Top 1% share of all income, U.S. and by state and region, 1928, 1979, 2007, 2013
| Change in income share of the top 1% (percentage points) | |||||||||
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| Rank (by change in share over 1979–2007) | State/region | 1928 | 1979 | 2007 | 2013 | 1928–1979 | 1979–2007 | 1979–2013 | Rank by change in share over 1979–2013 |
| 1 | Connecticut | 24.2 | 11.2 | 36.0 | 29.7 | -13.0 | 24.8 | 18.4 | 3 |
| 2 | Wyoming | 12.5 | 9.1 | 33.9 | 28.7 | -3.3 | 24.8 | 19.5 | 1 |
| 3 | New York | 30.2 | 11.6 | 35.3 | 31.0 | -18.6 | 23.7 | 19.5 | 2 |
| 4 | Nevada | 18.3 | 11.6 | 30.2 | 27.5 | -6.7 | 18.7 | 15.9 | 4 |
| 5 | Florida | 22.7 | 12.3 | 30.4 | 25.6 | -10.5 | 18.1 | 13.3 | 6 |
| 6 | Massachusetts | 24.8 | 9.7 | 26.8 | 23.0 | -15.0 | 17.0 | 13.3 | 5 |
| 7 | Illinois | 23.1 | 9.7 | 24.7 | 19.8 | -13.4 | 15.0 | 10.1 | 9 |
| 8 | California | 20.5 | 10.3 | 24.6 | 22.3 | -10.2 | 14.3 | 12.0 | 7 |
| 9 | Washington | 15.2 | 8.3 | 22.0 | 17.8 | -6.9 | 13.7 | 9.5 | 10 |
| 10 | New Jersey | 23.5 | 9.6 | 23.1 | 20.1 | -13.9 | 13.5 | 10.5 | 8 |
| 11 | Arizona | 17.9 | 9.1 | 21.6 | 16.9 | -8.8 | 12.5 | 7.8 | 17 |
| 12 | Utah | 16.4 | 7.9 | 20.3 | 15.7 | -8.5 | 12.4 | 7.8 | 16 |
| 13 | Colorado | 19.8 | 9.0 | 21.3 | 16.6 | -10.7 | 12.2 | 7.6 | 18 |
| 14 | Tennessee | 21.1 | 9.6 | 21.3 | 16.9 | -11.5 | 11.7 | 7.2 | 21 |
| 15 | Idaho | 10.4 | 7.7 | 18.8 | 14.0 | -2.7 | 11.2 | 6.3 | 33 |
| 16 | Pennsylvania | 22.6 | 9.3 | 20.4 | 16.7 | -13.3 | 11.1 | 7.4 | 20 |
| 17 | Vermont | 17.9 | 7.8 | 18.6 | 13.8 | -10.2 | 10.8 | 6.0 | 36 |
| 18 | Texas | 19.2 | 11.9 | 22.7 | 21.1 | -7.2 | 10.8 | 9.1 | 12 |
| 19 | New Hampshire | 19.3 | 8.8 | 19.5 | 15.1 | -10.5 | 10.7 | 6.3 | 32 |
| 20 | Georgia | 20.8 | 9.6 | 20.2 | 17.5 | -11.3 | 10.7 | 8.0 | 15 |
| 21 | Oklahoma | 20.1 | 10.6 | 21.3 | 17.1 | -9.5 | 10.7 | 6.5 | 29 |
| 22 | South Carolina | 15.3 | 8.4 | 19.1 | 15.2 | -6.8 | 10.6 | 6.8 | 27 |
| 23 | South Dakota | 12.9 | 7.8 | 18.2 | 16.1 | -5.2 | 10.5 | 8.3 | 14 |
| 24 | Alabama | 18.0 | 9.6 | 20.0 | 14.5 | -8.4 | 10.4 | 4.9 | 42 |
| 25 | Oregon | 15.5 | 8.7 | 18.7 | 15.5 | -6.8 | 10.0 | 6.9 | 26 |
| 26 | Montana | 16.0 | 8.4 | 18.3 | 14.7 | -7.6 | 9.8 | 6.3 | 31 |
| 27 | Minnesota | 20.2 | 9.3 | 19.2 | 16.3 | -10.9 | 9.8 | 7.0 | 23 |
| 28 | Maryland | 27.1 | 8.5 | 18.3 | 14.5 | -18.5 | 9.8 | 6.0 | 37 |
| 29 | Missouri | 21.9 | 9.7 | 19.0 | 16.6 | -12.2 | 9.3 | 6.9 | 25 |
| 30 | North Carolina | 17.2 | 9.1 | 18.4 | 14.9 | -8.0 | 9.3 | 5.8 | 39 |
| 31 | Rhode Island | 24.2 | 10.3 | 19.5 | 15.6 | -13.9 | 9.2 | 5.3 | 41 |
| 32 | Wisconsin | 17.2 | 8.4 | 17.6 | 15.9 | -8.9 | 9.2 | 7.5 | 19 |
| 33 | Virginia | 19.2 | 8.0 | 17.2 | 15.0 | -11.2 | 9.1 | 7.0 | 24 |
| 34 | New Mexico | 17.5 | 8.6 | 17.7 | 13.4 | -8.9 | 9.1 | 4.9 | 43 |
| 35 | Michigan | 21.4 | 9.1 | 17.9 | 17.9 | -12.4 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 13 |
| 36 | Nebraska | 15.3 | 9.1 | 17.8 | 13.2 | -6.2 | 8.7 | 4.1 | 48 |
| 37 | Alaska | 5.3 | 5.3 | 13.9 | 11.6 | 0.0 | 8.6 | 6.3 | 34 |
| 38 | Delaware | 46.1 | 10.3 | 18.7 | 13.6 | -35.9 | 8.4 | 3.4 | 50 |
| 39 | Hawaii | 21.5 | 7.5 | 15.7 | 11.9 | -14.0 | 8.2 | 4.3 | 46 |
| 40 | Kansas | 16.1 | 9.9 | 18.0 | 16.2 | -6.3 | 8.1 | 6.4 | 30 |
| 41 | Ohio | 21.7 | 9.1 | 17.2 | 15.0 | -12.6 | 8.1 | 5.9 | 38 |
| 42 | Indiana | 17.6 | 8.7 | 16.5 | 14.1 | -8.9 | 7.9 | 5.4 | 40 |
| 43 | Kentucky | 19.9 | 9.3 | 17.1 | 14.1 | -10.6 | 7.8 | 4.9 | 44 |
| 44 | North Dakota | 13.2 | 7.8 | 15.6 | 17.2 | -5.3 | 7.8 | 9.4 | 11 |
| 45 | Arkansas | 14.3 | 9.8 | 17.4 | 17.0 | -4.5 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 22 |
| 46 | Maine | 21.0 | 8.2 | 15.7 | 12.9 | -12.8 | 7.5 | 4.7 | 45 |
| 47 | West Virginia | 16.9 | 9.3 | 15.4 | 12.4 | -7.6 | 6.1 | 3.1 | 51 |
| 48 | Iowa | 16.4 | 8.4 | 14.5 | 12.2 | -8.1 | 6.1 | 3.8 | 49 |
| 49 | Mississippi | 14.0 | 10.2 | 16.1 | 14.4 | -3.8 | 5.9 | 4.2 | 47 |
| 50 | Louisiana | 18.7 | 10.8 | 15.8 | 17.0 | -8.0 | 5.0 | 6.3 | 35 |
| 14 | District of Columbia | 24.7 | 12.9 | 25.0 | 19.4 | -11.8 | 12.1 | 6.5 | 28 |
| United States | 23.9 | 10.0 | 23.5 | 20.1 | -14.0 | 13.5 | 10.1 | ||
| Northeast | 27.0 | 10.4 | 28.2 | 24.0 | -16.6 | 17.8 | 13.6 | ||
| Midwest | 21.1 | 9.2 | 19.3 | 16.6 | -11.9 | 10.1 | 7.5 | ||
| South | 20.9 | 10.4 | 21.8 | 18.4 | -10.5 | 11.3 | 8.0 | ||
| West | 19.2 | 9.6 | 23.2 | 19.9 | -9.6 | 13.6 | 10.3 | ||
* Rank of the District of Columbia if it were ranked with the 50 states
Source: Authors’ analysis of state-level tax data from Sommeiller (2006) extended to 2013 using state-level data from the Internal Revenue Service SOI Tax Stats (various years), and Piketty and Saez (2012)