Colorado Ranks High in $200K + Incomes

Colorado ranks 12^th in a list of states that have the highest proportion of households with annual incomes in excess of $200,000, according to an article in Yahoo Finance, Financially Fit. Washington D.C. has the highest percentage at 8.4 compared to 4.1 percent of Colorado households. Yahoo gathered their data from the 2010 National Data Book Statistical Abstract compiled by the Census Bureau.

The median household income in Colorado came out to be $59,964 out of 1,859,965 households reviewed. Within that figure, 76,216 households earn more than $200,000 a year.

"According to the data from the Census Bureau, there are currently 4.5 million households that earn over $200,000 per year, the highest wealth division compiled in Census reports," stated the article, "which is approximately 3.8% of all households in the country. The average income, of those making over $250,000, is $425,226" according to the report.

The states with the lowest percentage of $200K + incomes ranging from 1.4 to 1.86 percent, were West Virginia, South Dakota and Arkansas.

Read the full report at Yahoo Finance.

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