What Every State in the US is Best and Worst At

this video is made possible by skill share start learning anything for free for two months at SKS h slash real-life lawyer fifteen there are fifty states in the US and all of them are both best and worst at something so let's start off alphabetically with Alabama which is the best at college football having won 16 national championships but also has the worst student math scores in the country and the least amount of people that walk to work over in Alaska they have the highest average salaries at forty four thousand three hundred fifty dollars per year but also have the nation's highest violent crime rate rafe rates of violence against women rate and the highest DUI rate Arizona is both the sunniest state with an averaged 193 clear days per year and the hottest with an average temperature above 100 degrees Fahrenheit in mid-summer Arkansas has the nation's highest rate of dog ownership with 48% of households owning one but also has the highest divorce rate California meanwhile has both the largest population and economy of any state home to thirty nine point five million people which is more people than live in all of Canada if California was an independent country it would have the world's fifth largest economy ahead of the UK and India but California also has the worst air pollution and smog in the country Colorado has America's lowest obesity rate at just 22 percent of the population but at the same time has the highest rate of fatal motorcycle accidents next up in Connecticut they have the best broadband internet connection and the most dental visits but also the worst economic inequality which can perhaps be best seen by the nearby cities of Bridgeport one of America's poorest cities and Fairfield one of her wealthiest delaware is a well known tax haven so largely due to that over sixty percent of Fortune 500 companies are incorporated in the state but Delaware is also considered America's most boring state with the worst rated nightlife in the fewest movie theaters per capita Florida is both America's flattest state and the one most impacted by hurricanes and so because of that it is the most vulnerable state to future climate change Georgia has the highest quality roads in America but also has the worst traffic with the worst bottleneck for trucks in the entire country being located right here in Atlanta faraway Hawaii has the highest rated health care services and the highest life expectancy but is also the most expensive state to live in with a nation's highest homeless rate Idaho is America's most entrepreneurial state but is also home to the most hate groups per capita with 7.18 groups per million people Illinois has the healthiest teeth but also has America's highest pollution health risk and the lowest fiscal stability rank meanwhile Indiana is the best state at high school basketball but also has the largest number of meth labs at the same time Iowa has the lowest divorce rate while also having the lowest number of led certified buildings per capita Kansas is the nation's largest producer of wheat but also has the lowest growth rate among young people and negative one percent per year while also being ranked as having America's ugliest natural scenery Kentucky is home to the longest cave system in the world but also has the highest rate of adult asthma at 12 percent of the state's population Louisiana meanwhile is home to America's largest port the port of southern Louisiana which handles 60% of all grain the country exports but the state also has the highest incarceration rate with 0.8 percent of the entire state's population currently sitting in jail Maine has the lowest violent crime rate and is also America's least diverse state with a population that is 94% white Maryland leads the country in highest household income which averages $80,000 per year but people here also have the highest debt to income ratio Massachusetts is the most educated state with over 40% of the population holding a bachelor's degree but also has the lowest birth rate and was the first state to ban happy hour simultaneously Michigan has the most golf courses per capita of any state but also has the worst rated state government integrity with very low scores in both transparency and accountability Minnesota is the state where people spend the most money per capita on recreational activities but also has the most severe winters in the country with temperatures that plummet down to negative 60 degrees Fahrenheit cold enough to give you frostbite in under five minutes people in Mississippi meanwhile spend the most time watching pornography with pornhub statistics showing that the average user from the state spends 11 min in 33 seconds on the site Mississippi also has the nation's highest poverty rate worst rated health care services highest infant mortality rate and where you're most likely to die in a car crash Missouri has the nation's cheapest gas but was also the site of America's worst dioxin disaster back in 1983 Montana has the highest high school graduation rate at 93% but also has the worst access to the Internet Nebraska is home to America's most reliable power grid and also has the highest rate of carbon monoxide poisoning Nevada unsurprisingly makes the most tax money from gambling and also has the highest rate in nightlife but at the same time has the lowest ranked social environment New Hampshire has the country's lowest poverty rate but also has the highest cocaine usage among young adults with 10.5% of that population admitting to trying it within the past year New Jersey has the lowest suicide rate and also has the lowest rated short term fiscal stability meanwhile New Mexico is the best at choosing the winner of presidential elections they've only been wrong three times since 1912 unfortunately the state also has the lowest rated public safety with the highest arson and grand theft auto rates in the country because of those it's ranked as the worst state to raise a family in while New Mexico may be good at picking them more Presidents and vice presidents have origins in New York than any other state with seven presidents and eleven vice presidents but New York also has the highest taxes and highest abortion rate in the country with 2.4 percent of women having had one North Carolina has the highest quality preschools but also the lowest number of libraries per capita North Dakota is ranked as having the highest quality of life while also having the worst alcohol problem twenty four point seven percent of adults drink excessively in the state Ohio is America's most affordable state to live in but it may not be worth it if you have allergies as seven out of the top 35 city's worst for allergies are located here Oklahoma is home to the largest casino in the US but also has the lowest salaries for teachers at just 39 thousand three hundred and six dollars per year while also being the location of the most deadly tornadoes 65 since 1950 Oregon has the highest number of craft breweries per capita is the only state I could anything they were the worst in so congrads Pennsylvania grows the most organic mushrooms and is where you have the highest probability of hitting a deer while driving one in 63 odds meanwhile Rhode Island has the lowest number of fatal industrial accidents per capita while also having the worst quality of roads and bridges South Carolina produces the most nuclear energy per capita but also treats their elders the worst of any state South Dakota is the most hunter friendly state with 26% of the population taking part but also has the nation's highest employment and income gap by race Tennessee has the highest number of caves but also the lowest number of dentists per capita Texas produces the most wind energy and has the highest migration rate with over 1,000 people moving here every day but Texas also has the lowest voter participation at just 39 percent of the population and the worst nursing home quality Utah has America's highest church attendance at 53% of the population going at least once per week while also having the highest rate of skin cancer diagnosis Vermont is ranked as the most equal state in terms of gender employment and income but also has the highest college tuition fees Virginia meanwhile has the lowest overall asthma rate while kind of contradict Ewell early having the highest toxic pollution rate with 20 pounds of waste per square mile Washington is America's most bicycle-friendly state and weirdly has the worst invasive snail problem back over in West Virginia you'll find the most equal state in terms of education level and income by race but the state also has the highest obesity rate at nearly 38 percent of the population the lowest amount of people with a college degree at just 19 percent and the highest death rate related to opioid overdoses second to last is Wisconsin which is the largest producer of cheese but has the lowest equality in jailing by race with over 1 percent of the state's minority population currently residing in jail and here we arrive at Wyoming which is America's least populated state only 579 thousand people live here less than the population of Milwaukee this low population means that a resident of this state has three point six times the voting power in a presidential election than a resident California does thanks to how the Electoral College works but Wyoming also has the highest number of fatal industrial accidents per capita and the lowest job growth rate in the country at negative 0.6 percent per year while jobs may be shrinking in Wyoming their rapidly growing across the United States in general two hundred thirteen thousand jobs were added by US employers just last month and even more are going to become made available in the future which you can help prepare yourself to apply for by taking any number of classes over at Skillshare they have over 20,000 classes they currently offer on subjects like data science web development 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Length: 10min 15sec (615 seconds)

Published: Sun Aug 12 2018

Reddit Comments

[u/Trevon_music]

Interesting!

[u/GortMaringa]

Reallifelore makes good stuff. I liked the “what every country is good at” videos. Also, they’re kinda depressing.

[u/DrewbieWanKenobie]

I figured Michigan would be worst at maintaining roads but the one they gave is responsible for that anyway so yeah