Barack Obama's Election and Household Income

Below is a ranking of the fifty states of the United States, plus the District of Columbia, and how they rank in terms of median household income. You will note that of the top 20 states, which includes the District of Columbia, Obama carried all 20 of them. Of the bottom 20, McCain carried 15 and Obama carried 20. The information was obtained from the website of the United States Census Bureau,which can be found at www.census.gov.


Rank Median Income
1
New Jersey
52,487
2
Connecticut
52,372
3
Massachusetts
51,960
4
Maryland
51,316
5
District of Columbia
49,544
6
Alaska
48,703
7
Washington
48,331
8
New Hampshire
48,254
9
Michigan
47,329
10
Virginia
47,063
11
Illinois
46,526
12
Minnesota
46,349
13
Delaware
46,043
14
New York
45,833
15
Rhode Island
45,544
16
Colorado
45,017
17
California
44,905
18
Pennsylvania
43,402
19
Wisconsin
42,380
20
Ohio
42,346
United States
42,210
21
Indiana
41,991
22
Wyoming
41,913
23
Hawaii
41,821
24
Nevada
41,717
25
Oregon
41,536
26
Utah
41,475
27
Louisiana
40,765
28
Georgia
40,646
29
Kansas
40,595
30
Missouri
40,443
31
Vermont
40,119
32
Maine
40,116
33
Arizona
40,056
34
Iowa
39,753
35
Kentucky
39,595
36
Alabama
39,528
37
Texas
38,797
38
Idaho
38,278
39
North Dakota
38,179
40
Florida
38,005
41
Nebraska
37,828
42
West Virginia
37,622
43
Tennessee
37,589
44
North Carolina
37,545
45
South Carolina
37,194
46
New Mexico
37,064
47
Oklahoma
36,655
48
Montana
36,378
49
Mississippi
35,617
50
Arkansas
35,144
51
South Dakota
34,937