A NATIONAL DATA SYSTEM PUBLICATION2024 ACS · FIVE-YEAR EDITION
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How do two states really compare?

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31 MEASURES. TWO PERSPECTIVES.

Nevada & Maine

MEASURENEVADAMAINEDIFFERENCE · FIRST MINUS SECOND
Population ↗Reported count3,267,467#31 of 50 states1,405,012#42 of 50 states+1,862,455
Housing units ↗Reported count1,281,018#33 of 50 states739,072#40 of 50 states+541,946
Vacant housing units ↗Reported count126,968#32 of 50 states149,478#31 of 50 states−22,510
Reported monthly rent ↗Dollars$1,709#42 of 50 states$1,210#21 of 50 states+$499
Employed residents ↗Reported count1,598,223#32 of 50 states713,799#41 of 50 states+884,424
Unemployed residents ↗Reported count107,149#25 of 50 states19,982#45 of 50 states+87,167
Armed Forces personnel ↗Reported count14,517#24 of 50 states2,973#46 of 50 states+11,544
Residents outside the labor force ↗Reported count942,603#32 of 50 states453,768#40 of 50 states+488,835
Public transportation commuters ↗Reported count39,539#22 of 50 states4,114#44 of 50 states+35,425
Residents working from home ↗Reported count179,164#29 of 50 states103,070#37 of 50 states+76,094
Mean commute time ↗Minutes25.7 min#24 of 50 states25.6 min#23 of 50 states+0.1 min
Median household income ↗Dollars$81,134#22 of 50 states$76,442#30 of 50 states+$4,692
Per capita income ↗Dollars$42,545#28 of 50 states$45,286#19 of 50 states−$2,741
Mean household income ↗Dollars$109,620#22 of 50 states$102,734#29 of 50 states+$6,886
Reported SNAP receipt ↗Reported count146,825#31 of 50 states78,348#36 of 50 states+68,477
Reported Social Security income ↗Reported count387,217#33 of 50 states236,301#40 of 50 states+150,916
Reported retirement income ↗Reported count309,764#31 of 50 states172,341#40 of 50 states+137,423
Reported SSI receipt ↗Reported count47,484#35 of 50 states36,142#38 of 50 states+11,342
Reported cash public assistance ↗Reported count34,532#26 of 50 states17,877#37 of 50 states+16,655
Residents with health insurance ↗Reported count2,862,041#32 of 50 states1,309,493#42 of 50 states+1,552,548
Residents without health insurance ↗Reported count366,606#23 of 50 states76,864#42 of 50 states+289,742
Private health insurance ↗Reported count2,064,009#33 of 50 states952,356#42 of 50 states+1,111,653
Public health insurance ↗Reported count1,166,345#33 of 50 states566,310#40 of 50 states+600,035
Private wage workers ↗Reported count1,292,259#32 of 50 states551,298#41 of 50 states+740,961
Government workers ↗Reported count202,558#36 of 50 states103,683#41 of 50 states+98,875
Self-employed workers ↗Reported count98,844#30 of 50 states57,276#39 of 50 states+41,568
White non-Hispanic population ↗Reported count1,399,628#38 of 50 states1,252,316#39 of 50 states+147,312
Black or African American population ↗Reported count297,748#29 of 50 states27,897#41 of 50 states+269,851
American Indian & Alaska Native population ↗Reported count16,923#22 of 50 states4,804#43 of 50 states+12,119
Asian population ↗Reported count303,214#17 of 50 states18,720#44 of 50 states+284,494
Hispanic or Latino population ↗Reported count999,427#15 of 50 states32,869#49 of 50 states+966,558

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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