Richest States Power Rankings Based on 68% of intended metrics

50 states + D.C. · accountable: Governor · updated 2026-06-18 · source: U.S. Census Bureau

Composite score by state

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#	State	Score	Median household income	Income growth (YoY)	Poverty rate
1	New Hampshire	84.0	96,838	7.61%	7.3%
2	Utah	73.9	93,421	4.77%	9%
3	Vermont	72.6	81,211	9.76%	9.9%
4	Maryland	69.6	98,678	3.88%	9.7%
5	Massachusetts	69.5	99,858	5.68%	10.5%
6	New Jersey	66.7	99,781	3.57%	9.7%
7	Colorado	66.5	92,911	4.04%	9.4%
8	District of Columbia	66.4	108,210	7.11%	15.2%
9	Hawaii	65.0	95,322	3.1%	10.2%
10	Washington	63.2	94,605	3.61%	10.3%
11	Virginia	62.9	89,931	4.73%	10.2%
12	North Dakota	61.6	76,525	6.33%	10%
13	California	60.4	95,521	4.34%	12%
14	Minnesota	60.2	85,086	3.34%	9.2%
15	Nebraska	59.8	74,590	7.17%	10.2%
16	Connecticut	58.4	91,665	3.66%	10.2%
17	Maine	57.3	73,733	6.03%	10.5%
18	Oregon	56.8	80,160	5.95%	12.1%
19	Wisconsin	55.8	74,631	5.12%	10.6%
20	Rhode Island	55.6	84,972	3.81%	11.4%
21	Nevada	53.1	76,364	5.57%	12.2%
22	Illinois	52.5	80,306	4.69%	11.6%
23	Idaho	52.3	74,942	2.96%	10.1%
24	Wyoming	50.5	72,415	3.39%	10.4%
25	Missouri	49.0	68,545	5.76%	12%
26	Florida	48.7	73,311	5.78%	12.4%
27	Montana	48.2	70,804	4.69%	11.8%
28	Arizona	47.9	77,315	3.68%	12.6%
29	Alaska	46.5	86,631	-1.69%	10.5%
30	Iowa	46.5	71,433	2.65%	11.1%
31	Texas	46.0	75,780	4.84%	13.7%
32	Indiana	45.7	69,477	4.03%	12.2%
33	North Carolina	45.3	70,804	4.92%	12.8%
34	South Dakota	45.1	71,810	2.99%	11.4%
35	South Carolina	43.5	67,804	5.75%	13.9%
36	Delaware	43.3	81,361	-0.99%	10.8%
37	Kansas	43.3	70,333	2.04%	11.2%
38	Pennsylvania	43.1	73,824	2.82%	11.9%
39	New York	40.7	82,095	3.19%	14.1%
40	Michigan	39.6	69,183	3.28%	13.5%
41	Georgia	39.2	74,632	2.46%	13.7%
42	Ohio	38.3	67,769	3.12%	13.2%
43	Tennessee	37.6	67,631	3.64%	13.8%
44	Arkansas	34.5	58,700	5.9%	15.4%
45	Alabama	31.7	62,212	4.25%	15.7%
46	Oklahoma	31.6	62,138	4.13%	15.8%
47	New Mexico	29.5	62,268	4.26%	16.9%
48	Kentucky	27.1	61,118	2.99%	16.1%
49	West Virginia	24.0	55,948	2.98%	16.4%
50	Louisiana	22.6	58,229	5.08%	18.9%
51	Mississippi	16.7	54,203	2.81%	18.3%

Dimensions awaiting a sourced feed (not estimated): Real (cost-of-living-adjusted) income; Economic mobility.

Every figure is measured, never opinion. Click any value for its source and how it’s scored. Composite = weighted, normalized sum of the dimensions — see methodology.