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Table 102.30. Median household income, by state: Selected years, 1990 through 2021
[In constant 2021 dollars. Standard errors appear in parentheses]
State 19901 20002 2005 2010 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
United States $63,600 $68,500 $64,300 (90) $62,300 (50) $63,800 (60) $65,100 (80) $66,700 (60) $66,800 (60) $69,600 (80) $69,700 (80)
Alabama 49,900 55,700 51,300 (450) 50,400 (360) 51,200 (520) 52,200 (460) 53,200 (520) 53,800 (510) 54,800 (390) 53,900 (470)
Alaska 87,600 84,100 78,200 (1,530) 80,400 (1,580) 83,900 (1,610) 86,300 (1,530) 80,900 (1,770) 80,200 (1,500) 80,000 (1,740) 77,800 (1,310)
Arizona 58,300 66,200 61,600 (550) 58,300 (400) 58,900 (300) 60,500 (440) 62,500 (350) 63,900 (480) 65,800 (290) 69,100 (420)
Arkansas 44,700 52,500 48,700 (510) 47,700 (490) 48,000 (330) 50,100 (630) 50,700 (510) 50,800 (470) 51,900 (560) 52,500 (610)
California 75,700 77,500 74,600 (270) 71,900 (270) 73,800 (270) 76,500 (240) 79,400 (200) 81,200 (210) 85,200 (200) 84,900 (330)

Colorado
63,800 77,000 70,400 (470) 67,300 (550) 73,100 (620) 74,200 (440) 76,400 (520) 77,600 (430) 81,700 (510) 82,300 (480)
Connecticut 88,300 88,000 84,800 (690) 79,700 (830) 81,600 (540) 82,900 (730) 82,000 (900) 82,400 (600) 83,500 (870) 83,800 (680)
Delaware 73,800 77,300 73,000 (1,200) 69,500 (1,130) 70,100 (890) 69,700 (1,020) 69,500 (1,660) 69,900 (1,030) 74,400 (1,050) 71,100 (1,090)
District of Columbia 65,000 65,500 65,700 (1,640) 75,800 (1,170) 86,500 (1,730) 85,200 (2,340) 91,000 (1,780) 91,900 (2,240) 97,800 (1,610) 90,100 (2,110)
Florida 58,100 63,300 59,000 (230) 55,300 (250) 56,500 (230) 57,400 (170) 58,100 (240) 59,800 (250) 62,800 (290) 63,100 (260)

Georgia
61,400 69,200 63,400 (370) 57,800 (360) 58,600 (260) 60,500 (490) 62,100 (380) 63,400 (470) 65,700 (280) 66,600 (430)
Hawaii 82,100 81,300 80,800 (1,660) 78,500 (1,180) 84,000 (1,400) 84,100 (1,220) 86,000 (1,210) 86,500 (1,320) 88,100 (1,380) 84,900 (1,280)
Idaho 53,400 61,300 57,600 (710) 54,200 (760) 55,200 (760) 58,500 (660) 57,700 (590) 60,000 (600) 64,600 (690) 66,500 (1,070)
Illinois 68,200 76,000 69,900 (290) 66,000 (330) 68,100 (360) 68,800 (270) 69,600 (370) 70,200 (330) 73,300 (380) 72,200 (350)
Indiana 60,900 67,800 61,200 (430) 55,600 (340) 57,800 (270) 59,100 (250) 59,900 (440) 60,100 (340) 61,000 (440) 62,700 (440)

Iowa
55,500 64,400 60,600 (440) 59,700 (490) 62,600 (550) 63,500 (480) 64,700 (570) 64,700 (580) 65,400 (480) 65,600 (470)
Kansas 57,700 66,300 59,700 (620) 60,100 (660) 61,600 (610) 62,000 (610) 62,400 (470) 62,800 (510) 65,800 (450) 64,100 (580)
Kentucky 47,700 54,900 52,000 (400) 49,900 (380) 51,700 (330) 52,700 (410) 53,500 (420) 54,200 (370) 55,400 (400) 55,600 (430)
Louisiana 46,400 53,100 51,100 (490) 52,900 (540) 52,300 (470) 51,000 (530) 51,000 (430) 51,700 (490) 54,100 (380) 52,100 (460)
Maine 58,900 60,700 59,500 (820) 57,100 (720) 58,900 (590) 59,900 (950) 62,200 (780) 60,000 (870) 62,400 (1,130) 64,800 (760)

Maryland
83,300 86,200 85,700 (500) 85,700 (700) 86,700 (410) 89,100 (510) 89,300 (480) 89,800 (670) 91,900 (600) 90,200 (650)
Massachusetts 78,200 82,400 79,500 (590) 77,300 (310) 80,800 (430) 85,000 (530) 85,500 (610) 86,100 (640) 91,000 (640) 89,600 (780)
Michigan 65,600 72,900 64,000 (380) 56,600 (230) 58,400 (170) 59,300 (280) 60,700 (300) 61,200 (270) 63,100 (370) 63,500 (320)
Minnesota 65,400 76,800 72,400 (310) 69,100 (350) 72,600 (470) 74,100 (420) 75,600 (440) 75,900 (350) 79,100 (530) 77,700 (560)
Mississippi 42,600 51,100 45,800 (520) 45,900 (480) 46,400 (380) 47,100 (380) 48,100 (570) 48,200 (520) 48,500 (760) 48,700 (760)

Missouri
55,800 61,900 58,400 (300) 55,200 (380) 57,500 (290) 58,400 (260) 59,300 (420) 58,800 (490) 60,800 (410) 61,800 (410)
Montana 48,600 53,900 54,700 (820) 53,100 (860) 56,600 (980) 56,500 (750) 59,000 (960) 59,700 (770) 60,600 (780) 63,200 (870)
Nebraska 55,000 64,000 61,000 (640) 60,300 (680) 62,900 (580) 64,300 (530) 66,300 (680) 64,300 (700) 67,000 (600) 66,800 (640)
Nevada 65,600 72,700 68,400 (750) 63,500 (600) 60,000 (680) 62,300 (620) 64,100 (640) 63,300 (740) 67,100 (660) 66,300 (610)
New Hampshire 76,900 80,700 78,900 (840) 76,000 (870) 80,400 (870) 80,100 (980) 81,100 (1,140) 80,900 (1,020) 82,600 (1,280) 88,500 (1,300)

New Jersey
86,600 90,000 85,800 (440) 84,300 (580) 82,600 (420) 85,900 (480) 88,500 (450) 88,200 (450) 90,900 (490) 89,300 (660)
New Mexico 51,000 55,700 52,100 (630) 52,400 (560) 51,900 (600) 52,800 (570) 51,700 (800) 50,900 (590) 55,000 (620) 54,000 (900)
New York 69,700 70,800 68,800 (360) 67,400 (280) 69,600 (210) 71,000 (430) 71,700 (340) 73,200 (420) 76,400 (290) 74,300 (370)
North Carolina 56,400 63,900 56,600 (270) 54,000 (280) 54,700 (360) 57,100 (200) 58,300 (340) 58,100 (380) 60,800 (390) 62,000 (330)
North Dakota 49,100 56,400 57,100 (600) 60,600 (1,190) 69,300 (1,150) 68,500 (1,050) 68,400 (710) 68,900 (1,520) 68,400 (1,940) 66,500 (1,110)

Ohio
60,700 66,800 60,500 (290) 56,200 (220) 58,400 (160) 59,100 (190) 59,700 (280) 60,500 (280) 62,100 (360) 62,300 (280)
Oklahoma 49,900 54,500 51,500 (480) 52,400 (310) 55,500 (360) 55,500 (430) 55,300 (390) 56,000 (300) 57,700 (390) 55,800 (380)
Oregon 57,600 66,700 59,700 (490) 58,000 (410) 61,900 (630) 65,000 (590) 66,600 (530) 68,400 (690) 71,100 (560) 71,600 (640)
Pennsylvania 61,500 65,400 61,900 (330) 61,400 (330) 63,700 (260) 64,200 (250) 65,400 (300) 65,700 (210) 67,300 (280) 69,000 (310)
Rhode Island 68,100 68,700 71,600 (1,160) 65,100 (940) 66,400 (1,680) 68,400 (1,090) 70,600 (1,250) 69,400 (1,350) 75,400 (1,000) 74,000 (1,450)

South Carolina
55,500 60,500 54,700 (520) 52,300 (320) 54,000 (380) 55,900 (410) 55,900 (360) 56,400 (410) 59,600 (540) 59,300 (520)
South Dakota 47,600 57,600 56,100 (750) 57,200 (920) 60,600 (760) 61,500 (880) 62,500 (880) 60,700 (950) 63,100 (1,260) 66,100 (1,370)
Tennessee 52,500 59,300 54,100 (410) 51,600 (310) 54,100 (340) 54,800 (460) 56,700 (280) 56,500 (320) 59,400 (420) 59,700 (480)
Texas 57,200 65,100 58,600 (210) 60,500 (260) 63,600 (220) 63,900 (210) 65,400 (330) 65,400 (180) 67,900 (320) 67,000 (310)
Utah 62,300 74,600 66,700 (800) 68,200 (470) 71,900 (850) 74,500 (660) 75,600 (830) 77,100 (490) 80,300 (700) 79,400 (760)

Vermont
63,000 66,600 63,500 (1,010) 61,500 (1,120) 65,200 (920) 65,100 (1,150) 63,600 (1,400) 65,600 (1,020) 66,800 (1,130) 72,400 (1,350)
Virginia 70,500 76,100 75,400 (460) 75,600 (350) 75,800 (380) 76,900 (510) 79,100 (370) 78,300 (450) 81,000 (540) 81,000 (440)
Washington 66,000 74,700 68,500 (540) 69,300 (420) 73,300 (550) 75,800 (410) 78,500 (390) 79,900 (460) 83,400 (590) 84,200 (510)
West Virginia 44,000 48,400 46,500 (680) 47,600 (680) 48,100 (550) 49,000 (760) 48,000 (940) 47,600 (670) 51,800 (730) 51,200 (660)
Wisconsin 62,300 71,400 65,500 (330) 61,000 (380) 63,600 (300) 64,100 (380) 65,500 (390) 65,600 (260) 68,000 (390) 67,100 (370)
Wyoming 57,300 61,800 64,300 (1,280) 66,600 (1,430) 68,900 (1,100) 67,600 (1,520) 66,800 (1,180) 66,400 (920) 68,900 (1,360) 65,200 (1,670)
1Based on 1989 incomes collected in the 1990 census.
2Based 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 2021, retrieved January 31, 2023, from https://data.census.gov/table?q=B19013. (This table was prepared January 2023.)

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