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
|