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. STATE STATS
   

New Jersey Ranks First in the Nation in Median Household Income, 2005
Source:2005 American Community Survey, US Census Bureau

Rank State Amount   Rank State Amount
             
1

NEW JERSEY

$61,672


26

Indiana

$43,993

2

Maryland

$61,592

 

27

Nebraska

$43,849

3

Connecticut

$60,941

 

28

Iowa

$43,609

4

Hawaii

$58,112

 

29

Ohio

$43,493

5

Massachusetts

$57,184

 

30

Oregon

$42,944

6

New Hampshire

$56,768

 

31

Kansas

$42,920

7

Alaska

$56,234

 

32

Maine

$42,801

8

Virginia

$54,240

 

33

Florida

$42,433

9

California

$53,629

 

34

Texas

$42,139

10

Delaware

$52,499

 

35

Missouri

$41,974

11

Minnesota

$52,024

 

36

Idaho

$41,443

12

Rhode Island

$51,458

 

37

North Dakota

$41,030

13

Colorado

$50,652

 

38

North Carolina

$40,729

14

Illinois

$50,260

 

39

South Dakota

$40,310

15

New York

$49,480

 

40

South Carolina

$39,316

16

Washington

$49,262

 

41

Montana

$39,301

17

Nevada

$49,169

 

42

Tennessee

$38,874

18

Utah

$47,934

 

43

New Mexico

$37,492

19

Wisconsin

$47,105

 

44

Kentucky

$37,369

20

Wyoming

$46,202

 

45

Oklahoma

$37,063

21

Michigan

$46,039

 

46

Alabama

$36,879

22

Vermont

$45,686

 

47

Louisiana

$36,729

23

Georgia

$45,604

 

48

Arkansas

$34,999

24

Pennsylvania

$44,537

 

49

West Virginia

$33,452

25

Arizona

$44,282

 

50

Mississippi

$32,938

             
          50 State Average
$45,812.88
          N.J. % Above Average 34.62%

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