US states by GDP per capita (US dollars)

Name: US states by GDP per capita (US dollars), 2021
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District of Columbia had the highest GDP per capita (US dollars) of 51 states in 2021, at $235,261. Mississippi had the lowest, at $44,299. The median was $64,853 and the figure for the United States was $71,502. Source: BEA.

Highest235,261District of Columbia

Lowest44,299Mississippi

Median64,85351 states

United States71,502History

All states, 2021

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

Full ranking

Rank	States	2021 USD	Change on 2020
1	District of Columbia	235,261	+7.6%
2	New York	96,536	+9.5%
3	Massachusetts	92,890	+9.8%
4	Washington	88,237	+10.5%
5	California	87,735	+12.7%
6	Delaware	86,792	+9%
7	North Dakota	83,342	+15%
8	Connecticut	82,612	+5.7%
9	Alaska	80,813	+14.1%
10	Nebraska	77,173	+11.7%
11	Colorado	76,425	+11.7%
12	Illinois	75,572	+11.6%
13	New Jersey	74,949	+9.8%
14	Wyoming	73,002	+14.1%
15	Maryland	72,660	+8.6%
16	Minnesota	72,368	+9.2%
17	Texas	72,067	+16.2%
18	New Hampshire	72,067	+11.2%
19	Virginia	71,174	+8.6%
20	Utah	69,950	+11.7%
21	South Dakota	69,922	+9.3%
22	Iowa	69,023	+11.6%
23	Georgia	65,702	+10.4%
24	Pennsylvania	64,981	+8.2%
25	Ohio	64,976	+10.2%
26	Oregon	64,853	+10.1%
27	Hawaii	64,839	+11.1%
28	Kansas	63,970	+7.3%
29	Nevada	63,970	+13.8%
30	Tennessee	63,259	+12.2%
31	Wisconsin	62,829	+7.3%
32	Indiana	62,684	+12.2%
33	North Carolina	62,412	+8.6%
34	Rhode Island	61,918	+8.9%
35	Arizona	60,418	+11.3%
36	Florida	59,492	+12.3%
37	Missouri	59,382	+8.6%
38	Louisiana	58,842	+17.4%
39	Vermont	58,364	+8.2%
40	Maine	56,963	+7.9%
41	Michigan	56,925	+8.2%
42	Oklahoma	54,908	+13.2%
43	Montana	54,229	+11.1%
44	New Mexico	53,336	+12%
45	Idaho	53,331	+12.1%
46	Kentucky	52,821	+9%
47	South Carolina	52,030	+7.5%
48	Alabama	51,519	+10%
49	Arkansas	50,652	+12.3%
50	West Virginia	48,642	+12.5%
51	Mississippi	44,299	+11.7%

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 $235,261 in 2021, according to BEA.

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

Mississippi, with $44,299 in 2021.

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.