List of American states by Human Development Index

States according to HDI 2015

The following list sorts US states according to their Human Development Index .

The Human Development Index is a method of calculating the level of development of a country or region. The HDI not only takes into account the gross national income per capita, but also life expectancy and the duration of training based on the number of school years a 25-year-old has completed and the expected duration of a child's education at school age. The HDI was essentially developed by the Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq , who worked closely with the Indian economist Amartya Sen and the British economist and politician Meghnad Desai .

Calculation method

As of the Human Development Report 2010, the three dimensions are calculated as follows:

• Life expectancy index: life expectancy at birth (LE)
• Education index: Average school attendance (DSD) and expected school attendance (VSD) in years
• Standard of living : Gross National Income (GNI) per capita (GNIpk), PPP US $

1. Life Expectancy Index (LEI) ${\displaystyle ={\dfrac {{\text{LE}}-20}{85{,}0-20}}}$
2. Education Index (BI) ${\displaystyle ={\dfrac {{\text{DSDI}}+{\text{VSDI}}}{2}}}$

   2.1. Average School Attendance Index (DSDI) ${\displaystyle ={\dfrac {{\text{DSD}}-0}{15{,}0-0}}}$

   2.2. Estimated School Attendance Index (VSDI) ${\displaystyle ={\dfrac {{\text{VSD}}-0}{18{,}0-0}}}$

3. Income Index (EI) ${\displaystyle ={\dfrac {\ln({\text{BNEpk}})-\ln(100)}{\ln(75000)-\ln(100)}}}$

Finally, the HDI is calculated as a geometric mean from the three dimensions: ${\displaystyle {\text{HDI}}={\sqrt[{3}]{{\text{LEI}}\cdot {\text{BI}}\cdot {\text{EI}}}}.}$

LE: life expectancy at birth

DSD: Average duration of school attendance (number of years that a person aged 25 or older has attended school)

VSD: Estimated length of school attendance (number of years a 5-year-old child will likely go to school)

BNEpk: Gross national income per capita adjusted for purchasing power in US dollars

States according to HDI

All 50 American states and the District of Columbia according to their index value and the development since 1995. A country with a similar Human Development Index in the same year is also given. The United States was ranked 11th on the Human Development Index with a score of 0.919. The states in the New England region in the north-east of the United States showed a particularly high level of socio-economic development . The southern United States, on the other hand, was in the lower ranks in most cases.

rank	State	HDI 2015	HDI 2005	HDI 1995	Increase in 1995-2015	Comparable country
1	Massachusetts	0.955	0.930	0.905	▲ 0.050	Norway
2	Connecticut	0.952	0.934	0.910	▲ 0.042	Norway
-	District of Columbia	0.946	0.910	0.877	▲ 0.069	Norway
3	North Dakota	0.946	0.902	0.875	▲ 0.071	Norway
4th	Minnesota	0.945	0.925	0.902	▲ 0.043	Norway
5	Colorado	0.942	0.905	0.878	▲ 0.064	Australia
6th	New Hampshire	0.941	0.917	0.897	▲ 0.044	Australia
7th	New Jersey	0.941	0.922	0.895	▲ 0.046	Australia
8th	new York	0.941	0.918	0.887	▲ 0.054	Australia
9	Alaska	0.940	0.919	0.908	▲ 0.038	Australia
10	Washington	0.939	0.917	0.902	▲ 0.037	Australia
11	Hawaii	0.938	0.920	0.901	▲ 0.037	Australia
12	Wyoming	0.934	0.913	0.894	▲ 0.040	Australia
	Maryland	0.934	0.911	0.885	▲ 0.049	Australia
14th	Nebraska	0.933	0.907	0.889	▲ 0.044	Australia
15th	Vermont	0.932	0.910	0.884	▲ 0.048	Germany
16	Delaware	0.930	0.915	0.897	▲ 0.033	Germany
17th	California	0.929	0.905	0.878	▲ 0.051	Germany
	Utah	0.929	0.908	0.893	▲ 0.036	Germany
19th	Illinois	0.928	0.905	0.883	▲ 0.045	Germany
	Oregon	0.928	0.901	0.880	▲ 0.048	Germany
	Virginia	0.928	0.908	0.883	▲ 0.045	Germany
22nd	Wisconsin	0.926	0.906	0.886	▲ 0.040	Germany
	Iowa	0.926	0.905	0.885	▲ 0.041	Germany
	South Dakota	0.926	0.899	0.872	▲ 0.054	Germany
25th	Pennsylvania	0.922	0.896	0.875	▲ 0.047	Ireland
26th	Kansas	0.921	0.898	0.886	▲ 0.035	Iceland
-	United States	0.919	0.898	0.877	▲ 0.042	United States
27	Montana	0.919	0.894	0.875	▲ 0.044	Hong Kong
28	Rhode Island	0.917	0.901	0.877	▲ 0.040	Hong Kong
29	Maine	0.913	0.895	0.877	▲ 0.036	Sweden
30th	Ohio	0.912	0.891	0.875	▲ 0.037	Liechtenstein
31	Michigan	0.911	0.893	0.877	▲ 0.034	Liechtenstein
32	Texas	0.910	0.883	0.867	▲ 0.044	United Kingdom
33	Florida	0.908	0.895	0.872	▲ 0.036	United Kingdom
	Arizona	0.908	0.893	0.872	▲ 0.036	United Kingdom
35	Idaho	0.906	0.888	0.870	▲ 0.036	Macau
36	Indiana	0.905	0.884	0.868	▲ 0.037	Macau
37	Missouri	0.904	0.886	0.872	▲ 0.032	Japan
	North Carolina	0.904	0.888	0.864	▲ 0.040	Japan
39	Nevada	0.903	0.892	0.877	▲ 0.026	Japan
40	Georgia	0.901	0.886	0.865	▲ 0.036	South Korea
41	New Mexico	0.900	0.884	0.869	▲ 0.031	Israel
42	Oklahoma	0.896	0.871	0.858	▲ 0.038	Belgium
43	Tennessee	0.892	0.870	0.853	▲ 0.039	Austria
44	South carolina	0.888	0.867	0.849	▲ 0.039	Italy
45	Louisiana	0.885	0.868	0.851	▲ 0.034	Spain
46	Kentucky	0.880	0.861	0.847	▲ 0.033	Czech Republic
47	Arkansas	0.878	0.860	0.842	▲ 0.036	Czech Republic
48	Alabama	0.877	0.860	0.842	▲ 0.035	Czech Republic
49	West Virginia	0.874	0.855	0.839	▲ 0.035	Czech Republic
50	Mississippi	0.861	0.842	0.827	▲ 0.034	Estonia

See also

Commons : Maps of the states  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• List of states in the United States
• List of states in the United States by population
• List of states in the United States by area
• List of states in the United States by fertility rate
• List of states in the United States by life expectancy
• List of states in the United States by gross domestic product
• List of states in the United States by poverty rate

Individual evidence

1. ↑ HDR_2013_EN_TechNotes (PDF) Page 2.
2. ^ Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab. Retrieved August 4, 2018 .