From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Map of the U.S. states by Human Development Index in 2018
Caption:
  > 0.940
  0.921 – 0.940
  0.900 – 0.920
  < 0.900

This article lists the Human Development Index rating of each U.S. state, territory, and federal district according to the UN. All U.S. states and territories have a very high (greater than 0.800) HDI.

Rank State,
federal district,
or territory
HDI (2021)
[note 1] [1]
1   Massachusetts 0.949
2   Connecticut 0.948
3   Minnesota 0.947
4   New Hampshire 0.943
  New Jersey
6   Colorado 0.942
  District of Columbia 0.940
7   Hawaii
  North Dakota
  Washington
10   New York 0.938
11   Maryland 0.936
12   Vermont 0.935
13   Nebraska 0.933
14   Wyoming 0.932
15   California 0.931
16   Alaska 0.930
  Iowa
  Oregon
  Utah
  Virginia
21   Delaware 0.929
  Illinois
  Wisconsin
24   South Dakota 0.927
25   Rhode Island 0.925
26   Pennsylvania 0.923
27   Kansas 0.922
  United States (average) 0.921
28   Maine 0.917
29   Montana 0.916
30   Ohio 0.914
31   Michigan 0.913
32   Florida 0.911
  Texas
34   Arizona 0.908
35   Idaho 0.907
  Indiana
  Missouri
  North Carolina
39 Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia 0.904
  Nevada
41   New Mexico 0.901
  Guam (2017) [2]
42   Oklahoma 0.896
43   Tennessee 0.895
44   South Carolina 0.893
  U.S. Virgin Islands (2017) [2] 0.892
45   Louisiana 0.888
46   Kentucky 0.884
47   Alabama 0.881
  Arkansas
  Puerto Rico 0.880 [3]
49   West Virginia 0.877
  Northern Mariana Islands (2017) [2] 0.875
50   Mississippi 0.866
  American Samoa (2017) [2] 0.827

Notes

  1. ^ In this column, data for the 50 states and the District of Columbia is from 2021.

References

  1. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Subnational HDI - Global Data Lab". globaldatalab.org.
  2. ^ a b c d "The Forgotten Isles: A Risk Assessment of the United States' Island Territories, 2008-2020" (PDF). sites.tufts.edu. 5 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Social Progress - Puerto Rico | Statista Market Forecast".