Quality of life comparison

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

Economy

be 16.0% more likely to be unemployed

In Illinois, 4.8% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Guam, that number is 5.6% as of 2025.

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make 40.8% less money

Illinois has a GDP per capita of $70,691 as of 2024, while in Guam, the GDP per capita is $41,833 as of 2022.

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Basic Needs

be 10.2% less likely to have internet access

In Illinois, approximately 89.6% of the population has internet access as of 2023. In Guam, about 80.5% do as of 2021.

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

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Guam: At a glance

Guam is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 544 sq km. Spain ceded Guam to the US in 1898. Captured by the Japanese in 1941, it was retaken by the US three years later. The military installations on the island are some of the most strategically important US bases in the Pacific.
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