Top 1% share of all income, U.S. and by state and region, 1928, 1979, 2007
Change in income share of the top 1% (percentage points) | ||||||
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Rank (by change in share 1979–2007) | State/region | 1928 | 1979 | 2007 | 1928–1979 | 1979–2007 |
1 | Wyoming | 12.2% | 9.1% | 31.4% | -3.1 | 22.3 |
2 | Connecticut | 23.6% | 11.2% | 33.4% | -12.5 | 22.2 |
3 | New York | 29.4% | 11.5% | 32.6% | -17.9 | 21.1 |
4 | Nevada | 17.8% | 11.5% | 28.0% | -6.3 | 16.5 |
5 | Florida | 22.2% | 12.2% | 28.1% | -10.0 | 15.9 |
6 | Massachusetts | 24.2% | 9.7% | 24.8% | -14.5 | 15.1 |
7 | Illinois | 22.5% | 9.6% | 22.8% | -12.9 | 13.2 |
8 | California | 20.0% | 10.2% | 22.7% | -9.7 | 12.5 |
9 | Washington | 14.9% | 8.3% | 20.4% | -6.6 | 12.1 |
10 | New Jersey | 22.9% | 9.5% | 21.4% | -13.4 | 11.8 |
11 | Utah | 16.0% | 7.8% | 18.8% | -8.2 | 11.0 |
12 | Arizona | 17.5% | 9.1% | 20.0% | -8.4 | 10.9 |
13 | Colorado | 19.3% | 9.0% | 19.7% | -10.3 | 10.7 |
14 | Tennessee | 20.6% | 9.6% | 19.7% | -11.0 | 10.1 |
15 | Idaho | 10.1% | 7.6% | 17.4% | -2.5 | 9.8 |
16 | Pennsylvania | 22.0% | 9.3% | 18.9% | -12.8 | 9.6 |
17 | Vermont | 17.5% | 7.7% | 17.2% | -9.8 | 9.5 |
18 | New Hampshire | 18.9% | 8.8% | 18.0% | -10.1 | 9.3 |
19 | South Carolina | 14.9% | 8.4% | 17.6% | -6.5 | 9.2 |
20 | Georgia | 20.3% | 9.5% | 18.7% | -10.8 | 9.2 |
21 | Texas | 18.7% | 11.9% | 21.0% | -6.8 | 9.1 |
22 | South Dakota | 12.6% | 7.7% | 16.9% | -4.9 | 9.1 |
23 | Oklahoma | 19.6% | 10.6% | 19.7% | -9.1 | 9.1 |
24 | Alabama | 17.6% | 9.5% | 18.5% | -8.0 | 8.9 |
25 | Oregon | 15.1% | 8.7% | 17.3% | -6.5 | 8.7 |
26 | Montana | 15.6% | 8.4% | 16.9% | -7.2 | 8.5 |
27 | Maryland | 26.4% | 8.5% | 17.0% | -17.9 | 8.5 |
28 | Minnesota | 19.7% | 9.3% | 17.8% | -10.4 | 8.5 |
29 | North Carolina | 16.7% | 9.1% | 17.0% | -7.7 | 8.0 |
30 | Missouri | 21.4% | 9.6% | 17.6% | -11.8 | 7.9 |
31 | Wisconsin | 16.8% | 8.3% | 16.2% | -8.5 | 7.9 |
32 | Virginia | 18.7% | 8.0% | 15.9% | -10.7 | 7.9 |
33 | New Mexico | 17.1% | 8.5% | 16.4% | -8.6 | 7.9 |
34 | Rhode Island | 23.6% | 10.3% | 18.1% | -13.3 | 7.8 |
35 | Alaska | 5.2% | 5.3% | 12.8% | 0.1 | 7.6 |
36 | Michigan | 20.9% | 9.0% | 16.5% | -11.9 | 7.5 |
37 | Nebraska | 14.9% | 9.1% | 16.5% | -5.8 | 7.4 |
38 | Delaware | 45.0% | 10.2% | 17.3% | -34.8 | 7.1 |
39 | Hawaii | 21.0% | 7.5% | 14.5% | -13.5 | 7.0 |
40 | Ohio | 21.2% | 9.0% | 15.9% | -12.1 | 6.8 |
41 | Kansas | 15.7% | 9.8% | 16.6% | -5.9 | 6.8 |
42 | Indiana | 17.1% | 8.6% | 15.3% | -8.5 | 6.7 |
43 | North Dakota | 12.8% | 7.8% | 14.4% | -5.1 | 6.6 |
44 | Kentucky | 19.4% | 9.2% | 15.8% | -10.1 | 6.6 |
45 | Maine | 20.5% | 8.1% | 14.5% | -12.4 | 6.4 |
46 | Arkansas | 14.0% | 9.8% | 16.1% | -4.2 | 6.3 |
47 | Iowa | 16.0% | 8.3% | 13.4% | -7.7 | 5.1 |
48 | West Virginia | 16.5% | 9.2% | 14.3% | -7.2 | 5.0 |
49 | Mississippi | 13.7% | 10.1% | 14.9% | -3.5 | 4.7 |
50 | Louisiana | 18.3% | 10.7% | 14.6% | -7.6 | 3.9 |
14* | District of Columbia | 24.1% | 12.8% | 23.1% | -11.3 | 10.3 |
United States | 23.4% | 9.9% | 21.8% | -13.4 | 11.8 | |
Northeast | 26.3% | 10.3% | 26.1% | -16.0 | 15.8 | |
West | 18.8% | 9.6% | 21.5% | -9.2 | 11.9 | |
South | 20.4% | 10.4% | 20.1% | -10.0 | 9.8 | |
Midwest | 20.6% | 9.1% | 17.8% | -11.5 | 8.7 |
* Rank of the District of Columbia if it were ranked with the 50 states
Note: Data are for tax units.
Source: Authors' analysis of state-level tax data from Sommeiller (2006) extended to 2007 using state-level data from the Internal Revenue Service SOI Tax Stats (various years), and Piketty and Saez (2012)