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If I told you Indiana is the most generic state in the country you’d probably say . . . “Well, uh, yeah. I could see that.” Breaking news: Indiana is the most generic state in the country.
BusinessInsider.com just ran a study where they ranked all 50 states from the most to least average based on 40 factors . . . things like size, racial breakdown, marriage rates, education, health, income, housing, and technology.
Tennessee came in as the number 16 most average state. Here’s what they said: What makes it weird: Tennessee’s disability rate of 15.7% was the eighth highest in the country. What makes it normal: 8.9% of Tennessee’s residents were civilian veterans, close to the average rate among the states of 8.7%. The state’s mean commute time of 24.5 minutes was just about a half minute longer than the average time of 24.1 minutes.
The 10 most average states in America are: Indiana . . . Missouri . . . Oregon . . . North Carolina . . . Michigan . . . Wisconsin . . . Kansas . . . Virginia . . . Pennsylvania . . . and Ohio. There’s a lot of Midwest in that list, huh?
On the other end, Hawaii is the least average state . . . mainly because its racial breakdown is SO different than anywhere else. Only 23% of people in Hawaii are white, which is much lower than any other state.
The 10 least average states are: Hawaii . . . Alaska . . . California . . . New York . . . Utah . . . West Virginia . . . New Jersey . . . Mississippi . . . North Dakota . . . and Massachusetts.
