A nationwide study on economic distress was recently released by the Ohio Alliance for Innovation in Population Health ranking the economic performance of all 50 states in the country from 2009 to 2019. While the economy in New Hampshire has remained the healthiest in the United States over the past decade and Mississippi has continued to be the most economically distressed state over that same time span, that doesn’t tell the whole story.
For example, although the economy in New Hampshire improved and allowed the state to stay in the No. 1 position, other states near or at the bottom of the list, such as Mississippi, also improved.
New Hampshire had an economic distress index score of 70.8 in 2009 that improved to 68.8 in 2019 (a lower number represents a healthier economy) and Mississippi had a score of 153 in 2009 that improved to 141. 8 in 2019.
North Dakota got a stand-alone paragraph on its own; was ranked #2; and was #1 in showing the greatest improvement in the economy, leaping form 17th to second.
We'll talk about that later, if I remember.
Meanwhile, the top ten states in terms of healthiest economies for 2019:
- New Hampshire (hardly moved; 70.8 points in 2009; 68.8 points in 2019)
- North Dakota (91 points in 2009; 71 points in 2019 -- like golf, a lower score is better)
- Hawaii
- Nebraska
- Minnesota
- Massachusetts
- Maryland
- Connecticut
- Vermont
- Wyoming
Among the most economically distressed states, the bottom ten:
- Mississippi
- New Mexico
- West Virginia
- Alabama
- Louisiana
- Kentucky
- Arizona
- South Carolina
- Arkansas
- Georgia
For the life of me, as they say, I couldn't find a link to the report itself, but the site did provide this link to a new gigantic dinosaur. I cannot make this stuff up.
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