Income and Poverty - Personal income by source (2018) To resort data: click column headings. To download data: click here. Name Net Earnings Rank Net Earnings Dividends, interest and rent Transfer Payments Texas 1 67.8% 17.4% 14.8% New Hampshire 2 67.2% 17.9% 14.9% New Jersey 3 67.0% 19.2% 13.8% Maryland 4 66.6% 19.7% 13.8% Utah 5 65.4% 22.0% 12.6% Tennessee 6 65.2% 15.1% 19.8% Virginia 7 64.9% 21.3% 13.8% Massachusetts 8 64.8% 21.1% 14.0% Georgia 9 64.8% 18.5% 16.7% Alaska 10 64.5% 19.4% 16.1% Illinois 11 64.5% 20.8% 14.7% Nebraska 12 64.3% 20.6% 15.1% Connecticut 13 64.3% 22.7% 13.0% Colorado 14 64.3% 22.8% 12.9% Indiana 15 64.3% 16.7% 19.1% Kansas 16 64.1% 20.2% 15.7% California 17 63.8% 22.4% 13.8% North Dakota 18 63.6% 22.0% 14.4% Minnesota 19 63.5% 20.7% 15.7% Ohio 20 63.2% 17.6% 19.2% Wisconsin 21 63.0% 19.9% 17.1% Pennsylvania 22 62.6% 18.0% 19.3% Washington 23 62.4% 23.5% 14.1% Hawaii 24 62.4% 22.2% 15.4% Iowa 25 62.2% 20.3% 17.4% Oklahoma 26 62.2% 18.9% 18.9% Rhode Island 27 61.6% 18.7% 19.6% New York 28 61.5% 21.9% 16.6% North Carolina 29 61.4% 19.3% 19.4% Michigan 30 60.8% 19.0% 20.2% Missouri 31 60.4% 20.3% 19.3% South Dakota 32 60.4% 24.5% 15.1% Louisiana 33 60.2% 18.4% 21.4% Delaware 34 60.1% 19.3% 20.6% Arizona 35 59.8% 20.2% 20.0% Oregon 36 59.7% 21.5% 18.8% South Carolina 37 59.3% 19.0% 21.7% Maine 38 59.0% 19.2% 21.8% Alabama 39 58.8% 18.3% 22.9% Kentucky 40 58.8% 17.4% 23.8% Nevada 41 58.7% 24.9% 16.4% Idaho 42 58.6% 23.4% 18.0% Vermont 43 58.2% 21.7% 20.1% Mississippi 44 57.7% 16.4% 25.9% West Virginia 45 56.4% 15.4% 28.2% New Mexico 46 55.7% 20.6% 23.7% Wyoming 47 55.6% 30.7% 13.7% Montana 48 55.6% 25.2% 19.3% Florida 49 53.0% 27.9% 19.1% Arkansas 50 52.8% 24.3% 22.9% Source: 1969-2018: 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 14, 2019.