This article presents a list of United States states sorted by their Human Development Index, according to the American Human Development Project. The data were taken from the American Human Development Report. The measurement scale used by the AHDI is different from that used in the UN's Human Development Index, and these values can not be compared to those. .
| Rank | U.S. state/federal district | HDI | ||
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| New 2010/2011 values for 2008 [1] |
Change compared to old 2008/2009 values for 2005 [1] |
New 2010/2011 values for 2008 [1] |
Change compared to old 2008/2009 values for 2005 [1] |
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| 1 | Connecticut | 6.30 | 0.06 | |
| 2 | Massachusetts | 6.24 | 0.04 | |
| 3 | Washington, D.C. | 6.21 | 0.07 | |
| 4 | New Jersey | 6.16 | 0.02 | |
| 5 | Maryland | 5.96 | 0.03 | |
| 6 | (1) | New York | 5.77 | 0.04 |
| 7 | (2) | Minnesota | 5.74 | 0.02 |
| 8 | New Hampshire | 5.73 | 0.06 | |
| 9 | (3) | Hawaii | 5.73 | 0.09 |
| 10 | (2) | Colorado | 5.65 | 0.07 |
| 11 | (1) | Rhode Island | 5.56 | 0.16 |
| 12 | (1) | California | 5.56 | 0.06 |
| 13 | Virginia | 5.53 | 0.03 | |
| 14 | (2) | Washington | 5.53 | 0.12 |
| 15 | Illinois | 5.39 | 0.03 | |
| 16 | (2) | Delaware | 5.33 | 0.11 |
| 17 | Alaska | 5.27 | 0.08 | |
| 18 | (4) | Vermont | 5.27 | 0.16 |
| 19 | Wisconsin | 5.23 | 0.03 | |
| 20 | (1) | Pennsylvania | 5.12 | 0.08 |
| 21 | (7) | Arizona | 5.11 | 0.21 |
| 22 | (8) | Utah | 5.08 | 0.22 |
| 23 | (1) | Florida | 5.07 | 0.10 |
| 24 | (2) | Iowa | 5.06 | 0.03 |
| 25 | Kansas | 5.06 | 0.13 | |
| 26 | (3) | Nebraska | 5.05 | 0.05 |
| 27 | (1) | Oregon | 5.03 | 0.13 |
| 28 | (8) | Michigan | 4.99 | 0.14 |
| 29 | (2) | North Dakota | 4.92 | 0.02 |
| 30 | (1) | Maine | 4.89 | 0.03 |
| 31 | Ohio | 4.87 | 0.07 | |
| 32 | Georgia | 4.86 | 0.14 | |
| 33 | (6) | South Dakota | 4.82 | 0.29 |
| 34 | (4) | Wyoming | 4.80 | 0.27 |
| 35 | (1) | Nevada | 4.78 | 0.24 |
| 36 | (3) | Indiana | 4.74 | 0.10 |
| 37 | Missouri | 4.68 | 0.14 | |
| 38 | (3) | Texas | 4.67 | 0.10 |
| 39 | (2) | Idaho | 4.65 | 0.28 |
| 40 | (6) | North Carolina | 4.64 | 0.03 |
| 41 | (1) | New Mexico | 4.56 | 0.07 |
| 42 | Montana | 4.49 | 0.15 | |
| 43 | South Carolina | 4.36 | 0.09 | |
| 44 | (1) | Tennessee | 4.33 | 0.22 |
| 45 | (1) | Kentucky | 4.23 | 0.11 |
| 46 | Oklahoma | 4.15 | 0.14 | |
| 47 | Alabama | 4.09 | 0.12 | |
| 48 | (1) | Louisiana | 4.07 | 0.22 |
| 49 | (2) | Mississippi | 3.93 | 0.35 |
| 50 | (2) | Arkansas | 3.87 | 0.02 |
| 51 | (1) | West Virginia | 3.85 | 0.01 |
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