Report: Over half of US states more patriotic than Texas

AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) – As the Fourth of July approaches and the United States gears up to celebrate, the personal-finance website WalletHub released its report on the most patriotic states in the country.

WalletHub said that it compared states across 13 key indicators of patriotism in order to create their ranking, with data ranging from the state’s military enlistees and veterans to the share of adults who voted in 2020, as well as the amount of AmeriCorps volunteers per capita.

Texas, according to WalletHub, was in the bottom half of the list at #31, beat out by Oklahoma at #22 and New Mexico at #20.

Leading in patriotism across the country, WalletHub credited Alaska with the #1 spot. Meanwhile, Arkansas rounded out the list at #50.

Source: WalletHub

Most Patriotic States in the U.S.

Overall Rank	State	Total Score	Military Engagement	Civic Engagement
1	Alaska	65.57	1	12
2	Montana	61.46	22	1
3	Virginia	58.97	3	13
4	North Dakota	58.43	20	5
5	Oregon	56.42	36	3
6	Maryland	56.25	23	7
7	Hawaii	55.26	2	24
8	Vermont	54.77	43	2
9	New Hampshire	54.23	32	6
10	Iowa	52.76	41	4
11	Washington	52.46	14	14
12	South Dakota	52.21	24	10
13	Colorado	52.05	12	15
14	Delaware	51.35	25	11
15	Maine	50.12	37	8
16	Utah	49.10	38	9
17	North Carolina	46.98	6	32
18	Wyoming	46.75	7	27
19	Idaho	46.03	18	18
20	New Mexico	45.23	10	26
21	Arizona	45.09	17	23
22	Oklahoma	44.58	8	30
23	Kansas	44.34	13	29
24	Georgia	44.20	5	41
25	Missouri	44.00	26	17
26	South Carolina	42.14	4	47
27	Minnesota	41.13	47	16
28	Mississippi	40.68	16	37
29	Ohio	40.51	33	20
30	Nebraska	39.11	28	34
31	Texas	38.51	9	46
32	Illinois	38.46	39	22
33	Nevada	38.29	15	45
34	Wisconsin	37.43	42	21
35	Kentucky	36.98	21	43
36	California	36.61	31	38
37	Michigan	36.05	46	25
38	New Jersey	35.99	48	19
39	Tennessee	35.92	30	39
40	West Virginia	35.44	34	36
41	Louisiana	35.15	27	44
42	Pennsylvania	34.80	44	31
43	Alabama	34.67	11	48
44	Indiana	34.43	35	40
45	Connecticut	34.10	45	33
46	Massachusetts	32.67	50	28
47	Florida	32.13	19	49
48	Rhode Island	31.78	40	42
49	New York	30.95	49	35
50	Arkansas	28.62	29	50

Note: With the exception of “Total Score,” all of the columns in the table above depict the relative rank of that state, where a rank of 1 represents the best conditions for that metric category.