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List of U.S. states and territories by Human Development Index score

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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)
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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

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

References

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  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".