US states by median household income

Name: US states by median household income, 2023
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 2023, at $106,287. Mississippi had the lowest, at $54,915. The median was $75,561 and the figure for the United States was $78,538. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest106,287District of Columbia

Lowest54,915Mississippi

Median75,56151 states

United States78,538History

All states, 2023

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

Full ranking

Rank	States	2023 USD	Change on 2022
1	District of Columbia	106,287	+4.5%
2	Maryland	101,652	+3.2%
3	Massachusetts	101,341	+5%
4	New Jersey	101,050	+4%
5	Hawaii	98,317	+3.7%
6	California	96,334	+4.8%
7	New Hampshire	95,628	+5.3%
8	Washington	94,952	+5.1%
9	Connecticut	93,760	+3.9%
10	Colorado	92,470	+5.6%
11	Utah	91,750	+5.7%
12	Virginia	90,974	+4.3%
13	Alaska	89,336	+3.4%
14	Minnesota	87,556	+3.8%
15	Rhode Island	86,372	+6.1%
16	New York	84,578	+3.9%
17	Delaware	82,855	+4.5%
18	Illinois	81,702	+4.2%
19	Oregon	80,426	+5%
20	Vermont	78,024	+5.4%
21	Arizona	76,872	+5.9%
22	Texas	76,292	+4.5%
23	Pennsylvania	76,081	+4%
24	North Dakota	75,949	+2.7%
25	Wisconsin	75,670	+4.4%
26	Nevada	75,561	+5.5%
27	Nebraska	74,985	+4.5%
28	Wyoming	74,815	+3.2%
29	Georgia	74,664	+4.6%
30	Idaho	74,636	+6.3%
31	Iowa	73,147	+3.7%
32	Kansas	72,639	+4.1%
33	South Dakota	72,421	+4.3%
34	Maine	71,773	+5.2%
35	Florida	71,711	+5.6%
36	Michigan	71,149	+3.9%
37	Indiana	70,051	+4.3%
38	Montana	69,922	+5.4%
39	North Carolina	69,904	+5.6%
40	Ohio	69,680	+4%
41	Missouri	68,920	+4.6%
42	Tennessee	67,097	+4.8%
43	South Carolina	66,818	+5%
44	Oklahoma	63,603	+3.6%
45	Kentucky	62,417	+3.7%
46	New Mexico	62,125	+5.8%
47	Alabama	62,027	+4.1%
48	Louisiana	60,023	+3.8%
49	Arkansas	58,773	+4.3%
50	West Virginia	57,917	+4.9%
51	Mississippi	54,915	+3.6%

Other periods

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2022
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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/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b19013.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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Questions

Which state has the highest median household income?

District of Columbia, with $106,287 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which state has the lowest median household income?

Mississippi, with $54,915 in 2023.

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.