As we saw yesterday, the northeastern United States dominates native population residing in their State, and today we discover they have a commanding hold on median income as well with 3 of the top 5 and 5 of the top 10 overall. West Virginia makes another appearance in the top five, but this time it's of states with the lowest median income. As a matter of fact, there is a pretty good correlation between the States who's residents do not speak a language other English and low median income. Four out of the five states from Monday's blog made the lowest median income blog today.

The overall median income was $52,175 and Texas was $49,078. NOTE: These are 2008 inflation adjusted numbers. See the WhatisAverage.com Fan Page on Facebook for where your State stood in comparison.

The Top 5 States with the highest Median Income was:
1.Maryland: $70,005
2.New Jersey: $69,674
3.Connecticut: $68,411
4.Alaska: $66,293
5.Hawaii: $66,034

The Top 5 States with the lowest Median Income was:
1.Mississippi: $37,404
2.West Virginia: $37,870
3.Arkansas: $39,127
4.Kentucky: $41,763
5.Alabama: $42,131

The U.S. Average was $52,175