Count Your GDP Blessings

Having lived in several countries, I am constantly perplexed as to how little people seem to know about how the rest of the world really lives. Some think that everyone else is poor and bigotry towards foreigners is too common. So, I thought I'd introduce you to your neighbors. If you live any other place except DC, several countries earn more GDP per capita than you. People in Hawaii and Canada make about the same. If you live in Mississippi or West Virginia you probably make about the same as someone living in New Zealand. This chart compares GDP per person for US States and other wealthy countries. GDP per person is a fairer analysis than comparing a large country's income with a small one's. Enjoy! (source: CIA Factbook and statemaster.com)

• $136,714.13 District of Columbia
• $118,000.00 Liechtenstein
• $111,000.00 Qatar
• $81,200.00 Luxembourg
• $69,900.00 Bermuda
• $64,609.90 Delaware
• $59,500.00 Norway
• $57,500.00 Kuwait
• $57,000.00 Jersey (the island not the state)
• $53,296.35 Connecticut
• $51,600.00 Singapore
• $51,300.00 Brunei
• $51,044.13 Alaska
• $49,647.88 Massachusetts
• $47,728.82 Wyoming
• $47,705.27 New Jersey (the state)
• $47,500.00 United States average
• $46,724.35 New York (the state not the city)
• $45,500.00 Ireland
• $44,600.00 United Arab Emirates
• $44,600.00 Guernsey
• $43,957.50 Minnesota
• $43,800.00 Cayman Islands
• $43,800.00 Hong Kong
• $43,162.41 Virginia
• $42,860.75 Colorado
• $42,727.46 California
• $42,500.00 Andorra
• $42,300.00 Iceland
• $42,000.00 Switzerland
• $41,900.00 San Marino
• $41,439.21 Illinois
• $41,313.29 Washington (the state not the city)
• $41,151.11 Nevada
• $40,500.00 Netherlands
• $40,445.95 Maryland
• $40,400.00 Austria
• $39,770.52 New Hampshire
• $39,314.80 Hawaii
• $39,200.00 Canada
• $38,953.19 Rhode Island
• $38,625.90 North Carolina
• $38,601.04 Nebraska
• $38,536.19 Texas
• $38,521.96 Iowa
• $38,500.00 British Virgin Islands
• $38,244.10 Wisconsin
• $38,200.00 Australia
• $38,200.00 Sweden
• $38,200.00 Gibraltar
• $37,914.36 South Dakota
• $37,719.03 Pennsylvania
• $37,554.82 Georgia
• $37,500.00 Belgium
• $37,400.00 Bahrain
• $37,300.00 Equatorial Guinea
• $37,200.00 Denmark
• $37,037.62 North Dakota
• $37,000.00 Finland
• $36,830.47 Michigan
• $36,700.00 United Kingdom
• $36,484.34 Ohio
• $36,381.10 Tennessee
• $36,235.97 Indiana
• $36,102.48 Kansas
• $35,500.00 Germany
• $35,493.14 Vermont
• $35,400.00 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
• $35,189.24 Oregon
• $35,033.99 Missouri
• $35,000.00 Isle of Man
• $34,600.00 Spain
• $34,100.00 Japan
• $33,700.00 European Union average
• $33,616.80 Arizona
• $33,599.80 Louisiana
• $33,419.31 Florida
• $33,346.90 Utah
• $33,300.00 France
• $32,749.78 Maine
• $32,446.41 Kentucky
• $32,100.00 Greece
• $31,786.22 South Carolina
• $31,601.59 New Mexico
• $31,400.00 Italy
• $31,100.00 Taiwan
• $31,000.00 Faroe Islands
• $30,700.00 Bahamas
• $30,394.87 Alabama
• $30,334.56 Idaho
• $30,225.34 Oklahoma
• $30,000.00 Macau
• $30,000.00 Monaco
• $29,605.52 Montana
• $29,600.00 Slovenia
• $28,805.89 Arkansas
• $28,600.00 Israel
• $27,900.00 New Zealand
• $27,395.68 West Virginia
• $26,087.88 Mississippi
• $22,997.39 US Virgin Islands
• $18,983.89 Guam
• $18,499.23 Puerto Rico
• $11,199.32 Northern Mariana Islands
• $8,638.41 American Samoa