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

Not to be confused with List of U.S. states and territories by 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
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]
1		Massachusetts	6.18	0.19
2		Connecticut	6.17	0.12
3	(1)	New Jersey	6.12	0.02
4	(2)	Minnesota	6.10	0.03
5		Maryland	5.94	0.05
6	(2)	New Hampshire	5.73	0.06
7	(1)	Pennsylvania	5.72	0.03
8	(1)	New York	5.66	0.15
9	(3)	Colorado	5.53	0.05
10	(4)	Hawaii	5.53	0.29
11	(2)	Oregon	5.42	0.04
12	(1)	California	5.40	0.22
13	(3)	Washington	5.40	0.01
14	(4)	Rhode Island	5.38	0.34
15	(1)	Vermont	5.31	0.12
16	(1)	Illinois	5.31	0.11
17	(1)	Delaware	5.22
18		Missouri	5.19	0.06
19	(4)	North Carolina	5.17	0.04
20	(1)	District of Columbia	5.11	0.06
21	(4)	Alaska	5.06	0.29
22		Iowa	5.03
23	(7)	Utah	5.03	0.17
24	(1)	Kansas	4.96	0.03
25	(4)	Maine	4.93	0.09
26	(1)	North Dakota	4.90
27	(1)	Arizona	4.89	0.01
28	(2)	Virginia	4.87	0.09
29	(9)	Wyoming	4.83	0.30
30	(6)	Florida	4.82	0.15
31	(8)	South Dakota	4.79	0.26
32	(12)	Michigan	4.76	0.37
33	(2)	Ohio	4.71	0.09
34	(1)	Texas	4.65	0.08
35	(1)	Nevada	4.63	0.09
36	(4)	Georgia	4.62	0.10
37	(1)	Wisconsin	4.59	0.04
38	(4)	Nebraska	4.58	0.11
39	(6)	Indiana	4.56	0.08
40	(2)	Montana	4.54	0.20
41	(1)	New Mexico	4.52	0.03
42	(1)	Idaho	4.50	0.13
43		South Carolina	4.35	0.08
44	(1)	Tennessee	4.22	0.11
45	(1)	Oklahoma	4.14	0.13
46	(3)	Louisiana	4.12	0.27
47		Alabama	4.04	0.07
48	(4)	Kentucky	4.02	0.10
49	(1)	West Virginia	3.95	0.11
50	(2)	Arkansas	3.91	0.06
51		Mississippi	3.81	0.23

Territories

Territory[1]	HDI	Data Year	Status
Guam	0.901	2008	Very High human development
US Virgin Islands	0.894	2008	Very High human development
Puerto Rico	0.880	2024	Very High human development
Northern Mariana Islands	0.875	2008	Very High human development
American Samoa	0.827	2008	Very High human development

See also

• List of U.S. states by Human Development Index
• List of U.S. states by GDP per capita
• List of U.S. congressional districts by life expectancy
• Measure of America
• Thank God for Mississippi