Table 3

Income growth from 2009 to 2011, overall and for the top 1% and bottom 99%, U.S. and by state and region

Average real income growth
Rank (by top 1% income growth) State/region Overall Top 1% Bottom 99% Share of total growth (or loss) captured by top 1%
1 North Dakota 14.4% 41.3% 10.2% 38.9%
2 Massachusetts 2.5% 26.5% -3.1% 200.8%
3 Colorado 0.2% 23.5% -4.0% 1,779.1%
4 Texas 5.2% 21.1% 1.6% 74.4%
5 Rhode Island -1.2% 17.3% -4.3% Ŧ
6 California 2.0% 16.9% -1.4% 154.9%
7 Ohio 1.6% 14.8% -0.4% 123.4%
8 Oklahoma 7.7% 13.8% 6.5% 29.6%
9 Virginia -0.4% 13.8% -2.7% Ŧ
10 New Hampshire 2.5% 13.7% 0.5% 83.3%
11 Wyoming 6.9% 13.6% 5.2% 40.5%
12 Kansas 2.1% 13.3% 0.2% 91.2%
13 Washington -1.0% 13.1% -3.5% Ŧ
14 Michigan 2.1% 12.8% 0.2% 91.0%
15 Minnesota 5.1% 12.5% 3.8% 37.6%
16 Connecticut 2.1% 11.8% -1.5% 153.0%
17 Maryland 0.5% 11.1% -1.2% 324.7%
18 New York 2.1% 10.7% -1.0% 135.8%
19 Missouri -1.7% 10.2% -3.8% Ŧ
20 Iowa 4.5% 9.6% 3.8% 24.6%
21 Nebraska 5.3% 9.5% 4.7% 23.3%
22 New Jersey 1.0% 9.4% -0.9% 178.0%
23 Florida 0.2% 9.2% -2.4% 906.6%
24 South Dakota 8.5% 9.0% 8.4% 16.8%
25 Illinois 0.1% 8.8% -1.9% 1,766.1%
26 Vermont 1.0% 8.6% -0.2% 116.4%
27 Pennsylvania 1.3% 8.3% -0.05% 103.0%
28 Indiana 1.5% 8.1% 0.4% 75.6%
29 Oregon 0.2% 7.4% -1.0% 680.6%
30 Tennessee 0.7% 6.3% -0.4% 144.2%
31 Georgia 0.8% 6.2% -0.2% 117.1%
32 North Carolina -1.6% 6.2% -2.9% Ŧ
33 Arizona 0.1% 5.9% -1.0% 686.0%
34 Kentucky 1.2% 4.4% 0.7% 48.7%
35 Alabama -1.8% 4.3% -2.9% Ŧ
36 Maine 0.9% 4.2% 0.4% 60.0%
37 Nevada -4.4% 4.0% -6.7% Ŧ
38 Wisconsin 0.9% 3.9% 0.3% 70.5%
39 West Virginia 3.7% 3.7% 3.7% 15.3%
40 Idaho -1.1% 3.4% -1.8% Ŧ
41 South Carolina -1.3% 3.3% -2.1% Ŧ
42 Arkansas 0.1% 2.9% -0.5% 534.7%
43 Delaware -2.7% -0.5% -3.1% 2.8%
44 Alaska 1.0% -1.2% 1.3% ¥
45 Utah -0.6% -1.2% -0.4% 32.8%
46 New Mexico 1.5% -3.1% 2.3% ¥
47 Mississippi -1.1% -4.8% -0.5% 62.4%
48 Montana 2.3% -6.9% 4.1% ¥
49 Louisiana 0.1% -7.7% 1.5% ¥
50 Hawaii 2.7% -12.3% 4.9% ¥
46* District of Columbia 3.9% -1.3% 5.2% ¥
United States 1.5% 11.5% -0.7% 140.9%
West 1.1% 13.4% -1.5% 215.5%
Northeast 1.7% 12.7% -1.3% 161.8%
South 1.5% 10.4% -0.4% 121.2%
Midwest 1.8% 10.6% 0.2% 90.3%

* Rank of the District of Columbia if it were ranked with the 50 states
Ŧ Only the incomes of the top 1% grew over this period.
¥ Only the incomes of the top 1% fell over this period.

Note: Data are for tax units.

Source: Authors' analysis of state-level tax data from Sommeiller (2006) extended to 2011 using state-level data from the Internal Revenue Service SOI Tax Stats (various years), and Piketty and Saez (2012)

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