US states by GDP per capita (US dollars)

Name: US states by GDP per capita (US dollars), 2015
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District of Columbia had the highest GDP per capita (US dollars) of 51 states in 2015, at $187,561. Mississippi had the lowest, at $35,720. The median was $52,702 and the figure for the United States was $56,849. Source: BEA.

Highest187,561District of Columbia

Lowest35,720Mississippi

Median52,70251 states

United States56,849History

All states, 2015

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USD. Source: Invokely calculation with data from BEA. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

Rank	States	2015 USD	Change on 2014
1	District of Columbia	187,561	+2.2%
2	Delaware	76,587	+4.4%
3	North Dakota	74,661	-9%
4	New York	74,599	+4%
5	Massachusetts	72,490	+5.2%
6	Connecticut	72,164	+5.6%
7	Alaska	69,778	-9%
8	Wyoming	66,176	-5.2%
9	Washington	65,111	+4.6%
10	California	63,827	+5.3%
11	New Jersey	62,319	+3.6%
12	Illinois	61,914	+4%
13	Nebraska	61,636	+3.3%
14	Minnesota	61,112	+3%
15	Maryland	60,710	+3.7%
16	Colorado	58,972	+1.9%
17	Texas	57,894	-2.2%
18	Virginia	57,868	+3.6%
19	Iowa	57,862	+4%
20	New Hampshire	57,589	+5%
21	South Dakota	57,133	+2.7%
22	Hawaii	56,283	+4.8%
23	Pennsylvania	55,549	+2.9%
24	Kansas	53,272	+3.2%
25	Wisconsin	53,206	+3.8%
26	Ohio	52,702	+2.8%
27	Rhode Island	52,530	+3.2%
28	Georgia	51,562	+5.3%
29	North Carolina	51,059	+4.6%
30	Nevada	51,046	+4.7%
31	Indiana	50,259	+0.9%
32	Louisiana	50,171	-3.2%
33	Oregon	49,918	+5.4%
34	Utah	49,913	+3.3%
35	Tennessee	49,350	+5.3%
36	Missouri	49,300	+3.3%
37	Vermont	48,989	+2.3%
38	Oklahoma	48,031	-5.6%
39	Michigan	47,983	+4.9%
40	Florida	45,603	+4.9%
41	Montana	44,988	+2%
42	Arizona	44,581	+3.1%
43	Maine	43,987	+4%
44	Kentucky	43,796	+3%
45	New Mexico	43,310	-1.9%
46	South Carolina	42,784	+4.7%
47	Alabama	41,374	+2.6%
48	Arkansas	39,921	+0.7%
49	Idaho	39,715	+1%
50	West Virginia	38,842	-1.5%
51	Mississippi	35,720	+1.4%

Other periods

About this ranking

Gross domestic product at current prices in US dollars divided by the resident population.

United States, states and counties: Invokely calculation, BEA current-dollar GDP divided by the BEA mid-year population of the same year and place; both inputs are shown with each value. GDP is counted where production happens and population where people live, so places with many commuters or capital-intensive industries, such as the District of Columbia or oil counties, show very high values. Not the same as per_capita_personal_income. For Spain and the EU use gdp_per_capita (EUR) or gdp_per_capita_pps. Other countries and the World: World Bank, converted at official annual average exchange rates (market rates, not purchasing power parity, so it understates living standards in lower-price countries). For euros use gdp_per_capita.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the states are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Invokely calculation from GDP in current dollars (BEA SAGDP2 and CAGDP1) divided by mid-year population (BEA SAINC1 and CAINC1). https://invokely.ai/docs/methodology#gdp_per_capita_usd. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

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Questions

Which state has the highest GDP per capita (US dollars)?

District of Columbia, with $187,561 in 2015, according to BEA.

Which state has the lowest GDP per capita (US dollars)?

Mississippi, with $35,720 in 2015.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Invokely, GDP in current dollars (BEA SAGDP2 and CAGDP1) divided by mid-year population (BEA SAINC1 and CAINC1). Retrieved 2026-10-09.