The Core

http://taxfoundation.org/blog/real-value-100-each-state

DK would be $7

Notice how the 100+ ones are rural/semi-rural 'red' states?

>DK $7

Haha, pretty much.

>100+
how can that be? a $100 can't be worth more in value than $100?

>how can that be? a $100 can't be worth more in value than $100?

Its the relative cost of goods and services in the different states.  For instance, a burger and fries may cost you $12 in California and only $10.50 in Tennessee.

ME 2, RC

The map roughly correlates with pay/poverty rates.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2014/08/26/if-the-uk-was-a-u-s-state-it-would-be-the-second-poorest-behind-alabama-and-before-mississippi/?hpid=z5

"If Britain were a U.S. state, it would be the second-poorest, behind Alabama and before Mississippi"

I read that article but it is hard to compare US States to the UK.

1. UK has an Army, Navy and Air Force and know how to use them.

2. UK takes much better care of their infrastructure, because they don't have room to just rebuild somewhere else when it falls down.

3. Public health care benefits, that really goes right to the bottom line on personal income.

4. Whiskey, they produce more lovely whiskey than any one state