The Fourth of July is just around the corner, so how does your state stack up against others as a patriotic hotspot?
Personal finance website WalletHub looked at eight key metrics of all 50 states, including military engagement, voting habits and civic education to see which were the most and least patriotic.
The states most associated with the Statue of Liberty — New York and New Jersey — were found to be the least patriotic. Topping the list were Virginia, Washington and Colorado.
Here are WalletHub’s 10 most patriotic states:
1. Virginia
2. Washington
3. Colorado
4. Idaho
5. Alaska
6. Maine
7. North Carolina
8. New Hampshire
9. South Carolina
10. Georgia
Here are the 10 least patriotic:
50. New York
49. New Jersey
48. Rhode Island
47. Utah
46. West Virginia
45. Arkansas
44. Connecticut
43. Illinois
42. Louisiana
41. Pennsylvania
Some interesting stats:
• Red states, or those that have voted Republican in the last few elections, were found to be more patriotic than blue states.
• Alaska has twice as many veterans per 100,000 residents as New York.
• Georgia’s military enlistment rate is three times as high as North Dakota.
• Twice as many people voted in Minnesota compared to Arizona for the 2012 presidential election.
• Utah residents are three times as more likely to volunteer than Louisiana residents.
• Vermont has 23 times as many Peace Corps volunteers per 100,000 residents as Mississippi.
View the full report here.
