The 50 states ranked from highest to lowest in the amount of average disability pay awarded to injured veterans in 2005, according to the Institute for Defense Analysis. The average pay nationwide was $8,890.

-New Mexico, $12,395

-Maine, $11,734

-Oklahoma, $11,643

-Arkansas, $11,412

-West Virginia, $11,348

-Nebraska, $10,719

-Oregon, $10,677

-Louisiana, $9,815

-Vermont, $9,682

-Kentucky, $9,673

-North Carolina, $9,549

-Arizona, $9,502

-Texas, $9,484

-Montana, $9,460

-Mississippi, $9,424

-Rhode Island, $9,337

-Washington, $9,156

-South Dakota, $9,125

-South Carolina, $9,116

-Tennessee, $9,111

-Idaho, $9,063

-Hawaii, $9,047

-Wisconsin, $8,844

-California, $8,755

-Alabama, $8,752

-Missouri, $8,721

-Minnesota, $8,709

-Florida, $8,617

-Nevada, $8,606

-Colorado, $8,476

-Utah, $8,396

-Wyoming, $8,360

-Iowa, $8,348

-Massachusetts, $8,348

-New Hampshire, $8,317

-Arkansas, $8,300

-New York, $8,278

-Pennsylvania, $8,270

-North Dakota, $8,237

-Georgia, $8,163

-Kansas, $8,052

-New Jersey, $8,032

-Michigan, $7,999

-Illinois, $7,816

-Connecticut, $7,737

-Virginia, $7,706

-Delaware, $7,679

-Maryland, $7,654

-Indiana, $7,573

-Ohio, $7,556