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)
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

View the underlying data on epi.org.