Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Connecticut instead of Guam, you would:

Economy

be 26.4% less likely to be unemployed

In Guam, 5.6% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Connecticut, that number is 4.1% as of 2025.

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make 85.5% more money

Guam has a GDP per capita of $41,833 as of 2022, while in Connecticut, the GDP per capita is $77,582 as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 13.4% more likely to have internet access

In Guam, approximately 80.5% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Connecticut, about 91.3% do as of 2023.

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Sources: World Bank (2022–2025), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024), The World Factbook (2021), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023). How we calculate this

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