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Table 102.30. Median household income, by state: Selected years, 1990 through 2017
[In constant 2017 dollars. Standard errors appear in parentheses]
State 19901 20002 2005 2010 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
United States $57,500 $62,000 $58,200 (80) $56,400 (40) $55,100 (40) $55,600 (60) $55,800 (50) $58,900 (70) $60,300 (50)
Alabama 45,200 50,400 46,400 (400) 45,600 (320) 45,200 (410) 44,400 (380) 46,300 (470) 47,300 (420) 48,100 (470)
Alaska 79,300 76,100 70,800 (1,380) 72,800 (1,430) 76,100 (1,210) 74,200 (1,120) 75,900 (1,460) 78,100 (1,380) 73,200 (1,600)
Arizona 52,700 59,900 55,700 (490) 52,700 (360) 51,100 (380) 51,900 (300) 53,300 (270) 54,700 (390) 56,600 (310)
Arkansas 40,500 47,500 44,000 (460) 43,200 (440) 42,700 (450) 42,800 (410) 43,500 (300) 45,300 (570) 45,900 (460)
California 68,500 70,100 67,500 (250) 65,000 (240) 63,400 (160) 64,200 (150) 66,700 (250) 69,200 (220) 71,800 (180)
                                 
Colorado 57,700 69,700 63,700 (420) 60,900 (500) 62,000 (520) 63,500 (310) 66,100 (560) 67,100 (390) 69,100 (470)
Connecticut 79,900 79,600 76,700 (620) 72,100 (750) 70,700 (680) 72,600 (520) 73,800 (490) 75,000 (660) 74,200 (820)
Delaware 66,800 69,900 66,100 (1,080) 62,900 (1,030) 61,000 (1,200) 61,900 (1,050) 63,400 (810) 63,100 (930) 62,900 (1,500)
District of Columbia 58,800 59,200 59,400 (1,480) 68,600 (1,050) 71,200 (2,170) 74,300 (1,260) 78,300 (1,570) 77,100 (2,120) 82,400 (1,610)
Florida 52,600 57,300 53,400 (210) 50,000 (220) 48,500 (200) 49,200 (210) 51,100 (210) 52,000 (150) 52,600 (220)
                                 
Georgia 55,500 62,600 57,400 (340) 52,300 (320) 50,400 (400) 51,100 (340) 53,000 (230) 54,700 (440) 56,200 (350)
Hawaii 74,300 73,500 73,100 (1,510) 71,000 (1,070) 71,700 (980) 72,100 (920) 76,000 (1,270) 76,100 (1,100) 77,800 (1,090)
Idaho 48,300 55,500 52,100 (640) 49,000 (690) 49,300 (600) 49,600 (800) 49,900 (690) 52,900 (600) 52,200 (530)
Illinois 61,700 68,800 63,200 (260) 59,700 (300) 59,200 (260) 59,500 (270) 61,700 (320) 62,300 (240) 63,000 (330)
Indiana 55,100 61,300 55,400 (380) 50,300 (310) 50,100 (330) 51,200 (310) 52,300 (240) 53,400 (230) 54,200 (400)
                                 
Iowa 50,200 58,300 54,900 (400) 54,000 (440) 55,100 (340) 55,700 (480) 56,600 (500) 57,500 (430) 58,600 (520)
Kansas 52,200 60,000 54,000 (560) 54,400 (600) 53,700 (390) 54,400 (440) 55,800 (550) 56,100 (550) 56,400 (430)
Kentucky 43,100 49,700 47,000 (370) 45,100 (340) 45,700 (420) 44,500 (440) 46,800 (300) 47,700 (370) 48,400 (380)
Louisiana 42,000 48,100 46,200 (440) 47,900 (480) 46,500 (560) 46,200 (460) 47,300 (420) 46,100 (480) 46,100 (390)
Maine 53,300 55,000 53,900 (740) 51,600 (650) 49,500 (510) 51,300 (700) 53,300 (540) 54,200 (860) 56,300 (710)
                                 
Maryland 75,400 78,000 77,500 (460) 77,600 (630) 76,400 (460) 76,700 (550) 78,500 (370) 80,600 (460) 80,800 (430)
Massachusetts 70,700 74,500 72,000 (530) 69,900 (280) 70,400 (460) 71,700 (600) 73,100 (390) 76,900 (480) 77,400 (550)
Michigan 59,400 65,900 57,900 (340) 51,200 (210) 50,900 (240) 51,700 (240) 52,900 (150) 53,600 (250) 54,900 (270)
Minnesota 59,200 69,500 65,500 (280) 62,500 (310) 64,000 (280) 63,700 (300) 65,700 (420) 67,000 (380) 68,400 (400)
Mississippi 38,500 46,200 41,400 (470) 41,500 (430) 40,000 (660) 41,100 (490) 42,000 (340) 42,700 (350) 43,500 (520)
                                 
Missouri 50,500 56,000 52,800 (280) 49,900 (350) 49,500 (270) 50,100 (360) 52,000 (260) 52,900 (230) 53,700 (380)
Montana 44,000 48,700 49,500 (740) 48,100 (770) 49,500 (730) 48,000 (770) 51,200 (890) 51,100 (680) 53,400 (870)
Nebraska 49,800 57,900 55,200 (580) 54,500 (620) 54,200 (320) 54,600 (430) 56,900 (520) 58,200 (480) 60,000 (620)
Nevada 59,400 65,800 61,900 (680) 57,500 (540) 54,000 (380) 53,300 (430) 54,200 (620) 56,400 (560) 58,000 (580)
New Hampshire 69,500 73,000 71,400 (760) 68,800 (790) 67,700 (860) 69,000 (820) 72,700 (790) 72,500 (880) 73,400 (1,030)
                                 
New Jersey 78,300 81,400 77,600 (400) 76,300 (520) 74,000 (350) 74,500 (280) 74,700 (380) 77,800 (440) 80,100 (410)
New Mexico 46,100 50,400 47,200 (570) 47,400 (500) 46,200 (610) 46,400 (530) 47,000 (550) 47,800 (510) 46,700 (730)
New York 63,100 64,000 62,300 (320) 61,000 (260) 60,500 (280) 61,000 (250) 63,000 (190) 64,300 (390) 64,900 (310)
North Carolina 51,000 57,800 51,200 (250) 48,800 (250) 48,400 (270) 48,300 (240) 49,500 (330) 51,700 (180) 52,800 (310)
North Dakota 44,400 51,100 51,600 (540) 54,800 (1,080) 58,800 (930) 61,200 (1,060) 62,700 (1,040) 62,000 (950) 61,800 (640)
                                 
Ohio 54,900 60,400 54,700 (260) 50,800 (200) 50,700 (260) 51,100 (230) 52,800 (150) 53,500 (170) 54,000 (250)
Oklahoma 45,100 49,300 46,600 (430) 47,400 (280) 48,200 (340) 49,300 (290) 50,300 (320) 50,200 (390) 50,100 (350)
Oregon 52,200 60,400 54,000 (450) 52,500 (370) 53,000 (340) 52,900 (310) 56,000 (570) 58,800 (530) 60,200 (480)
Pennsylvania 55,600 59,200 56,000 (300) 55,500 (300) 54,800 (160) 55,200 (260) 57,600 (240) 58,100 (220) 59,200 (270)
Rhode Island 61,600 62,100 64,700 (1,050) 58,900 (850) 58,900 (1,220) 56,900 (940) 60,100 (1,520) 61,900 (990) 63,900 (1,130)
                                 
South Carolina 50,300 54,700 49,500 (470) 47,300 (290) 46,500 (420) 46,900 (320) 48,900 (340) 50,600 (370) 50,600 (320)
South Dakota 43,100 52,100 50,700 (680) 51,700 (830) 51,600 (700) 52,800 (650) 54,900 (690) 55,600 (800) 56,500 (800)
Tennessee 47,500 53,700 48,900 (370) 46,700 (280) 46,700 (320) 46,000 (350) 48,900 (310) 49,600 (420) 51,300 (250)
Texas 51,700 58,900 53,000 (190) 54,800 (240) 54,500 (150) 55,000 (240) 57,600 (200) 57,800 (190) 59,200 (300)
Utah 56,400 67,500 60,300 (720) 61,700 (430) 63,000 (490) 63,100 (410) 65,100 (770) 67,400 (590) 68,400 (750)
                                 
Vermont 57,000 60,300 57,500 (910) 55,700 (1,020) 55,400 (1,000) 56,100 (1,090) 59,000 (830) 58,900 (1,040) 57,500 (1,270)
Virginia 63,800 68,900 68,200 (410) 68,400 (310) 66,100 (430) 67,300 (390) 68,600 (340) 69,600 (460) 71,500 (330)
Washington 59,700 67,600 62,000 (490) 62,700 (380) 61,600 (430) 63,600 (310) 66,400 (500) 68,500 (370) 71,000 (350)
West Virginia 39,800 43,800 42,100 (610) 43,100 (610) 43,500 (480) 42,600 (410) 43,500 (500) 44,300 (690) 43,500 (850)
Wisconsin 56,400 64,600 59,300 (300) 55,200 (340) 54,200 (240) 54,500 (270) 57,600 (270) 58,000 (340) 59,300 (360)
Wyoming 51,900 55,900 58,100 (1,160) 60,300 (1,300) 61,900 (1,150) 59,100 (1,250) 62,300 (1,000) 61,200 (1,370) 60,400 (1,070)
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 2017, retrieved May 3, 2019, from https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/searchresults.xhtml?refresh=t. (This table was prepared May 2019.)

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