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Median household income in the United States

Across the 50 states and D.C., the median household income runs from $24,726 in Puerto Rico to $101,722 in District of Columbia — a 4.1x spread around a national figure of $78,067.

Household income is the base every other money decision sits on: what you can borrow, what you can save, what a house costs you in real terms.

Median household income in the United States by state
Rank	State	Typical figure	Context
1	District of Columbia	$101,722	670,587 residents
2	Maryland	$101,639	6,161,707 residents
3	Massachusetts	$98,752	6,984,205 residents
4	New Jersey	$98,335	9,249,063 residents
5	Virginia	$95,667	8,624,511 residents
6	Hawaii	$95,192	1,450,589 residents
7	California	$94,761	39,356,104 residents
8	Washington	$93,119	7,688,549 residents
9	New Hampshire	$91,699	1,379,610 residents
10	Connecticut	$91,446	3,611,317 residents
11	Colorado	$89,744	5,770,790 residents
12	Utah	$87,698	3,283,809 residents
13	Alaska	$86,775	734,821 residents
14	Minnesota	$86,197	5,695,292 residents
15	New York	$86,050	19,994,379 residents
16	Rhode Island	$81,219	1,094,250 residents
17	Illinois	$80,593	12,757,634 residents
18	Delaware	$79,968	993,635 residents
19	Oregon	$78,474	4,229,374 residents
20	Pennsylvania	$75,594	12,989,208 residents
21	Vermont	$75,499	643,816 residents
22	Texas	$74,723	29,243,342 residents
23	North Dakota	$73,893	776,874 residents
24	Arizona	$73,680	7,172,282 residents
25	Wyoming	$73,566	577,929 residents
26	Wisconsin	$73,510	5,882,128 residents
27	Georgia	$73,491	10,722,325 residents
28	Nebraska	$72,872	1,958,939 residents
29	Kansas	$72,048	2,935,922 residents
30	Nevada	$72,001	3,104,817 residents
31	Iowa	$71,553	3,188,836 residents
32	Idaho	$70,652	1,854,109 residents
33	Maine	$69,684	1,366,949 residents
34	Michigan	$69,647	10,057,921 residents
35	South Dakota	$68,956	890,342 residents
36	Indiana	$68,679	6,784,403 residents
37	Florida	$68,353	21,634,529 residents
38	Ohio	$68,157	11,774,683 residents
39	North Carolina	$68,149	10,470,214 residents
40	Missouri	$67,554	6,154,422 residents
41	Montana	$66,499	1,091,840 residents
42	Tennessee	$65,748	6,923,772 residents
43	South Carolina	$64,338	5,142,750 residents
44	Oklahoma	$61,995	3,970,497 residents
45	Kentucky	$61,383	4,502,935 residents
46	Alabama	$60,746	5,028,092 residents
47	New Mexico	$59,276	2,112,463 residents
48	Louisiana	$59,065	4,640,546 residents
49	Arkansas	$57,307	3,018,669 residents
50	West Virginia	$55,967	1,792,967 residents
51	Mississippi	$53,929	2,958,846 residents
52	Puerto Rico	$24,726	3,272,382 residents

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Methodology

Every figure on this page comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates. We store one row per county and roll counties up to state level, weighting each county by its population so that large metros are not treated the same as very small counties.

The median household income shown for a state is that population-weighted figure, not a simple average of county values. National comparisons use the same method across all states, so the state-versus-U.S. gap you see is a like-for-like comparison.

These are survey estimates, not transaction records, and they describe typical households rather than any individual situation. Nothing here is personalised financial advice.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (5-year). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2022.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (5-year). Latest observation 670,587 residents.