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AVERAGE IQ SCORE BY STATE

What's YOUR state's average IQ score? Find out here.





The Smartest State Award

In 2006, a company called Morgan Quitno developed the Smartest State Award.

Compare this list to the one below it, called McDaniel's Estimated Average IQ Score (2004). There seems to be some correlation between the smart-states list and the average-IQ-score-by-state list. However, don't take these results too seriously. IQ testing has been widely criticized as being too generalized, and NOT a valid assessment of anything too important.


2006 Educational State Rankings

1. VERMONT

2. MASSACHUSETTS

3. CONNECTICUT

4. NEW JERSEY

5. MAINE

6. VIRGINIA

7. MONTANA

8. WISCONSIN

9. IOWA


10. PENNSYLVANIA

11. NEBRASKA

12. NEW HAMPSHIRE

13. MINNESOTA

14. RHODE ISLAND

15. KANSAS

16. NEW YORK

17. SOUTH DAKOTA

18. MARYLAND

19. WYOMING

20. IDAHO

21. NORTH DAKOTA

22. MISSOURI

23. NORTH CAROLINA

24. INDIANA

25. TEXAS

26. SOUTH CAROLINA

27. COLORADO

28. DELAWARE

29. FLORIDA

30. TENNESSEE

31. KENTUCKY

32. ARKANSAS

33. WASHINGTON

34. OHIO

35. ILLINOIS

36. OKLAHOMA

37. WEST VIRGINIA

38. UTAH

39. MICHIGAN

40. OREGON

41. GEORGIA

42. HAWAII

43. NEW MEXICO

44. LOUISIANA

45. ALABAMA

46. ALASKA

47. CALIFORNIA

48. MISSISSIPPI

49. NEVADA

50. ARIZONA


McDaniel's Estimated Average IQ Score by State

1. MASSACHUSETTS........................................104.3

2. NEW HAMPSHIRE..........................................104.2

3. NORTH DAKOTA............................................103.8

4. VERMONT....................................................103.8

5. MINNESOTA.................................................103.7

6. MONTANA....................................................103.4

7. MAINE.........................................................103.4

8. IOWA..........................................................103.2

9. CONNECTICUT...............................................103.1

10. WISCONSIN.................................................102.9

11. KANSAS......................................................102.8

12. SOUTH DAKOTA............................................102.8

13. NEW JERSEY................................................102.8

14. WYOMING....................................................102.4

15. NEBRASKA....................................................102.3

16. WASHINGTON................................................101.9

17. VIRGINIA......................................................101.9

18. OHIO...........................................................101.8

19. INDIANA.......................................................101.7

20. COLORADO....................................................101.6

21. PENNSYLVANIA..............................................101.5

22. IDAHO..........................................................101.4

23. OREGON.......................................................101.2

24. UTAH...........................................................101.1

25. MISSOURI......................................................101.0

26. NEW YORK.....................................................100.7

27. MICHIGAN......................................................100.5

28. DELAWARE.....................................................100.4

29. NORTH CAROLINA.............................................100.2

30. TEXAS...........................................................100.0

31. ILLINOIS..........................................................99.9

32. MARYLAND.......................................................99.7

33. RHODE ISLAND..................................................99.5

34. KENTUCKY........................................................99.4

35. OKLAHOMA.......................................................99.3

36. ALASKA............................................................99.0

37. WEST VIRGINIA..................................................98.7

38. SOUTH CAROLINA...............................................98.4

39. FLORIDA...........................................................98.4

40. GEORGIA...........................................................98.0

41. TENNESSEE.......................................................97.7

42. ARKANSAS.........................................................97.5

43. ARIZONA...........................................................97.4

44. NEVADA............................................................96.5

45. ALABAMA...........................................................95.7

46. NEW MEXICO......................................................95.7

47. HAWAII..............................................................95.6

48. CALIFORNIA........................................................95.5

49. LOUISIANA..........................................................95.3

50. MISSISSIPPI........................................................94.2





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