STATE RANKINGS [When states share the same rank, the next lower rank is omitted. States may share the same value but have different ranks due to rounding] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Median household income Median income for 4-person family STATE ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- 1995 1990 1995 1990 ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- Dollars Rank Dollars Rank Dollars Rank Dollars Rank ------------------------------------ ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- United States 34,076 X 29,943 X 49,687 X 41,451 X Alabama 25,991 47 23,357 45 42,617 41 35,937 41 Alaska 47,954 1 39,298 2 56,045 5 51,538 5 Arizona 30,863 35 29,224 26 44,526 35 38,799 31 Arkansas 25,814 49 22,786 46 38,520 48 31,913 49 California 37,009 12 33,290 9 51,519 12 45,184 9 Colorado 40,706 6 30,733 18 50,941 15 41,803 19 Connecticut 40,243 7 38,870 4 62,157 1 53,931 2 Delaware 34,928 22 30,804 17 54,519 7 46,524 8 District of Columbia 30,748 X 27,392 X 49,837 X 38,824 X Florida 29,745 38 26,685 36 44,626 34 38,438 34 Georgia 34,099 25 27,561 30 48,850 22 41,184 22 Hawaii 42,851 3 38,921 3 54,749 6 50,234 6 Idaho 32,676 31 25,305 38 42,142 43 34,091 46 Illinois 38,071 10 32,542 10 53,807 10 44,220 13 Indiana 33,385 28 26,928 35 47,465 23 39,700 27 Iowa 35,519 19 27,288 34 47,314 26 38,090 35 Kansas 30,341 36 29,917 23 46,611 27 40,576 24 Kentucky 29,810 37 24,780 41 40,587 46 36,348 39 Louisiana 27,949 43 22,405 48 41,442 45 36,510 38 Maine 33,858 26 27,464 32 45,507 32 38,848 30 Maryland 41,041 4 38,857 5 60,239 3 53,385 3 Massachusetts 38,574 9 36,247 7 59,191 4 52,171 4 Michigan 36,426 14 29,937 22 52,955 11 43,545 15 Minnesota 37,933 11 31,465 15 54,396 9 43,031 17 Mississippi 26,538 45 20,178 50 37,328 50 30,242 50 Missouri 34,825 23 27,332 33 45,795 30 39,766 25 Montana 27,757 44 23,375 44 42,987 40 35,105 42 Nebraska 32,929 30 27,482 31 44,886 33 39,664 28 Nevada 36,084 17 32,023 12 50,064 20 41,629 20 New Hampshire 39,171 8 40,805 1 54,492 8 49,088 7 New Jersey 43,924 2 38,734 6 61,409 2 56,436 1 New Mexico 25,991 47 25,039 40 37,365 49 32,941 48 New York 33,028 29 31,591 14 50,672 18 44,200 14 North Carolina 31,979 33 26,329 37 47,367 25 39,718 26 North Dakota 29,089 40 25,264 39 43,483 39 36,127 40 Ohio 34,941 21 30,013 21 50,893 16 42,821 18 Oklahoma 26,311 46 24,384 43 42,124 44 34,141 45 Oregon 36,374 15 29,281 25 46,229 28 39,653 29 Pennsylvania 34,524 24 29,005 27 50,884 17 40,892 23 Rhode Island 35,359 20 31,968 13 51,362 14 44,598 10 South Carolina 29,071 41 28,735 28 44,048 37 38,797 32 South Dakota 29,578 39 24,571 42 42,269 42 34,632 43 Tennessee 29,015 42 22,592 47 44,312 36 34,279 44 Texas 32,039 32 28,228 29 43,977 38 37,789 36 Utah 36,480 13 30,142 20 45,611 31 38,632 33 Vermont 33,824 27 31,098 16 47,376 24 41,312 21 Virginia 36,222 16 35,073 8 50,032 21 44,597 11 Washington 35,568 18 32,112 11 51,415 13 44,306 12 West Virginia 24,880 50 22,137 49 39,731 47 33,666 47 Wisconsin 40,955 5 30,711 19 50,628 19 43,182 16 Wyoming 31,529 34 29,460 24 45,925 29 36,796 37 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- X Not applicable. Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, State and Metropolitan Area Data Book 1997-98, table A-24.