NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Maryland is the nation's top-earning state for the third year in a row, with a median household income of $70,545 in 2008, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report released Monday.
The states with highest median incomes are concentrated in the far West and in the Northeast, around the District of Columbia.
Most of the lowest-earning states are in the South. Mississippi had the lowest median income of just $37,790, while West Virginia ($37,989), Arkansas ($38,815), Kentucky ($41,538), and Alabama ($42,538), round out the bottom five.
http://money.cnn.com/2009/09/21/news/ec ... /index.htm
Income: Thank God for Mississippi (again)
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Income: Thank God for Mississippi (again)
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Re: Income: Thank God for Mississippi (again)
Obviously, the researchers and data gatherers were afraid to venture to far off the beaten path and survey all the people living around the bayous of Louisiana for it to not be slotted between Kentucky and Arkansas.
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