US states by median household income, 2024

Name: US states by median household income, 2024
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
License: Public domain (US federal government work, citation requested)

District of Columbia had the highest median household income of 51 states in 2024, at $109,870. Mississippi had the lowest, at $56,447. The median was $77,485 and the figure for the United States was $80,734. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest109,870District of Columbia

Lowest56,447Mississippi

Median77,48551 states

United States80,734History

All states, 2024

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USD. Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

Full ranking

Rank	States	2024 USD	Change on 2023
1	District of Columbia	109,870	+3.4%
2	Massachusetts	103,960	+2.6%
3	Maryland	103,678	+2%
4	New Jersey	103,556	+2.5%
5	Hawaii	100,389	+2.1%
6	California	99,122	+2.9%
7	New Hampshire	99,031	+3.6%
8	Washington	98,141	+3.4%
9	Connecticut	95,781	+2.2%
10	Colorado	95,470	+3.2%
11	Utah	95,166	+3.7%
12	Virginia	93,170	+2.4%
13	Alaska	92,788	+3.9%
14	Minnesota	89,062	+1.7%
15	Rhode Island	87,796	+1.6%
16	New York	85,974	+1.7%
17	Delaware	84,954	+2.5%
18	Illinois	83,390	+2.1%
19	Oregon	83,011	+3.2%
20	Vermont	81,203	+4.1%
21	Arizona	79,964	+4%
22	Texas	78,476	+2.9%
23	Nevada	78,260	+3.6%
24	Pennsylvania	77,971	+2.5%
25	Idaho	77,800	+4.2%
26	Wisconsin	77,485	+2.4%
27	Georgia	77,353	+3.6%
28	North Dakota	76,657	+0.9%
29	Nebraska	76,475	+2%
30	Wyoming	76,176	+1.8%
31	South Dakota	75,081	+3.7%
32	Iowa	75,059	+2.6%
33	Maine	74,733	+4.1%
34	Florida	74,568	+4%
35	Kansas	74,275	+2.3%
36	Michigan	72,875	+2.4%
37	Montana	72,509	+3.7%
38	North Carolina	72,388	+3.6%
39	Indiana	71,957	+2.7%
40	Ohio	71,389	+2.5%
41	Missouri	70,702	+2.6%
42	Tennessee	69,595	+3.7%
43	South Carolina	69,324	+3.8%
44	Oklahoma	65,039	+2.3%
45	New Mexico	64,059	+3.1%
46	Alabama	63,999	+3.2%
47	Kentucky	63,726	+2.1%
48	Arkansas	60,773	+3.4%
49	Louisiana	60,756	+1.2%
50	West Virginia	59,608	+2.9%
51	Mississippi	56,447	+2.8%

Other periods

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About this ranking

Household income in the past 12 months at the middle of the distribution, in US dollars adjusted to the last year of the period. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

US dollars. For Spanish places use net_income_per_household (average, EUR).

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

U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19013: median household income in the past 12 months. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b19013.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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Questions

Which state has the highest median household income?

District of Columbia, with $109,870 in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which state has the lowest median household income?

Mississippi, with $56,447 in 2024.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19013: median household income in the past 12 months. Retrieved 2026-10-08.