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Per capita, Delaware is richer than Ireland (#37 in GDP), Mississippi is poorer than Bahrain (#98). Bahrain is behind Bulgaria (#81). China (#2) is in a class of its own, because of its enormous population.

This sidesteps the question of cultural differences state to state / country to country, or even between urban/rural regions.

Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_between_U.S._states... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nomi...