What is the typical household income in each state?

In the Census Bureau's 5-year survey ending in 2024, the typical household in District of Columbia earned $109,870 a year, the most, followed by Massachusetts ($103,960) and Maryland ($103,678). Mississippi was lowest at $56,447, and the U.S. median was $80,734. These are 5-year estimates in 2024 dollars, each with a margin of error.

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Bars are sorted from highest to lowest and start at zero; each one's value is at its end. The dashed line is “United States”, for comparison. On a phone it opens on the top and bottom 10; tap “Show all” for the rest. These are survey estimates: the thin lines and the ± figures show each one's margin of error, and the true value is likely (90% confidence) within that range. Where ranges overlap, the difference may not be real.

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Measure: Median household income, dollars a year. Written from the data below.

  • District of Columbia has the highest figure, $109,870, followed by Massachusetts ($103,960) and Maryland ($103,678).
  • Mississippi has the lowest figure, $56,447, followed by West Virginia ($59,608) and Louisiana ($60,756).
  • The highest is 1.9 times the lowest.
  • United States: $80,734. Of the 51 compared, 20 are above it and 31 below.

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Each bar is the median household income in a state: half of households earn more and half earn less. The dashed line is the whole U.S., for comparison. These are survey estimates, and each has a margin of error: the true value is likely within that range, so states with overlapping ranges may not really differ.

Questions to discuss

  1. Find your state. Is it above or below the U.S. median, and by about how much?
  2. Why do statisticians often use the median instead of the average (mean) for income?
  3. Housing and groceries cost more in some states. What would you need to know to compare what these incomes can buy?

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Chartly. “What is the typical household income in each state?” Chart. Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, https://www.census.gov/data/developers/data-sets/acs-5year.html (data as of December 31, 2024). https://chart.ly/charts/median-household-income-by-state (accessed November 6, 2026).

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State Median household income, dollars a year Margin of error (±)
District of Columbia 109,870 ±1,937
Massachusetts 103,960 ±527
Maryland 103,678 ±597
New Jersey 103,556 ±513
Hawaii 100,389 ±1,121
California 99,122 ±310
New Hampshire 99,031 ±1,123
Washington 98,141 ±414
Connecticut 95,781 ±732
Colorado 95,470 ±578
Utah 95,166 ±774
Virginia 93,170 ±458
Alaska 92,788 ±1,232
Minnesota 89,062 ±409
Rhode Island 87,796 ±1,209
New York 85,974 ±402
Delaware 84,954 ±1,251
Illinois 83,390 ±362
Oregon 83,011 ±573
Vermont 81,203 ±1,339
United States 80,734 ±166
Arizona 79,964 ±407
Texas 78,476 ±263
Nevada 78,260 ±596
Pennsylvania 77,971 ±342
Idaho 77,800 ±743
Wisconsin 77,485 ±455
Georgia 77,353 ±407
North Dakota 76,657 ±1,163
Nebraska 76,475 ±633
Wyoming 76,176 ±1,168
South Dakota 75,081 ±888
Iowa 75,059 ±418
Maine 74,733 ±795
Florida 74,568 ±284
Kansas 74,275 ±475
Michigan 72,875 ±293
Montana 72,509 ±761
North Carolina 72,388 ±324
Indiana 71,957 ±352
Ohio 71,389 ±321
Missouri 70,702 ±325
Tennessee 69,595 ±429
South Carolina 69,324 ±570
Oklahoma 65,039 ±439
New Mexico 64,059 ±808
Alabama 63,999 ±399
Kentucky 63,726 ±429
Arkansas 60,773 ±467
Louisiana 60,756 ±408
West Virginia 59,608 ±691
Mississippi 56,447 ±539

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