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Table 2 U.S. State-Level Socioeconomic Conditions: Wealth and Prosperity, Growth, Income Inequality, Poverty and Labor Productivity Measures

From: Cardiovascular inflammation in healthy women: multilevel associations with state-level prosperity, productivity and income inequality

 

U.S. State-Level Percentile Ranges a

N = 51

 

5th

25th

50th

75th

95th

Wealth and Prosperity

     

Real Per-capita GDP 1990, $

18,872

21,520

24,387

28,369

38,663

Median Household Income 1990, $

21,147

25,257

28,706

32,181

40,927

Economic Growth

     

Average Annual Growth Real Per-capita GDP 1990-1996

0.17

1.08

2.11

2.94

3.66

Income Inequality

     

Gini Coefficient of Inequality 1990

0.394

0.412

0.428

0.446

0.475

Poverty

     

Percent in Poverty 1990 (State-population percentage)

7.6

10.3

12.4

15.7

20.6

Labor Productivity

     

Per employee earnings 1990, $ b

29,124

32,545

34,502

38,582

47,262

  1. a State-level percentiles are based on ranges of the 50 United States plus the District of Columbia.
  2. b Per employee earnings are not calculated for the District of Columbia.