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Table 102.30. Median household income, by state: Selected years, 1990 through 2015
[In constant 2015 dollars. Standard errors appear in parentheses]
State 19901 20002 2005 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
United States $55,500 $59,800 $56,100 ($80) $54,400 ($40) $53,200 ($50) $53,000 ($30) $53,200 ($40) $53,700 ($60) $55,800 ($50)
Alabama 43,600 48,600 44,800 (390) 44,000 (310) 43,600 (350) 42,900 (300) 43,600 (400) 42,900 (360) 44,800 (450)
Alaska 76,400 73,400 68,200 (1,330) 70,200 (1,380) 71,500 (1,250) 69,900 (1,190) 73,500 (1,170) 71,700 (1,090) 73,400 (1,410)
Arizona 50,800 57,700 53,700 (480) 50,900 (350) 49,200 (350) 49,400 (380) 49,400 (360) 50,100 (290) 51,500 (260)
Arkansas 39,000 45,800 42,500 (440) 41,600 (420) 40,800 (490) 41,400 (310) 41,200 (440) 41,300 (400) 42,000 (290)
California 66,100 67,600 65,100 (240) 62,700 (230) 60,400 (180) 60,200 (220) 61,200 (160) 62,000 (140) 64,500 (240)
                                 
Colorado 55,600 67,200 61,500 (410) 58,800 (480) 58,400 (390) 58,600 (370) 59,900 (500) 61,400 (300) 63,900 (540)
Connecticut 77,000 76,700 74,000 (600) 69,600 (720) 69,300 (550) 69,500 (540) 68,300 (650) 70,100 (500) 71,300 (480)
Delaware 64,400 67,400 63,700 (1,040) 60,700 (990) 62,000 (1,020) 60,300 (1,000) 58,900 (1,160) 59,800 (1,020) 61,300 (780)
District of Columbia 56,700 57,100 57,300 (1,430) 66,200 (1,020) 66,500 (1,540) 68,700 (1,280) 68,800 (2,090) 71,700 (1,210) 75,600 (1,520)
Florida 50,700 55,200 51,500 (200) 48,300 (210) 46,700 (260) 46,500 (220) 46,800 (190) 47,500 (200) 49,400 (200)
                                 
Georgia 53,600 60,400 55,300 (320) 50,500 (310) 48,500 (290) 48,700 (240) 48,700 (390) 49,400 (330) 51,200 (230)
Hawaii 71,700 70,900 70,500 (1,450) 68,500 (1,030) 65,200 (660) 68,400 (1,020) 69,200 (940) 69,700 (890) 73,500 (1,220)
Idaho 46,600 53,500 50,300 (620) 47,300 (660) 45,700 (850) 47,000 (580) 47,600 (580) 47,900 (780) 48,300 (660)
Illinois 59,500 66,300 61,000 (250) 57,600 (290) 56,100 (330) 56,900 (260) 57,200 (250) 57,500 (260) 59,600 (310)
Indiana 53,200 59,100 53,400 (370) 48,500 (300) 48,900 (290) 48,500 (260) 48,400 (320) 49,500 (300) 50,500 (240)
                                 
Iowa 48,400 56,200 52,900 (380) 52,100 (430) 52,100 (440) 52,600 (270) 53,100 (330) 53,800 (460) 54,700 (480)
Kansas 50,400 57,800 52,100 (540) 52,500 (570) 51,600 (480) 51,900 (330) 51,900 (380) 52,600 (430) 53,900 (530)
Kentucky 41,600 47,900 45,400 (350) 43,600 (330) 43,400 (300) 43,100 (260) 44,200 (400) 43,000 (420) 45,200 (290)
Louisiana 40,500 46,300 44,600 (420) 46,200 (470) 44,000 (340) 44,300 (430) 44,900 (540) 44,600 (450) 45,700 (410)
Maine 51,400 53,000 51,900 (710) 49,800 (630) 48,500 (510) 48,200 (560) 47,800 (490) 49,500 (680) 51,500 (520)
                                 
Maryland 72,700 75,200 74,800 (440) 74,900 (610) 73,800 (520) 73,400 (360) 73,800 (440) 74,100 (530) 75,800 (360)
Massachusetts 68,200 71,900 69,400 (510) 67,500 (270) 66,200 (580) 67,500 (400) 67,900 (440) 69,200 (580) 70,600 (380)
Michigan 57,300 63,600 55,900 (330) 49,400 (200) 48,500 (210) 48,400 (210) 49,100 (230) 49,900 (230) 51,100 (150)
Minnesota 57,100 67,000 63,100 (270) 60,300 (300) 60,000 (310) 60,800 (420) 61,800 (270) 61,600 (290) 63,500 (410)
Mississippi 37,200 44,600 40,000 (450) 40,100 (420) 38,900 (370) 38,300 (370) 38,600 (640) 39,700 (470) 40,600 (330)
                                 
Missouri 48,700 54,000 50,900 (270) 48,200 (340) 47,700 (340) 46,800 (260) 47,800 (260) 48,400 (350) 50,200 (250)
Montana 42,400 47,000 47,700 (710) 46,400 (750) 46,600 (690) 46,500 (690) 47,800 (710) 46,400 (740) 49,500 (860)
Nebraska 48,000 55,900 53,200 (560) 52,600 (600) 53,000 (440) 52,400 (360) 52,300 (300) 52,700 (420) 55,000 (500)
Nevada 57,300 63,400 59,700 (660) 55,400 (520) 51,600 (650) 51,400 (520) 52,100 (360) 51,500 (420) 52,400 (590)
New Hampshire 67,100 70,400 68,900 (740) 66,400 (760) 66,000 (910) 65,300 (960) 65,400 (830) 66,600 (790) 70,300 (760)
                                 
New Jersey 75,600 78,500 74,800 (390) 73,600 (500) 71,100 (460) 71,900 (450) 71,400 (340) 72,000 (270) 72,200 (370)
New Mexico 44,500 48,600 45,500 (550) 45,800 (490) 44,200 (510) 43,900 (570) 44,600 (590) 44,900 (520) 45,400 (530)
New York 60,900 61,700 60,100 (310) 58,900 (250) 58,200 (250) 58,300 (230) 58,400 (270) 58,900 (240) 60,900 (190)
North Carolina 49,200 55,800 49,400 (240) 47,100 (240) 46,300 (330) 46,600 (250) 46,700 (260) 46,600 (230) 47,800 (320)
North Dakota 42,900 49,200 49,800 (520) 52,900 (1,040) 54,500 (810) 55,300 (970) 56,700 (900) 59,100 (1,020) 60,600 (1,010)
                                 
Ohio 53,000 58,300 52,800 (250) 49,000 (190) 48,200 (200) 48,300 (180) 48,900 (250) 49,400 (220) 51,100 (140)
Oklahoma 43,500 47,500 45,000 (420) 45,700 (270) 45,600 (390) 45,700 (290) 46,500 (330) 47,600 (280) 48,600 (310)
Oregon 50,300 58,200 52,100 (430) 50,600 (360) 49,300 (460) 50,700 (510) 51,100 (330) 51,100 (300) 54,100 (550)
Pennsylvania 53,700 57,100 54,100 (290) 53,600 (290) 52,900 (190) 52,900 (170) 52,900 (160) 53,300 (260) 55,700 (230)
Rhode Island 59,400 59,900 62,500 (1,010) 56,800 (820) 56,500 (1,090) 56,300 (1,120) 56,900 (1,180) 55,000 (910) 58,100 (1,470)
                                 
South Carolina 48,500 52,800 47,700 (450) 45,700 (280) 44,600 (360) 44,500 (410) 44,900 (410) 45,300 (310) 47,200 (330)
South Dakota 41,500 50,200 48,900 (660) 49,900 (800) 50,900 (1,020) 49,900 (610) 49,800 (670) 51,000 (630) 53,000 (670)
Tennessee 45,800 51,700 47,200 (350) 45,100 (270) 43,900 (270) 44,100 (360) 45,100 (310) 44,400 (340) 47,300 (300)
Texas 49,900 56,800 51,100 (180) 52,800 (230) 52,100 (250) 52,400 (170) 52,600 (150) 53,100 (230) 55,700 (190)
Utah 54,400 65,100 58,200 (700) 59,500 (410) 58,900 (520) 58,900 (460) 60,800 (470) 61,000 (400) 62,900 (740)
                                 
Vermont 55,000 58,100 55,400 (880) 53,700 (980) 55,600 (910) 54,700 (790) 53,500 (970) 54,200 (1,050) 57,000 (810)
Virginia 61,500 66,400 65,800 (400) 66,000 (300) 65,200 (320) 63,700 (260) 63,800 (410) 65,000 (380) 66,300 (330)
Washington 57,600 65,100 59,800 (480) 60,500 (360) 59,900 (360) 59,400 (370) 59,400 (420) 61,400 (300) 64,100 (480)
West Virginia 38,400 42,300 40,600 (590) 41,500 (590) 40,600 (560) 41,500 (440) 42,000 (460) 41,100 (400) 42,000 (480)
Wisconsin 54,400 62,300 57,200 (290) 53,300 (330) 53,100 (270) 52,700 (200) 52,400 (230) 52,700 (260) 55,600 (260)
Wyoming 50,000 53,900 56,100 (1,120) 58,200 (1,250) 59,400 (1,210) 56,700 (940) 59,800 (1,110) 57,100 (1,210) 60,200 (960)
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 2015, retrieved January 24, 2017, from https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/searchresults.xhtml?refresh=t. (This table was prepared January 2017.)

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