Social Question
Red states (Republicans) and blue states (Democrats) - Is there a correlation with average income / gross national product per capita?
On average do Democratic states offer better jobs drawing from a population of highly educated people?
Here’s a statistic: (average income)
1. Maryland – $68,080
2. New Jersey – $67,035
3. Connecticut – $65,967
4. Alaska – $64,333
5. Hawaii – $63,746
6. New Hampshire – $62,369
7. Massachusetts – $62,365
8. California – $59,948
9. Virginia – $59,562
10. Minnesota – $55,082
11. Washington – $55,591
12. Colorado – $55,212
13. Utah – $55,109
14. Nevada – $55,062
15. Delaware – $54,610
16. Illinois – $54,124
17. Rhode Island – $53,568
18. New York – $53,514
19. Wyoming – $51,731
20. Wisconsin – $50,578
21. Vermont – $49,907
22. Arizona – $49,889
23. Georgia – $49,136
24. Oregon – $48,730
25. Pennsylvania – $48,576
26. Michigan – $47,950
27. Florida – $47,804
28. Texas – $47,548
29. Kansas – $47,451
30. Indiana – $47,448
31. Iowa – $47,292
32. Nebraska – $47,085
33. Ohio – $46,597
34. Idaho – $46,253
35. Maine – $45,888
36. Missouri – $45,114
37. North Carolina – $44,670
38. North Dakota – $43,753
39. Montana – $43,531
40. South Dakota – $43,424
41. South Carolina – $43,329
42. Tennessee – $42,367
43. Oklahoma – $41,567
44. New Mexico – $41,452
45. Louisiana – $40,926
46. Alabama – $40,554
47. Kentucky – $40,267
48. Arkansas – $38,134
49. West Virginia – $37,060
50. Mississippi – $36,338
(Source Wikipedia with statistics from 2007)