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

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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 2022
  > 0.945
  0.921 – 0.945
  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.

Ranking

(2023)

State/Federal District 2023[1] 2022 2021 2020 2015 2010 2005 2000 1995 1990
1 New Hampshire 0.970 0.947 0.948 0.955 0.956 0.948 0.933 0.914 0.911 0.897
2 Massachusetts 0.968 0.946 0.947 0.955 0.963 0.959 0.945 0.923 0.917 0.904
3 Minnesota 0.965 0.946 0.946 0.951 0.96 0.951 0.941 0.919 0.915 0.903
4 Hawaii 0.960 0.944 0.944 0.949 0.954 0.946 0.936 0.913 0.915 0.905
5 Colorado 0.955 0.943 0.944 0.951 0.956 0.947 0.937 0.923 0.918 0.909
6 Washington 0.953 0.943 0.944 0.951 0.954 0.945 0.933 0.917 0.917 0.907
7 Vermont 0.950 0.942 0.942 0.948 0.948 0.94 0.926 0.901 0.897 0.883
8 Connecticut 0.948 0.94 0.941 0.949 0.961 0.958 0.946 0.927 0.923 0.912
9 District of Columbia 0.949 0.938 0.938 0.946 0.953 0.945 0.916 0.894 0.881 0.869
10 Oregon 0.944 0.935 0.935 0.939 0.944 0.937 0.917 0.897 0.895 0.885
11 New Jersey 0.941 0.934 0.934 0.942 0.955 0.949 0.937 0.913 0.908 0.895
12 Virginia 0.941 0.934 0.934 0.939 0.944 0.937 0.924 0.899 0.894 0.882
13 Maryland 0.940 0.932 0.933 0.94 0.949 0.942 0.926 0.902 0.898 0.887
14 Utah 0.939 0.931 0.931 0.936 0.943 0.935 0.924 0.907 0.91 0.901
15 North Dakota 0.938 0.93 0.93 0.935 0.952 0.943 0.918 0.891 0.888 0.876
16 Rhode Island 0.937 0.93 0.929 0.934 0.938 0.926 0.917 0.891 0.889 0.876
17 Maine 0.935 0.928 0.928 0.933 0.93 0.923 0.911 0.893 0.889 0.876
18 Nebraska 0.935 0.928 0.928 0.933 0.946 0.939 0.923 0.903 0.903 0.892
19 New York 0.935 0.928 0.929 0.936 0.95 0.946 0.934 0.908 0.9 0.886
20 Wisconsin 0.934 0.927 0.927 0.932 0.941 0.933 0.922 0.901 0.899 0.886
21 California 0.933 0.926 0.927 0.934 0.943 0.933 0.921 0.899 0.894 0.885
22 Wyoming 0.933 0.926 0.927 0.934 0.945 0.943 0.93 0.909 0.909 0.899
23 Alaska 0.932 0.925 0.925 0.931 0.943 0.943 0.935 0.915 0.925 0.918
24 Illinois 0.932 0.925 0.926 0.931 0.941 0.934 0.921 0.899 0.896 0.883
25 South Dakota 0.932 0.925 0.925 0.93 0.939 0.934 0.916 0.89 0.883 0.87
26 Iowa 0.931 0.923 0.923 0.928 0.943 0.932 0.921 0.899 0.898 0.886
27 Montana 0.931 0.923 0.923 0.929 0.929 0.926 0.91 0.889 0.889 0.878
28 Pennsylvania 0.931 0.924 0.923 0.929 0.935 0.927 0.912 0.891 0.887 0.874
29 Florida 0.929 0.922 0.922 0.926 0.923 0.917 0.911 0.889 0.885 0.873
30 Delaware 0.928 0.92 0.92 0.925 0.942 0.937 0.925 0.911 0.91 0.897
31 Kansas 0.927 0.919 0.919 0.925 0.935 0.928 0.914 0.899 0.9 0.89
32 Idaho 0.926 0.919 0.919 0.924 0.92 0.914 0.904 0.89 0.885 0.874
33 Michigan 0.92 0.913 0.913 0.918 0.925 0.916 0.91 0.891 0.889 0.876
34 Nevada 0.916 0.908 0.908 0.912 0.916 0.914 0.908 0.891 0.894 0.886
35 North Carolina 0.916 0.908 0.908 0.912 0.92 0.912 0.9 0.879 0.874 0.86
36 Ohio 0.915 0.908 0.908 0.913 0.926 0.917 0.907 0.89 0.888 0.875
37 Arizona 0.914 0.907 0.907 0.912 0.92 0.917 0.909 0.89 0.888 0.879
38 Georgia 0.913 0.905 0.905 0.91 0.917 0.908 0.902 0.882 0.875 0.86
39 Missouri 0.912 0.905 0.905 0.91 0.919 0.913 0.902 0.886 0.884 0.872
40 Texas 0.912 0.905 0.905 0.909 0.925 0.913 0.899 0.882 0.881 0.87
41 Indiana 0.91 0.903 0.902 0.907 0.919 0.912 0.9 0.884 0.881 0.871
42 South Carolina 0.904 0.897 0.897 0.901 0.905 0.895 0.884 0.863 0.859 0.844
43 Oklahoma 0.901 0.894 0.893 0.898 0.91 0.897 0.888 0.87 0.871 0.863
44 Tennessee 0.901 0.894 0.893 0.897 0.907 0.897 0.886 0.867 0.863 0.851
45 New Mexico 0.896 0.889 0.888 0.893 0.912 0.908 0.9 0.882 0.883 0.874
46 Arkansas 0.891 0.884 0.883 0.888 0.893 0.885 0.876 0.855 0.852 0.839
47 Kentucky 0.89 0.883 0.883 0.887 0.896 0.889 0.877 0.858 0.856 0.842
48 Louisiana 0.89 0.883 0.883 0.887 0.901 0.9 0.884 0.862 0.862 0.85
49 Alabama 0.889 0.882 0.881 0.885 0.892 0.885 0.876 0.855 0.852 0.84
50 West Virginia 0.883 0.876 0.875 0.88 0.889 0.883 0.872 0.853 0.85 0.836
51 Mississippi 0.873 0.866 0.865 0.869 0.877 0.871 0.858 0.839 0.837 0.826


1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023[1][2]
United States 0.878 0.89 0.893 0.914 0.926 0.927 0.93 0.932 0.933 0.934 0.936 0.936 0.938 0.939 0.927 0.923 0.923 0.945
Rank U.S. Territory HDI
— Guam[3] 0.901 (2017)
— U.S. Virgin Islands[3] 0.894 (2017)
— Puerto Rico[4] ~0.879 (2022)
— Northern Mariana Islands[3] 0.875 (2017)
— American Samoa[3] 0.827 (2017)

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Sub-national HDI - Subnational HDI - Global Data Lab". globaldatalab.org.
  2. ^ United Nations (May 6, 2025). Human Development Report 2025 (Report). United Nations.
  3. ^ a b c d "The Forgotten Isles: A Risk Assessment of the United States' Island Territories, 2008-2020" (PDF). sites.tufts.edu. May 5, 2020.
  4. ^ "Socioeconomic Indicators - Puerto Rico"., Self-calculated and estimated.

See also

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List of countries by Human Development Index

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