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

This article lists the Human Development Index by U.S. state, according to the UN.[1] Data is also included for the U.S. territories.[2][3] It is not to be confused with the American Human Development Index.

Rank State
federal district
or territory		 HDI (2018)
[note 1]		 Comparable country
[note 2]
Very high human development
1  Massachusetts 0.956  Norway
2  Connecticut 0.953  Norway
3  Minnesota 0.947   Switzerland
4  New Jersey 0.943  Ireland
 New Hampshire
—  District of Columbia 0.942  Ireland
6  Colorado 0.942  Ireland
 New York
 North Dakota
9  Hawaii 0.940  Germany
 Washington
11  Alaska 0.937  Sweden
12  Vermont 0.936  Singapore
13  Maryland 0.935  Singapore
14  Nebraska 0.934  Singapore
15  Wyoming 0.932  Netherlands
16  Delaware 0.930  Denmark
 California
 Utah
19  Oregon 0.929  Denmark
 Illinois
 Virginia
 South Dakota
23  Wisconsin 0.928  Finland
 Iowa
25  Pennsylvania 0.922  Canada
 Kansas
—  United States 0.920  United Kingdom
27  Rhode Island
28  Montana 0.917  Liechtenstein
29  Maine 0.914  Japan
30  Ohio 0.913  Japan
31  Michigan 0.912  Japan
32  Texas 0.909  Luxembourg
 Florida
34  Arizona 0.908  Luxembourg
35  Idaho 0.907  Luxembourg
36  Indiana 0.906  South Korea
37  Missouri 0.905  South Korea
 North Carolina
39  Nevada 0.902  South Korea
Georgia
41  New Mexico 0.900  Slovenia
42  Oklahoma 0.894  Spain
43  Tennessee 0.892  France
44  South Carolina 0.890  France
45  Louisiana 0.885  Malta
46  Kentucky 0.881  Estonia
47  Arkansas 0.877  Estonia
 Alabama
49  West Virginia 0.872  Greece
50  Mississippi 0.863  United Arab Emirates
Very high human development
—  American Samoa 0.827  Argentina
—  Guam 0.901  France
—  Northern Mariana Islands 0.875  Estonia
—  Puerto Rico 0.845  Bahrain
— Virgin Islands (U.S.) 0.894  Spain
Not to be confused with List of U.S. states by American Human Development Index.
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

Notes
  1. In this column, data for the 50 states and the District of Columbia is from 2017. Data for American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands is from 2008.[2] Data for Puerto Rico is from 2015.[3]
  2. In this column, the 50 states and the District of Columbia are matched with a country which had a similar HDI in 2018. American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands are matched with a country which had a similar HDI in 2008.

References
  1. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
  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 November 9, 2018.
  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 November 9, 2018.
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