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Table 102.30. Median household income, by state: Selected years, 1990 through 2016
[In constant 2016 dollars. Standard errors appear in parentheses]
State 19901 20002 2005 2010 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
United States $56,200 $60,500 $56,800 ($80) $55,100 ($40) $53,700 ($30) $53,800 ($40) $54,400 ($60) $55,800 ($50) $57,600 ($70)
Alabama 44,100 49,200 45,300 (400) 44,600 (320) 43,500 (300) 44,200 (400) 43,400 (370) 45,300 (460) 46,300 (410)
Alaska 77,400 74,300 69,100 (1,350) 71,100 (1,400) 70,800 (1,200) 74,400 (1,190) 72,600 (1,100) 74,300 (1,430) 76,400 (1,360)
Arizona 51,500 58,500 54,400 (480) 51,500 (360) 50,000 (380) 50,000 (370) 50,800 (300) 52,100 (270) 53,600 (390)
Arkansas 39,500 46,400 43,000 (450) 42,200 (430) 41,900 (320) 41,700 (440) 41,800 (400) 42,500 (290) 44,300 (560)
California 66,900 68,500 65,900 (240) 63,500 (240) 61,000 (220) 62,000 (160) 62,800 (150) 65,300 (240) 67,700 (220)
                                 
Colorado 56,300 68,000 62,300 (410) 59,500 (490) 59,300 (380) 60,600 (510) 62,100 (300) 64,700 (550) 65,700 (390)
Connecticut 78,000 77,700 74,900 (610) 70,500 (730) 70,300 (550) 69,100 (660) 71,000 (510) 72,200 (480) 73,400 (640)
Delaware 65,200 68,300 64,500 (1,060) 61,500 (1,000) 61,100 (1,010) 59,600 (1,180) 60,500 (1,030) 62,000 (790) 61,800 (910)
District of Columbia 57,400 57,800 58,000 (1,440) 67,000 (1,030) 69,600 (1,300) 69,600 (2,120) 72,600 (1,230) 76,600 (1,530) 75,500 (2,080)
Florida 51,400 56,000 52,200 (200) 48,900 (220) 47,100 (220) 47,400 (190) 48,100 (200) 50,100 (200) 50,900 (150)
                                 
Georgia 54,300 61,200 56,000 (330) 51,100 (310) 49,400 (240) 49,300 (390) 50,000 (330) 51,900 (230) 53,600 (430)
Hawaii 72,600 71,800 71,400 (1,470) 69,400 (1,040) 69,300 (1,030) 70,100 (950) 70,600 (900) 74,400 (1,240) 74,500 (1,080)
Idaho 47,200 54,200 50,900 (630) 47,900 (670) 47,600 (590) 48,200 (580) 48,500 (790) 48,900 (670) 51,800 (590)
Illinois 60,300 67,200 61,800 (250) 58,300 (290) 57,600 (260) 57,900 (250) 58,200 (260) 60,300 (310) 61,000 (240)
Indiana 53,800 59,900 54,100 (380) 49,100 (300) 49,100 (270) 49,000 (320) 50,100 (300) 51,200 (240) 52,300 (230)
                                 
Iowa 49,000 56,900 53,600 (390) 52,800 (430) 53,300 (270) 53,800 (330) 54,500 (470) 55,400 (480) 56,200 (420)
Kansas 51,000 58,600 52,700 (550) 53,100 (580) 52,500 (330) 52,500 (380) 53,200 (440) 54,600 (540) 54,900 (540)
Kentucky 42,100 48,500 45,900 (360) 44,100 (340) 43,600 (270) 44,700 (410) 43,600 (430) 45,800 (290) 46,700 (360)
Louisiana 41,000 46,900 45,100 (430) 46,800 (470) 44,900 (430) 45,500 (540) 45,200 (450) 46,300 (410) 45,100 (470)
Maine 52,100 53,700 52,600 (720) 50,400 (640) 48,800 (570) 48,400 (500) 50,100 (690) 52,100 (530) 53,100 (840)
                                 
Maryland 73,600 76,200 75,700 (440) 75,800 (620) 74,300 (370) 74,700 (450) 75,000 (530) 76,800 (360) 78,900 (450)
Massachusetts 69,100 72,800 70,300 (520) 68,300 (270) 68,300 (410) 68,800 (450) 70,100 (590) 71,500 (380) 75,300 (470)
Michigan 58,000 64,400 56,600 (340) 50,000 (200) 49,000 (210) 49,700 (240) 50,500 (240) 51,700 (150) 52,500 (240)
Minnesota 57,800 67,900 63,900 (270) 61,100 (310) 61,600 (420) 62,500 (270) 62,300 (290) 64,300 (410) 65,600 (370)
Mississippi 37,600 45,200 40,500 (460) 40,600 (420) 38,800 (370) 39,100 (640) 40,200 (480) 41,100 (330) 41,800 (340)
                                 
Missouri 49,300 54,700 51,600 (270) 48,800 (340) 47,400 (270) 48,400 (270) 49,000 (350) 50,900 (260) 51,700 (230)
Montana 43,000 47,600 48,300 (720) 47,000 (760) 47,100 (690) 48,400 (710) 47,000 (750) 50,100 (870) 50,000 (670)
Nebraska 48,600 56,600 53,900 (570) 53,300 (600) 53,000 (370) 53,000 (310) 53,400 (420) 55,700 (510) 56,900 (470)
Nevada 58,000 64,300 60,400 (660) 56,100 (530) 52,000 (520) 52,800 (370) 52,200 (420) 53,100 (600) 55,200 (550)
New Hampshire 67,900 71,300 69,800 (750) 67,200 (770) 66,200 (980) 66,200 (840) 67,500 (800) 71,200 (770) 70,900 (860)
                                 
New Jersey 76,500 79,500 75,800 (390) 74,500 (510) 72,800 (460) 72,300 (340) 72,900 (270) 73,100 (380) 76,100 (430)
New Mexico 45,000 49,200 46,100 (560) 46,300 (490) 44,500 (570) 45,200 (600) 45,400 (520) 46,000 (540) 46,700 (500)
New York 61,600 62,600 60,800 (320) 59,600 (250) 59,000 (240) 59,100 (270) 59,700 (240) 61,600 (190) 62,900 (380)
North Carolina 49,800 56,500 50,100 (240) 47,700 (250) 47,200 (250) 47,300 (270) 47,200 (230) 48,400 (320) 50,600 (180)
North Dakota 43,400 49,900 50,400 (530) 53,600 (1,050) 56,000 (980) 57,500 (910) 59,800 (1,040) 61,300 (1,020) 60,700 (930)
                                 
Ohio 53,700 59,000 53,500 (250) 49,600 (200) 49,000 (190) 49,500 (250) 50,000 (220) 51,700 (140) 52,300 (170)
Oklahoma 44,100 48,100 45,600 (420) 46,300 (270) 46,300 (290) 47,100 (330) 48,200 (280) 49,200 (320) 49,200 (380)
Oregon 50,900 59,000 52,800 (430) 51,300 (360) 51,400 (510) 51,800 (330) 51,800 (300) 54,800 (560) 57,500 (520)
Pennsylvania 54,300 57,800 54,700 (290) 54,300 (290) 53,600 (170) 53,600 (160) 54,000 (260) 56,400 (230) 56,900 (220)
Rhode Island 60,200 60,700 63,200 (1,030) 57,500 (830) 57,000 (1,140) 57,600 (1,190) 55,600 (920) 58,800 (1,490) 60,600 (970)
                                 
South Carolina 49,100 53,500 48,300 (460) 46,300 (280) 45,100 (420) 45,500 (410) 45,900 (310) 47,800 (340) 49,500 (370)
South Dakota 42,100 50,900 49,500 (660) 50,500 (810) 50,600 (620) 50,400 (680) 51,700 (630) 53,700 (670) 54,500 (780)
Tennessee 46,400 52,400 47,800 (360) 45,600 (270) 44,700 (370) 45,600 (310) 45,000 (350) 47,900 (300) 48,500 (410)
Texas 50,500 57,600 51,800 (180) 53,500 (230) 53,000 (170) 53,300 (150) 53,800 (230) 56,400 (190) 56,600 (180)
Utah 55,100 65,900 58,900 (710) 60,300 (420) 59,600 (470) 61,600 (480) 61,800 (410) 63,700 (750) 66,000 (580)
                                 
Vermont 55,700 58,900 56,100 (890) 54,400 (990) 55,400 (800) 54,200 (980) 54,900 (1,060) 57,700 (820) 57,700 (1,020)
Virginia 62,300 67,300 66,700 (400) 66,800 (310) 64,500 (260) 64,600 (420) 65,800 (380) 67,100 (330) 68,100 (450)
Washington 58,300 66,000 60,500 (480) 61,200 (370) 60,200 (380) 60,200 (420) 62,200 (300) 64,900 (490) 67,100 (360)
West Virginia 38,900 42,800 41,100 (600) 42,100 (600) 42,000 (440) 42,500 (470) 41,600 (400) 42,500 (490) 43,400 (680)
Wisconsin 55,000 63,100 57,900 (290) 53,900 (330) 53,400 (200) 53,000 (230) 53,300 (270) 56,300 (260) 56,800 (330)
Wyoming 50,700 54,600 56,800 (1,130) 58,900 (1,270) 57,400 (950) 60,500 (1,120) 57,800 (1,220) 61,000 (970) 59,900 (1,350)
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 2016, retrieved October 15, 2017, from https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/searchresults.xhtml?refresh=t. (This table was prepared October 2017.)

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