United States of Shame – What Is Your State The Worst At?
Mad props to Pleated Jeans for this incredible map of what every state is the worst at. Whether it’s the highest rate of bestiality (We’re looking at you, Washington) or the most environmentally unfriendly (Let’s hear it for Indiana!), every state has something to be ashamed about. The full list of shameful, shameful superlatives is below.
Rationale and statistics:
Most stats taken from https://www.americashealthrankings.org/ and http://web.archive.org/web/20151001014923/http://www.census.gov:80/compendia/statab/rankings.html (unless otherwise noted)
http://web.archive.org/web/20130423143139/http://www.statehealthfacts.org/comparemaptable.jsp?ind=469&cat=10&sub=112&sort=a
http://web.archive.org/web/20141218130120/http://www.cnbc.com/id/38148092/States_With_the_Highest_Cost_of_Living?slide=11
https://www.newwest.net/topic/article/roll_call_rocky_mountain_states_still_at_bottom_of_congressional_clout_list/C559/L559/
https://www.environmentalleader.com/2010/09/15/indiana-comes-in-last-on-green-state-ranking/
http://web.archive.org/web/20161224014149/http://www.statemaster.com/graph/peo_per_of_peo_who_are_85_yea_and_ove-percent-who-85-years-over
http://web.archive.org/web/20161224011557/http://www.statemaster.com/graph/hea_lim_act_day_per_mon-limited-activity-days-per-month
http://web.archive.org/web/20170308230559/http://www.statemaster.com/graph/hea_gon_rat-health-gonorrhea-rate
https://www.commonwealthfoundation.org/policyblog/detail/2010-sat-scores-by-state
https://www.avert.org/usa-states-cities.htm
https://www.theautochannel.com/news/2002/11/11/150352.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20121207115534/http://woodbury.kstp.com/content/minnesota-ranks-first-nation-tornado-reports-2010
BONUS facts: Mississippi ranks last in the most number of categories. These include highest rate of child poverty (31.9 percent), highest rate of infant mortality (10.3 percent) lowest median household income ($35,078), highest teen birth rate (71.9 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19) and highest overall rate of STDs.
http://web.archive.org/web/20160907075845/http://www.bcsalliance.com:80/bankruptcy_statestats.html
https://helenair.com/lifestyles/article_c48ad0a6-bce0-5f69-931e-dc5ca0f83583.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20141218130125/http://newhampshire.watchdog.org/7194/nh-ranks-last-in-corporate-tax-climate-7th-best-for-business-overall/
https://retirementliving.com/RLtaxes.html
https://www.lasg.org/NMecon05.htm
http://web.archive.org/web/20110815180736/http://www.southernstudies.org/2008/01/north-carolina-ranks-last-for-teacher.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20170202204757/http://www.statemaster.com/graph/edu_pub_lib_lib_vis_per_cap-libraries-library-visits-per-capita
http://web.archive.org/web/20161224072758/http://www.statemaster.com/graph/cri_ars_dea-crime-arson-deaths
http://web.archive.org/web/20160709160816/http://www.statemaster.com:80/graph/hou_per_of_hou_uni_tha_are_mob_hom-housing-percent-units-mobile-homes
https://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-05-11/the-most-corrupt-states/
http://web.archive.org/web/20161224025027/http://www.statemaster.com/graph/edu_hig_sch_dip_or_hig_by_per-high-school-diploma-higher-percentage
https://www.deseretnews.com/article/705288350/Utah-No-1-in-online-porn-subscriptions-report-says.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20061129095705/http://www.statemaster.com:80/graph/hea_bir_rat_per_100-birth-rate-per-1-000
http://web.archive.org/web/20160401113713/http://www.vabiker.net:80/2008/09/virginia-ranks-last-nationally-in-alcohol-related-motorcycle-deaths/
http://web.archive.org/web/20121207115524/http://www.autoinsurancequotealert.com/news/wyoming-leads-nation-with-highest-motor-vehicle-fatality-rate/
Thanks to Pleated Jeans for the best damn detective work about the worst damn things in our country.
