In 2023, the per capita personal income in Texas was 66,252 U.S. dollars. Per capita personal income is calculated as the personal income of the residents of a given area divided by the resident population of the area.

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In 2023, the median household income in Texas amounted to 79,060 U.S. dollars. This is an increase from the previous year, when the median household income in the state amounted to 74,640 U.S. dollars. The median household income for the United States may be accessed here.

Graph and download economic data for Per Capita Personal Income in Texas (TXPCPI) from 1929 to 2024 about personal income, per capita, personal, TX, income, and USA.

Graph and download economic data for Per Capita Personal Income in Austin-Round Rock, TX (MSA) (AUST448PCPI) from 1969 to 2023 about Austin, personal income, per capita, personal, TX, income, and USA.

In 2023, the per capita disposable personal income in Texas stood at 60,147 U.S. dollars. This is an increase from the previous year, when the per capita disposable personal income in the state stood at 55,978 U.S. dollars.

Graph and download economic data for Per Capita Personal Income in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX (MSA) (DALL148PCPI) from 1969 to 2023 about Dallas, personal income, per capita, personal, TX, income, and USA.

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This statistic shows the total personal income in the United States from 1990 to 2023. The data are in current U.S. dollars not adjusted for inflation or deflation. According to the BEA, personal income is the income that is received by persons from all sources. It is calculated as the sum of wage and salary disbursements, supplements to wages and salaries, proprietors' income with inventory valuation and capital consumption adjustments, rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment, personal dividend income, personal interest income, and personal current transfer receipts, less contributions for government social insurance. Personal income increased to about 23 trillion U.S. dollars in 2023.Personal income Personal income in the United States has risen steadily over the last decades from 5.07 trillion U.S. dollars in 1991 to 23 trillion U.S. dollars in 2023. Personal income includes all earnings including wages, investments, and other sources. Personal income also varied widely across the U.S., where those living in the District of Columbia, on the higher scale, earned an average of 96,873 U.S. dollars per capita and on the lower end of the spectrum, people in Mississippi earned 45,438 U.S. dollars per capita. In the District of Columbia, disposable income averaged some 81,193 U.S. dollars. In total, California earned the most personal income followed by Texas, receiving three trillion U.S. dollars and 1.76 trillion U.S. dollars, respectively. Income tends to vary widely between demographics in the United States. Those with higher education levels tend to earn more money. However, only 25.7 percent of persons with a disability that had a Bachelor's degree or higher were employed in 2020. The Social Security and Supplemental Security Income disability programs provide monetary benefits to the disabled and certain family members.

This map uses smart mapping to show a comparison of Net Worth and Average Household Income in Houston, Texas. Color represents the Average Household Income, while the size of the circles shows the Average Net Worth. Using this bi-variate method allows comparison of two variables at one time. The darkest colors of green show the most wealthy areas, and the light green with lower average income. The largest circles show the highest net worth while the smallest circles show the lowest net worth. This visual representation allows for a deeper understanding of how the wealth in Houston is being distributed.The data was created using Esri's ArcGIS Online data enrichment using the Block Group Areas Living Atlas Analysis layer. The vintage of the data is 2015.

In 2022, the Midland metro area in Texas had the highest per capita personal income in the United States. This was followed by the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara metropolitan area in California.

This annual study provides selected income and tax items classified by State, ZIP Code, and the size of adjusted gross income. These data include the number of returns, which approximates the number of households; the number of personal exemptions, which approximates the population; adjusted gross income; wages and salaries; dividends before exclusion; and interest received. Data are based who reported on U.S. Individual Income Tax Returns (Forms 1040) filed with the IRS. SOI collects these data as part of its Individual Income Tax Return (Form 1040) Statistics program, Data by Geographic Areas, ZIP Code Data.

Graph and download economic data for Per Capita Personal Income in Dallas County, TX (PCPI48113) from 1969 to 2023 about Dallas County, TX; Dallas; personal income; per capita; personal; TX; income; and USA.

This graph shows the Percentage of households led by a female householder with no spouse present with own children under 18 years living in the household in the U.S. in 2021, by state. In 2021, about 4.24 percent of Californian households were single mother households with at least one child.

Additional information on single mother households and poverty in the United States

For most single mothers a constant battle persists between finding the time and energy to raise their children and the demands of working to supply an income to house and feed their families. The pressures of a single income and the high costs of childcare mean that the risk of poverty for these families is a tragic reality. Comparison of the overall United States poverty rate since 1990 with that of the poverty rate for families with a female householder shows that poverty is much more prevalent in the latter. In 2021, while the overall rate was at 11.6 percent, the rate of poverty for single mother families was 23 percent. Moreover, the degree of fluctuation tends to be lower for single female household families, suggesting the rate of poverty for these groups is less affected by economic conditions.

The sharp rise in the number of children living with a single mother or single father in the United States from 1970 to 2022 suggests more must be done to ensure that families in such situations are able to avoid poverty. Moreover, attention should also be placed on overall racial income inequality given the higher rate of poverty for Hispanic single mother families than their white or Asian counterparts.

In 2023, the median hourly earnings of wage and salary workers in the United States was 19.24 U.S. dollars. This is an increase from 1979, when median hourly earnings were at 4.44 U.S. dollars. Hourly Workers The United States national minimum wage is 7.25 U.S. dollars per hour, which has been the minimum wage since 2009. However, each state has the agency to set their state minimum wage. Furthermore, some cities are able to create their minimum wage. Many argue that the minimum wage is too low and should be raised, because it is not considered a living wage. There has been a movement to raise the minimum wage to 15 U.S. dollars per hour, called “Fight for 15” which began in the early 2010s. While there has been no movement at the federal level, some states have moved to increase their minimum wages, with at least three states and the District of Columbia setting minimum wage rates at or above 15 dollars per hour. More recently, some proponents of increasing the minimum wage say that 15 dollars is too low, and lawmakers should strive toward a higher goal, especially given that a 2021 analysis found that the minimum wage in the U.S. should be 22.88 U.S. dollars if it grew at the same rate as economic productivity. Salary Workers On the other hand, salary workers in the United States do not get paid on an hourly basis. The median weekly earnings of salary workers have significantly increased since 1979. Asian salary workers had the highest hourly earnings in the U.S. in 2021. Among female salary workers, those ages 45 to 54 years old had the highest median hourly earnings in 2021, likewise for male salary workers.

In the fiscal year of 2023, the state of California collected a total of 220.59 billion U.S. dollars in tax revenue, the highest of any state. New York collected the second highest amount of taxes in that year, coming in at 125.19 billion U.S. dollars.