Table 2.

U.S. State-Level Socioeconomic Conditions: Wealth and Prosperity, Growth, Income Inequality, Poverty and Labor Productivity Measures

	U.S. State-Level Percentile Ranges a N = 51
	5th	25th	50th	75th	95th
Wealth and Prosperity
Real Per-capita GDP 1990, $	18,872	21,520	24,387	28,369	38,663
Median Household Income 1990, $	21,147	25,257	28,706	32,181	40,927
Economic Growth
Average Annual Growth Real Per-capita GDP 1990-1996	0.17	1.08	2.11	2.94	3.66
Income Inequality
Gini Coefficient of Inequality 1990	0.394	0.412	0.428	0.446	0.475
Poverty
Percent in Poverty 1990 (State-population percentage)	7.6	10.3	12.4	15.7	20.6
Labor Productivity
Per employee earnings 1990, $ b	29,124	32,545	34,502	38,582	47,262

^a State-level percentiles are based on ranges of the 50 United States plus the District of Columbia.

^b Per employee earnings are not calculated for the District of Columbia.