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And theres a geographic component to it all.

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What makes you wealthy in one state may not cut it in another.

Just as what makes you lower class in one region may actually qualify you as lower middle class elsewhere.

Mississippi

49.

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West Virginia

48.

Arkansas

47.

Louisiana

46.

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Alabama

45.

New Mexico

44.

Kentucky

43.

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Oklahoma

42.

South Carolina

41.

Tennessee

40.

Missouri

39.

Ohio

38.

North Carolina

37.

Montana

36.

Indiana

35.

Michigan

34.

Florida

33.

Maine

32.

South Dakota

31.

Kansas

30.

Iowa

29.

Idaho

28.

Georgia

27.

Wyoming

26.

Nebraska

25.

Nevada

24.

Wisconsin

23.

North Dakota

22.

Pennsylvania

21.

Texas

20.

Arizona

19.

Vermont

18.

Oregon

17.

Illinois

16.

Delaware

15.

New York

14.

Rhode Island

13.

Minnesota

12.

Alaska

11.

Virginia

10.

Utah

9.

Colorado

8.

Connecticut

7.

Washington

6.

New Hampshire

5.

California

4.

Hawaii

3.

New Jersey

2.

Massachusetts

1.

The middle class for each state represents an overall calculation for each entire state.

All data was collected on and is up to date as of Jan. 3, 2025.

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