Oddball Facts About The United States

Largest State

If the lower 48 states were all ironed out flat, Idaho would be the largest one.


Most Toothless Residents

#1 West Virginia: 42.8%
#2 Kentucky: 38.1%
#3 Tennessee: 32.2%
#4 Alabama: 31.9%
#5 Louisiana: 31.3%
#6 Oklahoma: 31.1%
#7 Mississippi: 29.5%
#8 North Carolina: 28.3%
#9 Georgia: 28.2%
#10 Kansas: 27.8%
#11 Indiana: 27.3%
#12 South Dakota: 26.1%
#13 Missouri: 25.2%
#14 North Dakota: 24.9%
#15 Arkansas: 24.6%
#16 Maine: 24.2%
#17 Pennsylvania: 23.7%
#18 Iowa: 23.2%
#19 Nebraska: 23.1%
#20 Alaska: 23%
#21 Idaho: 22.4%
#22 New Mexico: 21.8%
#23 South Carolina: 21.8%
#24 Wyoming: 21.8%
#25 Vermont: 21.2%
#26 Delaware: 21.1%
#27 New Hampshire: 21%
#28 Ohio: 20.4%
#29 Montana: 19.6%
#30 Wisconsin: 19.6%
#31 Virginia: 19.3%
#32 Florida: 18.7%
#33 Illinois: 18.7%
#34 Rhode Island: 18.4%
#35 Colorado: 18%
#36 Oregon: 17.7%
#37 Michigan: 17.1%
#38 New Jersey: 16.9%
#39 Texas: 16.8%
#40 New York: 16.8%
#41 Maryland: 16.6%
#42 Nevada: 16.5%
#43 Massachusetts: 16.4%
#44 Washington: 16.1%
#45 Arizona: 14.9%
#46 Minnesota: 14.3%
#47 California: 13.7%
#48 Utah: 13.5%
#49 Connecticut: 12.4%

DEFINITION: Adults aged 65+ who have had all their natural teeth extracted. NOTE: Data for Hawaii is not available.



Smartest/Dumbest

The state with the highest Best Educated Index Ranking (the smartest state) is Vermont.

The state with the lowest Best Educated Index Ranking (the dumbest state) is Arizona.

The smarter states (ones with a positive rating) include:
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Maine
Virginia
New York
Nebraska
Kansas
Iowa
New Hampshire
North Dakota

The dumber states (ones with a negative rating) include:
Colorado
Texas
Indiana
Michigan
South Carolina
Ohio
Illinois
Utah
Florida
Georgia

DEFINITION: This Smartest State designation is awarded based on 21 factors chosen from the annual reference book, Education State Rankings, 2005-2006.



Healthy/Unhealthy

The state with the highest Health Index Ranking (the healthiest state) is Vermont.

The state with the lowest Health Index Ranking (the least healthy state) is Louisiana.

The healthier states (ones with a positive rating) include:
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Maine
Utah
Nebraska
New Jersey
Virginia
California
Indiana
Ohio

The unhealthy states (ones with a negative rating) include:
New York
North Carolina
Illinois
Tennessee
Arizona
Georgia
South Carolina
Florida
Texas
Nevada

DEFINITION: Health Index by state. "The Healthiest State designation is awarded based on 21 factors chosen from the year 2005 edition of the annual reference book, Health Care State Rankings.



Got A Job?

The Ten States With The Highest Unemployment Rates:
#1 Mississippi
#2 Alaska
#3 Michigan
#4 South Carolina
#5 Kentucky
#6 Oregon
#7 Tennessee
#8 Illinois
#9 Rhode Island
#10 (tie) Texas & Ohio

The Ten States With The Lowest Unemployment Rates:
#1 Hawaii
#2 Wyoming
#3 Florida
#4 Virginia
#5 Nebraska
#6 North Dakota
#7 Idaho
#8 Vermont
#9 Alabama
#10 South Dakota



Poorest States

The Ten States With The Highest Percentage Of People Below The Poverty Level
#1 Mississippi
#2 Louisiana
#3 New Mexico
#4 Arkansas
#5 West Virginia
#6 Kentucky
#7 Texas
#8 Alabama
#9 South Carolina
#10 Oklahoma

The Ten States With The Lowest Percentage Of People Below The Poverty Level
#1 New Hampshire
#2 Connecticut
#3 Alaska
#4 Minnesota
#5 New Jersey
#6 Maryland
#7 Vermont
#8 Massachusetts
#9 Virginia
#10 Iowa



Best/Worst Overall

Based on the Livability Index, The 15 Best States To Live In Are:
#1 New Hampshire
#2 Minnesota
#3 Vermont
#4 Wyoming
#5 Virginia
#6 Iowa
#7 Massachusetts
#8 New Jersey
#9 South Dakota
#10 Nebraska
#11 North Dakota
#12 Maryland
#13 Wisconsin
#14 Connecticut
#15 Maine

Based on the Livability Index, The 15 Worst States To Live In Are:
#1 Mississippi
#2 Louisiana
#3 Arkansas
#4 Tennessee
#5 West Virginia
#6 Texas
#7 South Carolina
#8 Oklahoma
#9 New Mexico
#10 Kentucky
#11 North Carolina
#12 Alabama
#13 Georgia
#14 Florida
#15 Arizona

DEFINITION: Livability Index by state. "To determine a state's 'Livability Rating,' each state's rankings for 44 factors were averaged.


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Statemaster?

 

awesome. makes me proud to live in florida

 

Yeah, I love off the wall facts and figures, and that site is great for everything you never wanted to know about states.

 

How come everytime I move, the two states shift by 3 to 5 points?

 

Never wanted to know..

Which way does it shift?

 

Virginia moved up three notches in 'Toothless'

I'm gettin counted twice I tell ya!

 

My ex has family in Virginia.

 

Best places to live, New Hampshire and Minnesota? I heard even Fart's freeze up there in the Winter!!

 

I've always been told , the only reason Mississippi is a state, is so we Arkansans
would have someone to make fun of

 

woo hoo! my state is in every lowest category but we're still one of the best states to live in. i find that funny.

 

To bad Florida is not Proud to have you living here!

 

You Read it wrong SC in #7 in the worst state to live in category.


There are more states in the worst category I would rather live in. Actually there is only 1 state I would live in from the best list and 9 from the worst category.

 

******* yeah ARIZONA!!! WE GOT TEETH!!!

 

Nice... NEW YORK is not listed that many times...