In 2015, the top 1% of Americans made 26.3 times as much income as the bottom 99 percent - an increase from 2013, when they earned 25.3 times as much, according to a recent study released by the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning Washington, D.C. think tank. The study found that from 2009 to 2015, the incomes of the top 1 percent grew faster than the incomes of the bottom 99% in 43 states and the District of Columbia. While we've covered this study before, we thought it'd be helpful to visualize what it takes to enter the top 1% income bracket in each state. The below infographic map presents the minimum annual income required to be in the top one percent. * * * A few key quick takeaways The top five highest one percent income states are on the East Coast. They are... Connecticut ($701K) DC ($598K) New Jersey ($589K) Massachusetts ($583K) New York ($550K) Here's what it looks like at the lower end of the top one percent income states... Mississippi ($254K) Arkansas ($255K) New Mexico ($255K) West Virginia ($258K) Kentucky (275K) Alabama ($298K) Maine ($304) Hawaii ($311K) Idaho ($315K) And a surprise: why is North Dakota not too far below a state like California, or only in a single category under New York? California ($515K) New York ($550K) North Dakota ($445K) ...well, though it doesn't have Manhattan - one of the largest financial centers in the world - North Dakota did have a recent oil boom up through 2014. In 2015 its top one percent income level was at an incredible $502K. But since 2015 due to a global decline in oil prices the number dropped to $445K. Places with no state income taxes... Texas ($441K) Nevada ($341K) Alaska ($400K) Florida ($418) Wyoming ($406K) Washington (451K) South Dakota (407K) To be in the top 1 percent nationally in 2015, a family needed an income of $421,926. * * * So it turns out, you have to be rich, but not that rich...