US states by personal income

California had the highest personal income of 51 states in 2017, at $2.3 trillion. Vermont had the lowest, at $31.95 billion. The median was $197.9 billion and the figure for the United States was $16.66 trillion. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Highest2,295,467.5California

Lowest31,954Vermont

Median197,900.651 states

United States16,658,962History

Map of states, 2017

Under 60K
60K to 120K
120K to 200K
200K to 300K
300K to 470K
470K and over

USD million, 2017. Source: BEA, SAINC1: state annual personal income summary, personal income, millions of current dollars, United States and states. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, 2017

USD million. Source: BEA, SAINC1: state annual personal income summary, personal income, millions of current dollars, United States and states. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	States	2017 USD million	Change on 2016
1	California	2,295,467.5	+4.7%
2	Texas	1,368,139	+7.2%
3	New York	1,255,676.6	+6.7%
4	Florida	1,011,080.7	+7.7%
5	Illinois	685,568.7	+3.2%
6	Pennsylvania	671,712.6	+2.8%
7	New Jersey	566,360.7	+3.8%
8	Ohio	541,358	+3.8%
9	Georgia	467,839	+6%
10	Virginia	462,316.3	+4%
11	Massachusetts	459,854.5	+4.8%
12	Michigan	454,926.4	+3%
13	North Carolina	449,910.8	+4.8%
14	Washington	423,117.1	+6.5%
15	Maryland	356,120.5	+3.4%
16	Colorado	303,192.3	+6.9%
17	Minnesota	301,670.1	+4.5%
18	Tennessee	299,327.5	+4.5%
19	Indiana	297,966.4	+3.8%
20	Arizona	296,762.4	+6.3%
21	Wisconsin	281,984.2	+4.1%
22	Missouri	273,722.9	+2.5%
23	Connecticut	249,423	+2.4%
24	South Carolina	210,459.4	+5.2%
25	Louisiana	203,516	+3.1%
26	Alabama	197,900.6	+3.7%
27	Oregon	197,222.5	+6%
28	Kentucky	180,821.6	+3.2%
29	Oklahoma	171,961.5	+4.4%
30	Iowa	147,781.1	+2.8%
31	Kansas	141,293.4	+3.3%
32	Nevada	138,898.5	+6.9%
33	Utah	134,377.5	+6.3%
34	Arkansas	123,839.6	+3.4%
35	Mississippi	109,165.3	+2.6%
36	Nebraska	95,818.7	+2.4%
37	New Mexico	82,369.3	+1.9%
38	New Hampshire	78,590	+4.6%
39	Hawaii	73,658.3	+4.1%
40	Idaho	71,454.2	+6.2%
41	West Virginia	70,734.3	+4%
42	Maine	61,734.8	+4.1%
43	Rhode Island	54,689.7	+4.2%
44	District of Columbia	54,051.3	+3.8%
45	Delaware	48,078.6	+4.7%
46	Montana	48,008.6	+6%
47	South Dakota	42,964.9	+3.5%
48	Alaska	41,901.9	+1.5%
49	North Dakota	39,728.9	+1.3%
50	Wyoming	32,490	+4.5%
51	Vermont	31,954	+2.9%

Other periods

About this ranking

Total income received by the residents of a place from work, own businesses, property and government benefits, before income taxes, in millions of current US dollars. United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional accounts, table SAINC1 line 1 for the nation and states and CAINC1 line 1 for counties.

Counted where people live, not where they work. The national figure is the total of the states, which differs slightly from personal income in the national accounts. Divided by BEA population it gives per_capita_personal_income.

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. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAINC1: state annual personal income summary, personal income, millions of current dollars, United States and states. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. (2026). SAINC1: state annual personal income summary, personal income, millions of current dollars, United States and states (US states by personal income, 2017) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip

MLA 9

SAINC1: state annual personal income summary, personal income, millions of current dollars, United States and states, US states by personal income, 2017. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 30 Sept. 2026, https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/personal-income/us-states?period=2017. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. 2026. SAINC1: state annual personal income summary, personal income, millions of current dollars, United States and states. US states by personal income, 2017. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/personal-income/us-states?period=2017.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (2026) SAINC1: state annual personal income summary, personal income, millions of current dollars, United States and states, US states by personal income, 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/personal-income/us-states?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{bureau_us_states_by_personal_2017,
  author = {{U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis}},
  title = {{SAINC1: state annual personal income summary, personal income, millions of current dollars, United States and states: US states by personal income, 2017}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/personal-income/us-states?period=2017. Publisher attribution: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAINC1: state annual personal income summary, personal income, millions of current dollars, United States and states. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

RIS

TY  - DATA
AU  - U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
TI  - SAINC1: state annual personal income summary, personal income, millions of current dollars, United States and states: US states by personal income, 2017
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/09/30
PB  - U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip
L2  - https://invokely.ai/rankings/personal-income/us-states?period=2017
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/personal-income/us-states?period=2017.
N1  - Publisher attribution: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAINC1: state annual personal income summary, personal income, millions of current dollars, United States and states. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
ER  -

Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Embed code

<iframe src="https://invokely.ai/embed/rankings/personal-income/us-states?period=2017" width="760" height="500" title="US states by personal income, 2017, chart from Invokely" loading="lazy" style="border:0;width:100%;max-width:760px" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin"></iframe>

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

Rank US states by personal income using official data, and cite the source.

rank_places {"indicator":"personal_income","level":"region","within":"United States","limit":10}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=personal_income&level=region&within=United%20States&limit=10

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

Which state has the highest personal income?

California, with $2.3 trillion in 2017, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Which state has the lowest personal income?

Vermont, with $31.95 billion in 2017.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, SAINC1: state annual personal income summary, personal income, millions of current dollars, United States and states. Retrieved 2026-10-12.