Education Attainment Levels for the States - The United States is likely to face an unprecedented shortage of college-educated workers by 2020. Estimates show the need to educate nearly 800,000 more college graduates each year from now through 2025 to compete with top-performing nations. The Lumina Foundation provides a state-by-state overview of progress toward the goal. (Lumina Foundation, January 2009)...

The National Information Center for Higher Education Policymaking and Analysis - Per-capita income and economic strength as measured by gross state product, tax revenues per capita and other indices are provided for each state. Select “Benefits” then “Per Capita Personal Income.”...

The New Economy Index - This Web site provides a set of economic indicators, gathered from existing public and private data, to illustrate fundamental structural changes in the U.S. economy, to show what those changes mean in the lives of working Americans and to measure the nation's progress in several key foundation areas for future economic growth....