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Income 2005

Two-Year-Average1 Median Household Income by State:  2003-20052
(Income in 2005 dollars)
                 
          Change in median income
          (2004-2005 average less
  2003-2004 2004-2005 2003-2004 average
     State                
                 
  90-percent 90-percent        
  Median confidence Median confidence     Percentage  
  income interval3 (+) income interval3 (+) Dollars   change  
                 
     United States 45,893 272 46,071 243 178 0.4
Alabama 38,695 2,049 37,502 1,732 -1,193 -3.1
Alaska 55,957 2,211 56,398 2,376 440 0.8
Arizona 44,499 1,824 45,279 1,658 779 1.8
Arkansas 35,058 1,254 36,406 1,584 1,348 * 3.8 *
California 51,593 1,052 51,312 779 -281 -0.5
Colorado 52,792 1,951 51,518 1,987 -1,274 -2.4
Connecticut 57,636 2,270 56,889 2,255 -747 -1.3
Delaware 50,838 1,981 50,445 1,729 -392 -0.8
District of Columbia 46,353 2,327 44,949 2,768 -1,404 -3.0
Florida 41,624 988 42,440 991 816 2.0
Georgia 43,695 1,149 44,140 1,002 445 1.0
Hawaii 56,565 2,141 58,854 2,015 2,289 * 4.0 *
Idaho 45,404 1,683 45,009 1,818 -395 -0.9
Illinois 47,768 1,350 48,008 1,243 240 0.5
Indiana 44,383 1,494 43,091 1,548 -1,293 * -2.9 *
Iowa 44,380 1,722 45,671 1,970 1,291 2.9
Kansas 44,690 2,180 42,233 1,926 -2,456 * -5.5 *
Kentucky 37,999 1,474 36,750 1,467 -1,249 * -3.3 *
Louisiana 36,603 1,660 37,442 1,745 839 2.3
Maine 41,048 1,537 43,317 1,824 2,269 * 5.5 *
Maryland 57,265 2,069 59,762 2,183 2,498 * 4.4 *
Massachusetts 53,916 1,877 54,888 2,349 971 1.8
Michigan 45,724 1,282 44,801 1,218 -923 -2.0
Minnesota 57,018 1,630 56,098 1,589 -921 -1.6
Mississippi 35,324 1,589 34,396 1,665 -928 -2.6
Missouri 44,994 1,379 43,266 1,419 -1,727 * -3.8 *
Montana 35,644 1,274 36,202 1,295 559 1.6
Nebraska 45,958 1,867 46,587 1,908 629 1.4
Nevada 48,366 2,082 48,496 2,104 129 0.3
New Hampshire 58,842 1,860 57,850 2,314 -992 -1.7
New Jersey 58,300 1,633 60,246 2,460 1,946 3.3 *
New Mexico 39,070 1,935 39,916 2,255 846 2.2
New York 45,775 1,179 46,659 1,112 884 1.9
North Carolina 40,572 1,244 41,820 1,220 1,247 * 3.1 *
North Dakota 41,708 1,496 41,362 1,699 -346 -0.8
Ohio 45,340 1,349 44,349 1,389 -991 -2.2
Oklahoma 39,519 1,353 39,292 1,768 -227 -0.6
Oregon 43,276 1,426 43,262 1,680 -14 0.0
Pennsylvania 45,571 1,289 45,941 1,239 369 0.8
Rhode Island 48,493 2,297 49,511 2,377 1,018 2.1
South Carolina 40,410 1,518 40,107 1,528 -302 -0.7
South Dakota 42,212 1,415 42,816 1,628 605 1.4
Tennessee 39,583 1,587 39,376 1,544 -207 -0.5
Texas 42,228 937 42,102 671 -127 -0.3
Utah 52,432 1,294 53,693 1,536 1,261 2.4 *
Vermont 47,411 1,593 49,808 1,771 2,397 * 5.1 *
Virginia 55,494 1,915 52,383 1,580 -3,111 * -5.6 *
Washington 51,004 1,755 51,119 1,452 115 0.2
West Virginia 34,629 1,533 35,467 1,548 838 2.4
Wisconsin 48,181 1,643 45,956 1,732 -2,226 * -4.6 *
Wyoming 46,038 1,519 45,817 1,826 -221 -0.5
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* Statistically different from zero at the 90-percent confidence level.  
1The 2-year-average median is the sum of two inflation-adjusted single-year medians divided by 2.
2 The 2004 data have been revised to reflect a correction to the weights in the 2005 ASEC.
3A 90-percent confidence interval is a measure of an estimate's variability.  The larger the confidence
interval in relation to the size of the estimate, the less reliable the estimate.  For more information see "Standard
errors and their use" at <www.census.gov/hhes/www/income/p60_231sa.pdf>.
Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2004 to 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplements.
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division