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United States: tier list, averaged

Put every state in a tier, from F at the bottom to S at the top. Every state is colored by its mean rating. This is a survey of the people who filled it in, not of the country.

Boundaries from Natural Earth, public domain.
AlaskaAlabamaArkansasArizonaCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutDistrict of ColumbiaDelawareFloridaGeorgiaHawaiiIowaIdahoIllinoisIndianaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMassachusettsMarylandMaineMichiganMinnesotaMissouriMississippiMontanaNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaNebraskaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNevadaNew YorkOhioOklahomaOregonPennsylvaniaRhode IslandSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTennesseeTexasUtahVirginiaVermontWashingtonWisconsinWest VirginiaWyoming
  1. F
  2. D
  3. C
  4. B
  5. A
  6. S
The ranking
Highest average first
  1. 01New York4.49
  2. 02Hawaii4.31
  3. 03Massachusetts4.28
  4. 04Maine4.26
  5. 05Washington4.22
  6. 06Pennsylvania4.09
  7. 07New Hampshire4.05
  8. 08Colorado4.05
  9. 09California4.05
  10. 10Vermont4.03
  11. 11Alaska3.97
  12. 12Oregon3.85
  13. 13Virginia3.79
  14. 14Minnesota3.69
  15. 15Wisconsin3.67
  16. 16Illinois3.56
  17. 17Montana3.52
  18. 18North Carolina3.52
  19. 19Georgia3.46
  20. 20Connecticut3.42
Where people disagreed most
Widest split first
  1. District of Columbia29% agreed
  2. New York40% agreed
  3. California28% agreed
  4. New Jersey27% agreed
  5. Florida32% agreed
  6. Tennessee22% agreed
  7. Alabama50% agreed
  8. Massachusetts28% agreed
  9. Minnesota28% agreed
  10. Kentucky32% agreed