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State Development Index

Washington, D.C.

#15of 5158B−

Scored on 7 of 8 pillars. Missing: Manufacturing share of jobs. A pillar with a hole is not scored at all, because averaging the indicators it does have would hand the missing one the mean of the others.

Above: Tennessee (58). Below: New Jersey (57).

Starting up

How many businesses get founded here, and what the state takes in tax.

42-13 vs median

  1. Business applications per 1,000 residents2.084 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsU.S. Census Bureau
  2. State tax collected per resident$16,0360 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsU.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections

Population health

One comparable public-health read, asked the same way of every state.

55+5 vs median

  1. Adult obesity, 202425.5%98 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsCDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
  2. Firearm-injury deaths per 100,000 (crude)21.812 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsCDC NCIPC, CDC NCIPC 2024

Productive base

Output per worker and how much of the job base is manufacturing.

Not scored — an indicator is missing

  1. Output per worker$479,240100 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
  2. Manufacturing share of jobs—— — no value published for this stateU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Labour market

How tight the market is, and which way it moved last month.

44-5 vs median

  1. Unemployment rate5.9%0 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
  2. Employment change, latest month+0.24%88 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Prosperity

What the average person in the state actually earns.

100+48 vs median

  1. Per-capita personal income$116,121100 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
  2. Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher65.5%100 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsU.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 1-year

Things get built

Housing authorised per worker — a direct read on whether projects clear.

4-54 vs median

  1. Housing units authorised per 1,000 workers0.10 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsU.S. Census Bureau
  2. House price index (FHFA)1037.78 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsFederal Housing Finance Agency

Fiscal standing

What the bond market thinks of the state as a counterparty.

100+8 vs median

  1. General-obligation ratingAaa · Stable100 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsMoody's, indicative 2025

Openness

Whether you can get an answer out of the state without telephoning it.

64+13 vs median

  1. Open-data portal answers an APIYes · opendata.dc.gov100 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsCEFA probe, 2026-09
  2. Incentive, permit & finance datasets1592 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsCEFA discovery, 2026-09
  3. Government or agency newsroom feeds10 percentile among the 51 jurisdictionsCEFA probe, 2026-09
Washington, D.C. — State Development Index — Applied America