Motley: in 2015, Oregon ranked 26th in per capital income at $54,148.  Followed, in order, by Kansas, S.Dakota, Nevada, Maine, Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, Montana, Florida, Oklahoma, Idaho, N. Carolina, Tennessee, S.Carolina, Louisiana, New Mexico, Kentucky, Alabama, W. Virginia, Arkansas and Mississippi.  Your comment, of course, is meant to be sarcastic.  In fact, It's really rather accurate.  Those Red States (check that list) with only the Federal minimum wage do fall at the bottom of the economic scale.  Check it out for yourself......... Gary (a fan of those higher minimum wages) Crum