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.
Map of the U.S. states by Human Development Index in 2018Caption: > 0.940
0.921 – 0.940
0.900 – 0.920
< 0.900
| Rank
|
State,
federal district,
or territory
|
HDI (2022)
[note 1][1]
|
Comparable country[2]
|
| 1
|
 Massachusetts
|
0.956
|
 Hong Kong
|
 New Hampshire
|
| 3
|
 Colorado
|
0.952
|
 Denmark,
 Sweden
|
 Washington
|
| 5
|
 Minnesota
|
0.951
|
Denmark,
Sweden,
 Germany,
 Ireland
|
| 6
|
 Connecticut
|
0.950
|
Germany,
Ireland
|
| —
|
 District of Columbia
|
0.947
|
 Australia,
 Netherlands
|
| 7
|
 Hawaii
|
| 8
|
 Vermont
|
0.945
|
| 9
|
 New Jersey
|
0.943
|
 Belgium,
 Finland,
 Liechtenstein
|
| 10
|
 Maryland
|
0.942
|
| 11
|
 Virginia
|
0.939
|
 New Zealand
|
| 12
|
 Oregon
|
0.938
|
New Zealand,
 United Arab Emirates
|
| 13
|
 New York
|
0.937
|
United Arab Emirates
|
| 14
|
 Wyoming
|
0.936
|
United Arab Emirates,
 Canada
|
| 15
|
 California
|
0.935
|
Canada
|
| 16
|
 North Dakota
|
0.934
|
 Rhode Island
|
| 18
|
 Illinois
|
0.932
|
Canada,
 South Korea
|
| 19
|
 Alaska
|
0.931
|
South Korea
|
 Nebraska
|
 Utah
|
| 22
|
 Maine
|
0.929
|
 South Dakota
|
 Wisconsin
|
| 25
|
 Pennsylvania
|
0.928
|
South Korea,
 Luxembourg
|
| —
|
 United States (average)
|
0.927
|
Luxembourg
|
| 26
|
 Florida
|
0.925
|
 Austria,
 Slovenia
|
| 27
|
 Montana
|
0.924
|
| 28
|
 Iowa
|
0.923
|
Austria,
Slovenia,
 Japan
|
| 29
|
 Delaware
|
0.922
|
Japan
|
| 30
|
 Kansas
|
0.921
|
| 31
|
 Idaho
|
0.916
|
 Israel,
 Malta
|
| 32
|
 Michigan
|
0.913
|
Israel,
Malta,
 Spain
|
| 33
|
 Nevada
|
0.910
|
 France
|
| 34
|
 North Carolina
|
0.908
|
 Cyprus
|
 Ohio
|
| 36
|
 Texas
|
0.907
|
| 37
|
 Arizona
|
0.906
|
 Italy
|
| 38
|
 Georgia
|
0.905
|
| 39
|
 Missouri
|
0.904
|
| 40
|
 Indiana
|
0.903
|
| —
|
 Guam[3]
|
0.901 (2017)
|
 Estonia
|
| 41
|
 South Carolina
|
0.894
|
 Czechia,
 Greece
|
| —
|
 U.S. Virgin Islands[3]
|
0.894 (2017)
|
| 42
|
 Tennessee
|
0.893
|
Greece
|
| 43
|
 Oklahoma
|
0.892
|
| 44
|
 New Mexico
|
0.884
|
 Andorra
|
| 45
|
 Louisiana
|
0.881
|
 Poland
|
| 46
|
 Arkansas
|
0.880
|
Poland,
 Latvia,
 Lithuania
|
| 47
|
 Kentucky
|
0.879
|
Latvia,
Lithuania
|
| —
|
 Puerto Rico
|
~0.879 (2022)[4]
|
| 48
|
 Alabama
|
0.877
|
 Croatia
|
| —
|
 Northern Mariana Islands[3]
|
0.875 (2017)
|
 Qatar,
 Saudi Arabia
|
| 49
|
 West Virginia
|
0.870
|
 San Marino
|
| 50
|
 Mississippi
|
0.858
|
 Chile
|
| —
|
 American Samoa[3]
|
0.827 (2017)
|
 Romania
|
- ^ In this column, data for the 50 states and the District of Columbia is from 2022.
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