25,287 responses

United States: where I'd live, averaged

Would you live in each state? 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. Never
  2. Probably not
  3. Maybe
  4. Yes
  5. Absolutely
The ranking
Highest average first
  1. 01New York3.41
  2. 02California3.35
  3. 03Washington3.32
  4. 04Massachusetts3.26
  5. 05Colorado3.22
  6. 06Oregon3.09
  7. 07Maine3.07
  8. 08Pennsylvania2.95
  9. 09North Carolina2.94
  10. 10Vermont2.92
  11. 11Illinois2.91
  12. 12Virginia2.91
  13. 13New Hampshire2.86
  14. 14Hawaii2.83
  15. 15Connecticut2.77
  16. 16Rhode Island2.77
  17. 17Michigan2.74
  18. 18District of Columbia2.73
  19. 19Maryland2.65
  20. 20Minnesota2.61
Where people disagreed most
Widest split first
  1. California31% agreed
  2. District of Columbia32% agreed
  3. Hawaii26% agreed
  4. New York31% agreed
  5. Florida38% agreed
  6. Massachusetts25% agreed
  7. Washington27% agreed
  8. Texas34% agreed
  9. Oregon26% agreed
  10. Tennessee37% agreed