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Median Income for 4-Person Families, by State

This table is used by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). HHS publishes these statistics annually in the Federal Register.

MEDIAN INCOME FOR 4-PERSON FAMILIES, BY STATE
Footnotes are located at the end of the table.
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Calendar year 1/	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001 17/	2000
Fiscal Year 2/	2008 3/	2007 3/	2006 3/	2005 3/	2004 3/	2003 3/
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United States	$67,019	$66,111	$65,093	$62,732	$63,278	$62,228
Alabama	53,690	58,652	55,448	53,754	54,594	51,451
Alaska	76,560	78,057	72,110	69,868	71,395	66,874
Arizona	61,102	57,119	58,206	56,857	56,067	55,663
Arkansas	52,217	51,061	48,353	49,551	47,838	44,537
California	70,712	69,377	67,814	65,766	63,761	63,206
Colorado	70,300	73,213	71,559	68,089	67,634	66,624
Connecticut	92,205	89,319	86,001	81,891	82,517	82,702
Delaware	76,288	74,993	72,680	69,469	73,301	69,360
District of Columbia	50,248	64,980	56,067	55,692	61,799	63,406
Florida	62,269	60,803	58,605	57,473	56,824	55,351
Georgia	64,427	60,447	62,294	60,676	59,497	59,489
Hawaii	79,240	73,477	71,320	67,564	66,014	65,872
Idaho	52,470	57,773	53,376	54,279	51,098	53,722
Illinois	72,368	70,558	72,368	69,168	66,507	68,117
Indiana	64,564	65,464	65,009	63,022	63,573	62,079
Iowa	65,575	66,470	64,341	61,238	61,656	57,921
Kansas	64,929	65,777	64,215	61,926	61,686	56,784
Kentucky	54,992	57,540	53,198	54,030	54,319	51,249
Louisiana	55,945	54,394	50,529	52,299	51,234	47,363
Maine	64,806	66,107	59,596	58,802	58,425	56,186
Maryland	89,608	87,972	82,363	77,938	82,879	77,562
Massachusetts	85,420	86,747	82,561	78,312	80,247	78,025
Michigan	71,542	71,324	68,602	67,995	68,337	68,740
Minnesota	77,395	78,829	76,733	72,379	72,635	70,553
Mississippi	47,726	50,801	46,570	47,847	46,810	46,331
Missouri	63,847	63,460	64,128	59,764	61,036	61,173
Montana	55,641	55,618	49,124	51,791	48,078	46,142
Nebraska	64,800	64,417	63,625	60,129	60,626	57,040
Nevada	61,777	60,520	63,005	59,588	59,283	59,614
New Hampshire	81,522	81,313	79,339	72,369	72,606	71,661
New Jersey	90,261	89,372	87,412	82,406	80,577	78,560
New Mexico	48,223	51,452	45,867	48,422	46,596	47,314
New York	72,170	67,857	69,354	65,461	66,498	64,520
North Carolina	59,481	60,303	56,712	58,227	56,500	57,203
North Dakota	59,926	68,371	57,092	57,070	55,138	53,140
Ohio	66,734	67,589	66,066	63,934	64,282	62,251
Oklahoma	53,138	56,101	50,216	51,377	53,949	48,459
Oregon	61,945	61,250	61,570	60,262	58,737	58,315
Pennsylvania	68,646	68,913	68,578	64,310	66,130	65,411
Rhode Island	78,297	72,706	71,098	67,646	70,446	68,418
South Carolina	57,932	57,539	56,433	56,110	59,212	56,294
South Dakota	61,309	61,961	59,272	55,359	59,718	55,150
Tennessee	56,874	57,569	55,401	55,605	56,052	54,899
Texas	57,511	56,508	54,554	56,278	56,606	53,513
Utah	57,999	63,233	62,032	59,864	59,035	57,043
Vermont	71,382	72,465	65,876	62,331	62,938	59,125
Virginia	77,430	74,290	71,697	66,889	69,616	68,054
Washington	72,103	71,727	69,130	66,531	65,997	63,568
West Virginia	52,292	52,176	46,169	47,550	49,470	46,270
Wisconsin	71,064	71,267	69,010	66,988	65,441	66,725
Wyoming	62,933	66,325	56,065	57,148	58,541	55,859
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Calendar year 1/	1999	1998 16/	1998	1997	1996	1995 15/
Fiscal Year 2/	2002 3/	2001	2001 3/	2000 3/	1999 3/	1998 3/
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United States	$59,981	$56,061	$56,061	$53,350	$51,518	$49,687
Alabama	52,405	50,644	51,156	48,240	44,879	42,617
Alaska	70,294	61,116	59,726	57,474	62,078	56,045
Arizona	53,041	49,445	49,397	47,133	45,032	44,526
Arkansas	46,671	44,270	44,471	38,646	36,828	38,520
California	63,100	55,415	55,209	55,217	53,807	51,519
Colorado	62,860	63,530	63,428	58,988	53,632	50,941
Connecticut	75,505	74,537	75,534	72,706	67,380	62,157
Delaware	65,584	64,184	65,157	63,171	56,662	54,519
District of Columbia	62,281	60,234	60,674	56,125	53,256	49,837
Florida	55,578	52,555	52,581	49,913	44,829	44,626
Georgia	57,795	56,172	55,989	51,649	48,920	48,850
Hawaii	66,402	61,540	61,838	58,474	57,909	54,749
Idaho	47,703	48,822	49,174	46,126	44,133	42,142
Illinois	66,356	61,733	61,672	57,811	55,372	53,807
Indiana	58,519	55,342	55,284	53,581	52,962	47,465
Iowa	58,075	53,040	53,230	51,782	48,167	47,314
Kansas	57,195	54,843	55,341	52,900	49,034	46,611
Kentucky	52,186	48,630	49,108	46,033	44,932	40,587
Louisiana	49,446	49,008	49,037	46,087	41,851	41,442
Maine	57,536	50,444	51,059	48,043	48,632	45,507
Maryland	74,806	71,244	71,404	66,508	61,860	60,239
Massachusetts	71,689	68,846	68,958	65,012	62,385	59,191
Michigan	65,467	59,053	59,019	57,521	56,174	52,955
Minnesota	66,677	67,704	67,140	60,577	56,200	54,396
Mississippi	47,915	43,976	43,907	42,238	38,748	37,328
Missouri	56,673	54,031	54,190	52,179	50,015	45,795
Montana	50,966	44,573	44,737	43,559	41,462	42,987
Nebraska	55,693	56,581	56,692	53,419	46,726	44,886
Nevada	59,479	54,320	53,054	53,302	50,946	50,064
New Hampshire	65,885	60,665	61,014	59,981	56,497	54,492
New Jersey	75,425	70,697	70,983	67,335	65,586	61,409
New Mexico	44,947	43,902	43,829	40,033	38,143	37,365
New York	59,755	57,210	57,142	55,911	52,799	50,672
North Carolina	56,115	54,687	54,331	51,790	49,272	47,367
North Dakota	51,002	50,925	51,002	46,921	45,480	43,483
Ohio	56,237	60,012	60,169	55,926	51,835	50,893
Oklahoma	52,261	47,362	47,436	44,283	43,138	42,124
Oregon	53,909	55,947	55,892	54,226	46,245	46,229
Pennsylvania	59,546	58,164	58,507	55,386	53,814	50,884
Rhode Island	64,614	62,775	62,339	62,005	53,967	51,362
South Carolina	55,978	52,417	52,111	49,660	46,973	44,048
South Dakota	52,246	50,052	49,702	46,831	45,043	42,269
Tennessee	51,999	50,434	50,310	48,244	45,245	44,312
Texas	53,291	51,148	51,148	48,007	46,757	43,977
Utah	57,251	55,392	54,946	50,823	45,775	45,611
Vermont	57,713	53,335	53,691	51,814	49,401	47,376
Virginia	64,352	60,586	60,860	57,050	53,394	50,032
Washington	62,618	60,788	61,059	57,421	53,153	51,415
West Virginia	45,202	43,181	43,239	43,668	41,293	39,731
Wisconsin	63,436	58,000	57,890	57,270	52,986	50,628
Wyoming	55,624	51,897	50,989	48,412	46,830	45,925
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Calendar year 1/	1994 14/	1993 13/	1992 12/	1992	1991	1990
Fiscal Year 2/	1997 3/	1996 3/	1995	1995 3/	1994 3/	1993 3/
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United States	$47,012	$45,161	$44,251	$44,615	$43,056	$41,451
Alabama	41,730	37,975	39,438	39,659	37,638	35,937
Alaska	53,555	51,181	48,924	49,632	49,721	51,538
Arizona	41,599	39,679	39,288	39,900	39,364	38,799
Arkansas	36,510	32,594	36,388	36,682	34,566	31,913
California	48,755	44,643	46,230	46,774	46,643	45,184
Colorado	48,801	47,112	44,858	45,021	43,136	41,803
Connecticut	62,107	59,288	54,812	55,061	54,479	53,931
Delaware	55,049	50,228	51,139	50,999	48,531	46,524
District of Columbia	52,015	46,943	45,441	45,782	43,994	38,824
Florida	43,374	40,405	40,369	40,925	40,484	38,438
Georgia	45,093	44,120	42,366	42,696	41,274	41,184
Hawaii	56,992	54,856	50,856	50,821	49,367	50,234
Idaho	41,208	39,851	38,578	38,844	36,789	34,091
Illinois	51,951	47,975	47,354	47,474	45,707	44,220
Indiana	47,212	44,274	43,431	43,674	41,850	39,700
Iowa	45,062	42,772	41,633	41,827	39,763	38,090
Kansas	44,409	43,155	42,022	42,285	40,682	40,576
Kentucky	37,984	36,291	38,297	38,512	36,255	36,348
Louisiana	39,734	35,177	37,837	38,061	36,105	36,510
Maine	42,647	41,513	40,404	40,924	40,251	38,848
Maryland	57,951	53,717	51,577	51,864	51,103	53,385
Massachusetts	58,695	55,120	50,699	51,172	51,135	52,171
Michigan	51,342	46,633	45,364	45,704	44,605	43,545
Minnesota	51,996	48,817	46,322	46,518	44,785	43,031
Mississippi	37,003	34,001	35,355	35,731	33,941	30,242
Missouri	44,266	42,162	41,642	41,926	40,285	39,766
Montana	39,219	38,157	36,696	37,174	36,094	35,105
Nebraska	45,497	42,262	42,134	42,207	39,845	39,664
Nevada	47,929	46,137	42,976	43,472	42,418	41,629
New Hampshire	51,491	49,452	48,055	48,385	47,646	49,088
New Jersey	60,697	57,916	55,590	55,634	54,374	56,436
New Mexico	37,170	35,560	35,882	36,299	34,736	32,941
New York	50,964	47,570	47,776	48,039	46,649	44,200
North Carolina	44,582	42,691	41,525	41,766	39,934	39,718
North Dakota	42,222	41,084	40,155	40,179	37,186	36,127
Ohio	46,848	46,116	43,335	43,636	42,201	42,821
Oklahoma	38,787	35,133	37,264	37,704	36,285	34,141
Oregon	44,432	42,745	41,216	41,558	40,272	39,653
Pennsylvania	49,120	47,109	44,869	45,015	43,213	40,892
Rhode Island	51,709	47,908	46,397	46,797	46,190	44,598
South Carolina	43,556	40,163	40,495	40,753	39,134	38,797
South Dakota	42,964	38,067	38,562	38,703	36,406	34,632
Tennessee	42,132	38,341	40,325	40,549	38,552	34,279
Texas	42,570	40,688	40,342	40,695	39,204	37,789
Utah	44,871	42,630	41,295	41,505	39,526	38,632
Vermont	46,320	44,184	42,848	43,167	41,940	41,312
Virginia	49,453	47,732	45,105	45,492	44,488	44,597
Washington	48,932	50,557	46,282	46,327	43,982	44,306
West Virginia	38,357	34,189	37,229	37,437	35,163	33,666
Wisconsin	48,982	46,363	44,219	44,444	42,746	43,182
Wyoming	47,961	45,414	43,209	43,126	40,175	36,796
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Calendar year 1/	1989	1988	1987 11/	1986	1985 10/	1984 9/
Fiscal Year 2/	1992 3/	1991 3/	1990 3/	1989 3/	1988 3/	1987 3/
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United States	$40,763	$39,051	$36,812	$34,716	$32,777	$31,097
Alabama	34,930	33,022	31,221	29,799	28,407	26,595
Alaska	48,411	47,247	47,106	41,292	42,897	44,017
Arizona	38,347	36,892	35,711	33,477	32,129	29,431
Arkansas	31,853	28,665	27,415	27,157	26,255	23,075
California	42,813	41,425	40,218	37,655	36,223	33,711
Colorado	40,265	39,095	37,778	36,026	35,214	34,154
Connecticut	53,313	50,720	47,195	44,330	40,677	39,070
Delaware	42,790	41,742	39,794	35,766	34,104	33,809
District of Columbia	40,574	38,562	36,523	35,424	32,610	31,104
Florida	37,399	37,280	35,247	33,368	31,364	28,858
Georgia	40,019	38,208	35,529	34,602	31,907	29,623
Hawaii	44,988	42,353	40,878	36,618	34,636	33,445
Idaho	33,633	31,454	29,701	27,075	27,383	25,499
Illinois	42,609	41,635	39,891	36,163	34,374	33,126
Indiana	38,201	37,939	35,016	32,026	31,369	30,302
Iowa	36,736	34,804	34,094	30,556	29,425	28,650
Kansas	37,938	35,796	34,474	32,512	31,114	30,330
Kentucky	34,390	32,088	30,257	28,464	27,307	25,815
Louisiana	34,406	32,514	31,964	29,614	29,910	28,430
Maine	38,336	35,385	31,957	31,297	28,537	26,237
Maryland	50,145	49,105	46,384	42,250	40,055	38,132
Massachusetts	51,799	48,296	44,329	42,295	39,079	36,731
Michigan	42,825	41,044	40,105	36,088	33,908	32,365
Minnesota	42,365	41,076	39,775	36,746	34,376	33,807
Mississippi	32,300	29,624	27,416	26,763	25,716	23,660
Missouri	38,478	37,187	35,437	33,149	31,414	30,050
Montana	33,882	32,333	31,015	29,190	27,999	26,072
Nebraska	37,902	34,287	32,969	31,484	30,655	28,752
Nevada	39,737	39,148	37,810	33,604	32,314	31,059
New Hampshire	47,983	45,619	40,833	39,503	35,702	33,255
New Jersey	53,229	52,305	47,846	44,591	40,800	39,096
New Mexico	31,156	29,350	27,675	27,474	27,127	25,468
New York	43,693	41,700	38,992	36,796	34,478	32,665
North Carolina	38,068	35,678	33,253	31,787	30,290	27,995
North Dakota	34,806	31,346	31,152	29,424	28,993	28,901
Ohio	41,469	38,145	36,344	34,038	33,478	30,779
Oklahoma	34,470	31,905	30,772	29,071	29,050	28,856
Oregon	38,723	36,623	34,555	31,392	30,741	28,633
Pennsylvania	40,404	37,855	35,638	32,700	32,265	29,573
Rhode Island	43,278	41,377	37,814	35,837	34,154	32,066
South Carolina	36,113	34,915	32,417	31,025	29,417	27,810
South Dakota	32,829	30,503	29,142	27,008	26,153	25,391
Tennessee	34,882	34,160	31,916	29,568	27,917	26,603
Texas	34,978	35,280	35,656	32,442	32,189	31,031
Utah	36,562	34,410	32,980	30,635	29,634	27,497
Vermont	40,397	36,467	33,983	32,490	30,019	26,645
Virginia	45,090	42,587	39,913	37,885	35,353	33,480
Washington	41,728	39,327	38,308	35,071	32,791	31,585
West Virginia	31,811	29,743	28,711	27,094	26,170	25,316
Wisconsin	40,557	38,662	36,674	33,739	32,007	30,622
Wyoming	35,620	33,667	33,692	28,742	30,741	29,752
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Calendar year 1/	1983	1982	1981	1980 8/	1979 7/	1978
Fiscal Year 2/	1986 3/	1985 3/	1984 3/	1983 3/	1982 3/	1981 3/
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United States	$29,184	$27,619	$26,274	$24,332	$22,395	$20,428
Alabama	25,117	24,181	22,443	22,026	18,613	18,352
Alaska	38,238	31,823	35,834	32,745	31,037	27,572
Arizona	27,551	29,835	25,163	23,832	23,000	20,863
Arkansas	21,524	20,710	20,583	19,448	18,493	15,669
California	31,967	29,885	27,763	26,070	25,109	22,294
Colorado	32,294	30,663	28,756	25,943	25,228	21,778
Connecticut	37,703	35,361	31,108	28,376	24,410	22,278
Delaware	31,676	30,798	27,174	25,479	21,184	21,194
District of Columbia	28,701	26,897	28,312	25,476	21,310	16,769
Florida	25,455	25,745	23,504	21,355	20,757	18,118
Georgia	27,463	36,935	25,131	25,290	21,578	19,676
Hawaii	31,614	30,019	29,295	27,514	24,582	22,475
Idaho	24,009	23,529	22,821	21,251	20,429	19,042
Illinois	30,736	29,758	29,403	26,202	24,265	22,081
Indiana	26,924	26,123	24,832	24,043	22,614	20,566
Iowa	25,800	26,129	26,678	24,244	22,567	20,800
Kansas	27,569	23,596	24,842	23,334	22,848	19,792
Kentucky	24,096	23,732	22,409	20,960	19,138	17,924
Louisiana	27,953	27,165	26,144	23,711	20,166	18,691
Maine	24,178	23,036	22,201	21,207	18,074	16,885
Maryland	35,475	32,456	30,019	27,394	24,686	23,461
Massachusetts	33,990	30,327	28,839	26,381	23,786	20,512
Michigan	29,472	28,125	27,976	25,342	24,422	22,063
Minnesota	30,785	28,666	29,261	25,394	24,409	21,455
Mississippi	21,957	22,247	22,509	20,765	17,672	16,586
Missouri	27,789	26,035	25,339	23,488	21,294	19,268
Montana	25,278	24,965	24,953	23,449	20,051	17,878
Nebraska	26,100	25,372	24,835	22,941	20,749	19,319
Nevada	34,504	28,411	28,829	25,208	25,457	21,106
New Hampshire	30,414	28,810	25,332	23,554	22,335	20,247
New Jersey	36,448	32,781	30,793	27,772	24,640	22,189
New Mexico	23,906	23,642	21,488	20,453	21,032	18,738
New York	30,539	28,730	26,030	24,465	21,082	19,660
North Carolina	25,363	24,085