Economic extremes are where the differences between states become most obvious. Biggest, smallest, richest, poorest, highest-cost, lowest-cost - those rankings reveal how uneven the American economy really is.

This quiz is especially useful because extremes are easy to remember once you learn them. They create anchors that help the rest of the category make sense.

At the same time, the quiz highlights how rankings can mislead if you ignore context. A state can be high-income but extremely expensive, or low-income but much cheaper to live in.

If you like outlier-based learning, this is one of the strongest economy quizzes in the category.