US states by GDP per capita (US dollars)

Name: US states by GDP per capita (US dollars), 2020
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District of Columbia had the highest GDP per capita (US dollars) of 51 states in 2020, at $218,556. Mississippi had the lowest, at $39,662. The median was $58,950 and the figure for the United States was $64,465. Source: BEA.

Highest218,556District of Columbia

Lowest39,662Mississippi

Median58,95051 states

United States64,465History

All states, 2020

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

Full ranking

Rank	States	2020 USD	Change on 2019
1	District of Columbia	218,556	+3.5%
2	New York	88,186	-0.2%
3	Massachusetts	84,570	+0.9%
4	Washington	79,843	+0.2%
5	Delaware	79,608	-0.7%
6	Connecticut	78,175	-1.6%
7	California	77,825	+0.3%
8	North Dakota	72,500	-7.5%
9	Alaska	70,820	-4.6%
10	Nebraska	69,101	+1.7%
11	Colorado	68,434	-1.3%
12	New Jersey	68,270	-1.7%
13	Illinois	67,722	-2.9%
14	Maryland	66,902	-1.7%
15	Minnesota	66,245	-2.1%
16	Virginia	65,528	+0.3%
17	New Hampshire	64,789	+1.1%
18	Wyoming	64,004	-8%
19	South Dakota	63,994	+2.3%
20	Utah	62,604	+0.6%
21	Texas	62,030	-4%
22	Iowa	61,847	+0.3%
23	Pennsylvania	60,050	-2.7%
24	Kansas	59,636	-0.6%
25	Georgia	59,487	-2.1%
26	Ohio	58,950	-1.2%
27	Oregon	58,907	-0.2%
28	Wisconsin	58,569	-0.6%
29	Hawaii	58,368	-8.8%
30	North Carolina	57,489	+0.6%
31	Rhode Island	56,837	-1%
32	Tennessee	56,386	+0.3%
33	Nevada	56,219	-6.5%
34	Indiana	55,854	-1.9%
35	Missouri	54,666	+0.3%
36	Arizona	54,261	+2.2%
37	Vermont	53,960	-0.4%
38	Florida	52,960	-0.2%
39	Maine	52,787	+2.8%
40	Michigan	52,595	-1.9%
41	Louisiana	50,119	-9.2%
42	Montana	48,828	-0.4%
43	Oklahoma	48,494	-7.2%
44	Kentucky	48,452	-1.2%
45	South Carolina	48,383	-1.6%
46	New Mexico	47,624	-3.2%
47	Idaho	47,594	+1.9%
48	Alabama	46,832	-0.2%
49	Arkansas	45,106	+2.2%
50	West Virginia	43,241	-3%
51	Mississippi	39,662	+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 $218,556 in 2020, according to BEA.

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

Mississippi, with $39,662 in 2020.

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.