US states by median household income

Name: US states by median household income, 2022
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 2022, at $101,722. Mississippi had the lowest, at $52,985. The median was $72,458 and the figure for the United States was $75,149. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest101,722District of Columbia

Lowest52,985Mississippi

Median72,45851 states

United States75,149History

All states, 2022

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

Full ranking

Rank	States	2022 USD	Change on 2021
1	District of Columbia	101,722	+8.7%
2	Maryland	98,461	+7.7%
3	New Jersey	97,126	+8.3%
4	Massachusetts	96,505	+8.4%
5	Hawaii	94,814	+7.7%
6	California	91,905	+9.3%
7	New Hampshire	90,845	+8.9%
8	Washington	90,325	+9.6%
9	Connecticut	90,213	+7.9%
10	Colorado	87,598	+9.2%
11	Virginia	87,249	+8.2%
12	Utah	86,833	+9.7%
13	Alaska	86,370	+7.6%
14	Minnesota	84,313	+8.5%
15	New York	81,386	+8.3%
16	Rhode Island	81,370	+9.2%
17	Delaware	79,325	+9.1%
18	Illinois	78,433	+8.1%
19	Oregon	76,632	+9.3%
20	Vermont	74,014	+9.4%
21	North Dakota	73,959	+8.6%
22	Pennsylvania	73,170	+8.3%
23	Texas	73,035	+8.5%
24	Arizona	72,581	+10.1%
25	Wyoming	72,495	+6.6%
26	Wisconsin	72,458	+8%
27	Nebraska	71,722	+7.6%
28	Nevada	71,646	+9.1%
29	Georgia	71,355	+9.7%
30	Iowa	70,571	+7.9%
31	Idaho	70,214	+10.8%
32	Kansas	69,747	+8.1%
33	South Dakota	69,457	+8.7%
34	Michigan	68,505	+8.4%
35	Maine	68,251	+8%
36	Florida	67,917	+9.9%
37	Indiana	67,173	+8.4%
38	Ohio	66,990	+8.2%
39	Montana	66,341	+9.5%
40	North Carolina	66,186	+9.4%
41	Missouri	65,920	+8%
42	Tennessee	64,035	+9.4%
43	South Carolina	63,623	+9.3%
44	Oklahoma	61,364	+7.7%
45	Kentucky	60,183	+8.5%
46	Alabama	59,609	+8.5%
47	New Mexico	58,722	+8.7%
48	Louisiana	57,852	+8%
49	Arkansas	56,335	+8.1%
50	West Virginia	55,217	+8.5%
51	Mississippi	52,985	+7.9%

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/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b19013.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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Questions

Which state has the highest median household income?

District of Columbia, with $101,722 in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which state has the lowest median household income?

Mississippi, with $52,985 in 2022.

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.