Richest and Poorest States

[Mr. J]

<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">CNNMoney.com

Maryland knocked New Jersey out of the top spot this year, while Mississippi and West Virginia were the poorest states in the Union.

Maryland is now the wealthiest state in the union, as measured by median household income, according to the latest stats from the Census Bureau.

The typical Maryland household earned $65,144 in 2006, propelling it past New Jersey, which came in second with earnings of $64,470, but had led the nation in 2005. Connecticut finished in third place both years, recording a median income of $63,422 in 2006.

Maryland's income was nearly double that of Mississippi, which, with a median of $34,473, was the nation's poorest state. West Virginia, where the median household earned $35,059, was second poorest and Arkansas, at $36,599, was third.

The median income for the United States as a whole came to $48,451.</div>
http://finance.yahoo.com/real-estate/artic...S.?mod=oneclick

Richest:

State l Median income

Maryland $65,144
New Jersey $64,470
Connecticut $63,422
Hawaii $61,160
Massachusetts $59,963
New Hampshire $59,683
Alaska $59,393
California $56,645
Virginia $56,277
Minnesota $54,023

Poorest:

State l Median Income

Montana $40,627
Tennessee $40,315
Kentucky $39,372
Louisiana $39,337
Alabama $38,783
Oklahoma $38,770
Arkansas $36,599
West Virginia $35,059
Mississippi $34,473

 

[Shapecity]

I was surprised New Jersey used to be the leader. California is a lot lower than I would've expected.

 

[Mr. J]

Yeah, I was surprised New York wasn't on the list, but then I read that their median income and poverty rate exceed the national average. In Manhattan, the top 20% of earners make almost 40 times more than the bottom 20%.

 

[Karma]

Are you serious, Maryland is first? My uncles and cousins live down there. My uncle and his wife recently just got out of law school and they're making like 90 thousand and 100 thousand each, and they just RECENTLY started officially practicing law (they're both around 27 or 28).

I'm heading to the States or the UK when I apply for law school from here (way too difficult to get into the limited law schools they have in Canada), and I was hoping to get into one of the law schools in either Maryland or perhaps California. I would love to move to Cali, that's like my dream.

 

[thedude9990]

ewww no way, New Jersey, its sooooo ugly over here.

 

[MainMan]

<div class="quote_poster">thedude9990 Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">ewww no way, New Jersey, its sooooo ugly over here.</div>

it smells too

 

[M Two One]

From reading this article I also seen that one about best places for young businessmen and young families. I've thought about a move to Saint Paul or Minneapolis to start a family for while now, so it helps to know those cities are great places for young families to start. I really enjoyed my time there when I last visited a few years ago.

 

[Chutney]

I'm not that surprised with New Jersey. Once you get past the garbage dumps and industrial crap its all rich suburban neighbourhoods. And it doesn't have the poverty of the big-city states to weigh down its median.

 

[Ming637]

Oh wow, I live in the wealthiest state in America...

 

[thedude9990]

<div class="quote_poster">Chutney Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I'm not that surprised with New Jersey. Once you get past the garbage dumps and industrial crap its all rich suburban neighbourhoods. And it doesn't have the poverty of the big-city states to weigh down its median.</div>

your right, i live in the crap part right next to new york though, but my parents pull in more than the median for new jersey, i wish they'd move to the south

 

[Shard]

Good ol' average Washington.

 

[jbbhoops4life]

i live in northern jersey, it aint bad at all where im at. bergen county. apparently were like the richest county in the state or something, idk? i dont really care about all that crap. and i figured california would be the richest, dont know why...

 

[NTC]

<div class="quote_poster">Chutney Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I'm not that surprised with New Jersey. Once you get past the garbage dumps and industrial crap its all rich suburban neighbourhoods. And it doesn't have the poverty of the big-city states to weigh down its median.</div>

NJ actually looks like a nice place from what I've seen of it on TV, was just watching the Sopranos today funnily enough, and looks like the kind of place I would like to live. Although if I'm not mistaken, NJ has the highest crime rate in America, well Camden does or somthing.

I also thought Cali would've been the richest state, although I guess thats just because of the whole Hollywood thing.

 

[Shapecity]

<div class="quote_poster">Chutney Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I'm not that surprised with New Jersey. Once you get past the garbage dumps and industrial crap its all rich suburban neighbourhoods. And it doesn't have the poverty of the big-city states to weigh down its median.</div>

I'm actually curious if they even used homeless people in the study. How could they ever get accurate data, or are they counted as zero?

If they counted them as zero, then a state like California's average would decrease because there are a lot of homeless people in all of the major cities. However, homeless people do make money and it's all tax free. There's been quite a few news reports who track homeless people begging for money. One guy pulled in $60K a year (tax free) and actually had a nice home. He would dress up in homeless clothing and leave his donation cup out for people passing by.

 

[Smitty]

lol, I don't like New Jersey, but it's not as bad as it's made out to be. Besides Camden, it's only bad up North. South Jersey is pretty safe really, especially in Moorestown.

 

[hustler]

You guys gotta hit up Detroit City, they got really nice ass mansions.

 

[Voodoo Child]

I love how every dirty south state is towards the bottom.

Mississippi > Your state though

**** poverty, it's good people.

 

[thedude9990]

<div class="quote_poster">Smitty Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">lol, I don't like New Jersey, but it's not as bad as it's made out to be. Besides Camden, it's only bad up North. South Jersey is pretty safe really, especially in Moorestown.</div>

not really, I live in Hudson County ( Bayonne to be exact) everyone talks like there all "gangster" and "ghetto" but the crime rate here is below the national average. I guess its because it borders Jersey City....

 

[Shapecity]

<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">TRENTON, N.J. - FBI agents arrested 11 public officials in towns across New Jersey Thursday on charges of taking bribes in exchange for influencing the awarding of public contracts, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.

Two of those arrested are state lawmakers, two are mayors, three are city councilmen, and several served on the school board in Pleasantville, where the scandal began.

All 11, plus a private individual, are accused of taking cash payments of $1,500 to $17,500 to influence who received public contracts, according to criminal complaints, said Michael Drewniak, a spokesman for U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie.

"This is another sad day for the people of New Jersey," said Assembly Minority Leader Alex DeCroce. "Once again, New Jersey's culture of corruption is national news."

Initial court appearances were scheduled Thursday afternoon in Trenton, and Christie and FBI Special Agent in Charge Weysan Dun planned an afternoon news conference.

A federal complaint charges each of the 12 with accepting payments from companies that offered insurance and roofing services to cities and school districts, Drewniak said.

The investigation began last year with Pleasantville schools, near Atlantic City, Drewniak said. The FBI established an undercover insurance brokerage company purporting to employ the government's two cooperating witnesses and undercover agents.

The probe widened when Pleasantville school board members referred the cooperating witnesses to public officials in northern New Jersey, Drewniak said.

Democratic state Assemblymen Mims Hackett Jr. and Alfred E. Steele were arrested, as was Passaic Mayor Samuel Rivera. Also arrested were Keith Reid, the chief of staff to Newark's City Council president; Passaic councilmen Jonathan Soto and Marcellus Jackson; two current Pleasantville school board members, three former board members and a private citizen. One of the former school board members is now a Pleasantville city councilman.

Rivera is a former police officer and professional wrestler.

Hackett, 65, is both a legislator and mayor of Orange, a city of about 33,000 residents 15 miles west of New York City. He was convicted of kidnapping in 1975 and sentenced to 30 years in prison, but was pardoned a year later when the victim recanted and Hackett's cousin confessed.

A phone message left at Hackett's office wasn't immediately returned Thursday. Neither were messages left at Reid's and Rivera's offices.</div>

Source: 11 N.J. officials arrested on corruption by FBI

Apparently, one of the more corrupt states as well.

 

[thedude9990]

^ don't hate we keeps it real.

 

[tetasorgtfo]

lol, its almost a list of blue states and red states

 

[JCB]

The place to be in New Jersey is Monmouth County, Middlesex County, or Ocean County. A lot of the towns are beautiful here. Whenever people hear New Jersey, they automatically think of Camden and Newark, etc., which is sad, because the majority of the state is quite beautiful. And I'm not really surprised New Jersey is #2. In fact, I'm quite surprised that we're not #1, considering a very large amount of people who live here work in NYC on Wall Street. I'm tempted to say that half of the families in my neighborhood (just a guess) have a parent that works in New York City.