List of U.S. states by American Human Development Index

This article presents a sortable table of U.S. states sorted by their American Human Development Index, according to Measure of America. The data were taken from the American Human Development Report.

A map of the American Human Development Index within the United States (2016).
Legend:
  > 6.0
  < 6.0
  < 5.5
  < 5.0
  < 4.5
  < 4.0

The territories of the United States are listed separately (they were not included in Measure of America's report); the territories data is from a different source (based on United Nations Development Programme), which uses a different numbering system.[1]

States and federal district

Rank State/federal district American HDI
2015/2016 values for 2016
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Change compared to 2008/2009 values for 2005
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2015/2016 values for 2016
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Change compared to 2008/2009 values for 2005
[2]
1 Massachusetts6.18 0.19
2 Connecticut6.17 0.12
3 (1) New Jersey6.12 0.02
4 (2) Minnesota6.10 0.03
5 Maryland5.94 0.05
6 (2) New Hampshire5.73 0.06
7 (1) Pennsylvania5.72 0.03
8 (1) New York5.66 0.15
9 (3) Colorado5.53 0.05
10 (4) Hawaii5.53 0.29
11 (2) Oregon5.42 0.04
12 (1) California5.40 0.22
13 (3) Washington5.40 0.01
14 (4) Rhode Island5.38 0.34
15 (1) Vermont5.31 0.12
16 (1) Illinois5.31 0.11
17 (1) Delaware5.22
18 Missouri5.19 0.06
19 (4) North Carolina5.17 0.04
20 (1) District of Columbia5.11 0.06
21 (4) Alaska5.06 0.29
22 Iowa5.03
23 (7) Utah5.03 0.17
24 (1) Kansas4.96 0.03
25 (4) Maine4.93 0.09
26 (1) North Dakota4.90
27 (1) Arizona4.89 0.01
28 (2) Virginia4.87 0.09
29 (9) Wyoming4.83 0.30
30 (6) Florida4.82 0.15
31 (8) South Dakota4.79 0.26
32 (12) Michigan4.76 0.37
33 (2) Ohio4.71 0.09
34 (1) Texas4.65 0.08
35 (1) Nevada4.63 0.09
36 (4) Georgia4.62 0.10
37 (1) Wisconsin4.59 0.04
38 (4) Nebraska4.58 0.11
39 (6) Indiana4.56 0.08
40 (2) Montana4.54 0.20
41 (1) New Mexico4.52 0.03
42 (1) Idaho4.50 0.13
43 South Carolina4.35 0.08
44 (1) Tennessee4.22 0.11
45 (1) Oklahoma4.14 0.13
46 (3) Louisiana4.12 0.27
47 Alabama4.04 0.07
48 (4) Kentucky4.02 0.10
49 (1) West Virginia3.95 0.11
50 (2) Arkansas3.91 0.06
51 Mississippi3.81 0.23

Territories

Territory[1] HDI Data Year Status
 Guam0.9012008Very High human development
 US Virgin Islands0.8942008Very High human development
 Northern Mariana Islands0.8752008Very High human development
 Puerto Rico0.845[3]2015Very High human development
 American Samoa0.8272008Very High human development

See also

References

  1. http://www.unescap.org/sites/default/files/wp-09-02.pdf Filling Gaps In The Human Development Index: Findings For Asia And The Pacific. David A. Hastings. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  2. "HDI Map". American Human Development Project of the Social Science Research Council. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  3. https://ceterisparibusuprm.org/human-development-index-trends-and-inequality-in-puerto-rico-2010-2015-by-ricardo-r-fuentes-ramirez/ Fuentes-Ramírez, Ricardo R. (2017). Ceteris Paribus: Journal of Socio-Economic Research. 7. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
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