Fewer U.S. States Show Income Drop, Vermont's Up: Census
Source: nyt/reuters
Median household income dropped in fewer U.S. states last year than in 2010, with 18 registering a fall and one state - Vermont - notching an increase, the Census Bureau said on Thursday.
Vermont's 4 percent rise in median household income last year was the first shown by a state since 2009, the Census Bureau said in its 2011 American Community Survey (ACS) breakdown of income, poverty and insurance.
The biggest decline in median household income was a 6 percent downturn in Nevada, one of the states hardest hit by the collapse in housing prices. . .
Among states whose electoral votes could decide the November presidential election, four - Nevada, Ohio, North Carolina and Florida - showed declines in household income.
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Viva_Daddy
(785 posts)bhikkhu
(10,718 posts)...good for them, and I hope we all follow suit at some point!
limpyhobbler
(8,244 posts)cali
(114,904 posts)with a progressive guv and a statehouse packed with liberals and progressives and no balanced budget amendment, is the only state in the country where income grew. Spin that repukes.