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
| 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 |