(dramatic music) - [Briggs] What is going on, everyone. Welcome back to World According to Briggs, and a video about your income. Over the last few months, we've focused on different aspects of income in the United States. How much do you need to retire? What's the livable wage versus
poverty? And a few others. Today, we're looking at the states with the highest median household income according to the US Census newly released American Community Survey. One thing I will mention about the survey, they excluded households that
are considered super wealthy and households that are
considered below the poverty line. This, they say, gives you a better picture of what most Americans are looking at if they're moving to one of these states. Many factors can influence
the median household income across the United States
every single year, economy, unemployment,
what's the average pay. According to the US Census Bureau, the median household
income in 2019 was $65,712. Today's list is what states have the highest median income for 2021. Get it? Got it? Okay, let's see what states
give you a better chance at the American dream. - Number 10, Utah. Who doesn't love Utah? Utah is a very popular state, even though people
aren't really, you know, pounding down the doors to get there. That seems to be Texas and other places, but Utah has seen solid growth, and that's because it's
a relatively safe state. It's nice, people are decent
and you can make a good living. Utah's also the ninth most
educated state in the nation. Yeah, that plays a big factor
in the median household income or actually the median
individual's income as well. One other thing I found
out while researching this, Utah has the sixth best
education quality ranking in the United States. So the schools they have there, the universities and the schools, they're number six, as
far as quality goes. - Number nine, Colorado. - Colorado has a lot of
decent paying industries and an ever-growing tech
sector, which always pays well. They also have a good sized
devil's lettuce industry that pays well, too. A lot of people are profiting off of that. The median household income
in Colorado is $77,127. About 9% of the households in Colorado are making what they
consider a high income, and that's over 200,000. So if you're one of the people that, like, owns a
Subaru, a mountain bike, and you work on a computer, you're probably already thinking
about moving to Colorado. It's not a bad place to live. - Number eight, New Hampshire. New Hampshire isn't known
as an industrial powerhouse or the new Silicon valley. Those things have never been
said about New Hampshire. New Hampshire's top
industries are manufacturing, healthcare, and tourism. And they've seen some serious growth when it comes to remote workers. A lot of people are moving there to their little small towns
and they're working from home. New Hampshire has the highest
economic security rating of any state, and the lowest poverty rate
in the country at 7.3%. Their unemployment rate
is bottom two, it's 2.6. That's not bad. New Hampshire's median household
income is $77,933 a year, making them the eighth
best in the United States. They're also ranked fifth when it comes to
education attainment rank. Number seven, Washington State. The evergreen state has had
that Silicon valley reference added to their name a couple of times in the last decade or two. Really it's the Seattle area, because Seattle has one of
the biggest tech sectors in the nation. And most of the people in Washington live in the Seattle Metro area. Seattle has been called the Silicon sound, because it sits on the Puget
Sound and the tech sector. And for some other reason, it's been called the Silicon canal. That one's weird. The Silicon canal. Sorta sounds like a prostate procedure that includes a mini-drone. I'm uncomfortable saying that one. Anyway, Washington State's
median household income is $76,687, that's the
seventh highest in the nation. They're also the country's
seventh most educated state, with 13.7% of adults having a graduate degree
or professional degree. Number six, Connecticut. At number six. we have our
second new England state, Connecticut, or the land of steady habits, the constitution state, the nutmeg state, the provision state. This state has far too many nicknames. They need to just drop a couple. I know there's only one official one, but they need to get
on their Wikipedia page on their state page, and
just eliminate half of them. I always have the worst things
to say about Connecticut. They're just, it's a great state that shouldn't be in the shape that it is, with places like Hartford
and a couple of other places. But I did read some good stats. They're not the focus of today's list, so we won't get into them, but a lot of their bad stats
are getting a lot better. Anyway, moving on, Connecticut's median household
income is $78,833 a year, making them the sixth
highest in the nation. 17.8% of all adults in Connecticut hold a graduate or a professional degree. That's a good number. If you haven't picked up on it yet, the more educated a state is,
the more people with degrees, the higher household incomes will be. And that's just a lot
of factors go into this. But if you've got an educated workforce, you're going to attract companies
that could give them jobs, which fix a lot of the
other problems in the state. Is a degree the only way to make a decent living in this country? Absolutely not. But on
average, sure helps. Number five, California. We all know it costs a
buttload to live in California. In some areas it's so expensive, it's actually considered
insulting to most people. The entire golden state has one of the highest cost
of living in the country. And then to take it a step further, San Francisco has the highest
incomes in the country, along with the actual
highest cost of living. The only thing strange about this one, is it's not number one. You got to make a lot of money
to pay those kinds of prices. California has the fifth
highest median household income in the US at $80,440. Now California kills it in the tech and entertainment industries, which we all know, those
industries pay a lot of money. Now they have an abundance
of other high-paying jobs throughout the state. It's not just San Francisco
and Silicon Valley. Number four, Hawaii. If you've ever bought anything in Hawaii, you know this place is pricey. Walk into a convenience store
and buy a 12-ounce Pepsi, when you see how much you paid, you'll have the urge to ask
the dude behind the counter if that included the tip or something. If you watch this channel, you already know why
Hawaii is so expensive, we talked about it before. Everything here has to be shipped and that costs a lot of money. On top of it, housing here
is also extremely expensive. It's a tropical island. Hawaii's median household
income is $83,102, making it the fourth
highest in the country. Hawaii's cost of living is
the highest of all 50 states. Number three, New Jersey. I am still surprised
New Jersey is expensive. When I see housing prices and stats on cost of
living in the garden state, I just stare at my computer
in disbelief and ask, "Why?" New Jersey has the nation's third highest median household income. The median household income in
the garden state is $85,751. And here's where it really gets weird. New Jersey is one of the
nation's most educated states. That just blows me away every time I talk to
someone from New Jersey. Number two, Massachusetts. When you have places like Cape
Cod and Boston in your state, you need a high household income. Massachusetts comes in second with a median household income of 85,843. It's also the most
educated state in the US, with the highest percentage
of bachelor degree holders, graduate, and professional degree holders. Massachusetts is big in
industries like biotechnology, engineering, information
technology, finance, obviously tourism, because this state is just thick with history, and
of course, higher education. That's why such a high percentage of the adults in this state have degrees. Dover, Massachusetts has the
highest median household income in the state, where it's $204,000. Which is a pretty solid number. All right, before we get to
number one, don't forget, we've got another channel
called On This Day. There's a link down below,
and subscribe to that one, and if you haven't subscribed
to this one, please do so. All right, on to number one. And number one, Maryland. If you're not from that
side of the country, you don't live in Maryland, or you don't do what I do for a living, you probably don't know that Maryland is a really nice state. All you ever see is Baltimore. And Baltimore's a nightmare
in a lot of cases. And most people just think
that's all of Maryland. It's not the case at all. They have some extremely
nice towns, neighborhoods, whatever you want to call them. And it's a beautiful state. You know, that kind of
goes with Delaware too. Everyone sees Wilmington, Delaware, and they just think the place is horrible, and a war zone and everything. No, Delaware's really nice. But Maryland is only beat by Massachusetts when it comes to higher education. They have the second highest
percentage of graduates or professional degree
holders in the United States. I might actually visit
Maryland in September. I found out, I was just doing
a video not too long ago, and I mentioned Maryland, and I had a friend email me, and he goes, "Oh yeah, you
know, I live there now." I've known him for 25 years. I had no idea about eight years
ago, he moved to Maryland. I thought he was still living in Texas. But like so many people
living in Maryland, and Virginia for that matter,
he works for the government. Maryland tops our list, with a median household income of 86,738. One other little thing I
will tell you about Maryland. They're the third best when
it comes to poverty rate in the nation. They're only beat by
Utah and New Hampshire. So Maryland's doing some good things. Even though it's got Baltimore, which is a drag on a lot of their stats, it's a very, very good state. And I'll be on Kent Island in September. - All right. - That's today's video. Hope you guys enjoyed it. Hope you got some information out of it. Don't forget to give the
video a big thumbs up, subscribe if you haven't. I really want to get to a
million subscribers someday. All right, everybody have a great day. Be nice to each other.
