This list of U.S. states by socioeconomic factors, unless otherwise footnoted, is taken from the "Quick Facts" web pages of the United States Census Bureau and the Population Health Institute of the University of Wisconsin. All data listed is for 2020 unless otherwise stated. Clicking on the triangles at the top of each column gives a rank ordering of states.
Socioeconomic statistics for U.S. states
| Per capita income | Median household income | Population 2020 | Population growth rate 2010-2020 | Racial characteristics of population | % if foreign born population | Life expectancy in years 2022 | % of people in poverty | % of 25+ year old people with bachelor or higher degrees | % of people without health insurance | % vote for Biden in 2020 election | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $37,638 | $69,201 | 331,449,520 | 7.4% | 59.3% non-Hispanic white | 13.6% | 78.5 | 11.6% | 33.7% | 9.8% | 51.3% |
| State | |||||||||||
| Alabama | $30,458 | $54,943 | 5,024,206 | 5.1% | 64.9% non-Hispanic white | 3.5% | 74.8 | 16.1% | 26.7% | 11.8% | 36.6% |
| Alaska | $39,236 | $80,287 | 739,391 | 4.1% | 59.3% non-Hispanic white | 7.9% | 78.6 | 10.5% | 30.6% | 12.9% | 42.8% |
| Arizona | $34,644 | $65,913 | 7,151,202 | 18.8% | 53.2% non-Hispanic white | 13.0% | 79.1 | 12.8% | 31.2% | 12.9% | 49.4% |
| Arkansas | $29,210 | $52,123 | 3,011,524 | 3.3% | 71.3% non-Hispanic white | 4.9% | 75.5 | 16.3% | 24.3% | 11.0% | 34.8% |
| California | $41,276 | $84,097 | 39,538,223 | 6.1% | 40.2% Hispanic | 26.5% | 81.0 | 12.3% | 35.3% | 8.1% | 63.5% |
| Colorado | $42,807 | $80,184 | 5,773,714 | 14.8% | 67.0% non-Hispanic white | 9.5% | 80.0 | 9.7% | 42.8% | 9.3% | 55.4% |
| Connecticut | $47,869 | $83,572 | 3,605,944 | 0.9% | 64.6% non-Hispanic white | 14.8% | 80.1 | 10.1% | 40.6% | 6.1% | 59.3% |
| Delaware | $38,917 | $72,724 | 989,948 | 10.2% | 60.6% non-Hispanic white | 9.6% | 78.0 | 11.6% | 33.6% | 7.0% | 58.7% |
| District of Columbia | $63,793 | $99,547 | 689,545 | 14.6% | 45.8% African American | 13.5% | 78.0 | 16.5% | 61.4% | 4.1% | 92.2% |
| Florida | $35,216 | $61,777 | 25,538,186 | 35.8% | 52.7% non-Hispanic white | 21.0% | 79.7 | 13.1% | 31.5% | 15.1% | 47.9% |
| Georgia | $34,516 | $65,030 | 10,711,908 | 10.6% | 51.0% non-Hispanic white | 10.3% | 77.3 | 14.0% | 33.0% | 14.7% | 49.5% |
| Hawaii | $39,045 | $88,005 | 1,455,271 | 7.0% | 36.8% Asian | 18.2% | 82.3 | 11.2% | 34.3% | 4.8% | 63.7% |
| Idaho | $31,509 | $63,377 | 1,839,106 | 17.7% | 81.1% non-Hispanic white | 5.8% | 79.2 | 11.0% | 29.1% | 10.5% | 33.1% |
| Illinois | $39,571 | $72,563 | 12,812,508 | -0.1% | 60.0% non-Hispanic white | 14.1% | 78.6 | 12.1% | 36.2% | 8.2% | 57.5% |
| Indiana | $32,537 | $61,944 | 6,785,528 | 4.7% | 77.5% non-Hispanic white | 5.4% | 76.5 | 12.2% | 27.8% | 8.9% | 41.0% |
| Iowa | $34,817 | $65,429 | 3,190,369 | 4.7% | 81.1% non-Hispanic white | 5.5% | 78.7 | 11.0% | 29.1% | 10.5% | 44.9% |
| Kansas | $34,968 | $64,521 | 2,937,880 | 3.0% | 74.7% non-Hispanic white | 7.0% | 77.8 | 11.7% | 34.4% | 10.9% | 41.4% |
| Kentucky | $30,634 | $55,454 | 4,505,836 | 3.8% | 83.5% non-Hispanic white | 4.9% | 75.1 | 16.5% | 25.7% | 6.7% | 36.1% |
| Louisiana | $30,340 | $53,571 | 4,657,757 | 2.7% | 57.9% non-Hispanic white | 4.2% | 75.2 | 19.6% | 25.5% | 9.0% | 39.9% |
| Maine | $36,171 | $63,182 | 1,362,359 | 2.6% | 92.5% non-Hispanic white | 3.6% | 78.6 | 11.5% | 33.6% | 7.3% | 53.1% |
| Maryland | $45,915 | $91,431 | 6,177,224 | 7.0% | 49.0% non-Hispanic white | 15.4% | 78.6 | 10.3% | 41.6% | 7.1% | 65.4% |
| Massachusetts | $48,617 | $89,026 | 7,029,917 | 7.4% | 70.1% non-Hispanic white | 17.3% | 80.2 | 10.4% | 45.2% | 2.9% | 65.6% |
| Michigan | $34,678 | $63,202 | 10,077,331 | 2.0% | 74.2% non-Hispanic white | 6.9% | 77.5 | 13.1% | 30.6% | 6.0% | 50.6% |
| Minnesota | $41,204 | $77,706 | 5,706,494 | 7.6% | 78.1% non-Hispanic white | 8.5% | 80.4 | 9.3% | 37.6% | 5.3% | 52.4% |
| Mississippi | $26,807 | $49,111 | 2,961,279 | -0.2 | 56.0% non-Hispanic white | 2.3% | 73.9 | 19.4% | 23.2% | 14.2% | 41.0% |
| Missouri | $33,770 | $61,043 | 6,154,913 | 2.8% | 78.7% non-Hispanic white | 4.2% | 76.6 | 12.7% | 30.7% | 11.3% | 41.3% |
| Montana | $34,423 | $60,560 | 1,084,225 | 9.6% | 85.5% non-Hispanic white | 2.2% | 78.4 | 11.9% | 33.7% | 10.1% | 40.6% |
| Nebraska | $35,189 | $66,644 | 1,961,504 | 7.4% | 77.4% non-Hispanic white | 7.4% | 79.0 | 10.8% | 32.9% | 8.3% | 39.2% |
| Nevada | $34,621 | $65,686 | 3,014,614 | 16.3% | 46.6% non-Hispanic white | 19.2% | 78.1 | 14.1% | 26.1% | 13.7% | 50.1% |
| New Hampshire | $43,877 | $83,449 | 1,377,529 | 4.6% | 89.1% non-Hispanic white | 6.0% | 79.6 | 7.2% | 38.2% | 6.2% | 52.7% |
| New Jersey | $46,691 | $89,703 | 9,288,994 | 5.7% | 53.5% non-Hispanic white | 22.9% | 79.5 | 10.2% | 41.5% | 8.4% | 57.1% |
| New Mexico | $29,624 | $54,020 | 2,117,522 | 2.8% | 50.1% Hispanic | 9.2% | 76.9 | 18.4% | 28.5% | 12.0% | 54.3% |
| New York | $43,208 | $75,157 | 20,201,249 | 4.2% | 54.7% non-Hispanic white | 22.5% | 80.3 | 13.9% | 38.1% | 6.1% | 60.8% |
| North Carolina | $34,209 | $60,516 | 10,439,388 | 9.5% | 61.9% non-Hispanic white | 8.2% | 77.7 | 13.4% | 33.0% | 12.4% | 48.6% |
| North Dakota | $37,343 | $68,131 | 779,094 | 15.8% | 83.2% non-Hispanic white | 4.4% | 78.8 | 11.1% | 31.1% | 9.2% | 31.8% |
| Ohio | $34,326 | $61,838 | 11,799,448 | 2.3% | 77.7% non-Hispanic white | 4.3% | 76.5 | 13.4% | 29.7% | 7.8% | 45.2% |
| Oklahoma | $30,976 | $56,956 | 3,959,353 | 5.5% | 63.8% non-Hispanic white | 6.1% | 75.5 | 15.5% | 26.8% | 16.3% | 32.3% |
| Oregon | $37,816 | $70,084 | 4,237,256 | 10.6% | 74.1% non-Hispanic white | 9.8% | 79.7 | 12.2% | 35.0% | 7.3% | 56.5% |
| Pennsylvania | $37,725 | $67,857 | 13,002,700 | 2.4% | 74.8% non-Hispanic white | 7.1% | 78.0 | 12.1% | 33.1% | 6.6% | 49.9% |
| Rhode Island | $39,603 | $74,489 | 1,097,379 | 4.3% | 70.4% non-Hispanic white | 14.2% | 79.4 | 11.4% | 35.3% | 5.1% | 59.4% |
| South Carolina | $32,823 | $58,234 | 5,118,425 | 10.7% | 63.4% non-Hispanic white | 5.2% | 76.4 | 14.6% | 29.8% | 12.2% | 43.4% |
| South Dakota | $33,468 | $63,920 | 886,667 | 8.9% | 80.8% non-Hispanic white | 3.8% | 78.2 | 12.3% | 30.0% | 11.4% | 35.6% |
| Tennessee | $32,908 | $58,516 | 6,910,840 | 8.9% | 73.1% non-Hispanic white | 5.3% | 75.3 | 13.6% | 29.0% | 11.9% | 37.5% |
| Texas | $34,255 | $67,321 | 29,145,505 | 15.9% | 40.3% non-Hispanic white | 17.0% | 78.4 | 14.2% | 31.5% | 20.4% | 46.4% |
| Utah | $33,378 | $79,133 | 3,271,616 | 18.4% | 77.2% non-Hispanic white | 8.5% | 79.7 | 8.6% | 35.4% | 10.1% | 37.2% |
| Vermont | $37,903 | $67,674 | 643,077 | 2.8% | 92.2% non-Hispanic white | 4.4% | 79.7 | 10.3% | 40.9% | 4.5% | 66.1% |
| Virginia | $43,267 | 80,615 | 8,631,393 | 7.9% | 60.3% non-Hispanic white | 8.0% | 79.1 | 12.5% | 40.3% | 8.0% | 54.1% |
| Washington | $43,817 | $82,400 | 7,705,281 | 14.6% | 66.0% non-Hispanic white | 14.7% | 80.2 | 9.9% | 37.3% | 7.5% | 58.0% |
| West Virginia | $28,761 | $50,884 | 1,793,716 | -3,2% | 91.5% non-Hispanic white | 1.6% | 74.3 | 16.8% | 21.8% | 7.6% | 29.7% |
| Wisconsin | $36,754 | $67,080 | 5,893,718 | 3.6% | 80.2% non-Hispanic white | 5.0% | 78.9 | 10.8% | 31.5% | 6.4% | 49.5% |
| Wyoming | $36,288 | $68,002 | 576,851 | 2.3% | 83.3% non-Hispanic white | 3.4% | 78.1 | 11.4% | 28.5% | 14.8% | 26.6% |
Sources: [1], "Quick Facts", U.S. Census Bureau, accessed 12 April 2023. Search states, each of which has a page with the above data. [2], "County Health Rankings & Roadmaps," Population Health Institute, University of Wisconsin, accessed 12 April 2023. Life expectancy found under heading of "Additional Health Outcomes" for each state.
See also
- List of Colorado counties by socioeconomic factors
- List of New Mexico counties by socioeconomic factors
- List of Oklahoma counties by socioeconomic factors
