I wonder... which states in the USA would pass for third world countries if it wasn't for it's membership in the union?





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Well, you'd have to calculate the Human Development Index (HDI), the GDP, take into account fertility rates, and...

Ah, screw it. From Louisiana to Florida--all 3rd world. Oh, and Idaho. They just suck.

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None of them would be my answer. Some of the rust belt states could probably pass as second world though (with all the decaying heavy industry).

Second world really refers to the former Soviet states. Australia is definitely first world.

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heheh don't worry about it... outdated and innaccurate terms to begin with, a throw back from the coldwar. I'm using it here in the way it's been defined by the masses.. as a state thats under-developed economically and with relatively poor infrastructure.


Third World was a term originally used to distinguish nations that neither aligned with the West nor with the East during the Cold War, many were members of the Non-Aligned Movement.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_World

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Florida? HARDLY! Fla is the third biggest contributor to the US federal system. or is it fourth.

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now that would be interesting to see.

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Real GDP per capita - all values in US$
I have included the countries from the second chart into the state chart but did not assign them a numerical place in the chart.
[01] DC 126,421
[02] Delaware 56,496
[03] Connecticut 51,911
[04] New York 49,038
[05] Massachusetts 47,351
[06] New Jersey 45,052
[07] Alaska 44,807
[08] California 42,376
[09] Virginia 41,617
[10] Minnesota 41,353
[11] Colorado 40,805
[12] Washington 40,361
[13] Wyoming 40,303
[14] Nevada 40,210
Norway 39,869
[15] Maryland 39,596
[16] Illinois 39,568
[17] Hawaii 38,850
[18] Oregon 38,339
[19] Texas 37,793
[20] New Hampshire 37,375
[21] Nebraska 37,075
[22] North Carolina 37,053
[23] Rhode Island 36,543
[24] Iowa 35,814
[25] South Dakota 35,596
[26] Georgia 35,265
[27] Louisiana 35,181
[28] Pennsylvania 35,153
[29] Wisconsin 34,890
[30] Kansas 34,770
[31] North Dakota 34,694
[32] Vermont 34,197
[33] Ohio 34,040
[34] Tennessee 33,742
[35] Arizona 33,655
[36] Florida 33,417
Netherlands 32,907
[37] Michigan 32,846
[38] Utah 32,774
[39] Indiana 32,724
Denmark 32,678
[40] Missouri 32,590
Canada 31,999
Austria 31,900
Sweden 31,621
United Kingdom 31,618
Belgium 31,233
Australia 31,053
[41] New Mexico 30,943
[42] Kentucky 30,364
[43] Maine 30,282
[44] Idaho 29,843
[45] Alabama 29,603
France 29,253
[46] Oklahoma 29,470
Japan 29,030
[47] South Carolina 28,894
Germany 28,426
[48] Montana 28,201
[49] Arkansas 27,781
Italy 27,536
Spain 24,948
[50] West Virginia 24,929
[51] Mississippi 24,477
South Korea 21,489

http://www.bea.gov/regional/gsp/#download

Real GDP per capita of fifteen first world countries
Norway - 39,869
Netherlands - 32,907
Denmark - 32,678
Canada - 31,999
Austria - 31,900
Sweden - 31,621
United Kingdom - 31,618
Belgium - 31,233
Australia - 31,053
France - 29,253
Japan - 29,030
Germany - 28,426
Italy - 27,536
Spain - 24,948
South Korea - 21,489

http://www.bls.gov/fls/flsgdp.pdf

Since every state in the United States has a real GDP per capita higher than at least one of the first world countries shown it is safe to say that no state would be a third world country if it were on its own.

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Source
This is based on GDP. For instance, my state (Missouri) has roughly the same GDP as Poland.

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