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North Carolina

Per Capita Personal Income

Total median per capita personal income

What does this mean?

Per Capita Personal Income is the total personal income of all individuals in the state divided by the population, which allows for comparisons across states.

Why does this matter?

Per capita income is one indicator of a state’s relative prosperity and standard of living.

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* Source: US Bureau of Economic Analysis

Per Capita Personal Income

State	1999-01	2000-01	2001-01	2002-01	2003-01	2004-01	2005-01	2006-01	2007-01	2008-01	2009-01	2010-01	2011-01	2012-01	2013-01	2014-01	2015-01	2016-01	2017-01	2018-01	2019-01	2020-01
Alabama	15,633.11	16,771.14	17,539.90	18,210.08	19,471.29	21,325.50	23,060.73	24,864.46	26,518.59	27,873.89	27,525.96	28,868.55	30,186.86	31,672.96	32,632.20	34,019.44	35,837.68	36,758.25	38,820.80	41,058.16	43,556.04	46,479
Alaska	20,067.17	22,110.36	23,538.20	24,676.76	26,277.08	27,762.00	30,087.75	32,514.03	35,563.86	39,731.27	39,696.72	42,205.90	45,219.66	47,281.52	47,558.70	50,878.10	53,018.68	52,397.13	54,484.40	58,074.87	61,124.58	63,502
Arizona	16,723.20	18,207.72	18,905.60	19,420.63	20,726.89	22,665.75	24,891.79	27,415.37	29,056.32	29,670.84	28,160.16	28,770.80	30,250.50	31,919.36	33,065.10	34,772.01	36,464.20	37,774.74	40,153.65	42,748.87	45,349.92	49,648
Arkansas	14,653.57	15,718.89	16,711.10	17,257.26	18,684.35	20,294.25	21,734.79	23,397.43	25,355.43	26,813.98	26,436.48	27,511.95	29,457.58	32,149.04	32,944.50	35,171.50	36,654.64	37,869.60	39,779.35	42,142.62	44,340.12	47,235
California	20,617.91	23,052.90	23,832.20	24,233.01	25,748.56	27,802.50	29,977.64	32,979.34	35,141.85	36,160.61	35,018.76	36,761.65	39,193.64	42,375.52	43,694.10	46,712.12	50,261.44	52,700.31	55,994.90	59,813.11	63,867.87	70,192
Colorado	20,974.35	23,480.01	24,427.90	24,450.98	25,444.88	26,864.25	29,103.69	31,708.23	34,079.94	35,650.99	33,678.12	34,667.25	37,526.10	40,115.68	42,605.10	46,142.46	48,044.24	48,593.43	52,368.75	56,518.99	60,239.52	63,776
Connecticut	26,599.00	29,718.30	31,607.10	31,734.87	32,847.81	35,428.50	38,298.26	42,419.84	46,724.04	50,605.10	50,134.56	52,497.70	54,376.94	56,584.00	56,610.00	59,918.04	62,340.12	64,369.95	67,257.15	71,711.13	75,036.06	78,609
Delaware	20,891.27	23,379.96	25,845.40	26,737.18	27,787.45	29,230.50	30,314.90	32,431.87	33,803.73	33,942.02	34,319.04	34,804.95	37,831.40	38,826.48	40,030.20	41,964.65	44,157.24	45,467.70	48,167.85	51,470.14	53,255.07	56,097
District of Columbia	26,664.66	30,031.56	31,409.70	32,054.37	33,588.03	37,566.00	40,769.19	44,085.95	48,457.44	50,536.21	50,520.12	53,819.45	57,392.10	59,536.40	60,359.40	64,149.54	68,403.84	71,259.39	74,210.20	77,931.74	80,010.81	86,567
Florida	18,551.63	20,331.54	21,292.60	21,875.10	23,203.05	25,333.50	27,719.23	30,324.94	32,071.14	32,702.83	30,927.12	33,035.25	34,814.52	36,498.00	36,962.10	39,483.08	41,853.56	43,015.29	46,335.30	49,615.50	52,503.66	55,675
Georgia	18,260.18	19,907.19	20,833.40	21,394.43	22,554.08	24,025.50	25,752.65	27,484.89	28,900.80	29,413.54	28,790.16	29,605.50	31,690.14	33,006.16	34,031.70	36,394.54	38,616.08	40,058.82	42,792.75	45,475.54	48,277.35	51,780
Hawaii	18,604.56	20,230.11	21,160.30	22,192.47	23,700.91	25,707.75	28,008.75	30,399.20	32,796.90	34,834.27	34,508.88	35,365.10	36,959.36	38,826.48	39,940.20	42,458.78	44,680.72	46,582.77	49,610.90	51,927.98	54,909.36	58,655
Idaho	15,870.96	17,376.27	18,059.30	18,625.43	19,511.44	21,237.75	22,631.84	24,866.04	26,492.67	27,258.03	26,276.04	27,290.10	28,919.22	30,976.88	32,606.10	34,455.33	36,452.24	37,558.05	39,809.75	42,453.02	45,283.59	48,759
Illinois	20,815.56	22,916.28	24,009.30	24,561.74	25,704.76	27,389.25	29,240.75	31,888.35	34,435.53	36,071.80	34,591.20	35,949.90	38,079.94	40,647.20	42,556.50	45,103.24	47,714.88	48,864.99	51,539.40	55,522.80	58,523.85	62,930
Indiana	17,822.00	19,425.57	20,047.30	20,531.78	21,550.33	23,093.25	24,305.82	26,167.17	27,584.55	29,388.64	28,784.28	30,344.15	32,526.92	34,739.76	35,846.10	37,559.34	39,355.76	40,715.40	43,014.10	45,873.24	48,490.20	51,926
Iowa	17,245.80	18,899.10	19,713.40	20,428.12	21,449.59	23,778.00	25,118.17	27,213.92	29,710.80	32,123.49	31,320.24	32,572.00	35,327.08	37,798.64	39,199.50	40,818.96	42,599.68	43,273.83	45,191.50	48,061.56	50,027.67	53,478
Kansas	18,041.09	19,494.57	20,378.40	20,766.08	21,954.02	23,132.25	25,059.65	28,195.10	30,826.17	34,243.31	33,122.04	33,972.80	37,029.02	39,928.24	41,661.90	42,923.79	43,724.84	44,228.01	46,581.35	49,604.83	52,670.97	56,099
Kentucky	15,560.08	17,158.92	17,917.20	18,500.47	19,481.51	21,065.25	22,515.57	24,221.40	25,699.68	27,391.66	27,213.48	28,401.90	29,950.36	31,614.00	32,517.90	34,347.04	36,211.20	37,111.65	38,906.30	40,927.21	43,442.19	47,339
Louisiana	15,239.82	16,557.93	17,964.10	18,665.19	19,726.06	21,048.75	23,207.03	26,741.50	29,509.92	31,973.26	31,021.20	32,506.55	33,652.66	36,094.96	37,256.40	39,231.92	39,694.32	39,769.59	41,914.00	44,733.49	47,193.30	50,874
Maine	17,271.93	18,968.79	20,176.80	20,996.12	22,487.65	24,158.25	25,352.25	27,216.29	28,905.66	30,845.29	31,211.88	32,397.75	34,173.82	35,636.48	36,406.80	38,187.24	40,376.96	41,852.79	44,400.15	47,136.18	49,916.79	54,211
Maryland	22,134.12	24,557.79	25,953.20	27,004.85	28,757.62	31,230.75	33,506.55	36,005.04	38,334.87	40,824.38	40,696.32	42,237.35	44,694.20	46,654.08	47,318.40	49,231.00	51,880.64	54,245.97	57,013.30	59,752.00	62,359.11	66,799
Massachusetts	23,427.89	26,629.86	27,910.40	28,073.40	29,394.91	31,805.25	34,165.67	37,722.50	40,568.85	43,002.30	42,648.48	44,981.15	47,250.12	50,081.68	51,279.30	54,054.00	57,958.16	60,505.80	64,167.75	68,491.70	72,742.23	78,458
Michigan	19,181.43	20,937.36	21,524.30	21,727.42	22,833.67	24,126.00	25,368.42	26,711.48	28,292.49	29,854.27	28,817.88	30,403.65	32,532.94	34,632.40	35,726.40	37,658.53	40,162.60	41,672.37	43,683.85	46,276.76	48,784.23	53,259
Minnesota	20,303.01	22,389.12	23,443.00	24,108.05	25,763.89	27,908.25	29,310.05	31,336.93	33,740.55	35,823.63	34,506.36	36,323.90	39,020.78	42,083.36	43,179.30	45,642.87	48,050.68	49,187.70	51,936.50	55,276.42	57,841.74	62,005
Mississippi	13,875.03	14,959.89	15,991.50	16,485.49	17,566.72	18,979.50	20,662.95	22,104.99	23,938.74	25,551.55	25,331.88	26,591.40	27,977.52	29,596.16	30,799.80	31,709.86	32,632.40	33,429.78	34,976.15	36,687.34	38,671.38	42,129
Missouri	17,649.14	19,279.29	20,083.00	20,709.28	21,962.05	23,632.50	24,999.59	26,954.01	28,756.62	30,968.96	30,563.40	31,550.30	33,140.96	35,483.36	36,518.40	38,195.43	39,867.28	41,314.32	43,123.35	45,832.50	48,455.55	51,697
Montana	14,601.98	15,925.89	16,797.20	17,433.34	19,071.25	21,098.25	23,156.98	25,432.47	27,688.23	29,707.36	29,138.76	30,938.30	33,182.24	35,860.00	36,671.40	38,757.81	40,540.72	41,116.23	43,967.90	46,580.37	49,598.01	53,361
Nebraska	18,455.15	20,036.91	21,192.50	21,725.29	23,614.04	25,220.25	26,692.82	28,455.01	31,210.11	33,644.05	33,209.40	35,071.00	39,339.84	41,184.88	42,157.80	44,786.56	46,816.04	46,262.85	48,125.10	50,983.20	53,496.63	57,570
Nevada	20,371.35	22,070.34	22,722.70	22,812.30	24,178.33	26,424.00	29,343.93	31,415.93	32,571.72	32,233.88	30,434.04	31,863.95	33,316.40	35,059.20	35,608.50	37,889.67	40,768.88	42,065.76	44,915.05	47,941.28	50,904.81	53,720
New Hampshire	21,340.84	24,381.15	25,722.90	26,251.54	27,280.83	29,575.50	31,276.63	34,090.87	36,202.95	38,085.38	37,884.84	40,041.80	42,298.24	45,077.12	45,909.00	48,083.49	50,540.20	52,664.97	55,851.45	59,529.87	63,147.15	67,097
New Jersey	24,096.55	27,059.04	28,171.50	28,736.54	30,074.54	32,157.00	34,239.59	37,679.05	40,883.13	42,976.57	41,877.36	43,461.35	45,783.82	48,501.20	50,039.10	52,904.67	55,706.92	57,858.09	61,189.50	65,127.74	68,929.74	73,460
New Mexico	14,463.29	15,940.38	17,220.70	17,931.05	19,050.81	20,549.25	22,220.66	24,171.63	25,879.50	27,928.67	27,645.24	28,656.90	30,159.34	31,497.84	31,634.10	33,946.64	35,154.12	36,183.51	37,612.40	40,089.13	42,689.79	46,338
New York	22,605.80	24,902.10	26,098.10	26,332.48	27,430.48	29,496.75	31,480.68	34,861.12	38,416.68	39,992.72	39,502.68	41,495.30	44,003.62	47,167.12	48,705.30	51,205.70	54,043.56	56,574.69	61,715.80	65,336.29	69,251.49	74,472
North Carolina	17,580.13	18,981.90	19,486.60	19,774.92	20,961.95	22,976.25	24,905.65	27,164.15	29,330.91	31,403.05	30,183.72	30,481.00	31,681.54	34,305.92	34,402.50	36,455.51	38,435.76	39,593.82	41,889.30	44,385.26	47,183.40	50,305
North Dakota	15,882.35	17,865.48	18,578.70	19,324.78	21,664.94	22,580.25	24,614.59	26,352.03	29,734.29	34,092.25	33,778.08	37,641.40	42,234.60	49,870.48	49,699.80	52,746.33	50,142.76	48,910.56	50,484.90	54,649.80	57,581.37	61,530
Ohio	18,224.00	19,732.62	20,526.10	21,082.03	22,271.57	23,745.00	25,107.39	27,029.06	28,859.49	30,566.41	30,034.20	31,332.70	33,786.82	35,936.56	37,235.70	39,115.44	41,069.72	42,270.36	44,649.05	47,314.66	49,698.99	53,641
Oklahoma	15,016.04	16,682.82	17,925.60	18,476.33	19,854.54	21,948.00	24,529.12	27,534.66	28,925.91	32,639.75	30,170.28	31,680.35	34,208.22	37,125.44	39,555.90	42,335.02	41,202.20	39,431.07	42,080.25	44,909.06	47,833.83	49,878
Oregon	17,833.39	19,586.34	20,180.30	20,411.79	21,553.98	23,247.00	24,867.92	27,425.64	29,061.99	30,703.36	29,662.92	30,630.60	32,332.56	34,645.60	35,808.30	38,341.03	41,117.56	42,778.14	45,582.90	49,018.95	51,937.38	56,312
Pennsylvania	19,087.63	21,005.67	22,143.80	22,814.43	24,214.10	26,238.00	28,035.70	30,106.11	32,672.97	34,634.24	34,045.20	35,927.80	38,098.00	40,499.36	41,810.40	44,038.54	46,323.84	48,081.00	50,461.15	54,246.28	57,020.04	61,700
Rhode Island	19,092.32	20,987.73	22,270.50	23,292.97	25,039.73	26,945.25	28,477.68	30,832.12	33,124.14	34,559.54	34,112.40	36,384.25	38,186.58	40,460.64	41,391.00	43,622.67	45,655.00	46,797.60	49,723.95	52,533.26	56,049.84	60,825
South Carolina	15,921.88	17,341.77	18,015.90	18,589.22	19,587.36	20,989.50	22,549.45	24,477.36	26,245.62	27,584.22	26,888.40	27,912.30	29,589.16	31,549.76	32,404.50	34,468.98	36,522.16	37,891.92	40,181.20	42,399.67	45,000.45	48,021
South Dakota	16,955.02	18,509.25	19,351.50	19,576.12	21,879.56	24,018.75	26,016.76	27,886.21	31,385.88	34,169.44	33,195.12	35,204.45	38,464.36	39,937.92	40,972.50	43,110.34	45,116.80	45,586.74	47,637.75	50,775.62	54,177.75	59,281
Tennessee	17,290.69	18,675.54	19,278.70	19,960.23	21,241.54	22,854.00	24,291.96	26,121.35	27,672.84	29,098.97	28,934.64	30,477.60	32,465.86	34,687.84	35,567.10	37,165.31	39,236.16	40,582.41	42,877.30	45,786.91	48,518.91	51,046
Texas	17,775.10	19,584.27	20,750.80	20,962.04	22,063.52	23,396.25	25,622.52	28,147.70	30,038.85	33,155.18	31,305.96	33,174.65	36,129.46	38,889.84	40,270.50	43,018.43	43,557.40	43,193.85	46,602.25	50,258.61	52,733.34	55,129
Utah	15,464.27	16,739.40	17,447.50	17,884.90	18,828.16	20,263.50	22,273.79	24,748.33	26,863.65	28,171.03	26,760.72	27,392.10	29,439.52	31,754.80	32,965.20	34,878.48	37,414.56	39,067.44	41,525.45	44,985.69	48,623.85	52,204
Vermont	18,065.21	20,019.66	21,501.20	22,164.07	23,606.74	25,565.25	26,856.06	29,236.32	31,544.64	34,048.26	34,002.36	35,500.25	37,969.00	40,117.44	41,601.60	43,916.60	45,689.04	47,031.96	49,247.05	51,910.52	54,842.04	59,187
Virginia	20,526.79	22,573.35	23,800.70	24,493.58	26,417.24	28,604.25	30,928.59	33,484.15	35,840.88	37,776.62	37,033.08	38,691.15	40,968.68	43,442.08	43,788.60	45,889.48	48,188.68	49,698.27	52,421.95	55,268.66	58,150.62	61,958
Washington	20,741.86	22,578.87	23,158.80	23,580.52	25,004.69	27,283.50	28,785.68	31,621.33	34,683.39	36,720.03	34,936.44	35,999.20	38,049.84	41,674.16	43,120.80	46,379.06	48,925.60	51,185.34	54,519.55	58,541.44	62,390.79	67,126
West Virginia	14,094.79	15,398.73	16,627.80	17,407.07	18,120.79	19,265.25	20,775.37	22,676.16	24,065.91	26,233.81	26,643.12	27,849.40	29,750.84	31,220.64	31,818.60	33,322.38	34,526.68	34,831.29	37,295.10	40,163.82	42,075.00	44,994
Wisconsin	18,715.11	20,393.64	21,588.70	22,311.75	23,468.04	25,068.00	26,524.19	28,707.02	30,630.96	32,415.65	32,072.88	33,307.25	35,485.32	37,877.84	38,874.60	40,863.55	43,056.00	44,183.37	46,649.75	49,712.50	52,388.82	55,593
Wyoming	18,437.06	20,428.83	21,942.90	22,616.34	24,590.78	27,048.75	30,326.45	35,148.68	37,485.18	41,289.18	37,433.76	39,642.30	43,624.36	47,611.52	48,258.00	52,352.30	52,969.92	50,705.46	53,919.15	58,112.70	60,454.35	61,855
U.S. Average	18,535.63	20,390.04	21,426.99	21,987.57	23,318.59	25,159.78	27,040.47	29,454.41	31,691.90	33,668.35	32,876.60	34,395.97	36,661.23	39,033.61	40,070.14	42,368.17	44,308.52	45,394.59	47,987.42	51,091.74	53,951.99	57,740