Mountain State Times

West Virginia ranked second lowest among U.S. states for average annual earnings per resident, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

With a median income of $27,302 per year after inflation adjustments, West Virginia has a total of 711,352 households within its resident population of 1,801,049.

Ranking first place nationwide was Maryland, where residents earn an inflation-adjusted median income of $43,983 annually. This is $16,681 more than what the average West Virginia resident earns. Maryland was home to 2,294,270 households and had a total population of 6,148,545.

At the opposite end of the scale, Mississippi ranked lowest in the U.S. for its inflation-adjusted median income at $26,510 per year - $792 less than that of West Virginia. Mississippi was comprised of 1,108,670 households and had a total population of 2,967,023.

Rank	State	Earnings Per Resident
1	Maryland	$43,983
2	Massachusetts	$42,076
3	New Jersey	$41,837
4	Connecticut	$40,682
5	Washington	$40,404
6	Colorado	$40,259
7	Minnesota	$39,756
8	New Hampshire	$39,627
9	Virginia	$39,236
10	Hawaii	$38,869
11	North Dakota	$37,861
12	New York	$37,469
13	Alaska	$37,368
14	Delaware	$36,872
15	Illinois	$36,729
16	California	$36,281
17	Wisconsin	$36,247
18	Rhode Island	$35,705
19	Nebraska	$35,128
20	Vermont	$34,798
21	Iowa	$34,784
22	Wyoming	$34,678
23	Oregon	$34,478
24	Pennsylvania	$34,229
25	Kansas	$34,153
26	Utah	$34,103
27	South Dakota	$33,961
28	Nevada	$33,832
29	Arizona	$33,786
30	Texas	$33,644
31	Ohio	$32,980
32	Maine	$32,861
33	Indiana	$32,716
34	Georgia	$32,657
35	Michigan	$32,451
36	Missouri	$32,362
37	North Carolina	$31,840
38	Montana	$31,459
39	Florida	$31,169
40	Tennessee	$30,955
41	Oklahoma	$30,736
42	South Carolina	$30,649
43	Idaho	$30,621
44	Kentucky	$29,523
45	Alabama	$28,741
46	Louisiana	$28,462
47	New Mexico	$28,284
48	Arkansas	$27,980
49	West Virginia	$27,302
50	Mississippi	$26,510