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These 15-page profiles, available for each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia, provide more detailed pillar, element, and indicator information, including rankings and scores, and how these have changed over time.

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The state-by-state and county-by-county maps demonstrate how each area performs across the different domains and pillars of the U.S. Prosperity Index. 
You can find out more information by clicking on an individual state or county. The pull-out box will provide an overview of the area's prosperity over the last decade, in comparison to the U.S. average, as well as full rankings information for all domains and pillars in 2010 and 2020.
You can also download a detailed state or county profile datasheet from the <a href="https://usprosperity.net/downloads/reports?token=null">Downloads</a> section of the site.

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Alabama profile USPI 2020

Alaska profile USPI 2020

Arizona profile USPI 2020

Arkansas profile USPI 2020

California profile USPI 2020

Colorado profile USPI 2020

Connecticut profile USPI 2020

Delaware profile USPI 2020

District of Columbia profile USPI 2020

Florida profile USPI 2020

Georgia profile USPI 2020

Hawaii profile USPI 2020

Idaho profile USPI 2020

Illinois profile USPI 2020

Indiana profile USPI 2020

Iowa profile USPI 2020

Kansas profile USPI 2020

Kentucky profile USPI 2020

Louisiana profile USPI 2020

Maine profile USPI 2020

Maryland profile USPI 2020

Massachusetts profile USPI 2020

Michigan profile USPI 2020

Minnesota profile USPI 2020

Mississippi profile USPI 2020

Missouri profile USPI 2020

Montana profile USPI 2020

Nebraska profile USPI 2020

Nevada profile USPI 2020

New Hampshire profile USPI 2020

New Jersey profile USPI 2020

New Mexico profile USPI 2020

New York profile USPI 2020

North Carolina profile USPI 2020

North Dakota profile USPI 2020

Ohio profile USPI 2020

Oklahoma profile USPI 2020

Oregon profile USPI 2020

Pennsylvania profile USPI 2020

Rhode Island profile USPI 2020

South Carolina profile USPI 2020

South Dakota profile USPI 2020

Tennessee profile USPI 2020

Texas profile USPI 2020

Utah profile USPI 2020

Vermont profile USPI 2020

Virginia profile USPI 2020

Washington profile USPI 2020

West Virginia profile USPI 2020

Wisconsin profile USPI 2020

Wyoming profile USPI 2020

California

Colorado

Georgia

Iowa

Montana

New York

Oklahoma

Texas

The rankings tables show how the 50 states of the Union and Washington D.C. plus the 829 counties of the eight selected states compare across the different domains, pillars, elements, and indicators of the U.S. Prosperity Index. (Please note, element and indicator rankings are only displayed for the state level Index, but are available for counties in the county profile datasheets available to download.) 
We endeavor to create an Index that is methodologically sound, so have consulted academics and experts with particular expertise in the various metrics to determine the best way to measure prosperity across the U.S. 
Our methodology is based on the concept of three domains, capturing institutional, economic, and social wellbeing, that are equally essential to prosperity. These domains are measured through 11 pillars, built upon 48 actionable policy areas (elements), and underpinned by over 200 indicators. For details of how each pillar, element, and indicator is currently weighted in the Index, you can download a copy of our full methodology report in the <a href="https://usprosperity.net/downloads/reports?token=null" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Downloads</a> section of the site, along with the full 2020 dataset.
However, we know that different people may have different views on how important each metric is to a state or county's prosperity. So we have created a Weightings tool that allows you to assign different weights - that is, different levels of importance - to the pillars, elements, and indicators. 
If you click on the 'Adjust Weightings' button, you can choose to assign each metric in the current ranking table a value from x0 to x2 of the default USPI weighting. The tool will then re-calculate the rankings based on your preferences. [Please note that the weighting function is intended to provide only an indicative understanding of how changing the weights can affect the rankings. For more information, please don't hesitate to <a href="https://usprosperity.net/contact?token=null">contact us</a>.]