Income and Poverty - Personal income by source (2019) 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 68.1% 18.0% 13.9% New Hampshire 2 67.8% 17.2% 15.0% Texas 3 67.7% 17.6% 14.7% Maryland 4 66.4% 19.6% 14.0% Massachusetts 5 65.6% 20.5% 14.0% Tennessee 6 65.2% 14.8% 19.9% Utah 7 65.1% 22.2% 12.7% Colorado 8 65.0% 22.1% 12.9% Virginia 9 64.9% 21.1% 14.0% Georgia 10 64.8% 18.4% 16.8% Illinois 11 64.7% 20.2% 15.1% Connecticut 12 64.7% 22.1% 13.1% Kansas 13 64.7% 19.5% 15.9% Indiana 14 64.5% 16.2% 19.3% Minnesota 15 64.5% 19.6% 15.9% Nebraska 16 64.3% 20.2% 15.5% California 17 63.9% 21.9% 14.2% North Dakota 18 63.9% 21.7% 14.5% Alaska 19 63.7% 19.0% 17.3% Washington 20 63.5% 22.7% 13.8% Wisconsin 21 63.3% 19.3% 17.4% Ohio 22 63.1% 17.4% 19.4% Hawaii 23 63.0% 21.3% 15.7% Iowa 24 63.0% 19.2% 17.8% Pennsylvania 25 63.0% 17.7% 19.4% Rhode Island 26 62.4% 17.9% 19.7% Oklahoma 27 61.9% 18.7% 19.5% New York 28 61.9% 21.7% 16.5% North Carolina 29 61.9% 18.6% 19.5% Missouri 30 61.2% 19.0% 19.7% Michigan 31 61.0% 17.9% 21.1% Delaware 32 60.7% 18.4% 20.9% Arizona 33 60.4% 19.7% 19.8% South Dakota 34 60.3% 24.0% 15.7% Louisiana 35 60.2% 17.9% 21.9% Oregon 36 60.0% 21.1% 18.9% Vermont 37 59.4% 20.2% 20.4% Idaho 38 59.4% 22.3% 18.2% Maine 39 59.3% 18.6% 22.1% South Carolina 40 59.1% 19.0% 21.8% Kentucky 41 59.1% 16.9% 24.1% Nevada 42 58.9% 24.5% 16.7% Alabama 43 58.6% 18.0% 23.3% Mississippi 44 57.5% 16.1% 26.5% New Mexico 45 57.1% 19.1% 23.8% Wyoming 46 56.8% 29.2% 14.0% West Virginia 47 56.4% 15.2% 28.4% Montana 48 55.3% 25.1% 19.6% Florida 49 53.1% 27.7% 19.2% Arkansas 50 52.4% 24.2% 23.4% Source: 1969-2019: 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 20, 2020; CPI updated January 21, 2021.