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Top 5 percent income, lower limit: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Lower limit of the top 5 percent of incomes ($). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Household income quintile limits by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

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Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated
2026-11-14
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National value: 250,001 (United States).

Washington: 250,001Idaho: 250,001Montana: 250,001North Dakota: 250,001Minnesota: 250,001Michigan: 250,001Ohio: 250,001Pennsylvania: 250,001New York: 250,001Vermont: 250,001New Hampshire: 250,001Maine: 250,001Arizona: 250,001California: 250,001New Mexico: 250,001Texas: 250,001Louisiana: 249,805Mississippi: 214,924Alabama: 248,184Florida: 250,001Georgia: 250,001South Carolina: 250,001North Carolina: 250,001Virginia: 250,001District of Columbia: 250,001Maryland: 250,001Delaware: 250,001New Jersey: 250,001Connecticut: 250,001Rhode Island: 250,001Massachusetts: 250,001Oregon: 250,001Utah: 250,001Wyoming: 250,001Nevada: 250,001Colorado: 250,001South Dakota: 250,001Nebraska: 250,001Kansas: 250,001Oklahoma: 245,596Iowa: 250,001Missouri: 250,001Wisconsin: 250,001Illinois: 250,001Kentucky: 242,495Arkansas: 241,293Tennessee: 250,001West Virginia: 220,706Indiana: 250,001Alaska: 250,001Hawaii: 250,001

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • DC 250,001 $
  • RI 250,001 $
  • DE 250,001 $
  • CT 250,001 $
  • NJ 250,001 $
  • MD 250,001 $
  • MA 250,001 $
  • VT 250,001 $
  • NH 250,001 $
  • Lowest: 214,924 to 250,001 $
  • Group 2: 250,001 to 250,001 $
  • Group 3: 250,001 to 250,001 $
  • Group 4: 250,001 to 250,001 $
  • Highest: 250,001 to 250,001 $
The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.

Note: The published lower limit of the top 5 percent is top-coded at $250,001 in some areas, including the United States.

1Alaska250,001
1Arizona250,001
1California250,001
1Colorado250,001
1Connecticut250,001
1Delaware250,001
1District of Columbia250,001
1Florida250,001
1Georgia250,001
1Hawaii250,001
1Idaho250,001
1Illinois250,001
1Indiana250,001
1Iowa250,001
1Kansas250,001
1Maine250,001
1Maryland250,001
1Massachusetts250,001
1Michigan250,001
1Minnesota250,001
1Missouri250,001
1Montana250,001
1Nebraska250,001
1Nevada250,001
1New Hampshire250,001
1New Jersey250,001
1New Mexico250,001
1New York250,001
1North Carolina250,001
1North Dakota250,001
1Ohio250,001
1Oregon250,001
1Pennsylvania250,001
1Rhode Island250,001
1South Carolina250,001
1South Dakota250,001
1Tennessee250,001
1Texas250,001
1Utah250,001
1Vermont250,001
1Virginia250,001
1Washington250,001
1Wisconsin250,001
1Wyoming250,001
45Louisiana249,805
46Alabama248,184
47Oklahoma245,596
48Kentucky242,495
49Arkansas241,293
50West Virginia220,706
51Mississippi214,924

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year estimates, Table B19080: Household income quintile upper limits. Reference period: 2025.

Cite this ranking

U.S. states ranked by lower limit of the top 5 percent of incomes ($) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year estimates, Table B19080: Household income quintile upper limits; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-14. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-lower-limit-of-the-top-5-percent-of-incomes/

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