With the exception of Alaska and its oil money, the traditionally Democratic voting states dominate the list of where money is to be made in the US. I thought us northeasterners were a bunch of socialists who knew nothing about business. The GOP strongholds in the south seem to resemble the developing world in terms of income. CNNMoney.
Maryland is the nation's top-earning state for the third year in a row, with a median household income of $70,545 in 2008, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report released Monday.
The states with highest median incomes are concentrated in the far West and in the Northeast, around the District of Columbia.
Most of the lowest-earning states are in the South. Mississippi had the lowest median income of just $37,790, while West Virginia ($37,989), Arkansas ($38,815), Kentucky ($41,538), and Alabama ($42,538), round out the bottom five.
