Several studies have come out recently — all from different organizations — that rank states on various metrics. The good folks at Hotline have combined these studies into one handy-dandy chart, showing where each state ranks in SAT scores (the higher, the dumber), Obesity (the higher, the fatter), and poverty (the higher, the poorer):
SAT Obesity Poverty Average Alabama 37 2 8 15.67 Alaska 19 15 34 22.67 Arizona 26 43 16 28.33 Arkansas 39 7 7 17.67 California 17 30 21 22.67 Colorado 35 51 36 40.67 Connecticut 21 46 49 38.67 Delaware 7 29 3 13.00 DC 1 39 40 26.67 Florida 4 35 25 21.33 Georgia 6 12 14 10.67 Hawaii 2 50 45 32.33 Idaho 30 31 18 26.33 Illinois 49 23 29 33.67 Indiana 12 8 28 16.00 Iowa 50 21 38 36.33 Kansas 44 26 32 34.00 Kentucky 36 5 9 16.67 Louisiana 40 4 2 15.33 Maine 13 34 26 24.33 Maryland 16 24 50 30.00 Massachusetts 23 49 41 37.67 Michigan 38 11 23 24.00 Minnesota 46 27 47 40.00 Mississippi 33 1 1 11.67 Missouri 45 14 22 27.00 Montana 29 45 15 29.67 Nebraska 43 20 39 34.00 Nevada 10 42 37 29.67 New Hampshire 24 36 51 37.00 New Jersey 15 40 48 34.33 New Mexico 32 40 4 25.33 New York 9 36 19 21.33 North Carolina 14 17 13 14.67 North Dakota 51 18 35 34.67 Ohio 28 15 24 22.33 Oklahoma 41 13 10 21.33 Oregon 25 33 17 25.00 Pennsylvania 5 19 30 18.00 Rhode Island 11 47 27 28.33 South Carolina 3 8 11 7.33 South Dakota 48 22 20 30.00 Tennessee 42 6 12 20.00 Texas 8 10 6 8.00 Utah 34 43 42 39.67 Vermont 20 47 33 33.33 Virginia 18 25 44 29.00 Washington 27 31 31 29.67 West Virginia 22 3 5 10.00 Wisconsin 47 28 43 39.33 Wyoming 31 36 46 37.67
It should be noted that Mississippi is both the fattest and the poorest in the country.