Mapped: The Income Needed to Live Comfortably in Every U.S. State

To live comfortably on your own in the top five U.S. states, a person would need to make nearly double the typical income for single earners. For example, a single adult in Massachusetts needs to earn at least $116,022 annually. Here, we map how much income single adults need to cover a 50/30/20 budget in each U.S. state.

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The median age is a single indicator of the age distribution of a population, useful for policy planning for the world’s oldest and youngest countries.

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This streamgraph shows the growth in renewable energy capacity by country and region since 2000 using data from IRENA.

The top 10 countries by money received from abroad have seen a major shift through the years. Only three have stayed put.

Visual Capitalist has partnered with Lloyd’s Register Foundation to explore how long each generation can cover their needs without income.

This infographic shows which popular characters will be entering the public domain over the next 15 years.