Income growth from 1945 to 1973, overall and for the top 1% and bottom 99%, U.S. and by state and region
| Average real income growth | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State rank (by top 1% income growth from highest to lowest) | State/region | Overall | Top 1% | Bottom 99% | Share of total growth captured by top 1% |
| — | United States | 91.5% | 34.3% | 100.1% | 4.9% |
| 1 | Arkansas | 139.7% | 115.0% | 143.0% | 9.7% |
| 2 | Mississippi | 157.7% | 113.5% | 163.6% | 8.4% |
| 3 | Idaho | 120.5% | 96.2% | 122.9% | 7.4% |
| 4 | Oklahoma | 123.0% | 93.5% | 126.7% | 8.4% |
| 5 | South Dakota | 141.9% | 91.1% | 146.5% | 5.4% |
| 6 | South Carolina | 137.3% | 88.0% | 143.1% | 6.7% |
| 7 | North Dakota | 197.7% | 87.0% | 208.9% | 4.0% |
| 8 | Texas | 104.1% | 85.3% | 106.8% | 10.0% |
| 9 | Iowa | 151.3% | 84.3% | 159.4% | 6.0% |
| 10 | New Mexico | 120.5% | 83.6% | 124.6% | 6.9% |
| 11 | Montana | 134.7% | 81.5% | 140.6% | 6.1% |
| 12 | Wyoming | 111.2% | 81.5% | 114.4% | 7.3% |
| 13 | Kentucky | 132.8% | 75.5% | 141.2% | 7.2% |
| 14 | Kansas | 120.0% | 72.8% | 125.9% | 6.7% |
| 15 | Alabama | 113.9% | 71.9% | 119.6% | 7.5% |
| 16 | Nebraska | 118.9% | 71.4% | 124.8% | 6.6% |
| 17 | Tennessee | 105.7% | 69.5% | 110.8% | 8.0% |
| 18 | Georgia | 130.7% | 68.8% | 139.8% | 6.8% |
| 19 | Arizona | 117.1% | 67.8% | 123.3% | 6.4% |
| 20 | West Virginia | 85.0% | 67.6% | 87.1% | 8.6% |
| 21 | Louisiana | 101.8% | 66.6% | 106.8% | 8.2% |
| 22 | New Hampshire | 121.6% | 59.8% | 129.5% | 5.6% |
| 23 | Utah | 90.3% | 57.3% | 93.7% | 5.8% |
| 24 | Virginia | 86.7% | 57.0% | 89.6% | 5.9% |
| 25 | Vermont | 119.0% | 53.4% | 127.3% | 5.1% |
| 26 | North Carolina | 127.3% | 53.2% | 137.9% | 5.3% |
| 27 | Indiana | 99.9% | 52.9% | 105.6% | 5.7% |
| 28 | Florida | 76.3% | 50.9% | 80.3% | 9.0% |
| 29 | Washington | 45.7% | 45.9% | 45.7% | 8.4% |
| 30 | Minnesota | 141.0% | 43.0% | 156.0% | 4.1% |
| 31 | Colorado | 140.9% | 41.6% | 156.5% | 4.0% |
| 32 | New Jersey | 79.3% | 41.6% | 84.2% | 6.0% |
| 33 | Maine | 87.8% | 41.5% | 93.5% | 5.2% |
| 34 | Wisconsin | 104.8% | 41.4% | 112.9% | 4.4% |
| 35 | Missouri | 112.5% | 37.7% | 124.7% | 4.7% |
| 36 | Michigan | 92.4% | 32.8% | 100.7% | 4.4% |
| 37 | Oregon | 80.4% | 29.8% | 87.8% | 4.7% |
| 38 | Connecticut | 76.2% | 29.7% | 83.4% | 5.2% |
| 39 | Ohio | 84.1% | 26.9% | 92.1% | 3.9% |
| 40 | Illinois | 94.3% | 25.8% | 105.4% | 3.8% |
| 41 | Hawaii | 100.7% | 25.4% | 110.3% | 2.8% |
| 42 | Maryland | 97.3% | 24.2% | 107.1% | 2.9% |
| 43 | Pennsylvania | 77.1% | 19.6% | 85.9% | 3.4% |
| 44 | Massachusetts | 75.7% | 16.6% | 84.7% | 2.9% |
| 45 | California | 53.3% | 15.8% | 58.2% | 3.4% |
| 46 | Nevada | 65.5% | 13.6% | 74.3% | 3.0% |
| 47 | Rhode Island | 47.9% | 2.3% | 54.7% | 0.6% |
| 48 | New York | 65.6% | 1.9% | 78.7% | 0.5% |
| 49 | Delaware | 80.9% | -7.7% | 105.9% | ŧ |
| 50 | Alaska | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 47* | District of Columbia | 28.6% | 12.7% | 30.4% | 4.5% |
| — | Northeast | 74.0% | 14.0% | 84.4% | 2.8% |
| — | Midwest | 104.0% | 38.2% | 113.4% | 4.6% |
| — | South | 112.1% | 71.1% | 117.8% | 7.7% |
| — | West | 69.9% | 28.4% | 75.1% | 4.6% |
* Rank of the District of Columbia if it were ranked with the 50 states.
ŧ Top 1% incomes fell while overall incomes grew over this period.
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