| Economic Variable | Regional Comparisons |
| X1: State GDP | None |
| X2: Personal Income | None |
| X3: Personal Consumption Expenditure | None |
| X4: Participants in the SNAP Program | None |
| X5: New Residential Sales | (NE-MW), (MW-S), (S-W), (NE-S), (NE-W), (MW-W) |
| X6: Unemployment Rate | |
| X7: Nonfarm Payroll Employment | |
| X8: Population of Minimum Wage Workers | |
| X9: Cost of Living | (NE-MW) |