2019’s Most Sinful States in America

Louisiana is in the top 6, nice...

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ed states and blue states may like to point to one another as the source of all that is wrong with the U.S., but the truth is that each of the 50 states has its own virtues and vices. For example, Missouri has the worst drug use problem. And it certainly comes as no surprise that Nevada is the most gambling-addicted.

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But the cost of state sins is something we have to share as a nation. Gambling alone costs the U.S. about $5 billion per year. That’s nothing compared to the amount of money we lose from smoking, though – over $300 billion per year. Harmful behavior on the individual level can add up to staggering economic costs on a national scale.

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Some states are more well-behaved than others. In order to determine the states that most give in to their desires, WalletHub compared the 50 states across 43 key indicators of immorality. Our data set ranges from violent crimes per capita to excessive drinking to share of the population with gambling disorders. Read on to see the full ranking, insight from a panel of experts, and a full description of our methodology.

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Overall State
Rank*
1 Nevada
2 Florida
3 California
4 Texas
5 Tennessee
6 Louisiana
7 Georgia
8 Illinois
9 Michigan
10 Arizona
11 New Mexico
12 Oklahoma
13 Pennsylvania
14 Ohio
15 Alabama
16 Missouri
17 New Jersey
18 Arkansas
19 South Carolina
20 Washington
21 Virginia
22 Maryland
23 Delaware
24 New York
25 Mississippi
26 Colorado
27 North Carolina
28 Kentucky
29 West Virginia
30 Alaska
31 Indiana
32 Oregon
33 Massachusetts
34 Montana
35 Kansas
36 Hawaii
37 Rhode Island
38 Connecticut
39 Minnesota
40 Wisconsin
41 South Dakota
42 New Hampshire
43 Utah
44 Wyoming
45 Iowa
46 Idaho
47 Nebraska
48 North Dakota
49 Maine
50 Vermont

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