Lost Decade for Income: Change for Households, by State
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Worst news for NH and CT. Not bad if you live in VT. - Dan.
From the Wall Street Journal | 09/10/09 | By Phil Izzo
Today's
Census data showed that household income has dropped to levels below
1999, essentially wiping out a decade of progress. Yet the move in
household income wasn't the same everywhere. Some states were hit
harder than others.
Click the column headers to resort the below chart.
| State | Change in Household Income |
| Alabama | 1.5% |
| Alaska | -2.2% |
| Arizona | -4.3% |
| Arkansas | -6.6% |
| California | -1.5% |
| Colorado | -4.0% |
| Connecticut | -2.9% |
| Delaware | -10.6% |
| District of Columbia | 5.4% |
| Florida | -5.7% |
| Georgia | -8.5% |
| Hawaii | -7.5% |
| Idaho | -7.2% |
| Illinois | -2.3% |
| Indiana | -5.6% |
| Iowa | -1.3% |
| Kansas | -4.9% |
| Kentucky | 0.4% |
| Louisiana | -7.8% |
| Maine | -5.0% |
| Maryland | -6.5% |
| Massachusetts | -0.6% |
| Michigan | -2.9% |
| Minnesota | -8.9% |
| Mississippi | -5.9% |
| Missouri | -3.6% |
| Montana | -5.4% |
| Nebraska | -0.7% |
| Nevada | -2.5% |
| New Hampshire | -5.7% |
| New Jersey | 3.9% |
| New Mexico | -8.6% |
| New York | -0.7% |
| North Carolina | -5.0% |
| North Dakota | 1.2% |
| Ohio | -7.9% |
| Oklahoma | 2.8% |
| Oregon | -0.8% |
| Pennsylvania | 2.2% |
| Rhode Island | -5.4% |
| South Carolina | -8.2% |
| South Dakota | 7.1% |
| Tennessee | -7.2% |
| Texas | -2.8% |
| Utah | 12.5% |
| Vermont | 3.0% |
| Virginia | 0.9% |
| Washington | -6.1% |
| West Virginia | -13.1% |
| Wisconsin | -3.8% |
| Wyoming | 5.4% |
Source: Census Bureau
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