| Rank | Category | State | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Lower average temperature | Alaska | North Dakota | Maine | Minnesota | Wyoming | Montana | Vermont | Idaho | Wisconsin | 100%
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| 5 | Smaller area | Rhode Island | Delaware | Connecticut | New Jersey | 100%
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| 10 | Less populated | Wyoming | Vermont | Alaska | North Dakota | South Dakota | Delaware | Rhode Island | Montana | Maine | 100%
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| 4 | Greater percentage of white people | Maine | Vermont | West Virginia | 91%
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| 9 | Better educated | Massachusetts | Colorado | Maryland | New Jersey | Connecticut | Virginia | Vermont | New York | 91%
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| 8 | Lower percentage of state guessing in the "U.S. States Quiz" | Vermont | Delaware | Maryland | Minnesota | Wisconsin | Missouri | Connecticut | Massachusetts | 91%
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| 6 | Smaller vote gap between Democrats and Republicans | Florida | Ohio | Iowa | Virginia | Colorado | 86%
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| 7 | Greater household median | Maryland | New Jersey | Hawaii | Massachusetts | Connecticut | California | 86%
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| 2 | More wooded | Maine | 77%
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| 5 | Lower percentage of owned weapons | Delaware | Rhode Island | New York | New Jersey | 73%
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| 3 | Higher median age | Maine | Vermont | 73%
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| 2 | Less religious (All religions included!) | Vermont | 73%
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| 4 | Higher percentage of the population born out of state | Nevada | Florida | Arizona | 50%
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| 7 | Fewer deaths from road accidents | New York | Massachusetts | Minnesota | New Jersey | Hawaii | Washington | 36%
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| 5 | Greater tax burden | Alaska | Delaware | Tennessee | Florida | 23%
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| 2 | More French-speaking people | Maine | 18%
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| 5 | Fewer counties | Delaware | Hawaii | Rhode Island | Connecticut | 14%
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| 8 | More patents per capita | Vermont | Washington | California | Massachusetts | Minnesota | Idaho | Oregon | 14%
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| 2 | Larger percentage of the population using the Internet | Oregon | 0%
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