Census reveals the richest and poorest states in America based on earnings - with Maryland coming out on top and Mississippi fixed firmly at the bottom

The Daily Mail reports:

The United States added 3.2 million jobs to the workforce in 2014, bringing the total to 139million people employed, according to new figures released by the Census Bureau.

But despite the employment growth, the number of people living in poverty remained the same as in 2013 - around 46.7.million, or 14.8 per cent - the bureau's American Community Survey showed.

And average incomes improved only slightly to bring them to $53,660.

For the poorest state, Mississippi, the median household income dropped to $39,680. In the richest state, Maryland, the figure was almost double, at $73,971.

Maryland : the home of overpaid federal government workers.