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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	15,645.84	16,793.22	17,572.80	18,255.52	19,485.89	21,311.25	22,970.64	24,775.98	26,404.38	27,682.99	27,390.72	28,688.35	30,092.26	31,571.76	32,489.10	33,902.96	35,761.32	36,743.37	38,950.00	41,395.72	43,660.98	46,908
Alaska	20,027.64	22,062.06	23,461.90	24,590.14	26,163.93	27,687.00	29,967.63	32,435.82	35,527.41	39,631.67	39,537.96	42,017.20	45,036.48	47,165.36	47,413.80	50,755.25	52,957.04	52,281.81	54,430.25	58,426.98	62,002.71	64,780
Arizona	16,624.71	18,102.15	18,762.10	19,275.79	20,557.53	22,509.00	24,809.40	27,401.94	28,989.09	29,517.29	28,071.12	28,591.45	30,072.48	31,790.00	32,943.60	34,791.12	36,523.08	37,924.47	40,437.70	43,221.26	45,515.25	48,950
Arkansas	14,646.87	15,705.78	16,688.00	17,228.86	18,632.52	20,193.00	21,596.19	23,256.02	25,166.70	26,510.20	26,168.52	27,137.95	29,116.16	31,883.28	32,601.60	34,804.77	36,331.72	37,534.80	39,540.90	41,991.30	44,136.18	47,109
California	20,528.80	23,021.16	23,830.10	24,291.94	25,852.95	28,026.75	30,244.83	33,249.52	35,339.49	36,428.70	35,316.96	37,090.60	39,712.22	42,960.72	44,380.80	47,662.16	51,384.76	54,008.82	57,551.95	61,846.23	66,077.55	71,480
Colorado	21,089.59	23,589.03	24,516.10	24,571.68	25,502.55	26,902.50	29,137.57	31,710.60	34,039.44	35,431.87	33,584.88	34,584.80	37,468.48	40,180.80	42,565.50	46,125.17	48,041.48	48,760.83	52,772.50	57,070.92	60,547.41	63,522
Connecticut	26,594.31	29,740.38	31,656.10	31,888.94	33,035.42	35,667.75	38,526.95	42,616.55	46,867.41	50,766.95	50,377.32	52,775.65	54,861.98	57,113.76	57,185.10	60,486.79	62,872.80	64,993.98	68,114.05	72,547.27	76,500.27	79,771
Delaware	20,895.96	23,395.83	25,866.40	26,762.03	27,749.49	29,227.50	30,341.85	32,422.39	33,766.47	33,799.26	34,179.60	34,698.70	37,737.66	38,773.68	39,883.50	41,825.42	44,137.92	45,366.33	48,201.10	51,262.56	53,779.77	56,768
District of Columbia	26,507.21	29,907.36	31,286.50	32,046.56	33,614.31	37,650.75	40,953.22	44,299.25	48,622.68	50,727.11	50,776.32	54,039.60	57,934.76	60,112.80	61,038.90	64,807.47	69,254.84	72,194.97	75,025.30	78,514.71	82,279.89	87,064
Florida	18,544.26	20,305.32	21,240.80	21,816.17	23,143.92	25,270.50	27,728.47	30,373.92	32,077.62	32,575.01	30,753.24	32,702.05	34,508.36	36,173.28	36,614.70	39,241.93	41,630.92	42,819.06	46,049.35	49,410.83	51,867.09	55,337
Georgia	18,274.25	19,914.09	20,825.70	21,378.81	22,486.19	23,970.00	25,664.87	27,402.73	28,773.63	29,195.25	28,595.28	29,342.00	31,451.92	32,776.48	33,786.90	36,205.26	38,441.28	39,867.24	42,621.75	45,513.37	47,706.12	51,165
Hawaii	18,632.03	20,288.76	21,242.90	22,311.75	23,800.19	25,898.25	28,177.38	30,581.69	32,890.05	34,926.40	34,735.68	35,632.00	37,430.64	39,393.20	40,448.70	42,979.30	45,499.52	47,543.46	50,712.90	53,462.52	56,455.74	60,729
Idaho	15,937.96	17,412.15	18,063.50	18,635.37	19,491.00	21,147.75	22,558.69	24,830.49	26,436.78	27,159.26	26,196.24	27,162.60	28,815.16	30,955.76	32,570.10	34,469.89	36,568.16	37,690.11	40,107.10	43,178.58	45,457.83	48,616
Illinois	20,786.08	22,886.61	23,961.00	24,510.62	25,578.47	27,250.50	29,100.61	31,769.06	34,328.61	35,911.61	34,475.28	35,779.05	37,959.54	40,522.24	42,409.80	45,007.69	47,610.92	48,744.09	51,534.65	55,423.86	58,198.14	62,977
Indiana	17,884.31	19,480.77	20,087.90	20,577.93	21,517.48	23,018.25	24,244.99	26,126.09	27,528.66	29,239.24	28,645.68	30,135.05	32,375.56	34,606.88	35,671.50	37,385.53	39,219.60	40,592.64	42,956.15	45,881.00	48,200.13	51,340
Iowa	17,298.73	18,949.47	19,750.50	20,482.08	21,451.05	23,745.00	25,081.98	27,169.68	29,678.40	31,985.71	31,194.24	32,388.40	35,210.12	37,748.48	39,114.00	40,752.53	42,572.08	43,263.60	45,247.55	48,649.38	51,273.09	55,218
Kansas	18,047.12	19,488.36	20,354.60	20,733.42	21,845.25	22,998.00	24,880.24	28,003.13	30,626.91	33,856.53	32,833.92	33,626.85	36,729.74	39,695.04	41,350.50	42,640.78	43,529.80	44,040.15	46,403.70	49,698.92	52,904.61	56,073
Kentucky	15,580.85	17,176.86	17,926.30	18,500.47	19,435.52	20,991.75	22,414.70	24,128.97	25,608.15	27,188.31	27,011.88	28,168.15	29,769.76	31,452.08	32,311.80	34,182.33	36,038.24	36,953.55	38,830.30	41,039.73	43,286.76	46,507
Louisiana	15,229.77	16,520.67	17,892.70	18,581.41	19,558.89	20,808.00	22,868.23	26,374.15	29,132.46	31,449.53	30,623.88	32,000.80	33,282.86	35,679.60	36,808.20	38,827.88	39,447.76	39,524.07	41,707.85	44,774.23	46,889.37	50,037
Maine	17,347.64	19,032.96	20,219.50	21,045.11	22,511.01	24,192.00	25,368.42	27,266.06	28,905.66	30,754.82	31,126.20	32,222.65	33,937.32	35,442.88	36,138.60	38,041.64	40,107.40	41,661.21	44,198.75	47,290.41	50,069.25	54,225
Maryland	22,193.08	24,619.89	26,009.90	27,100.70	28,852.52	31,396.50	33,757.57	36,286.28	38,544.66	41,025.24	40,954.20	42,504.25	45,086.36	47,109.92	47,735.10	49,749.70	52,446.44	54,845.82	57,678.30	60,762.74	63,895.59	68,258
Massachusetts	23,375.63	26,602.95	27,910.40	28,147.95	29,549.67	31,985.25	34,348.93	37,899.46	40,692.78	43,090.28	42,791.28	45,101.85	47,554.56	50,443.36	51,625.80	54,548.13	58,500.96	61,090.77	64,984.75	69,614.96	73,419.39	79,721
Michigan	19,225.65	20,982.21	21,557.20	21,776.41	22,868.71	24,123.75	25,315.29	26,645.91	28,181.52	29,631.00	28,585.20	30,082.35	32,255.16	34,367.52	35,419.50	37,438.31	39,987.80	41,497.53	43,634.45	46,329.14	48,745.62	52,987
Minnesota	20,313.06	22,388.43	23,417.80	24,091.72	25,741.99	27,903.75	29,345.47	31,405.66	33,793.20	35,776.32	34,452.60	36,214.25	38,996.70	42,108.88	43,138.80	45,721.13	48,149.12	49,343.94	52,183.50	55,625.62	58,241.70	61,540
Mississippi	13,858.28	14,931.60	15,946.70	16,426.56	17,511.97	18,894.00	20,561.31	21,993.60	23,788.08	25,297.57	25,078.20	26,265.85	27,653.30	29,304.00	30,456.00	31,422.30	32,370.20	33,145.20	34,684.50	36,693.16	38,498.13	41,745
Missouri	17,698.72	19,320.69	20,101.20	20,727.03	21,959.86	23,592.00	24,937.99	26,878.96	28,671.57	30,754.82	30,392.88	31,298.70	32,967.24	35,305.60	36,277.20	37,997.05	39,676.84	41,186.91	43,041.65	45,663.72	48,144.69	51,177
Montana	14,626.10	15,934.86	16,789.50	17,413.46	19,036.21	20,941.50	22,934.45	25,210.48	27,470.34	29,259.99	28,778.40	30,510.75	32,827.92	35,466.64	36,136.80	38,100.79	40,096.36	40,892.10	43,831.10	46,696.77	49,187.16	53,329
Nebraska	18,459.84	20,023.80	21,149.10	21,677.72	23,522.79	25,124.25	26,572.70	28,336.51	31,095.90	33,386.75	32,981.76	34,781.15	39,061.20	40,965.76	41,923.80	44,532.67	46,647.68	46,121.49	48,086.15	51,306.21	54,021.33	57,942
Nevada	20,295.64	21,990.99	22,638.00	22,741.30	24,087.08	26,372.25	29,339.31	31,436.47	32,562.81	32,149.22	30,305.52	31,642.95	33,149.56	34,892.00	35,343.90	37,752.26	40,746.80	42,147.60	45,234.25	48,445.68	50,475.15	53,635
New Hampshire	21,360.94	24,412.20	25,754.40	26,324.67	27,401.28	29,613.00	31,356.71	34,165.92	36,182.70	37,926.02	37,709.28	39,765.55	42,066.90	44,860.64	45,648.90	47,895.12	50,128.04	52,503.15	55,754.55	59,557.03	62,817.48	66,418
New Jersey	24,112.63	27,087.33	28,214.20	28,844.46	30,240.25	32,406.00	34,476.75	37,931.85	41,085.63	43,164.15	42,125.16	43,707.00	46,174.26	48,912.16	50,443.20	53,372.41	56,245.12	58,425.39	61,715.80	65,766.97	69,695.01	75,245
New Mexico	14,553.74	16,033.53	17,316.60	18,020.51	19,128.19	20,589.75	22,251.46	24,136.08	25,812.27	27,757.69	27,492.36	28,509.85	30,098.28	31,436.24	31,581.00	33,848.36	35,241.52	36,277.44	37,740.65	40,400.50	42,835.32	45,803
New York	22,560.91	24,859.32	26,035.80	26,275.68	27,345.07	29,388.75	31,496.85	34,901.41	38,491.20	40,112.24	39,712.68	41,627.05	44,284.84	47,504.16	49,046.40	51,643.41	54,496.20	57,093.63	62,509.05	66,550.73	70,965.18	75,548
North Carolina	17,595.54	19,002.60	19,514.60	19,806.16	20,942.24	22,942.50	24,857.91	27,115.96	29,271.78	31,280.21	30,073.68	30,328.85	31,612.74	34,283.92	34,369.20	36,446.41	38,470.72	39,791.91	42,157.20	44,786.84	47,228.94	50,086
North Dakota	15,941.31	17,908.95	18,580.80	19,300.64	21,556.17	22,375.50	24,290.42	25,985.47	29,389.23	33,518.72	33,300.12	36,966.50	41,250.76	48,697.44	48,364.20	51,152.92	49,364.44	48,096.81	49,979.50	53,973.71	56,536.92	59,388
Ohio	18,275.59	19,782.99	20,564.60	21,138.83	22,319.02	23,767.50	25,084.29	26,983.24	28,771.20	30,374.68	29,846.88	31,087.90	33,594.18	35,750.00	36,978.30	38,893.40	40,835.12	42,039.72	44,463.80	47,266.16	49,665.33	53,296
Oklahoma	14,992.59	16,626.24	17,824.80	18,355.63	19,645.03	21,646.50	24,110.24	27,140.45	28,497.42	32,011.44	29,683.92	31,059.00	33,568.38	36,485.68	38,781.00	41,433.21	40,646.52	38,937.24	41,580.55	44,431.82	46,824.03	49,249
Oregon	17,950.64	19,707.09	20,325.90	20,603.49	21,724.07	23,428.50	25,021.92	27,578.11	29,162.43	30,765.61	29,804.04	30,702.85	32,518.32	34,840.08	36,002.70	38,646.79	41,522.36	43,289.64	46,283.05	49,934.63	52,679.88	56,765
Pennsylvania	19,062.17	20,971.17	22,085.70	22,766.86	24,121.39	26,151.00	27,951.77	30,045.28	32,577.39	34,454.96	33,927.60	35,739.10	38,012.86	40,489.68	41,760.00	44,060.38	46,356.04	48,167.49	50,613.15	54,316.12	57,465.54	62,198
Rhode Island	19,159.32	21,055.35	22,337.00	23,400.18	25,193.76	27,155.25	28,659.40	30,996.44	33,244.02	34,656.65	34,243.44	36,500.70	38,410.18	40,717.60	41,584.50	43,810.13	45,908.92	47,061.72	49,970.00	52,745.69	55,861.74	60,837
South Carolina	15,938.63	17,354.88	18,022.90	18,587.09	19,553.78	20,929.50	22,461.67	24,404.68	26,133.84	27,358.46	26,650.68	27,587.60	29,298.48	31,291.04	32,141.70	34,215.09	36,259.96	37,690.11	40,069.10	42,531.59	44,905.41	47,502
South Dakota	16,969.09	18,514.08	19,345.90	19,561.92	21,879.56	23,928.00	25,927.44	27,789.83	31,315.41	33,954.47	33,091.80	34,987.70	38,359.44	39,743.44	40,697.10	42,703.57	44,748.80	45,277.05	47,251.10	51,014.24	53,273.88	57,273
Tennessee	17,296.05	18,680.37	19,275.90	19,948.16	21,153.21	22,773.75	24,154.90	25,988.63	27,538.38	28,908.90	28,778.40	30,304.20	32,344.60	34,570.80	35,465.40	37,107.98	39,191.08	40,539.63	42,933.35	45,750.05	48,189.24	50,547
Texas	17,645.79	19,413.15	20,537.30	20,721.35	21,733.56	23,016.00	25,213.65	27,763.76	29,683.26	32,594.93	30,837.24	32,534.60	35,470.70	38,198.16	39,417.30	42,143.92	42,830.60	42,596.79	45,981.90	49,609.68	52,300.71	54,841
Utah	15,462.26	16,743.54	17,451.00	17,897.68	18,789.47	20,238.00	22,200.64	24,731.74	26,829.63	28,101.31	26,739.72	27,331.75	29,405.98	31,794.40	33,043.50	35,039.55	37,604.08	39,378.06	41,934.90	45,574.48	48,488.22	52,251
Vermont	18,165.04	20,085.21	21,520.80	22,181.11	23,611.12	25,584.75	26,930.75	29,308.21	31,594.86	33,950.32	33,831.00	35,227.40	37,645.64	39,893.92	41,320.80	43,467.06	45,400.16	46,837.59	49,050.40	51,888.21	54,735.12	58,650
Virginia	20,512.05	22,558.17	23,767.80	24,463.05	26,381.47	28,623.00	30,999.43	33,570.26	35,860.32	37,712.71	37,062.48	38,669.90	41,077.04	43,622.48	43,954.20	46,167.94	48,490.44	49,981.92	52,802.90	56,161.06	58,913.91	62,362
Washington	20,864.47	22,707.21	23,296.00	23,769.38	25,216.39	27,477.00	29,019.76	31,883.61	34,935.30	36,983.14	35,244.72	36,273.75	38,416.20	42,000.64	43,452.00	46,847.71	49,535.56	51,858.66	55,480.00	60,319.45	64,118.34	68,322
West Virginia	14,108.19	15,408.39	16,624.30	17,397.84	18,074.07	19,190.25	20,666.03	22,557.66	23,905.53	25,944.14	26,343.24	27,471.15	29,344.06	30,892.40	31,436.10	32,879.21	34,073.12	34,475.10	36,946.45	39,919.38	41,819.58	45,109
Wisconsin	18,773.40	20,457.12	21,637.70	22,372.10	23,485.56	25,065.75	26,514.18	28,702.28	30,600.18	32,295.30	31,978.80	33,146.60	35,406.20	37,863.76	38,858.40	40,886.30	43,095.56	44,246.61	46,777.05	50,062.67	52,674.93	55,487
Wyoming	18,416.96	20,368.11	21,812.70	22,397.66	24,232.35	26,340.00	29,444.80	34,417.93	36,744.03	40,332.19	36,739.92	38,853.50	42,972.48	47,072.08	47,562.30	51,550.59	52,205.40	50,287.89	53,599.95	58,720.89	61,423.56	63,263
U.S. Average	18,546.81	20,398.15	21,422.98	21,994.55	23,299.44	25,126.06	26,996.88	29,419.34	31,630.13	33,515.04	32,767.30	34,226.83	36,556.63	38,958.48	39,954.74	42,281.76	44,298.09	45,443.79	48,124.45	51,431.76	54,212.85	57,830