Top 10 Performing States

1. Idaho
2. North Carolina
3. Utah
4. New Mexico
5. West Virginia
6. Indiana
7. Oklahoma
8. Washington
9. Oregon
10. New Hampshire

Top Takeaways

Generally, the top five states perform better across indicators and are closer to HOPE goals.

• All of the top five states perform well on the low liquor store density indicator, with at least 94% of people of all races and ethnicities living in counties with low liquor store density.
• Both Idaho and Virginia are in the top five states for housing quality with below average inequity and below average distance to goal.

Although Idaho and West Virginia are the the top five states for home ownership, the opportunity to own one’s home is not spread evenly across groups.

• In particular, Black and Hispanic residents in both states have the lowest home ownership rates (40% and 52%, respectively in Idaho as compared to a state average of 72%, and 42% and 55%, respectively in West Virginia as compared to a state average of 74%).

Bottom 10 Performing States

1. District of Columbia
2. New York
3. Kentucky
4. Arkansas
5. New Jersey
6. Rhode Island
7. Vermont
8. South Dakota
9. Massachusetts
10. Michigan

Top Takeaways

All bottom five states have average to high inequities across Home Ownership, Housing Quality, and Liquor Store Density.

• For example, 78% of White residents own homes compared to only 25% of Black and 46% of Hispanic residents in Minnesota. The same is true in South Dakota, where 74% of Whites own homes, compared to 20% of Black, 38% of American Indian/Alaska Native, 37% of Asian/Pacific Islander, 46% of Multiracial, and 48% of Hispanic residents.
• In examining housing quality, American Indians/Alaskan Native populations are more likely to live in sub-quality homes than other racial/ethnic groups in Rhode Island, South Dakota and Massachusetts.

The bottom five states rank in the bottom twenty states for Low Liquor Store Density.

• Rhode Island and Minnesota, in particular, face some of the highest inequities and above average to high distance to goal.
• In Minnesota, for example, whereas 93% of Black and Asian/Pacific Islander residents live in areas with low liquor store density, only 36% of American Indian/Alaska Native populations live in such areas.

New York and Massachusetts are positive outliers on food security among the bottom five performing states due to very low distance to goal and small variation between groups.

• On average, 96% of New York residents and 94% of Massachusetts residents live in food secure areas compared to the national benchmark of 97%.
• At least 9 in 10 people of all race and ethnic groups live in food secure areas.