This Is How Much Money Makes You Rich in Your State, According to Data
The annual income you need to make to be considered wealthy varies by state.
![butler's hand in white glove holding a small bell](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/05/shutterstock_77400637.jpg?quality=82&strip=1&resize=640%2C360)
From a strictly financial perspective, do you consider yourself a rich or wealthy person? If you're having trouble coming up with an answer, don't worry—it's a more complex question than you might think. Unless you are a multi-millionaire with more cash than you can count, you may be considered rich and not even know it. What's more, the bar changes depending on where you live. At least that's what a new report from GOBankingRates hints at. Using the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey, the financial site calculated the minimum annual income you need to be considered among the top five percent of moneymakers where you live. Read on to discover how much money you need to make every year to be considered rich in your state.
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1
Alabama
![city skyline of birmingham, alabama](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/05/downtown-birmingham-alabama.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Income needed to be in the top five percent: $189,695
2
Alaska
![cityscape photo of mountains, buildings, and a river in Anchorage, Alaska](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/11/anchorage-alaska.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Income needed to be in the top five percent: $242,208
3
Arizona
![downtown phoenix arizona](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/06/shutterstock_615741548.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Income needed to be in the top five percent: $220,936
4
Arkansas
![Overlook of the town of Fayetteville, Arkansas with the University of Arkansas](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/03/fayetteville-arkansas.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Income needed to be in the top five percent: $176,997
5
California
![walkway pier, palm trees, oceanside, california](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/03/shutterstock_263138459.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Income needed to be in the top five percent: $250,000
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6
Colorado
![landscape photo of Cottonwood Pass, Colorado in the afternoon](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/cottonwood-pass-colorado.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Income needed to be in the top five percent: $250,000
7
Connecticut
![Fair Haven is a neighborhood in the eastern part of the city of New Haven, Connecticut, between the Mill and Quinnipiac rivers.](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/01/new-haven-connecticut.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Income needed to be in the top five percent: $250,000
8
Delaware
![the Christina River and Brandywine Creek in downtown Wilmington, Delaware](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/01/wilmington-delaware.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Income needed to be in the top five percent: $235,059
9
Florida
![seaside miami florida](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/06/shutterstock_1246908805.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Income needed to be in the top five percent: $226,319
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10
Georgia
![historic district, savannah, Georgia, skyline](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/04/savannah-georgia-historic.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Income needed to be in the top five percent: $233,979
11
Hawaii
![An aerial shot of downtown Honolulu, Hawaii from the water looking inland.](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/12/downtown-honolulu-hawaii-skyline-covid-under-control.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Income needed to be in the top five percent: $250,000
12
Idaho
![cityscape photo of downtown Bosie, Idaho](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/01/boise-idaho.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Income needed to be in the top five percent: $199,218
13
Illinois
![Illinois](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/08/illinois.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Income needed to be in the top five percent: $250,000
14
Indiana
![Landscape photo of Brown County State Park, Indiana](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/11/brown-county-state-park-indiana.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Income needed to be in the top five percent: $194,407
15
Iowa
![cedar rapids iowa](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/06/cedar-rapids-iowa.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Income needed to be in the top five percent: $199,328
16
Kansas
![field of wheat in central Kansas is nearly ready for harvest.](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/kansas-countryside.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Income needed to be in the top five percent: $211,256
17
Kentucky
![farm house in kentucky, grass](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/04/farmhouse-kentucky.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Income needed to be in the top five percent: $185,241
18
Louisiana
![boat docked in the channel next to tress in New Orleans, Louisiana](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/11/new-orleans-louisiana.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Income needed to be in the top five percent: $199,417
19
Maine
![acadia national park maine state natural wonders](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/06/acadia-national-park-maine.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Income needed to be in the top five percent: $202,639
20
Maryland
![chesapeake bay in annapolis maryland](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/05/shutterstock_763086601.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Income needed to be in the top five percent: $250,000
21
Massachusetts
![Massachusetts](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/ma.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Income needed to be in the top five percent: $250,000
22
Michigan
![Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/Sault-Ste-Marie-Michigan.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Income needed to be in the top five percent: $209,099
23
Minnesota
![downtown minneapolis skyline](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/03/minneapolis-minnesota.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Income needed to be in the top five percent: $244,552
24
Mississippi
![Madison, Mississippi](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/05/shutterstock_1111545788.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Income needed to be in the top five percent: $172,337
25
Missouri
![columbia missouri](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/07/shutterstock_1272540370.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Income needed to be in the top five percent: $201,541
26
Montana
![View from mountain in montana](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/07/shutterstock_1031992204.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Income needed to be in the top five percent: $187,867
27
Nebraska
![omaha nebraska](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/07/shutterstock_1205655229.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Income needed to be in the top five percent: $203,793
28
Nevada
![hotels and casinos in las vegas, nevada](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/04/las-vegas-nevada-casinos.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Income needed to be in the top five percent: $221,626
29
New Hampshire
![Lake Sunapee is located within Sullivan County and Merrimack County in western New Hampshire, the United States. It is the fifth-largest lake located entirely in New Hampshire.](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/08/lake-sunapee-new-hampshire.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Income needed to be in the top five percent: $250,000
30
New Jersey
![](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/07/ocean-grove-new-jersey.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Income needed to be in the top five percent: $250,000
31
New Mexico
![Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/03/santa-fe-new-mexico.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Income needed to be in the top five percent: $192,480
32
New York
![New York's Central Park](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/ny.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Income needed to be in the top five percent: $250,000
33
North Carolina
![north carolina, outerbanks, lighthouse](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/04/north-carolina-outerbanks.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Income needed to be in the top five percent: $213,009
34
North Dakota
![cityscape photo Fargo, North Dakota in the afternoon](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/Fargo-North-Dakota.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Income needed to be in the top five percent: $220,611
35
Ohio
![Riverscape Park in Dayton, Ohio in autumn](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/01/Autumn-Parkway-Dayton-Ohio.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Income needed to be in the top five percent: $204,940
36
Oklahoma
![tulsa oklahoma skyline](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/06/shutterstock_1220319223.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Income needed to be in the top five percent: $194,523
37
Oregon
![Portland, Oregon](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/02/portland-oregon.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Income needed to be in the top five percent: $229,747
38
Pennsylvania
![a road in jim thorpe pennsylvania](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/01/jim-thorpe-pennsylvania.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Income needed to be in the top five percent: $233,467
39
Rhode Island
![newport is a city in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States, about 30 miles south of Providence. Newport, also known as The City by the Sea, has been one of America's premier vacation destinations. Newport has more historic structures from the eighteenth century than any other city in America.](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/01/newport-rhode-island.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Income needed to be in the top five percent: $235,524
40
South Carolina
![charleston south carolina from above](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/06/shutterstock_709037020.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Income needed to be in the top five percent: $204,826
41
South Dakota
![rapid city, south dakota](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/07/south-dakota-1.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Income needed to be in the top five percent: $190,156
42
Tennessee
![Gatlinburg Tennessee Tourist Traps That Locals Hate](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/08/gatlinburg-tennessee.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Income needed to be in the top five percent: $205,063
43
Texas
![cityscape photo of San Antonio, Texas at dusk](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/11/san-antonio-texas.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Income needed to be in the top five percent: $241,212
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44
Utah
![main street park city utah with beautiful mountain view](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/01/main-street-park-city-utah.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Income needed to be in the top five percent: $235,835
45
Vermont
![burlington vermont from the waterfront](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/08/burlington-vermont-waterfront.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Income needed to be in the top five percent: $212,823
46
Virginia
![landscape photo of Buchanan, Virginia](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/11/bunchanan-virginia.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Income needed to be in the top five percent: $250,000
47
Washington
![the Columbia River Renaissance Trail and house in Vancouver, Washington](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/01/vancouver-washington.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Income needed to be in the top five percent: $250,000
48
West Virginia
![high street harpers ferry west virginia](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/01/high-street-harpers-ferry-west-virginia.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Income needed to be in the top five percent: $171,816
49
Wisconsin
![Green Bay is a city in and the county seat of Brown County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, at the head of Green Bay, a sub-basin of Lake Michigan](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/green-bay-wisconsin.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Income needed to be in the top five percent: $202,582
50
Wyoming
![Jackson Hole, Wyoming in the summer](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/03/jackson-wyoming.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
Income needed to be in the top five percent: $199,944
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