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Income growth has been much stronger in Minnesota than in Wisconsin: Household and family incomes in Minnesota and Wisconsin, 2010–2016

Median household income in the American Community Survey (2016$)
	Minnesota	Wisconsin	Ratio
2010	$61,171	$54,048	1.132
2016	$65,559	$56,811	1.155
Change	7.2%	5.1%
Median household income in the Current Population Survey (2016$)
	Minnesota	Wisconsin	Ratio
2010	$57,597	$55,429	1.039
2016	$70,218	$59,817	1.174
Change	21.9%	7.9%
Median family income in the American Community Survey (2016$)
	Minnesota	Wisconsin	Ratio
2010	$76,796	$68,483	1.121
2016	$83,344	$72,891	1.143
Change	8.5%	6.4%

Source: EPI analysis of Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement and American Community Survey data from the U.S. Census Bureau

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