Personal Income by State
Personal income increased in 49 states and the District of Columbia in the second quarter of 2026. State-level changes ranged from a 6.4 percent increase in Wisconsin to a 4.2 percent decrease in North Dakota.
Note: Personal income by state statistics are released with the third estimate of U.S. GDP each quarter and featured in the GDP news release.
Current Release: September 30, 2026 | Next Release: December 23, 2026
- Interactive Tables: Personal income by state
- Interactive Maps: Personal income by state
- BEARFACTS BEA Regional Fact Sheet about personal income and gross domestic product
- Effects of Selected Federal Pandemic Response Programs on State Personal Income, 2019:Q3–2022:Q4 XLSX
- Effects of Selected Federal Pandemic Response Programs on Personal Income by State, 2022 XLSX
- Downloadable Data HTM
- Data Table Availability HTM
- Statistical Area Delineations HTM including Metropolitan Statistical Areas
- Glossary HTM Glossary of Terms Specific to the Regional Program
- Three Months of GDP: Statistics Released With the Advance, Second, and Third Estimates PNG
- SCB, Results of the 2025 Annual Update of the Regional Economic Accounts, January 2026 HTM
- New and Updated Estimates of the Regional Economic Accounts: Results of the 2023 Comprehensive Update | SCB, December 2023 HTM
- Transactions of State and Local Government Defined Benefit Pension Plans: Experimental Estimates by State | SCB, July 2020 HTM
- Transactions of State and Local Government Defined Benefit Pension Plans: Experimental Estimates by State, Associated Tables | SCB, July 2020 XLSX
- Preview of the 2021 Annual Update of the Regional Economic Accounts HTM
- Regional Quarterly Report | SCB, March 2019 HTM
- Preview of the 2018 Comprehensive Update of the Regional Economic Accounts HTM
- Comprehensive Revision of State Personal Income | SCB, November 2013 PDF#PAGE=5
- An Examination of Revisions to the Quarterly Estimates of State Personal Income | SCB, August 2012 PDF
- The Reliability of the State Personal Income Estimates | SCB, December 2003 PDF
- State Retirement Income Estimates and an Alternative Measure of State Personal Income (WP2008-01) by David G. Lenze | April 2008
- Reliability of the State Personal Income Estimates | (WP2004-01) by Robert L. Brown, Bruce T. Grimm, and Marian B. Sacks
What is Personal Income by State?
The income people living in each state and the District of Columbia get from wages, proprietors' income, dividends, interest, rents, and government benefits. These statistics help assess and compare the economic well-being of state residents.
Director’s Blog: Personal Income
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