Income and Poverty - Personal income by source (2017) To resort data: click column headings. To download data: click here. Name Net Earnings Rank Net Earnings Dividends, interest and rent Transfer Payments New Jersey 1 67.5% 18.4% 14.1% New Hampshire 2 67.4% 17.8% 14.8% Maryland 3 67.3% 19.0% 13.7% Texas 4 66.8% 17.8% 15.4% Utah 5 66.1% 21.0% 12.9% Virginia 6 65.7% 20.5% 13.8% Massachusetts 7 65.7% 19.9% 14.5% Tennessee 8 65.6% 14.7% 19.7% Georgia 9 65.5% 17.5% 17.0% Indiana 10 65.1% 15.7% 19.2% Minnesota 11 65.1% 19.3% 15.6% Alaska 12 65.0% 18.5% 16.4% Colorado 13 64.8% 22.3% 12.9% Connecticut 14 64.8% 22.2% 12.9% Nebraska 15 64.8% 20.3% 14.9% Illinois 16 64.6% 20.4% 15.0% California 17 64.5% 21.5% 14.0% Kansas 18 64.4% 19.7% 15.9% Wisconsin 19 63.8% 19.0% 17.2% Pennsylvania 20 63.7% 17.3% 19.0% Iowa 21 63.3% 19.7% 17.0% Ohio 22 63.3% 17.1% 19.6% Washington 23 63.1% 22.4% 14.5% North Dakota 24 62.8% 23.0% 14.3% Hawaii 25 62.7% 21.7% 15.6% Oklahoma 26 62.3% 18.6% 19.1% North Carolina 27 61.7% 18.7% 19.6% Michigan 28 61.5% 17.9% 20.6% Missouri 29 61.5% 18.7% 19.8% New York 30 61.3% 21.0% 17.7% Rhode Island 31 61.2% 18.8% 20.0% Arizona 32 60.8% 19.4% 19.8% Oregon 33 60.8% 20.3% 18.9% Delaware 34 60.7% 18.4% 20.8% South Dakota 35 60.3% 24.3% 15.4% Louisiana 36 60.1% 17.5% 22.3% South Carolina 37 60.0% 18.2% 21.8% Idaho 38 59.9% 22.1% 18.0% Kentucky 39 59.5% 16.3% 24.2% Maine 40 59.4% 18.7% 22.0% Alabama 41 59.2% 17.8% 22.9% Vermont 42 59.1% 20.7% 20.1% Nevada 43 59.1% 24.4% 16.6% Mississippi 44 57.3% 16.5% 26.2% New Mexico 45 56.7% 19.8% 23.5% Montana 46 55.9% 24.5% 19.6% West Virginia 47 55.8% 15.4% 28.7% Wyoming 48 54.7% 31.7% 13.6% Arkansas 49 53.9% 22.5% 23.6% Florida 50 53.0% 27.2% 19.7% Source: 1969-2017: Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Economic Data, Local Area Personal Income, Table CA05, (http://www.bea.gov/iTable/iTable.cfm?ReqID=70&step=1); DATE LAST UPDATED: November 19, 2018.