State Stats
 

States

Ranked by

Real Per Capita Income Growth Rates

(1969 to 1999)

 

 

Least Squares

Compounded
 

Growth

rate (%)

 Rank

Growth

rate (%)

 Rank
New Hampshire 2.14 1 2.03 9
Connecticut 2.11 2 1.95 13
Massachusetts 2.11 3 2.07 7
North Carolina 2.10 4 2.15 1
Georgia 2.05 5 2.14 2
Tennessee 2.04 6 2.13 3
Virginia 1.97 7 2.04 8
Alabama 1.97 8 2.03 11
South Carolina 1.90 9 2.02 12
New Jersey 1.89 10 1.83 17
Rhode Island 1.79 11 1.71 24
Mississippi 1.79 12 2.12 4
Arkansas 1.78 13 2.08 6
Maine 1.77 14 1.81 18
Vermont 1.75 15 1.73 21
Minnesota 1.74 16 1.94 14
Colorado 1.70 17 2.11 5
Maryland 1.69 18 1.77 20
New York 1.67 19 1.61 33
Florida 1.63 20 1.71 23
Louisiana 1.62 21 1.83 16
Kentucky 1.62 22 1.81 19
Pennsylvania 1.59 23 1.67 28
Texas 1.53 24 1.87 15
South Dakota 1.53 25 2.03 10
Missouri 1.50 26 1.63 31
Washington 1.48 27 1.63 32
Nebraska 1.46 28 1.70 25
Delaware 1.43 29 1.41 43
New Mexico 1.42 30 1.66 30
Wisconsin 1.37 31 1.58 36
Kansas 1.35 32 1.68 26
Indiana 1.35 33 1.46 40
Illinois 1.34 34 1.51 39
West Virginia 1.34 35 1.66 29
Ohio 1.33 36 1.40 44
Oregon 1.32 37 1.59 35
Utah 1.30 38 1.67 27
Arizona 1.28 39 1.54 37
Michigan 1.25 40 1.33 46
Oklahoma 1.23 41 1.33 46
Iowa 1.18 42 1.44 42
Nevada 1.15 43 1.37 45
Idaho 1.13 44 1.44 42
California 1.09 45 1.23 48
Hawaii 1.01 46 0.96 49
North Dakota 1.00 46 1.72 22
Wyoming 0.95 48 1.61 34
Montana 0.88 49 1.29 47
Alaska 0.33 50 0.94 50

    

    Source: Volatile States, Table 1.4, page 13.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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