Table 11
Top 1% share of all income, U.S. and by state and region, 1928, 1973, 2007, 2015, and changes in shares across periods
Top 1% share of all income | Change in income share of the top 1% (percentage points) | ||||||||
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Rank (by change in share 1973–2007) | State/region | 1928 | 1973 | 2007 | 2015 | 1928–1973 | 1973–2007 | 1973-2015 | Rank (by change in share 1973–2015) |
— | United States | 23.4% | 9.2% | 21.7% | 21.0% | -14.2 | 12.5 | 11.8 | — |
1 | Wyoming | 10.9% | 8.5% | 32.1% | 24.0% | -2.4 | 23.6 | 15.5 | 4 |
2 | New York | 36.1% | 10.5% | 33.2% | 31.0% | -25.6 | 22.8 | 20.5 | 1 |
3 | Connecticut | 23.2% | 9.9% | 31.8% | 27.3% | -13.3 | 21.9 | 17.4 | 2 |
4 | Nevada | 14.0% | 9.9% | 28.5% | 24.8% | -4.1 | 18.6 | 14.9 | 6 |
5 | Florida | 21.9% | 11.5% | 28.1% | 28.5% | -10.4 | 16.6 | 17.0 | 3 |
6 | Massachusetts | 24.5% | 8.8% | 24.6% | 23.8% | -15.7 | 15.8 | 14.9 | 7 |
7 | Illinois | 23.6% | 9.0% | 22.8% | 21.5% | -14.6 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 8 |
8 | California | 20.6% | 8.7% | 22.4% | 23.7% | -11.9 | 13.7 | 15.0 | 5 |
9 | New Jersey | 22.9% | 9.0% | 21.3% | 19.7% | -13.9 | 12.4 | 10.7 | 10 |
10 | Washington | 11.0% | 8.3% | 20.2% | 19.7% | -2.7 | 11.8 | 11.3 | 9 |
11 | Colorado | 17.5% | 8.0% | 19.7% | 17.2% | -9.5 | 11.7 | 9.3 | 14 |
12 | Utah | 14.4% | 7.6% | 19.2% | 16.6% | -6.8 | 11.5 | 9.0 | 16 |
13 | Arizona | 15.9% | 8.6% | 20.0% | 17.5% | -7.3 | 11.4 | 8.9 | 18 |
14 | Texas | 15.8% | 11.1% | 21.1% | 19.6% | -4.8 | 10.1 | 8.6 | 20 |
15 | Minnesota | 18.4% | 7.9% | 17.9% | 17.4% | -10.5 | 10.0 | 9.5 | 12 |
16 | Maryland | 22.4% | 7.5% | 17.3% | 15.3% | -14.9 | 9.8 | 7.8 | 27 |
17 | Oklahoma | 17.7% | 9.6% | 19.3% | 15.2% | -8.2 | 9.7 | 5.6 | 41 |
18 | Tennessee | 18.6% | 10.1% | 19.7% | 17.8% | -8.6 | 9.6 | 7.7 | 28 |
19 | Pennsylvania | 21.9% | 9.0% | 18.6% | 18.0% | -12.9 | 9.6 | 9.0 | 17 |
20 | South Carolina | 12.6% | 8.3% | 17.9% | 16.6% | -4.3 | 9.6 | 8.3 | 22 |
21 | Idaho | 9.4% | 8.2% | 17.7% | 14.9% | -1.2 | 9.5 | 6.7 | 34 |
22 | South Dakota | 10.1% | 6.6% | 16.0% | 16.8% | -3.6 | 9.4 | 10.2 | 11 |
23 | Georgia | 16.3% | 9.4% | 18.7% | 18.6% | -6.9 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 15 |
24 | Vermont | 15.2% | 7.9% | 17.0% | 14.1% | -7.2 | 9.1 | 6.2 | 39 |
25 | Rhode Island | 22.7% | 8.9% | 18.0% | 15.5% | -13.7 | 9.0 | 6.6 | 37 |
26 | New Hampshire | 16.6% | 8.2% | 17.2% | 15.4% | -8.4 | 9.0 | 7.3 | 32 |
27 | Alabama | 17.6% | 9.6% | 18.6% | 16.3% | -8.0 | 9.0 | 6.7 | 35 |
28 | Montana | 13.7% | 7.8% | 16.6% | 16.1% | -5.9 | 8.8 | 8.2 | 24 |
29 | Missouri | 20.3% | 9.1% | 17.7% | 17.6% | -11.2 | 8.6 | 8.5 | 21 |
30 | North Dakota | 10.0% | 5.7% | 14.3% | 13.8% | -4.3 | 8.6 | 8.0 | 25 |
31 | Wisconsin | 16.3% | 7.8% | 16.3% | 16.0% | -8.5 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 23 |
32 | New Mexico | 13.4% | 8.2% | 16.5% | 13.5% | -5.1 | 8.3 | 5.3 | 43 |
33 | Michigan | 22.6% | 8.5% | 16.6% | 17.8% | -14.1 | 8.1 | 9.3 | 13 |
34 | Oregon | 13.6% | 9.2% | 17.2% | 16.6% | -4.5 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 30 |
35 | Nebraska | 12.0% | 8.6% | 16.6% | 14.1% | -3.4 | 8.0 | 5.5 | 42 |
36 | Virginia | 14.7% | 7.6% | 15.6% | 15.1% | -7.1 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 29 |
37 | North Carolina | 16.5% | 8.5% | 16.5% | 17.2% | -8.1 | 8.0 | 8.7 | 19 |
38 | Kansas | 13.1% | 8.7% | 16.6% | 15.6% | -4.4 | 7.9 | 6.9 | 33 |
39 | Ohio | 20.5% | 8.4% | 15.9% | 15.8% | -12.1 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 31 |
40 | Hawaii | 11.5% | 7.1% | 14.3% | 12.2% | -4.5 | 7.2 | 5.1 | 44 |
41 | Indiana | 15.0% | 8.3% | 15.4% | 14.9% | -6.7 | 7.2 | 6.6 | 36 |
42 | Alaska | NA | 5.1% | 12.2% | 11.3% | NA | 7.0 | 6.2 | 38 |
43 | Kentucky | 18.3% | 9.6% | 15.8% | 15.7% | -8.7 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 40 |
44 | Maine | 19.5% | 8.3% | 14.5% | 13.5% | -11.2 | 6.1 | 5.1 | 45 |
45 | Delaware | 47.3% | 11.2% | 16.9% | 14.7% | -36.1 | 5.7 | 3.5 | 50 |
46 | Arkansas | 13.2% | 10.6% | 16.2% | 18.5% | -2.7 | 5.6 | 7.9 | 26 |
47 | Iowa | 13.9% | 7.8% | 13.4% | 12.9% | -6.1 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 47 |
48 | Mississippi | 13.0% | 9.7% | 15.0% | 14.2% | -3.3 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 48 |
49 | West Virginia | 13.9% | 9.8% | 14.1% | 13.4% | -4.1 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 49 |
50 | Louisiana | 16.9% | 10.3% | 14.6% | 15.4% | -6.6 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 46 |
6* | District of Columbia | 18.0% | 8.9% | 24.9% | 23.5% | -9.1 | 16.0 | 14.6 | 8 |
— | Northeast | 28.8% | 9.6% | 26.1% | 24.7% | -19.1 | 16.5 | 15.1 | — |
— | Midwest | 20.1% | 8.5% | 17.9% | 17.5% | -11.6 | 9.4 | 9.1 | — |
— | South | 18.1% | 9.8% | 20.1% | 19.9% | -8.3 | 10.4 | 10.1 | — |
— | West | 17.7% | 8.5% | 21.3% | 21.7% | -9.1 | 12.8 | 13.2 | — |
* Rank of the District of Columbia if it were ranked with the 50 states.
Note: Top 1% share is the share of the state/region’s total income held by the top 1% of families in that state or region.
Source: Authors’ analysis of state-level tax data from Sommeiller 2006 extended to 2015 using state-level data from the Internal Revenue Service SOI Tax Stats (various years) and Piketty and Saez 2016
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