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Personal income per capita in the United States in 2024, by state (in U.S. dollars)

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September 2025

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United States

Survey time period

2024

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Personal income includes all income a person receives through work, property, and capital allocation, as well as transfer receipts. In the United States, it includes all the residents.

Personal income is calculated as the sum of wage and salary disbursements, supplements to wages and salaries, proprietors' income with inventory valuation and capital consumption adjustments, rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment, personal dividend income, personal interest income, and personal current transfer receipts, less contributions for government social insurance. The calculated personal income is divided by the resident population of the area. In computing per capita personal income, BEA uses the Census Bureau's annual midyear population estimates.

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Personal income in the United States varies significantly across states. In 2024, residents of the District of Columbia enjoyed the highest per capita personal income, at roughly ** U.S. dollars. By contrast, Mississippi had the lowest personal income per capita, at * U.S. dollars. This gap illustrates the divergent economics of different parts of the country.

What is personal income?

Personal income is the total income an individual receives from work and all other sources, such as transfers and investments. It differs from disposable income in that it does not account for tax payments.

Income in the United States

Wages and salaries in the United States can vary greatly depending on the profession a person is in, and the rise (or fall) of wages is seen as a key economic indicator as to the financial health of the country’s residents. In recent years, the increasing gap between CEO compensation and the compensation of the average worker has brought the issue of stagnating wages to the forefront of the national conversation.