](../intro/la20,393 | South Carolina | $26,053 |
| 45 | Louisiana | 23,090∣[Utah](../intro/ut23,090 | Utah | 23,090∣[Utah](../intro/ut20,083 | Tennessee | $25,102 |
| 46 | Montana | 22,518∣[Montana](../intro/mt22,518 | Montana | 22,518∣[Montana](../intro/mt19,639 | Alabama | $25,082 |
| 47 | Arkansas | 21,995∣[Arkansas](../intro/ar21,995 | Arkansas | 21,995∣[Arkansas](../intro/ar19,280 | Kentucky | $24,376 |
| 48 | New Mexico | 21,931∣[NewMexico](../intro/nm21,931 | New Mexico | 21,931∣[NewMexico](../intro/nm19,190 | Arkansas | $23,039 |
| 49 | West Virginia | 21,738∣[WestVirginia](../intro/wv21,738 | West Virginia | 21,738∣[WestVirginia](../intro/wv19,156 | West Virginia | $22,421 |
| 50 | Mississippi | 20,900∣[Mississippi](../intro/ms20,900 | Mississippi | 20,900∣[Mississippi](../intro/ms18,655 | Mississippi | $22,191 |
| Information sources: The United States Census Bureau, http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/phc-t2.html, July 10, 2001.Carpenter, Alan, and Carl Provorse. The World Almanac of the U.S.A.. Mahwah: World Almanac Books, 1996. Print. |