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Share of households earning $50,000–74,999: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Share of households with income $50,000–74,999 (%). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Household income distribution by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-04

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National value: 15.3 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 10.9 %
RI 15.4 %
DE 15.6 %
CT 13.6 %
NJ 12.4 %
MD 12.5 %
MA 11.9 %
VT 15.7 %
NH 13.2 %

Lowest: 10.9 to 13.9 %
Group 2: 13.9 to 15.7 %
Group 3: 15.7 to 16.5 %
Group 4: 16.5 to 17 %
Highest: 17 to 18.5 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.


1	North Dakota	18.5
1	West Virginia	18.5
3	Wyoming	18
4	Arkansas	17.6
4	Indiana	17.6
6	Kentucky	17.4
6	Oklahoma	17.4
8	Kansas	17.2
8	South Carolina	17.2
8	Wisconsin	17.2
11	Iowa	17
11	Missouri	17
11	Ohio	17
14	Mississippi	16.9
15	Michigan	16.8
16	Nebraska	16.7
17	Arizona	16.6
18	Florida	16.5
18	Montana	16.5
18	New Mexico	16.5
18	South Dakota	16.5
22	North Carolina	16.4
23	Alabama	16.3
23	Maine	16.3
23	Tennessee	16.3
26	Georgia	16.2
26	Louisiana	16.2
28	Pennsylvania	16
28	Texas	16
30	Nevada	15.8
31	Idaho	15.7
31	Vermont	15.7
33	Delaware	15.6
34	Rhode Island	15.4
35	Minnesota	15.1
36	Alaska	14.7
36	Illinois	14.7
36	Utah	14.7
39	Oregon	14.6
40	Colorado	13.9
40	Hawaii	13.9
40	Virginia	13.9
43	Washington	13.7
44	Connecticut	13.6
45	New York	13.4
46	New Hampshire	13.2
47	California	12.7
48	Maryland	12.5
49	New Jersey	12.4
50	Massachusetts	11.9
51	District of Columbia	10.9

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table DP03: Selected Economic Characteristics. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by share of households with income $50,000–74,999 (%) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table DP03; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-04. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-50000-to-74999/

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