A NATIONAL DATA SYSTEM PUBLICATION2024 ACS · FIVE-YEAR EDITION
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31 MEASURES. TWO PERSPECTIVES.

Indiana & Arizona

MEASUREINDIANAARIZONADIFFERENCE · FIRST MINUS SECOND
Population ↗Reported count6,924,275#17 of 50 states7,582,384#14 of 50 states−658,109
Housing units ↗Reported count2,923,175#17 of 50 states3,082,000#14 of 50 states−158,825
Vacant housing units ↗Reported count250,464#20 of 50 states316,703#12 of 50 states−66,239
Reported monthly rent ↗Dollars$1,104#16 of 50 states$1,672#41 of 50 states−$568
Employed residents ↗Reported count3,406,179#17 of 50 states3,606,425#15 of 50 states−200,246
Unemployed residents ↗Reported count145,489#18 of 50 states172,459#13 of 50 states−26,970
Armed Forces personnel ↗Reported count4,115#39 of 50 states23,856#13 of 50 states−19,741
Residents outside the labor force ↗Reported count1,986,259#16 of 50 states2,391,066#13 of 50 states−404,807
Public transportation commuters ↗Reported count19,794#26 of 50 states40,580#21 of 50 states−20,786
Residents working from home ↗Reported count323,341#23 of 50 states582,289#14 of 50 states−258,948
Mean commute time ↗Minutes24.6 min#22 of 50 states26.4 min#31 of 50 states−1.8 min
Median household income ↗Dollars$71,959#41 of 50 states$81,486#20 of 50 states−$9,527
Per capita income ↗Dollars$38,794#42 of 50 states$43,676#23 of 50 states−$4,882
Mean household income ↗Dollars$95,565#42 of 50 states$110,522#20 of 50 states−$14,957
Reported SNAP receipt ↗Reported count238,944#24 of 50 states302,882#16 of 50 states−63,938
Reported Social Security income ↗Reported count890,811#16 of 50 states1,021,244#13 of 50 states−130,433
Reported retirement income ↗Reported count697,014#16 of 50 states796,010#13 of 50 states−98,996
Reported SSI receipt ↗Reported count144,322#15 of 50 states113,472#21 of 50 states+30,850
Reported cash public assistance ↗Reported count47,101#21 of 50 states58,875#18 of 50 states−11,774
Residents with health insurance ↗Reported count6,316,031#17 of 50 states6,705,980#15 of 50 states−389,949
Residents without health insurance ↗Reported count512,807#14 of 50 states767,380#9 of 50 states−254,573
Private health insurance ↗Reported count4,589,759#17 of 50 states4,857,065#15 of 50 states−267,306
Public health insurance ↗Reported count2,536,167#16 of 50 states2,809,218#13 of 50 states−273,051
Private wage workers ↗Reported count2,847,476#16 of 50 states2,903,647#15 of 50 states−56,171
Government workers ↗Reported count397,092#22 of 50 states482,994#18 of 50 states−85,902
Self-employed workers ↗Reported count155,550#21 of 50 states212,178#14 of 50 states−56,628
White non-Hispanic population ↗Reported count5,142,060#11 of 50 states3,882,098#20 of 50 states+1,259,962
Black or African American population ↗Reported count619,678#20 of 50 states336,277#26 of 50 states+283,401
American Indian & Alaska Native population ↗Reported count5,915#40 of 50 states235,367#2 of 50 states−229,452
Asian population ↗Reported count186,325#22 of 50 states289,457#19 of 50 states−103,132
Hispanic or Latino population ↗Reported count626,616#20 of 50 states2,435,661#6 of 50 states−1,809,045

Ranks follow each measure’s default order. Counts reflect state size as well as the underlying condition; higher is not automatically better. State comparisons describe separate populations, not the same household across measures.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 ACS 5-Year Estimates. Supplied extract; descriptive ranks across 50 states.

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