The Smartest Americans Live In Which States?

Intelligence quotient

We are in no way trying to say that one state is smarter than any other, as IQ can only indicate so much about anyone's actual intelligence—and there are a multitude of factors, both social and economic, that affect said scores. But, with that being said, these are a ranking of all 50 states based solely on average IQ.

50: Mississippi

Average IQ: 94.2

CHUCK KELLY, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

49: Nevada

Average IQ: 94.5

Patrick Nouhailler's, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

48: Louisiana

Average IQ: 95.3

Spatms, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

47: California

Average IQ: 95.5

Andrew Zarivny, Shutterstock

46: Hawaii

Average IQ: 95.6

Zan Ready, Flickr

45: New Mexico

Average IQ: 95.7

MARELBU, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

44: Alabama

Average IQ: 95.7

dregsplod, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

43: Arizona

Average IQ: 97.4

Daniel Oberhaus, Flickr

42: Arkansas

Average IQ: 97.5

Bob Simmons, Flickr

41: Tennessee

Average IQ: 97.7

Domenico Convertini, Flickr

40: Georgia

Average IQ: 98

Domenico Convertini, Flickr

39: South Carolina

Average IQ: 98.4

Warren LeMay, Flickr

38: Florida

Average IQ: 98.4

xbrchx, Shutterstock

37: West Virginia

Average IQ: 98.7

Wirestock Creators, Shutterstock

36: Alaska

Average IQ: 99

OneStopShots, Shutterstock

35: Oklahoma

Average IQ: 99.3

Sean Pavone, Shutterstock

34: Kentucky

Average IQ: 99.4

Sean Pavone, Shutterstock

33: Rhode Island

Average IQ: 99.5

Sean Pavone, Shutterstock

32: Maryland

Average IQ: 99.7

Sean Pavone, Shutterstock

31: Illinois

Average IQ: 99.9

quinntheislander, CC0, Wikimedia Commons

30: Texas

Average IQ: 100

eflon, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

29: North Carolina

Average IQ: 100.2

Bz3rk, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

28: Delaware

Average IQ: 100.4

Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

27: Michigan

Average IQ: 100.5

Ken Lund, Flickr

26: New York

Average IQ: 100.7

Maciek Lulko, Flickr

25: Missouri

Average IQ: 101

MARELBU, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

24: Utah

Average IQ: 101.1

Sean Pavone, Shutterstock

23: Oregon

Average IQ: 101.2

Oregon Department of Transportation, Flickr

22: Idaho

Average IQ: 101.4

Roman Eugeniusz, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

21: Pennsylvania

Average IQ: 101.5

John Phelan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

20: Colorado

Average IQ: 101.6

Ken Lund, Flickr

19: Indiana

Average IQ: 101.7

Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

18: Ohio

Average IQ: 101.8

Jsjessee, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

17: Washington

Average IQ: 101.9

Wonderlane, Flickr

16: Virginia

Average IQ: 101.9

Jason Pratt (FishSpeaker), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

15: Nebraska

Average IQ: 102.3

Masrur Odinaev, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

14: Wyoming

Average IQ: 102.4

GPA Photo Archive, Flickr

13: South Dakota

Average IQ: 102.8

Seabear70, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

12: New Jersey

Average IQ: 102.8

Sergii Figurnyi, Shutterstock

11: Kansas

Average IQ: 102.8

Real Window Creative, Shutterstock

10: Wisconsin

Average IQ: 102.9

Bfkenney, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

9: Connecticut

Average IQ: 103.1

Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

8: Iowa

Average IQ: 103.2

Tony Webster, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

7: Montana

Average IQ: 103.4

5of7, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

6: Maine

Average IQ: 103.4

Phillip Capper, Flickr

5: Minnesota

Average IQ: 103.7

Jason DeRusha, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

4: Vermont

Average IQ: 103.8

Jonathanking, CC BY-SA 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons

3: North Dakota

Average IQ: 103.8

Drew Tarvin, Flickr

2: New Hampshire

Average IQ: 104.2

Mihai_Andritoiu, Shutterstock

1: Massachusetts

Average IQ: 104.3

Bert Kaufmann, Flickr