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5. Connecticut
5.康涅狄格
Connecticut is one of just a handful of states with a poverty rate under 10%, at 9.6%.
康涅狄格是僅有的少數幾個貧困率在10%以下的州之一，康涅狄格的貧困率在9.6%。
Connecticut workers are more likely than those in almost all other states to work in high paying fields like information and finance.
康涅狄格州的工人比其他幾乎所有州的雇員更有可能在類似信息和金融的高薪領域工作。
As such, the state has the second highest percentage of households with investable assets over a million dollars.
正因為如此，該州才有第二高的可投資資產超過一百萬美元的家庭占比率。
However, its unemployment rate puts it above the national average.
但，康涅狄格的失業率高于全美平均水平。
Workers are less likely to work in lower paying fields such as agriculture and transportation.
人們不太可能服務于如農業和交通業等低收入領域。
4. Massachusetts
4.馬薩諸塞
According to the Census Bureau,
根據人口統計局，
Massachusetts has the highest percentage of residents with bachelor's degrees.
馬薩諸塞擁有學士學位居民的比例最高。
Adults with at least a bachelor’s degree tend to be qualified for a wider range of careers,
擁有至少是學士學位的成年人往往更能勝任更廣泛的行業，
many of which pay higher salaries.
其中很多行業會支付更高的薪水。
Along with its universities (among the world's best),
和這里的大學（屬于世界最好的大學行列）一樣，
financial services, technology and medicine are strong engines of the state's economy.
金融服務，科技和醫藥行業都是馬薩諸塞州經濟的主動力。
3. Hawaii
3.夏威夷
Hawaii households are among the least likely to be impoverished
夏威夷的家庭屬于最不可能貧困之列，
and workers are the least likely to be unemployed.
這里的人們也最不可能失業。
Barack Obama's home state can be rather expensive to live in,
巴拉克·歐巴馬的家所在的州的生活可能相當昂貴，
but Hawaii's booming tourist economy has lifted the median household income.
但是夏威夷興旺的旅游經濟提高了這里的家庭收入中值。
Defense is another major industry,
國防是另一大主要產業，
with 75,000 U.S. Department of Defense personnel living on the islands.
島上居住著7.5萬名美國國防部職員。
Some 17.3% of workers in the state are involved in the arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation,
其中17.3%的該州國防職工涉獵藝術，娛樂，休閑，住宿
and food service industries, as Hawaii is a popular vacation spot.
以及飲食服務行業，因為夏威夷是一個受歡迎的度假勝地。
Overall, the Hawaiian economy functions much differently than the other 49 states.
總體來說，夏威夷和其他49個州的經濟運行方式大不相同。
Shipping goods to Hawaii is quite expensive, which makes prices higher for consumers.
運輸貨物到夏威夷是非常昂貴的，因此消費者的消費價格會更高。
On the other hand, Hawaii’s median home value is by far the highest in the country at $617,4000,
另一方面，到目前為止，夏威夷的房屋中位價是617,4000美元，美國最高，
more than $100,000 higher than the next highest state.
比第二高的州高出10萬美元。
2. New Jersey
2.新澤西
Across the river from New York City,
新澤西和紐約隔河相望，
New Jersey has the highest population density in the country.
新澤西州的人口密度是全國最高的。
Biopharmaceuticals, transportation and manufacturing are leading industries here,
生物制藥，交通業和制造業是該州的主導產業，
and more than a few millionaires commute to Wall Street.
而且這里有不少百萬富翁在華爾街上班。
A New Jersey household has a better chance to be wealthy than in any other state,
住在新澤西的家庭比其他州的家庭有更好的致富機會，
with 13% of New Jersey households earning north of $200,000.
因為13%的新澤西家庭的收入超過20萬美元。
Meanwhile, just one in 10 people in the state live below the poverty line.
以此同時，該州僅有1/10的人生活在貧困線以下。
Nearly 40% of New Jersey adults hold at least a bachelor’s degree,
新澤西近40%的成年人至少擁有一個學士學位，
making them qualified to work in the high paying, specialized industries that have located in the state.
所以能勝任該州高薪的專業化領域工作。
1. Maryland
1.馬里蘭
Maryland is tops. The state benefits from its proximity to the centers of power in Washington.
馬里蘭是最富有的州。該州得益于它鄰近華盛頓的政權中心。
It borders Washington D.C. on three sides,
馬里蘭三面鄰華盛頓特區，
so it should come as no surprise that more than one in 10 Maryland workers are in the public administration sector,
所以馬里蘭超過1/10的人就職于公共行政部門也就不足為奇了。
which includes many lucrative federal government jobs.
其中包括很多有利可圖的聯邦政府工作。
The National Security Agency (NSA) is the largest employer of mathematicians in the U.S.,
國家安全局（NSA）是美國數學家的最大雇主，
and it stands among the top places to work in Maryland.
它也是馬里蘭最頂級的工作場所之一。
