Now, interestingly, here, in a ranking of worse to best state economies, Alaska was rated worse (despite its ranking in the OP for rich status).

New Mexico is next, then a couple of states in the North East.    NJ and Connecticut are among the 15 worse.

Michigan had 16th best (unfortunately, you have to go page by page to see this).  South Carolina 8th.  AZ 4th, Texas 3rd.    California 2nd, Colorado 1st.

http://money.msn.com/investing/the-50-state-economies-from-worst-to-first