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In 2017, Puerto Rico had a median household income of $19,775 — the lowest of any state or territory in the United States. [1] Puerto Rico is the only U.S. territory whose data is recorded annually in American Community Survey estimates (as if it were a state) — the other U.S. territories have their data recorded only once every 10 years. [2]
Puerto Ricans had median household income of $18,314 for 2009, which makes Puerto Rico's economy comparable to the independent nations of Latvia or Poland. [119] By comparison, the poorest state of the Union, Mississippi , had median household income of $36,646 in 2009. [ 119 ]
This is a list of U.S. states, territories, and Washington, D.C. by income. Data is given according to the 2023 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-Year Estimates, except for the American Samoa , Guam , the Northern Mariana Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands , for which the data comes from 2010, as ACS does not operate in these areas.
Average wage in the United States was $69,392 in 2020. [1] Median income per person in the U.S. was $42,800 in 2019. [ 2 ] The average is higher than the median because there are a small number of individuals with very high earnings, and a large number of individuals with relatively low earnings.
As the cutoff point for income taxation in Puerto Rico is lower than that imposed by the U.S. IRS code and because the per-capita income in Puerto Rico is much lower than the average per-capita income of the US states, more Puerto Rico residents pay income taxes to the local taxation authority than if the IRS code were applied to the island.
As of 2019, the median household income ranged from $20,474 in Puerto Rico to $92,266 in the District of Columbia. Note that the U.S. Census Bureau treats Puerto Rico as if it were a state (Puerto Rico is included in the American Community Survey). [57] All data is from the 2009–2019 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates. [58] [59] [60 ...
income 1 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C-Virginia-Maryland MSA ... Puerto Rico CMSA 2,450,292 $9,140 278 Mayagüez, Puerto Rico MSA 253,347 $7,730 279
Latin American and the Caribbean countries by GDP per capita PPP (2019). This is a list of Latin American and the Caribbean countries by gross domestic product at purchasing power parity in international dollars according to the International Monetary Fund's estimates in the October 2023 World Economic Outlook database.