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The Wall Street Journal story that “Income Slides to 1996 Levels; Median Household Earnings Fall for Third Year, Census Says” gave NILRR research the idea to compare two states: Texas & Illinois.
In Texas, median household income in constant 2010 dollars increased from $45,763 in 1996 to $47,464 in 2010, a 3.7% increase.
Illinois saw real household income decline, from $54,733 to $50,761, a 7.3% drop