Posts Tagged ‘Social Science Research Council’

Richard Florida
by Richard Florida
Sat May 23rd 2009 at 3:30pm UTC

The Very Uneven States of America

Saturday, May 23rd, 2009
american human development index map.jpg

Here’s the map from the Social Science Research Council’s American Human Development Project.

The pattern is more or less what you would think. Catherine Rampell from Economix notes that:

Connecticut, which has the highest development of all American states, is roughly comparable with Ireland (the fifth most-developed country worldwide). But Mississippi has an H.D.I. level roughly on par with that of Turkey (#76 in the international development rankings).

MapScroll and Economix clear up any remaining confusion about an earlier, problematic map. Check out the project’s website and terrific interactive maps.