Income growth from 2009 to 2011, overall and for the top 1% and bottom 99%, U.S. and by state and region
| Average real income growth | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank (by top 1% income growth) | State/region | Overall | Top 1% | Bottom 99% | Share of total growth (or loss) captured by top 1% |
| 1 | North Dakota | 14.4% | 41.3% | 10.2% | 38.9% |
| 2 | Massachusetts | 2.5% | 26.5% | -3.1% | 200.8% |
| 3 | Colorado | 0.2% | 23.5% | -4.0% | 1,779.1% |
| 4 | Texas | 5.2% | 21.1% | 1.6% | 74.4% |
| 5 | Rhode Island | -1.2% | 17.3% | -4.3% | Ŧ |
| 6 | California | 2.0% | 16.9% | -1.4% | 154.9% |
| 7 | Ohio | 1.6% | 14.8% | -0.4% | 123.4% |
| 8 | Oklahoma | 7.7% | 13.8% | 6.5% | 29.6% |
| 9 | Virginia | -0.4% | 13.8% | -2.7% | Ŧ |
| 10 | New Hampshire | 2.5% | 13.7% | 0.5% | 83.3% |
| 11 | Wyoming | 6.9% | 13.6% | 5.2% | 40.5% |
| 12 | Kansas | 2.1% | 13.3% | 0.2% | 91.2% |
| 13 | Washington | -1.0% | 13.1% | -3.5% | Ŧ |
| 14 | Michigan | 2.1% | 12.8% | 0.2% | 91.0% |
| 15 | Minnesota | 5.1% | 12.5% | 3.8% | 37.6% |
| 16 | Connecticut | 2.1% | 11.8% | -1.5% | 153.0% |
| 17 | Maryland | 0.5% | 11.1% | -1.2% | 324.7% |
| 18 | New York | 2.1% | 10.7% | -1.0% | 135.8% |
| 19 | Missouri | -1.7% | 10.2% | -3.8% | Ŧ |
| 20 | Iowa | 4.5% | 9.6% | 3.8% | 24.6% |
| 21 | Nebraska | 5.3% | 9.5% | 4.7% | 23.3% |
| 22 | New Jersey | 1.0% | 9.4% | -0.9% | 178.0% |
| 23 | Florida | 0.2% | 9.2% | -2.4% | 906.6% |
| 24 | South Dakota | 8.5% | 9.0% | 8.4% | 16.8% |
| 25 | Illinois | 0.1% | 8.8% | -1.9% | 1,766.1% |
| 26 | Vermont | 1.0% | 8.6% | -0.2% | 116.4% |
| 27 | Pennsylvania | 1.3% | 8.3% | -0.05% | 103.0% |
| 28 | Indiana | 1.5% | 8.1% | 0.4% | 75.6% |
| 29 | Oregon | 0.2% | 7.4% | -1.0% | 680.6% |
| 30 | Tennessee | 0.7% | 6.3% | -0.4% | 144.2% |
| 31 | Georgia | 0.8% | 6.2% | -0.2% | 117.1% |
| 32 | North Carolina | -1.6% | 6.2% | -2.9% | Ŧ |
| 33 | Arizona | 0.1% | 5.9% | -1.0% | 686.0% |
| 34 | Kentucky | 1.2% | 4.4% | 0.7% | 48.7% |
| 35 | Alabama | -1.8% | 4.3% | -2.9% | Ŧ |
| 36 | Maine | 0.9% | 4.2% | 0.4% | 60.0% |
| 37 | Nevada | -4.4% | 4.0% | -6.7% | Ŧ |
| 38 | Wisconsin | 0.9% | 3.9% | 0.3% | 70.5% |
| 39 | West Virginia | 3.7% | 3.7% | 3.7% | 15.3% |
| 40 | Idaho | -1.1% | 3.4% | -1.8% | Ŧ |
| 41 | South Carolina | -1.3% | 3.3% | -2.1% | Ŧ |
| 42 | Arkansas | 0.1% | 2.9% | -0.5% | 534.7% |
| 43 | Delaware | -2.7% | -0.5% | -3.1% | 2.8% |
| 44 | Alaska | 1.0% | -1.2% | 1.3% | ¥ |
| 45 | Utah | -0.6% | -1.2% | -0.4% | 32.8% |
| 46 | New Mexico | 1.5% | -3.1% | 2.3% | ¥ |
| 47 | Mississippi | -1.1% | -4.8% | -0.5% | 62.4% |
| 48 | Montana | 2.3% | -6.9% | 4.1% | ¥ |
| 49 | Louisiana | 0.1% | -7.7% | 1.5% | ¥ |
| 50 | Hawaii | 2.7% | -12.3% | 4.9% | ¥ |
| 46* | District of Columbia | 3.9% | -1.3% | 5.2% | ¥ |
| United States | 1.5% | 11.5% | -0.7% | 140.9% | |
| West | 1.1% | 13.4% | -1.5% | 215.5% | |
| Northeast | 1.7% | 12.7% | -1.3% | 161.8% | |
| South | 1.5% | 10.4% | -0.4% | 121.2% | |
| Midwest | 1.8% | 10.6% | 0.2% | 90.3% | |
* Rank of the District of Columbia if it were ranked with the 50 states
Ŧ Only the incomes of the top 1% grew over this period.
¥ Only the incomes of the top 1% fell over this period.
Note: Data are for tax units.
Source: Authors' analysis of state-level tax data from Sommeiller (2006) extended to 2011 using state-level data from the Internal Revenue Service SOI Tax Stats (various years), and Piketty and Saez (2012)