Someone always has to come in last...

[Viva_La_Revolution]

Whether it’s a fat population, high rate of STDs or excessive tax rate, it turns out that every state ranks dead last in at least one unsavory category.


Rationale and statistics:
Most stats taken from http://www.americashealthrankings.org/ and http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/rankings.html (unless otherwise noted)...

much more..
http://pleated-jeans.com/2011/01/24/the-united-states-of-shame-chart/

[Guilded Lilly]

1. Considering the other options...

I guess nerdy is not that bad! lolol

[Demstud]

3. Yeah

Haha, yeah, that's what I was thinking! Kind of surprising too. It's based on the "highest number of library visits per capita." I figured Ohio would get the worst drivers distinction :-P

[Guilded Lilly]

19. Ohio would get the worst drivers distinction :-P

welllll...when I lived in Pennsylvania it sure did! (grin)

[liberal N proud]

2. Utah - Porn usage?

I stick with nerdiest

[Lucky 13]

4. Hooray Motorcycle Deaths!

I don't own a motorcycle, so joke's on them!

[RZM]

5. This is a joke

Maine the dumbest state? The designation is based on SAT scores, but look at the link. The top ranking states are those where only the most competitive college-bound students take the SAT, so they skew the rankings. Maine has the highest rate of participation at 92 percent, so the scores are evened out.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

9. as the author says...

Jeff Wysaski says:
January 24, 2011 at 12:04 pm

I’ll be the first to admit Ohio is a stretch. It, along with New Mexico, was the hardest to find a last place rank for. This map should certainly be taken as more of a novelty than anything. But you should be proud that Ohio’s shame isn’t quite as excessive as other states!


:)

[RZM]

10. I wish we were the REAL nerdiest state

I'd be proud of it. I'd guess the real nerdiest state is in New England -- I believe Mass. is number 1 in percentage of population with a college degree. Still, I'll take it :)

[alphafemale]

6. Most fatal car crashes? In Wyoming? How many cars per mile could their possibly be?

really?

Is this fatal collisions with moose or Bigfoot's (Bigfeet?) or something?

Or do people just routinely drive off the edge of the earth?

grammar edit

[madinmaryland]

7. Bestiality in Washington state? I thought that would have been one

of the states in the south.

:shrug:

[VWolf]

8. Hmmm taxes for my state

Not surprised. Still, could be worse (S Dakota, Nebraska, Maine ... YIKES)

[Kurovski]

11. Ugliest residents?

How can that be judged?

I mean, I think Curly from the three stooges was a fox.

:loveya: :hug: :hi:

[Guilded Lilly]

21. he SOITENLY was! (n/t)

[Kurovski]

22. He has what turns out to be quite the stylish haircut these days.

:D

[Viva_La_Revolution]

23. hello love

[Kurovski]

24. You're beautiful, you know.

Your love...it is beautiful. :D :bounce:

[11 Bravo]

12. Cheney did his part to inflate Wyoming's drunk driving rating.

[Robb]

13. In my mind, I see CO as "worst at cocaine use..."

...and imagine our cocaine users making it into a poultice and rubbing it on their feet. :D

[Electric Monk]

14. lol

[lame54]

15. this map is confusing...

On one hand Texas reads "high School Education" which is meant to read they are last in having students graduate per capita

Then Louisiana read "Gonorrhea" - Does that mean they are last in cases of Gonorrhea per capita?

No - but that's how it reads

many other examples of this confusion on this map

[Electric Monk]

16. Yeah, does being worst at "binge drinking" mean the most or the least of it?

Another example.

[lame54]

17. maybe they spill a lot

[Electric Monk]

18. I have a drinking problem

/airplane http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl4plPGRG8o

[lpbk2713]

20. Worst drivers in Mass?

I'm not so sure about that from what I have seen.