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

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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.

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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

RankState/federal districtAmerican HDI
2014/2015 values for 2014 [2] Change compared to 2008/2009 values for 2005 [2] 2014/2015 values for 2014 [2] Change compared to 2008/2009 values for 2005 [2]
1Steady2.svgFlag of Massachusetts.svg  Massachusetts 6.18Decrease2.svg 0.19
2Steady2.svgFlag of Connecticut.svg  Connecticut 6.17Decrease2.svg 0.12
3Increase2.svg(1)Flag of New Jersey.svg  New Jersey 6.12Decrease2.svg 0.02
4Increase2.svg(2)Flag of Minnesota.svg  Minnesota 6.10Decrease2.svg 0.03
5Steady2.svgFlag of Maryland.svg  Maryland 5.94Decrease2.svg 0.05
6Increase2.svg(2)Flag of New Hampshire.svg  New Hampshire 5.73Decrease2.svg 0.06
7Increase2.svg(1)Flag of Pennsylvania.svg  Pennsylvania 5.72Increase2.svg 0.03
8Decrease2.svg(1)Flag of New York.svg  New York 5.66Decrease2.svg 0.15
9Increase2.svg(3)Flag of Colorado.svg  Colorado 5.53Decrease2.svg 0.05
10Decrease2.svg(4)Flag of Hawaii.svg  Hawaii 5.53Decrease2.svg 0.29
11Decrease2.svg(2)Flag of Oregon.svg  Oregon 5.42Decrease2.svg 0.04
12Decrease2.svg(1)Flag of California.svg  California 5.40Decrease2.svg 0.22
13Increase2.svg(3)Flag of Washington.svg  Washington 5.40Decrease2.svg 0.01
14Decrease2.svg(4)Flag of Rhode Island.svg  Rhode Island 5.38Decrease2.svg 0.34
15Decrease2.svg(1)Flag of Vermont.svg  Vermont 5.31Decrease2.svg 0.12
16Decrease2.svg(1)Flag of Illinois.svg  Illinois 5.31Decrease2.svg 0.11
17Increase2.svg(1)Flag of Delaware.svg  Delaware 5.22Steady2.svg
18Steady2.svgFlag of Missouri.svg  Missouri 5.19Increase2.svg 0.06
19Decrease2.svg(4)Flag of North Carolina.svg  North Carolina 5.17Decrease2.svg 0.04
20Decrease2.svg(1)Flag of Washington, D.C.svg  District of Columbia 5.11Decrease2.svg 0.06
21Decrease2.svg(4)Flag of Alaska.svg  Alaska 5.06Decrease2.svg 0.29
22Steady2.svgFlag of Iowa.svg  Iowa 5.03Steady2.svg
23Increase2.svg(7)Flag of Utah.svg  Utah 5.03Increase2.svg 0.17
24Increase2.svg(1)Flag of Kansas.svg  Kansas 4.96Increase2.svg 0.03
25Increase2.svg(4)Flag of Maine.svg  Maine 4.93Increase2.svg 0.09
26Increase2.svg(1)Flag of North Dakota.svg  North Dakota 4.90Steady2.svg
27Increase2.svg(1)Flag of Arizona.svg  Arizona 4.89Decrease2.svg 0.01
28Increase2.svg(2)Flag of Virginia.svg  Virginia 4.87Decrease2.svg 0.09
29Increase2.svg(9)Flag of Wyoming.svg  Wyoming 4.83Increase2.svg 0.30
30Decrease2.svg(6)Flag of Florida.svg  Florida 4.82Decrease2.svg 0.15
31Increase2.svg(8)Flag of South Dakota.svg  South Dakota 4.79Increase2.svg 0.26
32Decrease2.svg(12)Flag of Michigan.svg  Michigan 4.76Decrease2.svg 0.37
33Decrease2.svg(2)Flag of Ohio.svg  Ohio 4.71Decrease2.svg 0.09
34Increase2.svg(1)Flag of Texas.svg  Texas 4.65Increase2.svg 0.08
35Increase2.svg(1)Flag of Nevada.svg  Nevada 4.63Increase2.svg 0.09
36Decrease2.svg(4)Flag of Georgia (U.S. state).svg  Georgia 4.62Decrease2.svg 0.10
37Increase2.svg(1)Flag of Wisconsin.svg  Wisconsin 4.59Decrease2.svg 0.04
38Increase2.svg(4)Flag of Nebraska.svg  Nebraska 4.58Increase2.svg 0.11
39Decrease2.svg(6)Flag of Indiana.svg  Indiana 4.56Decrease2.svg 0.08
40Increase2.svg(2)Flag of Montana.svg  Montana 4.54Increase2.svg 0.20
41Decrease2.svg(1)Flag of New Mexico.svg  New Mexico 4.52Increase2.svg 0.03
42Decrease2.svg(1)Flag of Idaho.svg  Idaho 4.50Increase2.svg 0.13
43Steady2.svgFlag of South Carolina.svg  South Carolina 4.35Increase2.svg 0.08
44Increase2.svg(1)Flag of Tennessee.svg  Tennessee 4.22Increase2.svg 0.11
45Increase2.svg(1)Flag of Oklahoma.svg  Oklahoma 4.14Increase2.svg 0.13
46Increase2.svg(3)Flag of Louisiana.svg  Louisiana 4.12Increase2.svg 0.27
47Steady2.svgFlag of Alabama.svg  Alabama 4.04Increase2.svg 0.07
48Decrease2.svg(4)Flag of Kentucky.svg  Kentucky 4.02Decrease2.svg 0.10
49Increase2.svg(1)Flag of West Virginia.svg  West Virginia 3.95Increase2.svg 0.11
50Decrease2.svg(2)Flag of Arkansas.svg  Arkansas 3.91Increase2.svg 0.06
51Steady2.svgFlag of Mississippi.svg  Mississippi 3.81Increase2.svg 0.23

Territories

Territory [1] HDIData YearStatus
Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 0.9012008Very High human development
Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  US Virgin Islands 0.8942008Very High human development
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 0.8802024Very High human development
Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg  Northern Mariana Islands 0.8752008Very High human development
Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa 0.8272008Very High human development

See also

References

  1. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 4 "HDI Map". American Human Development Project of the Social Science Research Council. Retrieved December 28, 2016.