28. South Dakota
> Median household income: $53,017
> Population: 858,469 (5th lowest)
> 2015 Unemployment rate: 3.1% (3rd lowest)
> Poverty rate: 13.7% (24th lowest)
The typical South Dakota household earns only $53,017 a year, nearly $2,800 less than the typical American household. Despite lower incomes, the state’s economy is faring relatively well. Only 3.1% of the state’s workforce were unemployed in 2015, the third smallest rate of any state in the country. A dollar also goes a lot farther in South Dakota than in nearly every other state. Goods and services are 12% cheaper in the state than they are across the country as a whole.