看来现在美国生活最好的州，是马里兰：平均收入最高，生活指数最低。

好象马里兰也是大学以上学历占人口比例最高的州(>70%)。这充分说明在美国，读书越多越有钱。书中自有黄金屋。

Median Household Income by State^[53]

Rank	State	2009	2008	2007	2004–2006	Cost of Living Index[54]	2009 Data adjusted for COL
1	Maryland	$69,272	$70,545	$68,080	$62,372	124.81	$55,502
2	New Jersey	$68,342	$70,378	$67,035	$64,169	128.47	$53,197
3	Connecticut	$67,034	$68,595	$65,967	$59,972	130.22	$51,477
4	Alaska	$66,953	$68,460	$64,333	$57,639	132.64	$50,477
5	Hawaii	$64,098	$67,214	$63,746	$60,681	165.56	$38,716
6	Massachusetts	$64,081	$65,401	$62,365	$56,236	117.8	$54,398
7	New Hampshire	$60,567	$63,731	$62,369	$60,489	116.68	$51,909
8	Virginia	$59,330	$61,233	$59,562	$55,108	97.66	$60,752
	District of Columbia	$59,290	$57,936	$54,317	$47,221 (2005)[55]	139.92	$42,374
9	California	$58,931	$61,021	$59,948	$53,770	132.56	$44,456
10	Delaware	$56,860	$57,989	$54,610	$52,214	102.4	$55,527
11	Washington	$56,548	$58,078	$55,591	$53,439	103.98	$54,384
12	Minnesota	$55,616	$57,288	$55,082	$57,363	102.23	$54,403
13	Colorado	$55,430	$56,993	$55,212	$54,039	102.23	$54,221
14	Utah	$55,117	$56,633	$55,109	$55,179	95.15	$57,926
15	New York	$54,659	$56,033	$53,514	$48,201	128.29	$42,606
16	Rhode Island	$54,119	$55,701	$53,568	$52,003	123.25	$43,910
17	Illinois	$53,966	$56,235	$54,124	$49,280	96.08	$56,168
18	Nevada	$53,341	$56,361	$55,062	$50,819	101.39	$52,610
19	Wyoming	$52,664	$53,207	$51,731	$47,227	98.66	$53,379
20	Vermont	$51,618	$52,104	$49,907	$51,622	120.38	$42,879
	United States	$50,221	$52,029	$50,740	$46,242 (2005)[55]
21	Wisconsin	$49,993	$52,094	$50,578	$48,874	96.45	$51,833
22	Pennsylvania	$49,520	$50,713	$48,576	$47,791	100.67	$49,190
23	Arizona	$48,745	$50,958	$49,889	$46,729	103.73	$46,992
24	Oregon	$48,457	$50,169	$48,730	$45,485	110.47	$43,864
25	Texas	$48,259	$50,043	$47,548	$43,425	91.04	$53,009
26	Iowa	$48,044	$48,980	$47,292	$47,489	93.98	$51,122
27	North Dakota	$47,827	$45,685	$43,753	$43,753	95.91	$49,867
28	Kansas	$47,817	$50,177	$47,451	$44,264	91.31	$52,368
29	Georgia	$47,590	$50,861	$49,136	$46,841	92.21	$51,610
30	Nebraska	$47,357	$49,693	$47,085	$48,126	91.09	$51,989
31	Maine	$45,734	$46,581	$45,888	$45,040	116.42	$39,284
32	Indiana	$45,424	$47,966	$47,448	$44,806	94.19	$48,226
33	Ohio	$45,395	$47,988	$46,597	$45,837	93.85	$48,370
34	Michigan	$45,255	$48,591	$47,950	$47,064	95.25	$47,512
35	Missouri	$45,229	$46,867	$45,114	$44,651	91.66	$49,344
36	South Dakota	$45,043	$46,032	$43,424	$44,624	98.53	$45,715
37	Idaho	$44,926	$47,576	$46,253	$46,395	93.04	$48,287
38	Florida	$44,736	$47,778	$47,804	$44,448	98.39	$45,468
39	North Carolina	$43,674	$46,549	$44,670	$42,061	96.21	$45,394
40	New Mexico	$43,028	$43,508	$41,452	$40,827	98.88	$43,515
41	Louisiana	$42,492	$43,733	$40,926	$37,943	96.15	$44,193
42	South Carolina	$44,625	$43,329	$40,822		98.71	$42,997
43	Montana	$42,322	$43,654	$43,531	$38,629	100	$42,322
44	Tennessee	$41,725	$43,614	$42,367	$40,676	89.49	$46,625
45	Oklahoma	$41,664	$42,822	$41,567	$40,001	90.09	$46,247
46	Alabama	$40,489	$42,666	$40,554	$38,473	92.74	$43,659
47	Kentucky	$40,072	$41,538	$40,267	$38,466	89.21	$44,919
48	Arkansas	$37,823	$38,815	$38,134	$37,420	90.61	$41,743
49	West Virginia	$37,435	$37,989	$37,060	$37,227	94.4	$39,656
50	Mississippi	$36,646	$37,790	$36,338	$35,261	92.26	$39,720
	Puerto Rico	$18,314	$18,401	$17,741	$17,184 (2005)[55]