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Table 102.30. Median household income, by state: Selected years, 1990 through 2014
[In constant 2014 dollars. Standard errors appear in parentheses]
State 19901 20002 2005 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
United States $55,427 $59,687 $56,100 ($80) $55,500 ($50) $54,400 ($40) $53,200 ($50) $53,000 ($30) $53,100 ($40) $53,700 ($60)
Alabama 43,516 48,517 44,700 (390) 44,700 (350) 44,000 (310) 43,600 (350) 42,900 (300) 43,600 (400) 42,800 (360)
Alaska 76,361 73,300 68,200 (1,330) 73,900 (1,560) 70,100 (1,380) 71,400 (1,250) 69,800 (1,190) 73,400 (1,170) 71,600 (1,080)
Arizona 50,787 57,646 53,700 (480) 53,800 (320) 50,800 (350) 49,200 (350) 49,300 (380) 49,300 (360) 50,100 (290)
Arkansas 38,997 45,741 42,500 (440) 41,800 (420) 41,600 (420) 40,800 (490) 41,400 (310) 41,200 (440) 41,300 (400)
California 66,016 67,503 65,100 (240) 65,100 (180) 62,700 (230) 60,300 (180) 60,100 (220) 61,200 (160) 61,900 (140)
                                 
Colorado 55,582 67,091 61,400 (410) 61,200 (470) 58,700 (480) 58,300 (390) 58,500 (370) 59,800 (500) 61,300 (300)
Connecticut 76,938 76,660 73,900 (600) 74,000 (670) 69,600 (720) 69,200 (550) 69,400 (540) 68,200 (650) 70,000 (500)
Delaware 64,313 67,344 63,700 (1,040) 62,800 (1,170) 60,700 (990) 61,900 (1,020) 60,200 (1,000) 58,800 (1,160) 59,700 (1,020)
District of Columbia 56,664 57,034 57,300 (1,430) 65,500 (1,150) 66,200 (1,020) 66,500 (1,540) 68,700 (1,280) 68,700 (2,090) 71,600 (1,210)
Florida 50,682 55,175 51,500 (200) 49,400 (190) 48,200 (210) 46,600 (260) 46,400 (220) 46,800 (190) 47,500 (200)
                                 
Georgia 53,518 60,311 55,300 (320) 52,500 (280) 50,400 (310) 48,400 (290) 48,700 (240) 48,600 (390) 49,300 (330)
Hawaii 71,605 70,811 70,500 (1,450) 70,800 (1,060) 68,500 (1,030) 65,100 (660) 68,300 (1,020) 69,100 (940) 70,000 (890)
Idaho 46,577 53,402 50,300 (620) 49,600 (640) 47,200 (660) 45,600 (840) 46,900 (580) 47,500 (570) 47,900 (780)
Illinois 59,476 66,220 61,000 (250) 59,600 (270) 57,500 (290) 56,100 (330) 56,900 (260) 57,100 (250) 57,400 (260)
Indiana 53,105 59,081 53,400 (370) 50,200 (310) 48,500 (300) 48,900 (290) 48,400 (260) 48,300 (320) 49,400 (300)
                                 
Iowa 48,369 56,099 52,900 (380) 53,000 (290) 52,100 (430) 52,000 (440) 52,500 (270) 53,100 (330) 53,700 (460)
Kansas 50,328 57,740 52,100 (540) 52,800 (450) 52,400 (570) 51,600 (480) 51,800 (330) 51,800 (380) 52,500 (430)
Kentucky 41,555 47,859 45,300 (350) 44,200 (360) 43,500 (330) 43,300 (300) 43,000 (260) 44,100 (400) 43,000 (420)
Louisiana 40,476 46,287 44,600 (420) 46,900 (420) 46,200 (470) 43,900 (340) 44,300 (430) 44,900 (540) 44,600 (450)
Maine 51,366 52,930 51,900 (710) 50,500 (630) 49,800 (630) 48,500 (510) 48,200 (560) 47,700 (490) 49,500 (680)
                                 
Maryland 72,632 75,143 74,700 (440) 76,500 (470) 74,800 (610) 73,700 (510) 73,300 (360) 73,700 (440) 74,000 (530)
Massachusetts 68,144 71,780 69,400 (510) 70,800 (460) 67,400 (270) 66,200 (580) 67,400 (400) 67,900 (440) 69,200 (580)
Michigan 57,204 63,487 55,900 (330) 50,000 (240) 49,300 (200) 48,400 (210) 48,300 (210) 49,100 (230) 48,800 (230)
Minnesota 57,000 66,960 63,100 (270) 61,400 (370) 60,200 (300) 60,000 (310) 60,700 (420) 61,700 (270) 61,500 (290)
Mississippi 37,133 44,530 40,000 (450) 40,500 (470) 40,000 (420) 38,900 (370) 38,200 (370) 38,600 (640) 39,700 (470)
                                 
Missouri 48,615 53,917 50,900 (270) 49,900 (350) 48,100 (330) 47,600 (340) 46,700 (260) 47,700 (260) 48,400 (340)
Montana 42,393 46,938 47,700 (710) 46,700 (720) 46,300 (750) 46,600 (690) 46,500 (680) 47,700 (700) 46,300 (740)
Nebraska 47,976 55,787 53,200 (560) 52,300 (540) 52,600 (600) 53,000 (440) 52,300 (360) 52,300 (300) 52,700 (420)
Nevada 57,188 63,364 59,600 (660) 58,900 (660) 55,400 (520) 51,500 (650) 51,300 (520) 52,100 (360) 51,500 (420)
New Hampshire 66,995 70,309 68,900 (740) 66,900 (930) 66,300 (760) 66,000 (910) 65,200 (960) 65,300 (830) 66,500 (270)
                                 
New Jersey 75,474 78,381 74,800 (390) 75,500 (440) 73,500 (500) 71,000 (460) 71,800 (450) 71,300 (340) 71,900 (270)
New Mexico 44,419 48,514 45,500 (550) 47,500 (690) 45,700 (480) 44,200 (510) 43,900 (570) 44,600 (590) 44,800 (520)
New York 60,791 61,676 60,000 (310) 60,400 (270) 58,800 (250) 58,200 (250) 58,200 (230) 58,300 (270) 58,900 (240)
North Carolina 49,140 55,693 49,400 (240) 48,200 (250) 47,100 (240) 46,200 (330) 46,600 (250) 46,700 (260) 46,600 (230)
North Dakota 42,807 49,184 49,800 (520) 52,800 (670) 52,900 (1,040) 54,400 (810) 55,300 (970) 56,700 (900) 59,000 (1,020)
                                 
Ohio 52,937 58,212 52,800 (250) 50,100 (230) 49,000 (190) 48,200 (200) 48,300 (180) 48,900 (250) 49,300 (220)
Oklahoma 43,479 47,472 45,000 (420) 46,000 (340) 45,700 (270) 45,500 (390) 45,700 (290) 46,400 (330) 47,500 (280)
Oregon 50,252 58,155 52,100 (430) 53,500 (420) 50,600 (360) 49,300 (460) 50,700 (510) 51,100 (330) 51,100 (300)
Pennsylvania 53,607 57,004 54,000 (290) 54,700 (190) 53,500 (290) 52,900 (190) 52,800 (170) 52,900 (160) 53,200 (260)
Rhode Island 59,345 59,824 62,400 (1,010) 59,800 (1,020) 56,800 (820) 56,500 (1,090) 56,300 (1,120) 56,800 (1,180) 54,900 (900)
                                 
South Carolina 48,419 52,706 47,700 (450) 46,900 (380) 45,600 (280) 44,600 (360) 44,400 (410) 44,900 (410) 45,200 (310)
South Dakota 41,498 50,147 48,900 (660) 49,700 (810) 49,900 (800) 50,900 (1,020) 49,900 (610) 49,700 (670) 51,000 (620)
Tennessee 45,747 51,680 47,200 (350) 46,100 (290) 45,000 (270) 43,900 (270) 44,100 (360) 45,000 (310) 44,400 (340)
Texas 49,821 56,750 51,100 (180) 53,300 (160) 52,800 (230) 52,000 (250) 52,300 (170) 52,600 (150) 53,000 (230)
Utah 54,346 64,992 58,100 (700) 60,900 (540) 59,500 (410) 58,800 (520) 58,800 (460) 60,700 (470) 60,900 (400)
                                 
Vermont 54,940 58,070 55,400 (880) 57,000 (640) 53,700 (980) 55,600 (910) 54,600 (790) 53,400 (960) 54,200 (1,050)
Virginia 61,461 66,344 65,800 (400) 65,500 (320) 65,900 (300) 65,200 (320) 63,700 (260) 63,700 (410) 64,900 (380)
Washington 57,505 65,063 59,800 (470) 62,400 (350) 60,400 (360) 59,800 (360) 59,400 (370) 59,400 (410) 61,400 (290)
West Virginia 38,348 42,208 40,600 (590) 41,300 (470) 41,500 (590) 40,500 (560) 41,400 (440) 41,900 (460) 41,100 (400)
Wisconsin 54,294 62,242 57,100 (290) 55,200 (270) 53,200 (330) 53,100 (270) 52,600 (200) 52,300 (230) 52,600 (260)
Wyoming 49,968 53,857 56,000 (1,120) 58,100 (1,260) 58,100 (1,250) 59,300 (1,210) 56,600 (930) 59,700 (1,110) 57,100 (1,210)
1 Based on 1989 incomes collected in the 1990 census.
2 Based on 1999 incomes collected in the 2000 census.
NOTE: Constant dollars adjusted by the Consumer Price Index research series using current methods (CPI-U-RS).    
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, 1990 Summary Tape File 3 (STF 3), "Median Household Income in 1989," retrieved May 12, 2005, from https://www.census.gov/hhes/www/income/data/historical/state/state1.html; Decennial Census, 2000, Summary Social, Economic, and Housing Characteristics; Census 2000 Summary File 4 (SF 4), retrieved March 28, 2005, from https://www.census.gov/census2000/SF4.html; and American Community Survey (ACS), selected years, 2005 through 2014. (This table was prepared February 2016.)

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