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West Virginia
12.6
Mississippi
13.3
Louisiana
15.2
Arkansas
19.1
Nevada
20
New Mexico
20.4
Oklahoma
22.4
Alabama
22.4
Texas
23.9
South Carolina
28
Kentucky
30.5
Florida
32.4
Tennessee
34.2
Arizona
35.9
Indiana
36.8
Idaho
36.8
California
40
Georgia
40.2
North Carolina
40.7
South Dakota
43.1
Hawaii
43.1
Alaska
43.1
Michigan
43.8
Missouri
45
Iowa
46.2
Ohio
46.7
Delaware
46.8
North Dakota
48.4
Wisconsin
48.5
Wyoming
49.3
Rhode Island
50.5
Illinois
51.4
Montana
51.9
Oregon
52
Pennsylvania
52.4
Utah
55.5
Kansas
55.5
Maine
55.8
New York
57.8
Nebraska
57.8
Washington
60.3
Minnesota
67
Colorado
69.4
New Jersey
69.5
New Hampshire
70.5
Vermont
72.2
Virginia
72.5
Maryland
72.8
Connecticut
73.8
Massachusetts
93.9

Dumbest States 2024

Dumbest States 2024

Dumbest States 2024

  • The Penn Stakes measure of state-level intelligence compiles several intelligence- and education-based metrics: average IQ score; the percentage of a state's population with a high school diploma, bachelor's, or advanced degree; and SAT and ACT scores. Higher scores are preferable.

50 states

State
Penn Stakes
Average IQ 2022
West Virginia12.698.7
Mississippi13.394.2
Louisiana15.295.3
Arkansas19.197.5
Nevada2094.5
New Mexico20.495.7
Alabama22.495.7
Oklahoma22.499.3
Texas23.9100
South Carolina2898.4
Kentucky30.599.4
Florida32.498.4
Tennessee34.297.7
Arizona35.997.4
Idaho36.8101.4
Indiana36.8101.7
California4095.5
Georgia40.298
North Carolina40.7100.2
Alaska43.199
Hawaii43.195.6
South Dakota43.1102.8
Michigan43.8100.5
Missouri45101
Iowa46.2103.2
Ohio46.7101.8
Delaware46.8100.4
North Dakota48.4103.8
Wisconsin48.5102.9
Wyoming49.3102.4
Rhode Island50.599.5
Illinois51.499.9
Montana51.9103.4
Oregon52101.2
Pennsylvania52.4101.5
Kansas55.5102.8
Utah55.5101.1
Maine55.8103.4
Nebraska57.8102.3
New York57.8100.7
Washington60.3101.9
Minnesota67103.7
Colorado69.4101.6
New Jersey69.5102.8
New Hampshire70.5104.2
Vermont72.2103.8
Virginia72.5101.9
Maryland72.899.7
Connecticut73.8103.1
Massachusetts93.9104.3

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