Table: A Comparison of 1995 Wages, Worker Racial Distributions and Populations for All States

State	State Rank by 1995 Annual Wage	1995 Average Annual Wage for UI Covered ² Workers	Percent Change in Annual Wages 1994-95		1993 Percent White ¹ Workers	1996 Population Estimate ³	Percent Change in Population 1995-96
Connecticut	1	$35,127	3.9	91	3,274,000	0.1
New York	2	$34,938	4.5	83	18,185,000	0.0
New Jersey	3	$34,534	3.3	84	7,988,000	0.5
Alaska	4	$32,685	0.1	83	607,000	0.7
Massachusetts	5	$32,352	4.3	94	6,092,000	0.4
California	6	$30,716	2.8	85	31,878,000	1.0
Michigan	7	$30,543	3.4	87	9,594,000	0.6
Illinois	8	$30,099	3.4	85	11,847,000	0.5
Maryland	9	$29,133	2.5	70	5,072,000	0.6
Delaware	10	$29,120	4.2	81	725,000	1.1
Pennsylvania	11	$27,904	3.5	92	12,056,000	0.0
United States	N/A	$27,845	3.4	86	265,284,000	0.9
Washington	12	$27,453	4.1	93	5,533,000	1.6
Minnesota	13	$27,383	3.6	96	4,658,000	0.9
Colorado	14	$27,122	3.7	92	3,823,000	2.0
Hawaii	15	$26,977	0.9	33	1,184,000	0.4
Texas	16	$26,900	3.6	86	19,128,000	1.7
Virginia	17	$26,894	3.3	80	6,675,000	0.9
Ohio	18	$26,867	2.8	90	11,173,000	0.3
Nevada	19	$26,647	3.7	90	1,603,000	4.5
New Hampshire	20	$26,602	4.1	98	1,162,000	1.2
Rhode Island	21	$26,375	3.6	95	990,000	-0.1
Georgia	22	$26,303	3.9	71	7,353,000	2.0
Oregon	23	$25,833	4.2	95	3,204,000	1.7
Missouri	24	$25,669	4.2	92	5,359,000	0.7
Indiana	25	$25,573	2.7	93	5,841,000	0.8
Arizona	26	$25,324	4.3	95	4,428,000	2.9
Wisconsin	27	$25,099	3.2	95	5,160,000	0.7
Tennessee	28	$25,046	3.9	84	5,320,000	1.4
Florida	29	$24,710	3.3	85	14,400,000	1.5
North Carolina	30	$24,402	4.0	78	7,323,000	1.7
Alabama	31	$24,396	3.3	78	4,273,000	0.6
Louisiana	32	$23,894	3.1	77	4,351,000	0.3
Kansas	33	$23,709	3.5	92	2,572,000	0.3
Utah	34	$23,626	3.6	98	2,000,000	2.2
Vermont	35	$23,583	2.7	99	589,000	0.7
Kentucky	36	$23,490	3.3	94	3,884,000	0.7
West Virginia	37	$23,489	2.3	96	1,826,000	0.0
South Carolina	38	$23,292	3.6	73	3,699,000	0.9
Maine	39	$23,117	3.3	99	1,243,000	0.4
New Mexico	40	$22,960	2.7	91	1,713,000	1.4
Iowa	41	$22,875	3.1	98	2,852,000	0.3
Idaho	42	$22,839	4.1	98	1,189,000	2.0
Oklahoma	43	$22,671	1.7	87	3,301,000	0.8
Nebraska	44	$22,368	4.0	96	1,652,000	0.8
Wyoming	45	$22,351	1.3	98	481,000	0.5
Arkansas	46	$21,590	3.3	86	2,510,000	1.0
Mississippi	47	$21,120	3.6	68	2,716,000	0.7
Montana	48	$20,516	1.5	96	879,000	1.0
North Dakota	49	$20,492	3.0	96	644,000	0.3
South Dakota	50	$19,931	3.5	96	732,000	0.4

¹ "White Workers" includes Hispanics.

² "UI Covered Workers" includes workers covered by Unemployment Insurance and Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees.

³ Population estimates for July 1, 1996.