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Table 102.30. Median household income, by state: Selected years, 1990 through 2019
[In constant 2019 dollars. Standard errors appear in parentheses]
State 19901 20002 2005 2010 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
United States $60,000 $64,600 $60,700 (80) $58,800 (50) $58,000 (60) $60,200 (60) $61,400 (70) $62,900 (50) $63,100 (60) $65,700 (70)
Alabama 47,100 52,500 48,400 (420) 47,600 (340) 46,300 (390) 48,300 (490) 49,300 (440) 50,200 (490) 50,800 (480) 51,700 (360)
Alaska 82,700 79,400 73,800 (1,440) 75,900 (1,490) 77,400 (1,170) 79,200 (1,520) 81,400 (1,440) 76,300 (1,670) 75,700 (1,420) 75,500 (1,640)
Arizona 55,000 62,400 58,100 (520) 55,000 (380) 54,100 (320) 55,600 (280) 57,100 (410) 59,000 (330) 60,300 (450) 62,100 (270)
Arkansas 42,200 49,500 45,900 (480) 45,000 (460) 44,600 (430) 45,300 (310) 47,200 (600) 47,800 (480) 47,900 (440) 49,000 (520)
California 71,500 73,100 70,400 (260) 67,800 (250) 66,900 (160) 69,600 (260) 72,200 (230) 74,900 (190) 76,600 (200) 80,400 (190)

Colorado
60,200 72,700 66,500 (440) 63,500 (520) 66,300 (320) 69,000 (580) 70,000 (410) 72,100 (490) 73,300 (410) 77,100 (480)
Connecticut 83,300 83,000 80,000 (650) 75,200 (780) 75,700 (540) 77,000 (510) 78,200 (690) 77,400 (850) 77,700 (570) 78,800 (830)
Delaware 69,600 72,900 68,900 (1,130) 65,600 (1,070) 64,600 (1,100) 66,100 (840) 65,800 (970) 65,600 (1,560) 66,000 (970) 70,200 (990)
District of Columbia 61,300 61,800 62,000 (1,540) 71,600 (1,100) 77,400 (1,310) 81,600 (1,640) 80,400 (2,210) 85,900 (1,680) 86,700 (2,110) 92,300 (1,520)
Florida 54,900 59,800 55,700 (220) 52,200 (230) 51,300 (220) 53,300 (220) 54,200 (160) 54,900 (230) 56,500 (240) 59,200 (270)

Georgia
57,900 65,300 59,800 (350) 54,600 (340) 53,300 (360) 55,300 (240) 57,100 (460) 58,600 (360) 59,800 (440) 62,000 (270)
Hawaii 77,500 76,700 76,300 (1,570) 74,100 (1,110) 75,200 (960) 79,300 (1,320) 79,400 (1,150) 81,100 (1,140) 81,700 (1,250) 83,100 (1,300)
Idaho 50,400 57,800 54,400 (670) 51,100 (720) 51,700 (840) 52,100 (720) 55,200 (620) 54,500 (550) 56,600 (570) 61,000 (650)
Illinois 64,400 71,700 66,000 (270) 62,200 (310) 62,100 (280) 64,300 (340) 64,900 (250) 65,700 (340) 66,200 (310) 69,200 (360)
Indiana 57,500 64,000 57,700 (400) 52,400 (320) 53,400 (320) 54,500 (250) 55,700 (240) 56,500 (420) 56,800 (320) 57,600 (410)

Iowa
52,400 60,800 57,200 (410) 56,400 (460) 58,100 (500) 59,100 (520) 59,900 (450) 61,100 (540) 61,000 (540) 61,700 (460)
Kansas 54,500 62,500 56,300 (580) 56,700 (620) 56,800 (460) 58,200 (570) 58,500 (580) 58,800 (450) 59,300 (480) 62,100 (420)
Kentucky 45,000 51,800 49,000 (380) 47,100 (360) 46,400 (460) 48,800 (310) 49,700 (390) 50,500 (400) 51,200 (350) 52,300 (380)
Louisiana 43,800 50,100 48,200 (460) 49,900 (510) 48,200 (480) 49,300 (440) 48,100 (500) 48,100 (400) 48,800 (460) 51,100 (360)
Maine 55,600 57,300 56,200 (770) 53,800 (680) 53,500 (730) 55,600 (560) 56,500 (890) 58,700 (740) 56,600 (820) 58,900 (1,070)

Maryland
78,600 81,400 80,800 (470) 80,900 (660) 80,000 (570) 81,800 (390) 84,100 (480) 84,200 (450) 84,800 (630) 86,700 (570)
Massachusetts 73,800 77,700 75,000 (550) 72,900 (290) 74,800 (630) 76,200 (410) 80,200 (500) 80,700 (580) 81,300 (600) 85,800 (600)
Michigan 61,900 68,800 60,400 (360) 53,400 (220) 53,900 (250) 55,100 (160) 55,900 (260) 57,300 (280) 57,700 (250) 59,600 (350)
Minnesota 61,700 72,500 68,300 (290) 65,200 (330) 66,500 (310) 68,500 (440) 69,900 (390) 71,300 (420) 71,600 (330) 74,600 (500)
Mississippi 40,200 48,200 43,200 (490) 43,300 (450) 42,900 (510) 43,800 (360) 44,500 (360) 45,400 (540) 45,500 (490) 45,800 (720)

Missouri
52,600 58,400 55,100 (290) 52,100 (360) 52,300 (370) 54,200 (270) 55,100 (240) 56,000 (400) 55,500 (460) 57,400 (390)
Montana 45,900 50,800 51,600 (770) 50,100 (810) 50,100 (800) 53,400 (920) 53,300 (710) 55,700 (900) 56,300 (730) 57,200 (730)
Nebraska 51,900 60,400 57,500 (610) 56,900 (650) 57,000 (450) 59,300 (540) 60,600 (500) 62,500 (640) 60,600 (660) 63,200 (570)
Nevada 61,900 68,600 64,500 (710) 59,900 (570) 55,600 (450) 56,600 (640) 58,800 (580) 60,500 (600) 59,700 (700) 63,300 (620)
New Hampshire 72,500 76,100 74,500 (800) 71,700 (820) 71,900 (850) 75,900 (820) 75,600 (920) 76,500 (1,070) 76,300 (960) 77,900 (1,210)

New Jersey
81,700 84,900 80,900 (420) 79,500 (550) 77,700 (290) 77,900 (400) 81,100 (450) 83,500 (430) 83,200 (430) 85,800 (460)
New Mexico 48,100 52,500 49,200 (600) 49,500 (520) 48,400 (560) 49,000 (570) 49,800 (530) 48,800 (760) 48,000 (560) 51,900 (590)
New York 65,800 66,800 64,900 (340) 63,600 (270) 63,600 (260) 65,700 (200) 67,000 (410) 67,700 (320) 69,100 (390) 72,100 (270)
North Carolina 53,200 60,300 53,400 (260) 50,900 (260) 50,300 (250) 51,600 (340) 53,900 (190) 55,000 (320) 54,800 (350) 57,300 (370)
North Dakota 46,300 53,300 53,800 (560) 57,200 (1,130) 63,800 (1,100) 65,300 (1,090) 64,600 (990) 64,500 (670) 65,000 (1,440) 64,600 (1,830)

Ohio
57,300 63,000 57,100 (270) 53,000 (210) 53,300 (240) 55,100 (150) 55,800 (180) 56,300 (260) 57,100 (260) 58,600 (340)
Oklahoma 47,100 51,400 48,600 (450) 49,400 (290) 51,400 (300) 52,400 (340) 52,400 (400) 52,200 (360) 52,900 (280) 54,400 (360)
Oregon 54,400 63,000 56,400 (460) 54,700 (390) 55,200 (320) 58,400 (600) 61,300 (550) 62,800 (500) 64,600 (650) 67,100 (530)
Pennsylvania 58,000 61,700 58,400 (310) 57,900 (310) 57,500 (280) 60,100 (250) 60,600 (230) 61,700 (280) 62,000 (190) 63,500 (260)
Rhode Island 64,200 64,800 67,500 (1,100) 61,400 (890) 59,300 (980) 62,700 (1,590) 64,600 (1,030) 66,600 (1,180) 65,500 (1,270) 71,200 (950)

South Carolina
52,400 57,100 51,600 (490) 49,400 (300) 48,900 (330) 51,000 (360) 52,700 (390) 52,700 (340) 53,300 (390) 56,200 (510)
South Dakota 44,900 54,300 52,900 (710) 53,900 (870) 55,100 (670) 57,200 (720) 58,000 (830) 58,900 (830) 57,300 (900) 59,500 (1,180)
Tennessee 49,500 56,000 51,000 (380) 48,700 (290) 48,000 (370) 51,000 (320) 51,700 (440) 53,500 (260) 53,300 (300) 56,100 (400)
Texas 53,900 61,500 55,300 (200) 57,100 (250) 57,300 (250) 60,100 (210) 60,300 (190) 61,700 (310) 61,700 (170) 64,000 (300)
Utah 58,800 70,400 62,900 (750) 64,300 (450) 65,900 (430) 67,900 (800) 70,300 (620) 71,300 (780) 72,700 (460) 75,800 (660)

Vermont
59,500 62,900 60,000 (950) 58,100 (1,060) 58,600 (1,130) 61,500 (870) 61,400 (1,080) 60,000 (1,320) 61,900 (960) 63,000 (1,070)
Virginia 66,500 71,800 71,200 (430) 71,300 (330) 70,200 (410) 71,500 (350) 72,600 (480) 74,600 (340) 73,900 (420) 76,500 (510)
Washington 62,300 70,500 64,600 (510) 65,400 (390) 66,300 (320) 69,200 (520) 71,500 (390) 74,000 (370) 75,400 (430) 78,700 (560)
West Virginia 41,500 45,700 43,900 (640) 44,900 (640) 44,400 (430) 45,300 (520) 46,200 (720) 45,300 (880) 44,900 (630) 48,900 (690)
Wisconsin 58,800 67,400 61,800 (310) 57,600 (360) 56,900 (280) 60,000 (280) 60,500 (360) 61,900 (370) 61,900 (240) 64,200 (360)
Wyoming 54,100 58,300 60,600 (1,210) 62,900 (1,350) 61,700 (1,300) 65,000 (1,040) 63,800 (1,430) 63,000 (1,120) 62,700 (870) 65,000 (1,290)
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 May 12, 2005, from https://www.census.gov/data/datasets/2000/dec/summary-file-4.html; Income, Earnings, and Poverty Data From the 2005 American Community Survey; and American Community Survey (ACS), selected years, 2010 through 2019, retrieved November 20, 2020, from https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=B19013&tid=ACSDT1Y2019.B19013. (This table was prepared November 2020.)

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