US states by personal income

California had the highest personal income of 51 states in 2021, at $3.02 trillion. Vermont had the lowest, at $39.57 billion. The median was $255.79 billion and the figure for the United States was $21.49 trillion. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Highest3,020,255.4California

Lowest39,565.5Vermont

Median255,789.751 states

United States21,492,833History

Map of states, 2021

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70K to 150K
150K to 260K
260K to 410K
410K to 610K
610K and over

USD million, 2021. 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, 2021

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	2021 USD million	Change on 2020
1	California	3,020,255.4	+9%
2	Texas	1,787,691.2	+11.5%
3	New York	1,516,325.2	+7.1%
4	Florida	1,367,572	+11.9%
5	Illinois	849,781.8	+7.8%
6	Pennsylvania	833,491	+6.4%
7	New Jersey	707,881.6	+8.3%
8	Ohio	676,968.7	+8.6%
9	Georgia	607,573	+9.9%
10	North Carolina	604,840.3	+11.7%
11	Massachusetts	589,064.6	+8.7%
12	Virginia	582,125	+9.7%
13	Michigan	573,479.5	+7.8%
14	Washington	572,962.1	+9.6%
15	Maryland	427,973.5	+6.8%
16	Colorado	418,252.2	+11.8%
17	Arizona	415,463.6	+11.2%
18	Tennessee	402,151.7	+11.7%
19	Indiana	391,047.5	+11.3%
20	Minnesota	387,085.9	+10.5%
21	Wisconsin	357,124.7	+9.1%
22	Missouri	351,314.1	+9.3%
23	Connecticut	296,411.7	+7.8%
24	South Carolina	277,455.2	+10.8%
25	Oregon	266,631.4	+10.9%
26	Alabama	255,789.7	+10.8%
27	Louisiana	255,226.8	+9.3%
28	Kentucky	234,168.5	+10.3%
29	Oklahoma	218,124.4	+10%
30	Utah	194,620.2	+14.7%
31	Nevada	192,315.4	+12.8%
32	Iowa	186,524	+11%
33	Kansas	174,015.6	+7.2%
34	Arkansas	161,569	+13.7%
35	Mississippi	138,748.3	+10.4%
36	Nebraska	125,238.6	+12.1%
37	New Mexico	107,739.5	+9.2%
38	Idaho	105,943.4	+15.2%
39	New Hampshire	102,521.5	+10.2%
40	Hawaii	88,659.9	+7.1%
41	West Virginia	87,286.7	+8.6%
42	Maine	81,913.1	+10.5%
43	Rhode Island	69,261.1	+6.6%
44	Montana	65,569.7	+12.6%
45	District of Columbia	65,527.5	+8%
46	Delaware	60,200.2	+9.3%
47	South Dakota	60,137.6	+13.7%
48	North Dakota	51,474.7	+9.3%
49	Alaska	48,316.4	+6.5%
50	Wyoming	41,452.7	+10.2%
51	Vermont	39,565.5	+5.8%

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.

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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, 2021) [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, 2021. 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=2021. 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, 2021. 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=2021.

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, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/personal-income/us-states?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which state has the highest personal income?

California, with $3.02 trillion in 2021, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Which state has the lowest personal income?

Vermont, with $39.57 billion in 2021.

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.