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Lowest income-quintile upper limit: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Upper limit of the lowest income quintile ($). 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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Data last updated
2026-11-14
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National value: 35,046 (United States).

Washington: 43,513Idaho: 37,248Montana: 32,499North Dakota: 38,087Minnesota: 41,105Michigan: 31,786Ohio: 31,568Pennsylvania: 33,401New York: 32,285Vermont: 36,746New Hampshire: 46,726Maine: 35,394Arizona: 36,269California: 40,559New Mexico: 28,072Texas: 35,313Louisiana: 23,729Mississippi: 23,478Alabama: 26,304Florida: 34,875Georgia: 34,368South Carolina: 30,824North Carolina: 33,246Virginia: 41,317District of Columbia: 33,615Maryland: 43,426Delaware: 40,026New Jersey: 44,460Connecticut: 41,083Rhode Island: 36,790Massachusetts: 40,529Oregon: 35,193Utah: 44,842Wyoming: 36,478Nevada: 36,606Colorado: 42,714South Dakota: 36,213Nebraska: 36,506Kansas: 35,906Oklahoma: 28,967Iowa: 33,597Missouri: 32,596Wisconsin: 36,041Illinois: 35,213Kentucky: 26,201Arkansas: 26,850Tennessee: 32,106West Virginia: 24,078Indiana: 32,999Alaska: 41,472Hawaii: 46,511

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • DC 33,615 $
  • RI 36,790 $
  • DE 40,026 $
  • CT 41,083 $
  • NJ 44,460 $
  • MD 43,426 $
  • MA 40,529 $
  • VT 36,746 $
  • NH 46,726 $
  • Lowest: 23,478 to 31,786 $
  • Group 2: 31,786 to 34,368 $
  • Group 3: 34,368 to 36,478 $
  • Group 4: 36,478 to 41,083 $
  • Highest: 41,083 to 46,726 $
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.

1New Hampshire46,726
2Hawaii46,511
3Utah44,842
4New Jersey44,460
5Washington43,513
6Maryland43,426
7Colorado42,714
8Alaska41,472
9Virginia41,317
10Minnesota41,105
11Connecticut41,083
12California40,559
13Massachusetts40,529
14Delaware40,026
15North Dakota38,087
16Idaho37,248
17Rhode Island36,790
18Vermont36,746
19Nevada36,606
20Nebraska36,506
21Wyoming36,478
22Arizona36,269
23South Dakota36,213
24Wisconsin36,041
25Kansas35,906
26Maine35,394
27Texas35,313
28Illinois35,213
29Oregon35,193
30Florida34,875
31Georgia34,368
32District of Columbia33,615
33Iowa33,597
34Pennsylvania33,401
35North Carolina33,246
36Indiana32,999
37Missouri32,596
38Montana32,499
39New York32,285
40Tennessee32,106
41Michigan31,786
42Ohio31,568
43South Carolina30,824
44Oklahoma28,967
45New Mexico28,072
46Arkansas26,850
47Alabama26,304
48Kentucky26,201
49West Virginia24,078
50Louisiana23,729
51Mississippi23,478

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

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U.S. states ranked by upper limit of the lowest income quintile ($) (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-upper-limit-of-the-lowest-income-quintile/

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