The Census Bureau may have given some good news about the economy recently, when it reported a 5.2 percent gain in middle-class median incomes — up to $56,500 in 2015 from $53,700 in 2014 — but that doesn't mean blessings fall equally on all Americans.

In fact, when 24/7 Wall St. reviewed the numbers to see which states were richest and which poorest, it found that 11 states were pretty much left out of income growth.

Cities saw the most income growth, while rural areas lagged. And southern states didn't gain near as much as western ones.

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