The federal Bureau of Economic Affairs says Mainers' personal income jumped 74.7% in the first three months of this year.
Maine wasn't alone in seeing such eye-popping increases. The national average increase was 59.7%.
New Mexico had a 77.1% rise in its personal income and Mississippi an 89.3% increase.
These huge increases were driven by the torrent of federal cash unleashed by Congress to counter the pandemic-induced economic slowdown.
For Maine, a rise in earnings of almost 9% also helped; interest and rent payment income actually declined slightly in the first quarter.
