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U.S. States Richer than Their Neighbors

Name the states of the U.S. which have a higher median household income than every other state they border.
Not including Hawaii and Alaska
Full list of states by median household income
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Last updated: November 9, 2023
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First submittedSeptember 26, 2019
Times taken21,950
Average score70.0%
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Rank
State
1
New Jersey
2
Maryland
3
Massachusetts
5
California
6
Washington
Rank
State
8
Colorado
13
Minnesota
17
Illinois
21
Georgia
24
Texas
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Level 77
Sep 28, 2019
Funny that at least for now the highest ranked ones are the least guessed ones.
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Level 62
Oct 27, 2019
I missed #1 and #2
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Level 28
Dec 28, 2019
I know i got the Same. I was gonna type Minnesota, but i ran out of Time. (Add More.) I also missed Colorado. I probably would've got to It if I have a minute or Two.
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Level 65
Dec 10, 2021
Interesting capitalization.
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Level 82
Dec 23, 2023
Still true for #1
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Level 38
Dec 28, 2019
Nice quiz, got all but New Jersey! Surprised Georgia is richer than Florida.
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Level 50
Jul 29, 2022
It is data
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Level 19
Dec 24, 2020
I guessed Hawaii and Alaska

why

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Level 67
Feb 11, 2022
Because they are technically richer than all of their neighbors.
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Level 79
Dec 23, 2023
Technically, no
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Level 62
Dec 23, 2023
Georgia ahead of Florida is surprising
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Level 66
Dec 23, 2023
Why why why is there only 9 seconds per answer?!
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Level 73
Dec 26, 2023
Because it takes like 2 minutes to type all states?
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Level 43
Dec 23, 2023
9/10. I feel like I should've got New Jersey instead of Minnesota
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Level 60
Dec 23, 2023
What's the rank based on?
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Level 66
Dec 23, 2023
See the link in the description of the quiz
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Level 66
Dec 23, 2023
Seems odd to see Maryland at #2/3, but also see Baltimore make the 6th highest murder rate city "U.S. Cities with the Highest Murder Rate" quiz. But it appears that the income data is from 2022.

I didn't know Minnesota was in the top half of incomes either.

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Level 43
Mar 3, 2024
Texas, Really?