States That Beat Iowa

For each category, name any U.S. State that ranks higher than Iowa, Have Fun!

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Rank	Category	Answer
10	Highest Tax Burden as a Percent of Personal Income	New York \| Hawaii \| Vermont \| Maine \| Minnesota \| Connecticut \| New Jersey \| Rhode Island \| Illinois
9	Most Counties or County-Equivalents	Texas \| Georgia \| Virginia \| Kentucky \| Missouri \| Kansas \| Illinois \| North Carolina
9	Smallest Span Between Highest and Lowest Points	Florida \| Delaware \| Louisiana \| Mississippi \| Rhode Island \| Indiana \| Illinois \| Ohio
8	Most Tornadoes	Texas \| Kansas \| Oklahoma \| Nebraska \| Florida \| Illinois \| Colorado
7	Highest % Born in State	Louisiana \| Michigan \| Ohio \| Mississippi \| Pennsylvania \| Wisconsin
7	Largest by Area Without a National Park	Kansas \| Nebraska \| Oklahoma \| Wisconsin \| Georgia \| Illinois
7	Highest % Obese	Mississippi \| West Virginia \| Arkansas \| Louisiana \| Kentucky \| Alabama
6	Highest % White	Maine \| Vermont \| West Virginia \| New Hampshire \| Montana
5	Least % Forested	North Dakota \| Nebraska \| South Dakota \| Kansas
5	Lowest Median Home Price	West Virginia \| Mississippi \| Oklahoma \| Arkansas
5	First Date of Admission (West of the Mississippi River)	Louisiana \| Missouri \| Arkansas \| Texas
4	Westernmost State with No National Parks	Nebraska \| Oklahoma \| Kansas
4	Highest % Manufacturing Employment	Indiana \| Michigan \| Wisconsin
4	Highest % German	Wisconsin \| North Dakota \| South Dakota
3	Slowest Population Growth (1960-2019)	West Virginia \| Pennsylvania
2	Closest to the Great Lakes Without Bordering the Great Lakes	West Virginia
2	Closest in Recent Presidential Elections	Florida

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5 Comments

Level 74

Apr 1, 2021

you say 'most recent date of admission west of the Mississippi', but the states you list as answers are all east of the mississippi

Level 68

Apr 1, 2021

I can assure you that all of those states are west of the Mississippi River.

Level 68

Apr 1, 2021

Oh, is this an April Fool’s Joke ;)

Level 93

Apr 8, 2021

Oon the "most recent date of admission", you omit a lot of western states that were admitted more recently than Iowa -- Oklahoma, Arizona, New Mexico, Alaska, and Hawaii, to name a few.

Level 68

Apr 8, 2021

There was a typo, I meant to say "first date of admission", my bad.