List of U.S. states and territories by income

Data for the states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico is from the American Community Survey (Note that table does not reflect the margin of error in the values).[1] ACS data is unavailable for American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands; data for those territories is from 2010.[note 1]

Rank	State or territory	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014[note 2]
1	Washington, D.C.	$85,203	$82,372	$75,506	$75,628	$71,648
2	Maryland	$83,242	$80,776	$78,945	$75,847	$73,971
3	New Jersey	$81,740	$80,088	$76,126	$72,222	$71,919
4	Hawaii	$80,212	$77,765	$74,511	$73,486	$69,592
5	Massachusetts	$79,835	$77,385	$75,297	$70,628	$69,160
6	Connecticut	$76,348	$74,168	$73,433	$71,346	$70,048
7	California	$75,277	$71,805	$67,739	$64,500	$61,933
8	New Hampshire	$74,991	$73,381	$70,936	$70,303	$66,532
9	Alaska	$74,346	$73,181	$76,440	$73,355	$71,583
10	Washington	$74,073	$70,979	$67,106	$64,129	$61,366
11	Virginia	$72,577	$71,535	$68,114	$66,262	$64,902
12	Colorado	$71,953	$69,117	$65,685	$63,909	$61,303
13	Utah	$71,414	$65,358	$65,977	$62,912	$60,922
14	Minnesota	$70,315	$68,388	$65,599	$63,488	$61,481
15	New York	$67,844	$64,894	$62,909	$60,850	$58,878
16	Illinois	$65,030	$62,992	$60,960	$59,588	$57,444
17	Delaware	$64,805	$62,852	$61,757	$61,255	$59,716
18	Rhode Island	$64,340	$63,870	$60,596	$58,073	$54,891
19	North Dakota	$63,837	$61,843	$60,656	$60,557	$59,029
20	Oregon	$63,426	$60,212	$57,532	$54,148	$51,075
—	United States	$63,179	$60,336	$57,617	$55,775	$53,657
21	Wyoming	$61,584	$60,434	$59,882	$60,214	$57,055
22	Pennsylvania	$60,905	$59,105	$56,907	$55,702	$53,234
23	Vermont	$60,782	$57,513	$57,677	$56,990	$54,166
24	Wisconsin	$60,773	$59,305	$56,811	$55,638	$52,622
25	Texas	$60,629	$59,206	$56,565	$55,653	$53,035
26	Iowa	$59,955	$58,570	$56,247	$54,736	$53,712
27	Nebraska	$59,566	$59,970	$56,927	$54,996	$52,686
28	Arizona	$59,246	$56,581	$53,558	$51,492	$50,068
29	Georgia	$58,756	$56,183	$53,559	$51,244	$49,321
30	Nevada	$58,646	$58,003	$55,180	$52,431	$51,450
31	Kansas	$58,218	$56,422	$54,935	$53,906	$52,504
32	Michigan	$56,697	$54,909	$52,491	$51,084	$49,847
33	South Dakota	$56,274	$56,521	$54,467	$53,017	$50,979
34	Ohio	$56,111	$54,021	$52,344	$51,075	$49,308
35	Indiana	$55,746	$54,181	$52,314	$50,532	$49,446
36	Maine	$55,602	$55,277	$53,079	$51,494	$49,462
37	Idaho	$55,583	$52,225	$51,807	$48,275	$47,861
38	Florida	$55,462	$52,594	$50,860	$49,426	$47,463
39	Montana	$55,328	$53,386	$50,027	$49,509	$46,328
40	Missouri	$54,478	$53,578	$51,746	$50,238	$48,363
41	North Carolina	$53,855	$52,752	$50,584	$47,830	$46,556
42	Tennessee	$52,375	$51,340	$48,547	$47,275	$44,361
43	South Carolina	$52,306	$50,570	$49,501	$47,238	$45,238
44	Oklahoma	$51,924	$50,051	$49,176	$48,568	$47,529
45	Kentucky	$50,247	$48,375	$46,659	$45,215	$42,958
46	Alabama	$49,861	$48,123	$46,257	$44,765	$42,830
47	Guam	—	—	—	—	$48,274[3]
48	Louisiana	$47,905	$46,145	$45,146	$45,727	$44,555
49	New Mexico	$47,169	$46,744	$46,748	$45,382	$44,803
50	Arkansas	$47,062	$45,869	$44,334	$41,995	$41,262
51	Mississippi	$44,717	$43,529	$41,754	$40,593	$39,680
52	West Virginia	$44,097	$43,469	$43,385	$42,019	$41,059
53	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	—	—	—	—	$37,254[4]
54	American Samoa	—	—	—	—	$23,892[5]
55	Northern Mariana Islands	—	—	—	—	$19,958[6]
56	Puerto Rico	$20,296	$19,343	$20,078	$18,626	$18,928

Most data is from the 2010 to 2014 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates.[7][8][note 3]

Rank	State or territory	Per capita income	Median household income	Median family income	Population	Number of households	Number of families
1	District of Columbia	$45,877	$71,648	$84,094	658,893	277,378	117,864
2	Connecticut	$39,373	$70,048	$88,819	3,596,677	1,355,817	887,263
3	New Jersey	$37,288	$69,160	$87,951	8,938,175	2,549,336	1,610,581
4	Massachusetts	$36,593	$71,919	$88,419	6,938,608	3,194,844	2,203,675
5	Maryland	$36,338	$73,971	$89,678	5,976,407	2,165,438	1,445,972
6	New Hampshire	$34,691	$66,532	$80,581	1,326,813	519,756	345,901
7	Virginia	$34,052	$64,902	$78,290	8,326,289	3,083,820	2,058,820
8	New York	$33,095	$58,878	$71,115	19,746,227	7,282,398	4,621,954
9	North Dakota	$33,071	$59,029	$75,221	739,482	305,431	187,800
10	Alaska	$33,062	$71,583	$82,307	736,732	249,659	165,015
11	Minnesota	$32,638	$61,481	$77,941	5,457,173	2,129,195	1,369,594
12	Colorado	$32,357	$61,303	$75,405	5,355,866	2,039,592	1,315,283
13	Washington	$31,841	$61,366	$74,193	7,061,530	2,679,601	1,725,099
14	Rhode Island	$30,830	$54,891	$71,212	1,055,173	409,654	257,165
15	Delaware	$30,488	$59,716	$72,594	935,614	349,743	233,000
16	California	$30,441	$61,933	$71,015	38,802,500	12,758,648	8,762,059
17	Illinois	$30,417	$57,444	$71,796	12,880,580	4,772,421	3,099,184
18	Hawaii	$29,736	$69,592	$79,187	1,419,561	450,769	314,151
19	Wyoming	$29,698	$57,055	$72,460	584,153	232,594	149,032
20	Pennsylvania	$29,220	$53,234	$67,876	12,787,209	4,945,972	3,185,054
21	Vermont	$29,178	$54,166	$67,154	626,562	257,229	162,017
	United States	$28,889	$53,657	$65,910	318,857,056	117,259,427	77,152,072
22	Iowa	$28,361	$53,712	$67,771	3,107,126	1,241,471	801,562
23	Wisconsin	$28,213	$52,622	$67,187	5,757,564	2,307,685	1,485,877
24	Maine	$27,978	$49,462	$62,078	1,330,089	549,841	344,585
25	Kansas	$27,870	$52,504	$66,425	2,904,021	1,109,280	728,602
26	Oregon	$27,646	$51,075	$62,670	3,970,239	1,535,511	966,250
27	Nebraska	$27,446	$52,686	$66,120	1,881,503	740,765	480,317
28	Texas	$27,125	$53,035	$62,830	26,956,958	9,277,197	6,407,165
29	South Dakota	$26,959	$50,979	$66,936	853,175	334,475	211,235
30	Ohio	$26,937	$49,308	$62,300	11,594,163	4,593,172	2,923,523
31	Michigan	$26,613	$49,847	$62,143	9,909,877	3,834,574	2,485,159
32	Florida	$26,582	$47,463	$57,212	19,893,297	7,328,046	4,693,411
33	Missouri	$26,126	$48,363	$61,299	6,063,589	2,354,809	1,508,816
34	Montana	$25,989	$46,328	$60,643	1,023,579	410,962	251,176
35	North Carolina	$25,774	$46,556	$57,380	9,943,964	3,790,620	2,492,048
36	Nevada	$25,773	$51,450	$60,824	2,839,099	1,021,519	642,461
37	Arizona	$25,715	$50,068	$59,700	6,731,484	2,428,743	1,579,481
38	Georgia	$25,615	$49,321	$58,885	10,097,343	3,587,521	2,426,392
39	Oklahoma	$25,229	$47,529	$58,710	3,878,051	1,459,759	966,516
40	Indiana	$25,140	$49,446	$60,780	6,596,855	2,502,739	1,657,223
41	Tennessee	$24,922	$44,361	$55,557	6,549,352	2,509,665	1,660,344
42	Utah	$24,877	$60,922	$69,535	2,942,902	918,370	691,495
43	Louisiana	$24,800	$44,555	$56,573	4,649,676	1,718,194	1,112,659
44	South Carolina	$24,596	$45,238	$56,491	4,832,482	1,826,914	1,201,616
45	Idaho	$23,938	$47,861	$58,101	1,634,464	591,587	407,499
46	Kentucky	$23,684	$42,958	$54,776	4,413,457	1,712,094	1,124,586
47	New Mexico	$23,683	$44,803	$54,705	2,085,572	760,916	489,532
48	Alabama	$23,606	$42,830	$53,764	4,849,377	1,841,217	1,232,515
49	Arkansas	$22,883	$41,262	$51,528	2,966,369	1,131,288	752,212
50	West Virginia	$22,714	$41,059	$52,413	1,850,326	735,375	472,869
51	U.S. Virgin Islands	$21,362	$37,254	$45,058	106,405	43,214	26,237
52	Mississippi	$21,036	$39,680	$50,178	2,994,079	1,095,823	738,463
53	Guam	$16,549	$48,274	$50,607	162,742	42,026	34,199
54	Puerto Rico	$12,081	$19,775	$23,793	3,195,153	1,222,606	850,665
55	Northern Mariana Islands	$9,656	$19,958	$22,455	53,833	16,035	10,714
56	American Samoa	$6,311	$23,892	$24,706	55,519	9,688	8,834

Source for American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands and U.S. Virgin Islands: American FactFinder.[3]

Washington, D.C. and the inhabited U.S. territories (Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa) are not formally U.S. states, but their residents are U.S. citizens (except for American Samoa — people born in American Samoa are non-citizen U.S. nationals).[9] Puerto Rico has a higher population than 21 U.S. states, while Washington, D.C. has a higher population than 2 U.S. states.

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