Income growth from 2009 to 2015, 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 | 14.6% | 33.9% | 10.3% | 41.8% |
| 1 | California | 18.4% | 53.5% | 10.6% | 53.1% |
| 2 | Washington | 19.3% | 52.7% | 13.2% | 42.0% |
| 3 | Massachusetts | 15.4% | 48.9% | 7.9% | 58.4% |
| 4 | Florida | 11.8% | 40.1% | 3.4% | 77.5% |
| 5 | Oregon | 18.9% | 39.8% | 15.4% | 29.8% |
| 6 | Wyoming | 18.6% | 39.1% | 13.3% | 43.0% |
| 7 | Michigan | 17.8% | 38.9% | 14.1% | 32.9% |
| 8 | North Dakota | 33.5% | 36.1% | 33.1% | 14.6% |
| 9 | Illinois | 16.2% | 34.6% | 12.0% | 39.6% |
| 10 | Colorado | 24.9% | 34.6% | 23.0% | 22.2% |
| 11 | Ohio | 15.2% | 33.7% | 12.3% | 30.2% |
| 12 | Minnesota | 19.1% | 33.7% | 16.4% | 27.4% |
| 13 | New York | 17.2% | 32.2% | 11.5% | 51.4% |
| 14 | Texas | 21.7% | 30.3% | 19.8% | 25.6% |
| 15 | Georgia | 10.4% | 30.2% | 6.7% | 45.7% |
| 16 | Tennessee | 14.6% | 30.1% | 11.7% | 32.3% |
| 17 | Utah | 23.1% | 30.0% | 21.8% | 20.5% |
| 18 | Missouri | 8.3% | 30.0% | 4.6% | 53.1% |
| 19 | North Carolina | 3.5% | 29.6% | -0.7% | 117.3% |
| 20 | Pennsylvania | 13.4% | 28.2% | 10.7% | 33.3% |
| 21 | Indiana | 13.7% | 26.9% | 11.7% | 26.2% |
| 22 | Idaho | 15.8% | 26.8% | 14.0% | 23.2% |
| 23 | South Carolina | 10.7% | 26.5% | 8.0% | 36.1% |
| 24 | Kansas | 15.6% | 26.0% | 13.9% | 23.8% |
| 25 | New Jersey | 13.1% | 25.2% | 10.5% | 34.2% |
| 26 | South Dakota | 17.0% | 25.0% | 15.5% | 23.2% |
| 27 | Arizona | 14.4% | 24.4% | 12.5% | 27.3% |
| 28 | Iowa | 16.0% | 24.3% | 14.9% | 18.3% |
| 29 | Kentucky | 9.4% | 23.2% | 7.2% | 34.4% |
| 30 | Connecticut | 3.9% | 22.9% | -1.8% | 134.2% |
| 31 | Nevada | 6.0% | 22.6% | 1.4% | 81.0% |
| 32 | Nebraska | 13.3% | 22.3% | 12.0% | 21.9% |
| 33 | Virginia | 7.7% | 22.1% | 5.5% | 38.3% |
| 34 | Wisconsin | 16.5% | 21.4% | 15.5% | 20.1% |
| 35 | Rhode Island | 12.9% | 21.4% | 11.4% | 24.0% |
| 36 | New Hampshire | 13.2% | 21.1% | 11.9% | 23.0% |
| 37 | Arkansas | 13.2% | 20.9% | 11.6% | 27.4% |
| 38 | Vermont | 12.2% | 19.3% | 11.1% | 20.9% |
| 39 | Maryland | 4.3% | 18.9% | 2.1% | 58.4% |
| 40 | Oklahoma | 22.1% | 14.1% | 23.7% | 10.3% |
| 41 | Maine | 5.7% | 13.0% | 4.7% | 28.7% |
| 42 | Montana | 14.4% | 12.4% | 14.8% | 14.1% |
| 43 | Delaware | 3.7% | 12.1% | 2.4% | 44.7% |
| 44 | Alabama | 4.2% | 10.7% | 3.0% | 39.1% |
| 45 | Alaska | 9.2% | 7.9% | 9.4% | 9.9% |
| 46 | Hawaii | 9.0% | 4.4% | 9.7% | 6.2% |
| 47 | Mississippi | 3.3% | 4.3% | 3.1% | 18.5% |
| 48 | New Mexico | 6.8% | 1.4% | 7.8% | 2.8% |
| 49 | Louisiana | 5.1% | 1.2% | 5.9% | 3.7% |
| 50 | West Virginia | 5.6% | -5.9% | 7.7% | ŧ |
| 40* | District of Columbia | 16.2% | 18.7% | 15.5% | 26.5% |
| — | Northeast | 13.9% | 33.2% | 8.8% | 50.4% |
| — | Midwest | 15.7% | 32.3% | 12.7% | 31.5% |
| — | South | 12.1% | 30.9% | 8.3% | 43.5% |
| — | West | 18.0% | 48.1% | 11.7% | 46.3% |
* 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.
Ŧ Top 1% incomes grew while overall incomes fell 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