Rank
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State, federal district, or territory
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HDI (2022) [note 1][1]
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1
|
File:Flag of Massachusetts.svg Massachusetts
|
0.956
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File:Flag of New Hampshire.svg New Hampshire
|
3
|
File:Flag of Colorado.svg Colorado
|
0.952
|
File:Flag of Washington.svg Washington
|
5
|
File:Flag of Minnesota.svg Minnesota
|
0.951
|
6
|
File:Flag of Connecticut.svg Connecticut
|
0.950
|
—
|
File:Flag of Washington, D.C.svg District of Columbia
|
0.947
|
7
|
File:Flag of Hawaii.svg Hawaii
|
8
|
File:Flag of Vermont.svg Vermont
|
0.945
|
9
|
File:Flag of New Jersey.svg New Jersey
|
0.943
|
10
|
File:Flag of Maryland.svg Maryland
|
0.942
|
11
|
File:Flag of Virginia.svg Virginia
|
0.939
|
12
|
File:Flag of Oregon.svg Oregon
|
0.938
|
13
|
File:Flag of New York.svg New York
|
0.937
|
14
|
File:Flag of Wyoming.svg Wyoming
|
0.936
|
15
|
File:Flag of California.svg California
|
0.935
|
16
|
File:Flag of North Dakota.svg North Dakota
|
0.934
|
File:Flag of Rhode Island.svg Rhode Island
|
18
|
File:Flag of Illinois.svg Illinois
|
0.932
|
19
|
File:Flag of Alaska.svg Alaska
|
0.931
|
File:Flag of Nebraska.svg Nebraska
|
File:Flag of Utah.svg Utah
|
22
|
File:Flag of Maine.svg Maine
|
0.929
|
File:Flag of South Dakota.svg South Dakota
|
File:Flag of Wisconsin.svg Wisconsin
|
25
|
File:Flag of Pennsylvania.svg Pennsylvania
|
0.928
|
—
|
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (average)
|
0.927
|
26
|
File:Flag of Florida.svg Florida
|
0.925
|
27
|
File:Flag of Montana.svg Montana
|
0.924
|
28
|
File:Flag of Iowa.svg Iowa
|
0.923
|
29
|
File:Flag of Delaware.svg Delaware
|
0.922
|
30
|
File:Flag of Kansas.svg Kansas
|
0.921
|
31
|
File:Flag of Idaho.svg Idaho
|
0.916
|
32
|
File:Flag of Michigan.svg Michigan
|
0.913
|
33
|
File:Flag of Nevada.svg Nevada
|
0.910
|
34
|
File:Flag of North Carolina.svg North Carolina
|
0.908
|
File:Flag of Ohio.svg Ohio
|
36
|
File:Flag of Texas.svg Texas
|
0.907
|
37
|
File:Flag of Arizona.svg Arizona
|
0.906
|
38
|
Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia
|
0.905
|
39
|
File:Flag of Missouri.svg Missouri
|
0.904
|
40
|
File:Flag of Indiana.svg Indiana
|
0.903
|
—
|
File:Flag of Guam.svg Guam[2]
|
0.901 (2017)
|
41
|
File:Flag of South Carolina.svg South Carolina
|
0.894
|
—
|
File:Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg U.S. Virgin Islands[2]
|
0.894 (2017)
|
42
|
File:Flag of Tennessee.svg Tennessee
|
0.893
|
43
|
File:Flag of Oklahoma.svg Oklahoma
|
0.892
|
44
|
File:Flag of New Mexico.svg New Mexico
|
0.884
|
45
|
File:Flag of Louisiana.svg Louisiana
|
0.881
|
46
|
File:Flag of Arkansas.svg Arkansas
|
0.880
|
47
|
File:Flag of Kentucky.svg Kentucky
|
0.879
|
—
|
File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico
|
~0.879 (2022)[3]
|
48
|
File:Flag of Alabama.svg Alabama
|
0.877
|
—
|
File:Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg Northern Mariana Islands[2]
|
0.875 (2017)
|
49
|
File:Flag of West Virginia.svg West Virginia
|
0.870
|
50
|
File:Flag of Mississippi.svg Mississippi
|
0.858
|
—
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File:Flag of American Samoa.svg American Samoa[2]
|
0.827 (2017)
|