List Ranking The Richest & Poorest States For 2011

According to statistics from the US Census Bureau, US Labor Department and the Treasury Department, the median household income in nearly every state dropped for 2011 overall, but the lowest point was in May, after that it started to rise slightly but consistently for the rest of the year.

Most southern states still lag significantly behind their western and northern counterparts for household median income, but the cost of living in the southern states is also lower.

Here's a list of the median income for every state.

1 Connecticut - $64,851
2 New Jersey - $64,777
3 Maryland - $64,186
4 New Hampshire - $64,131
5 Alaska - $61,604
6 Virginia - $60,501
7 Washington - $60,392
8 Massachusetts - $59,373
9 Utah - $58,491
10 California - $56,134
11 Minnesota - $56,090
12 Colorado - $55,930
13 Hawaii - $55,649
14 Illinois - $52,870
15 Wyoming - $52,470
16 Vermont - $52,318
17 Delaware - $52,114
18 Rhode Island - $51,634
19 Nevada - $51,434
20 Wisconsin - $51,237
21 Iowa - $50,721
22 New York - $50,216
23 North Dakota - $50,075
24 Nebraska - $49,595
25 Oregon - $49,098
26 Missouri - $48,769
27 Pennsylvania - $48,172
28 Maine - $47,502
29 Texas - $47,475
30 Idaho - $45,778
31 Michigan - $45,994
32 Ohio - $45,879
33 Oklahoma - $45,878
34 South Dakota - $45,826
35 Arizona - $45,739
36 Florida - $45,631
37 Louisiana - $45,433
38 Kansas - $44,717
39 Indiana - $44,305
40 New Mexico - $43,542
41 Georgia - $43,340
42 Kentucky - $42,665
43 North Carolina - $41,906
44 South Carolina - $41,101
45 Tennessee - $40,517
46 West Virginia - $40,490
47 Montana - $40,437
48 Alabama - $39,980
49 Arkansas - $36,538
50 Mississippi - $35.078