On average, the everyday American citizen rakes in around $51,000 in a given year. Per capita income is calculated by looking at the annual salaries of people across the nation and then finding the average dollar amount of everyone’s income. This is on a much larger scale than determining the income rates per capita in each state on an individual level, but the process is the same.
2018 Per Capita Income by State
The year 2018 was a very good year in terms of personal income, especially in comparison to the economic standing of people in the three years prior. Here are the per capita income rates in 2018 for each state…
- Alabama $42,334
- Alaska $59,687
- Arizona $43,650
- Arkansas $42,566
- California $62,586
- Colorado $56,846
- Connecticut $74,561
- Delaware $51,449
- Florida $49,417
- Georgia $45,745
- Hawaii $54,565
- Idaho $43,155
- Illinois $56,933
- Indiana $46,646
- Iowa $48,823
- Kansas $50,155
- Kentucky $41,779
- Louisiana $45,542
- Maine $48,241
- Maryland $62,914
- Massachusetts $70,073
- Michigan $47,582
- Minnesota $56,374
- Mississippi $37,994
- Missouri $46,635
- Montana $47,120
- Nebraska $52,110
- Nevada $48,225
- New Hampshire $61,405
- New Jersey $67,609
- New Mexico $41,198
- New York $68,667
- North Carolina $45,834
- North Dakota $54,306
- Ohio $48,242
- Oklahoma $46,128
- Oregon $49,908
- Pennsylvania $55,349
- Rhode Island $54,523
- South Carolina $42,736
- South Dakota $50,141
- Tennessee $47,179
- Texas $49,161
- Utah $45,340
- Vermont $53,598
- Virginia $56,952
- Washington $60,781
- West Virginia $40,578
- Wisconsin $50,756
- Wyoming $60,095
Household incomes per capita are often dependent on the economic climate in a given year. Take a look at the following per capita income rates per state and compare the way the dollar amounts change over the years. For example, Maryland consistently remained the state with the highest per capita income rate in 2015, 2016, and 2017. Likewise, West Virginia was the state to fall into last place over the course of those same three years. Here are the fifty states and their respective per capita income for the years 2015, 2016, and 2017 for comparison.
Per Capita Income by State in 2017
- Maryland $80,776 per capita
- New Jersey $80,088 per capita
- Hawaii $77,765 per capita
- Massachusetts $77,385 per capita
- Connecticut $74,168 per capita
- New Hampshire $73,381 per capita
- Alaska $73,181 per capita
- California $71,805 per capita
- Virginia $71,535
- Washington $70,979
- Colorado $69,117 per capita
- Minnesota $48,273 per capita
- Utah $65,358
- New York $64,894 per capita
- Rhode Island $63,870
- Illinois $62,992 per capita
- Delaware $62,852 per capita
- North Dakota $61,843 per capita
- Wyoming $60,434
- Oregon $60,212 per capita
- Nebraska $59,970 per capita
- Wisconsin $59,305
- Texas $59,206
- Pennsylvania $59,105
- Iowa $58,570 per capita
- Nevada $58,003 per capita
- Vermont $57,513
- Arizona $56,581 per capita
- South Dakota $56,521
- Kansas $56,422 per capita
- Georgia $56,183 per capita
- Maine $55,277 per capita
- Michigan $66,768 per capita
- Indiana $54,181 per capita
- Ohio $54,021 per capita
- Missouri $53,578 per capita
- Montana $53,386 per capita
- North Carolina $52,752 per capita
- Florida $52,594 per capita
- Idaho $52,225 per capita
- Tennessee $51,340
- South Carolina $50,570
- Oklahoma $50,051 per capita
- Alabama $48,123 per capita
- New Mexico $46,744 per capita
- Louisiana $46,145 per capita
- Arkansas $45,869 per capita
- Kentucky $45,215 per capita
- Mississippi $60,702 per capita
- West Virginia $43,469
Average Household Income Rate per Capita in the USA in 2016
- Maryland $78,945 per capita
- Alaska $76,440 per capita
- New Jersey $76,126 per capita
- Massachusetts $75,297 per capita
- Hawaii $74,511 per capita
- Connecticut $73,433 per capita
- New Hampshire $70,936 per capita
- Virginia $68,114 per capita
- California $67,739 per capita
- Washington $67,106 per capita
- Utah $65,977 per capita
- Colorado $65,685 per capita
- Minnesota $68,388 per capita
- New York $62,909 per capita
- Delaware $61,757 per capita
- Illinois $60,960 per capita
- North Dakota $60,656 per capita
- Rhode Island $60,596 per capita
- Wyoming $59,882 per capita
- Vermont $57,677 per capita
- Oregon $57,532 per capita
- Nebraska $56,927 per capita
- Pennsylvania $56,907 per capita
- Wisconsin $56,811 per capita
- Texas $56,565 per capita
- Iowa $56,247 per capita
- Nevada $55,180 per capita
- Kansas $54,935 per capita
- South Dakota $54,467 per capita
- Georgia $53,559 per capita
- Arizona $53,558 per capita
- Maine $53,079 per capita
- Michigan $54,909 per capita
- Ohio $52,344 per capita
- Indiana $52,314 per capita
- Idaho $51,807 per capita
- Missouri $51,746 per capita
- Florida $50,860 per capita
- North Carolina $50,584 per capita
- Montana $50,027 per capita
- South Carolina $49,501 per capita
- Oklahoma $49,176 per capita
- Tennessee $48,547 per capita
- New Mexico $46,748 per capita
- Alabama $46,257 per capita
- Louisiana $45,146 per capita
- Arkansas $44,334 per capita
- West Virginia $43,385 per capita
- Kentucky $42,958 per capita
- Mississippi $43,529 per capita
Average Household Income Rate per Capita in Each US States in 2015
- Maryland $75,847 per capita
- Hawaii $73,486 per capita
- Alaska $73,355 per capita
- New Jersey $72,222 per capita
- Connecticut $71,346 per capita
- Massachusetts $70,628 per capita
- New Hampshire $70,303 per capita
- Virginia $66,262 per capita
- California $64,500 per capita
- Washington $64,129 per capita
- Colorado $63,909 per capita
- Minnesota $65,599 per capita
- Utah $62,912 per capita
- Delaware $61,255 per capita
- New York $60,850 per capita
- North Dakota $60,557 per capita
- Wyoming $60,214 per capita
- Illinois $59,588 per capita
- Rhode Island $58,073 per capita
- Vermont $56,990 per capita
- Pennsylvania $55,702 per capita
- Texas $55,653 per capita
- Wisconsin $55,638 per capita
- Nebraska $54,996 per capita
- Iowa $54,736 per capita
- Oregon $54,148 per capita
- Kansas $53,906 per capita
- South Dakota $53,017 per capita
- Nevada $52,431 per capita
- Maine $51,494 per capita
- Arizona $51,492 per capita
- Georgia $51,244 per capita
- Michigan $52,491 per capita
- Ohio $51,075 per capita
- Indiana $50,532 per capita
- Missouri $50,238 per capita
- Montana $49,509 per capita
- Florida $49,426 per capita
- Oklahoma $48,568 per capita
- Idaho $48,275 per capita
- North Carolina $47,830 per capita
- Tennessee $47,275 per capita
- South Carolina $47,238 per capita
- Louisiana $45,727 per capita
- New Mexico $45,382 per capita
- Alabama $44,765 per capita
- Kentucky $43,399 per capita
- West Virginia $42,019 per capita
- Arkansas $41,995 per capita
- Mississippi $41,754 per capita