States | Pop. Change components | Economic | Ethnicity | US changes | Health
Area Income Poverty Education Unemploy-
ment
CWI
HS College
Av. Rnk % Rnk % % rnk % rnk index rnk
United States $48,023   12.6   80.4 24.4   4.6   1.000
Alabama $38,160 47 16.2 6 75.3 19.0 45 3.6 39 0.887 36
Alaska $57,071 6 9.6 40 88.3 24.7 21 6.7 3 0.979 17
Arizona $46,693 27 14.4 12 81.0 23.5 25 4.1 32 0.923 28
Arkansas $37,458 50 15.6 7 75.3 16.7 51 5.3 9 0.838 44
California $54,385 11 13.2 16 76.8 26.6 13 4.9 15 1.092 4
Colorado $53,900 12 10.4 34 86.9 32.7 3 4.3 28 0.935 26
Connecticut $60,551 4 9.2 45 84.0 31.4 4 4.3 28 1.080 5
Delaware $52,676 14 8.5 47 82.6 25.0 20 3.6 39 1.002 12
District of Columbia $47,473 26 18.3 1 77.8 39.1 1 6.0 5 1.155 1
Florida $45,038 33 11.8 24 79.9 22.3 32 3.3 43 0.911 30
Georgia $48,388 22 13.1 17 78.6 24.3 23 4.6 22 0.992 15
Hawaii $61,005 3 8.8 46 84.6 26.2 14 2.4 51 0.968 19
Idaho $45,919 30 10.0 38 84.7 21.7 36 3.4 41 0.840 42
Illinois $49,328 18 12.1 21 81.4 26.1 15 4.5 25 1.031 9
Indiana $44,618 35 11.4 29 82.1 19.4 44 5.0 12 0.895 35
Iowa $48,075 24 10.4 35 86.1 21.2 39 3.7 37 0.838 43
Kansas $44,478 37 11.6 26 86.0 25.8 17 4.5 25 0.855 40
Kentucky $38,694 46 15.6 7 74.1 17.1 49 5.7 6 0.898 34
Louisiana $37,472 49 17.4 4 74.8 18.7 46 4.0 33 0.900 32
Maine $45,503 32 11.9 23 85.4 22.9 28 4.6 22 0.822 47
Maryland $63,082 2 9.4 43 83.8 31.4 5 3.9 36 1.044 7
Massachusetts $56,592 7 9.9 39 84.8 33.2 2 5.0 12 1.057 6
Michigan $48,043 25 12.2 20 83.4 21.8 35 6.9 1 0.994 14
Minnesota $56,102 8 7.5 50 87.9 27.4 11 4.0 33 0.966 20
Mississippi $34,343 51 18.3 1 72.9 16.9 50 6.8 2 0.868 38
Missouri $44,487 36 11.5 28 81.3 21.6 37 4.8 18 0.899 33
Montana $39,821 44 14.4 12 87.2 24.4 22 3.2 44 0.748 51
Nebraska $48,820 20 9.6 41 86.6 23.7 24 3.0 48 0.829 46
Nevada $51,036 17 10.8 32 80.7 18.2 48 4.2 30 0.995 13
New Hampshire $60,411 5 5.6 51 87.4 28.7 9 3.4 41 0.907 31
New Jersey $66,752 1 7.8 49 82.1 29.8 6 4.6 22 1.153 2
New Mexico $40,126 43 17.5 3 78.9 23.5 26 4.2 30 0.877 37
New York $48,472 21 14.6 11 79.1 27.4 12 4.5 25 1.122 3
North Carolina $41,616 40 14.4 12 78.1 22.5 29 4.8 18 0.956 22
North Dakota $42,311 39 10.2 36 83.9 22.0 33 3.2 44 0.786 49
Ohio $45,776 31 11.6 26 83.0 21.1 40 5.5 7 0.962 21
Oklahoma $38,859 45 13.1 17 80.6 20.3 42 4.0 33 0.856 39
Oregon $46,349 29 12.1 21 85.1 25.1 19 5.4 8 0.944 23
Pennsylvania $48,148 23 11.0 31 81.9 22.4 30 4.7 20 0.970 18
Rhode Island $52,421 15 11.7 25 78.0 25.6 18 5.1 11 0.988 16
South Carolina $40,583 42 14.2 15 76.3 20.4 41 6.5 4 0.919 29
South Dakota $44,996 34 12.7 19 84.6 21.5 38 3.2 44 0.781 50
Tennessee $40,696 41 15.0 10 75.9 19.6 43 5.2 10 0.939 24
Texas $43,044 38 16.5 5 75.7 23.2 27 4.9 15 1.016 10
Utah $55,619 9 9.4 43 87.7 26.1 16 2.9 50 0.932 27
Vermont $52,174 16 8.0 48 86.4 29.4 8 3.6 38 0.832 45
Virginia $55,368 10 9.5 42 81.5 29.5 7 3.0 48 1.033 8
Washington $53,515 13 11.4 29 87.1 27.7 10 5.0 12 1.014 11
West Virginia $38,029 48 15.6 7 75.2 14.8 52 4.9 15 0.849 41
Wisconsin $48,903 19 10.8 32 85.1 22.4 31 4.7 20 0.939 25
Wyoming $46,613 28 10.1 37 87.9 21.9 34 3.2 44 0.804 48
Puerto Rico         60.0 18.3 47        

Sources:
Median household income 2006 at www.census.gov/hhes/www/income/

Educational Attainment: 2000
HS - High school graduate or more; Coll - Bachelors Degree or more

- Poverty - U.S. Census Bureau, Table 8 - 3 year average 2003-05 (www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/poverty05/table8.html)
Poverty Thresholds 2006 are based on family income as a function of family size. Some samples are:
One person under 65 years - $10,294
Two people under 65 years - $13,569
1 adult and 2 children under 18 years - $16,242
2 adults and 4 children under 18 years - $26,938

% Unemployment 2006 - "Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 16 years of age and over" at bls.gov

CWI - National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Comparable Wage Index (CWI) (nces.ed.gov/pubs2006/2006321.pdf)
I couldn't find a Consumer Price Index (CPI) by state, so this was the best I had. See CPI for urban areas below.
The basic premise of a CWI is that all types of workers--including teachers--demand higher wages in areas with a higher cost of living (e.g., San Diego) or a lack of amenities (e.g., Detroit, which has a particularly high crime rate).


Ten States where Income Inequality Between the Top and the Bottom Was Greatest,
1996-98 New York Arizona New Mexico Louisiana California Rhode Island Texas Oregon Kentucky Virginia
Source: State-by-State Analysis of Income Trends at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities at the Economic Policy Institute

CPI for Urban Areas First half of 2007
Area Index Rnk
United States 205.709  
Anchorage, AK 179.394 25
Atlanta, GA 198.086 16
Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT 225.910 2
Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI 203.052 11
Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN 192.111 21
Cleveland-Akron, OH 194.472 17
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX 191.057 22
Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO 201.258 12
Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI 199.588 15
Honolulu, HI 216.620 4
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX 182.851 24
Kansas City, MO-KS 193.206 18
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA 216.260 5
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL 209.955 9
Milwaukee-Racine, WI 192.634 19
Minneapolis-St Paul, MN-WI 200.627 13
New York-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA 225.095 3
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD 214.753 6
Phoenix-Mesa, AZ 4 114.531 27
Pittsburgh, PA 199.672 14
Portland-Salem, OR-WA 206.653 10
San Diego, CA 231.870 1
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA 214.736 7
Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA 213.810 8
St Louis, MO-IL 192.125 20
Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 182.886 23
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 5 132.000 26
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics (www.bls.gov/cpi/cpid07fv.pdf)
See also GSA Domestic Per Diem Costs
IRS Per Diem Relocation Rates

Links:
County and City stats
  Counties with highest household income
Education stats
Education Level of the Manufacturing Workforce
Statistical Resources on the Web/Cost of Living at U. Mich
GSA Domestic Per Diem Rates

Cost of Living Comparison


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last updated 18 Nov 2007