But how do the 50 states and Washington, D.C. stack up, wealth-wise? To determine the richest and poorest states in the U.S., personal finance site WalletHub evaluated the 50 states and the ...

States in the U.S. have wildly different average ... By the median income standard, Mississippi is poorest state in the U.S., with a household average income of $52,985. It is closely followed ...

Last year, household income remained effectively unchanged, according to data released this week by the U.S. Census Bureau. This is despite the fact that the U.S. added nearly 2.2 million jobs in ...

The demographics of the United States are always changing ... Combining these, we generated lists of the richest city and poorest city in each state were then identified. Read on to find out ...

Eighteen of the 19 poorest states have legislatures where both chambers are Republican controlled. New Mexico (46th richest, fifth poorest) is Democratic. But there isn’t another blue or ...

A 24/7 Wall St. study of the nation’s richest and poorest states, however, identifies its opposite number, America’s poorest state, as its next-door neighbor, West Virginia. West Virginia’s ...

Each of the 10 poorest states in the country is home to a smaller than typical share of adults with at least a bachelor’s degree. To identify the richest and poorest states with the highest and ...