How much of the income in each state is earned by the top 1%

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The 1% in New York earn 31% of the state's income.

• The United States' superrich population contributes to the country's huge wealth disparity, as the 1% earns a massive amount of their states' total incomes.
• According to data from the Economic Policy Institute, the amount of income in each state earned by the 1% ranges from 11.3% to 31.0%.
• Additionally - depending on state - the top tier can earn between 12 and 44 times more than the rest of the population.
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It's no secret that the 1% earns vast sums of money - even US billionaires acknowledge the country's dangerous wealth divide.

We looked at data from the Economic Policy Institute to see the amount of income in each state earned by the top tier. These numbers included states with notoriously wealthy populations (such as New York and California), as well as states like North Dakota, who just welcomed their first billionaire.

Read more: Here's the income it takes for a family to be part of the 1% in every state

According to the Economic Policy Institute, the national average annual income of the top 1% is $1,316,985 while the average income of the rest of the population is only $50,107. This means the top 1% earns 26.3 times more than the bottom 99%. In New York - a city getting too expensive for even Wall Street bankers - the top 1% earns 44.4 times more.

Business Insider's Dion Rabouin previously reported that the 1% has so much money they don't know what to do with it. Rabouin reported that the 1% holds $303.9 billion - a record amount of earnings according to April numbers. Additionally, Business Insider's Hillary Hoffower reported that this income inequality in the US - spurred in part by dynastic wealth - is only getting worse.

INSIDER's data team used statistics from the Economic Policy Institute to find the average income of the 1% in each state (including Washington, DC), along with the average income of the rest of the state's population. We also listed the state's income ratio, which answers the question, "How many more times the income do the top 1% make over the bottom 99%?"

Keep reading for a look at the percent of state income taken home by the 1% in the United States, ordered from least to greatest:

Additional reporting from Angela Wang.