Why be a red state when you could be a blue state? Vote blue 2026, save your state. States with highest Murder Rates 🔴 Louisiana : 16.8 🔴 Mississippi : 15.4 🔴 Alabama : 12.2 🔴 Missouri : 11.8 🔴 South Carolina : 10.5 States with the lowest Murder Rates 🔴 Utah : 2.2 🔵 Rhode Island : 2.0 🔵 Maine : 1.7 🔵 Vermont : 1.5 🔵 New Hampshire : 1.1 Bottom 5 public school systems (based on test scores) 🔴 Alaska 🔴 Louisiana 🔴 Arizona 🔴 Oklahoma 🔵 New Mexico Top 5 public school systems (based on test scores) 🔵 New Jersey 🔵 Massachusetts 🔵 Connecticut 🔵 Vermont 🔵 Minnesota States with the lowest life expectancy in years 🔴 Mississippi : 70.9 🔴 West Virginia 71.0 🔴 Alabama 72.0 🔴 Louisiana 72.2 🔴 Kentucky 73.5 States with the longest life expectancy in years 🔵 Hawaii : 79.9 🔵 Massachusetts : 79.6 🔵 Connecticut : 79.2 🔵 New Jersey : 79.0 🔵 New York : 79 States with the highest infant mortality rates 🔴 Mississippi : 9.11 🔴 Arkansas : 8.59 🔵 Delaware : 8.07 🔴 Lousiana 7.65 🔴 West Virginia : 7.47 States with the lowest infant mortality rates 🔴 North Dakota: 3.29 🔵 Massachusetts : 3.31 🔵 New Jersey : 3.61 🔵 New Hampshire : 3.66 🔵 California : 3.95 States most reliant on the federal government (per dollar) 🔴 Alaska : $2.36 per $1 in taxes paid 🔴 Kentucky: $3.35 per $1 in taxes paid 🔴 West Virginia : $2.72 per $1 in taxes paid 🔴 Mississippi : $2.34 per $1 in taxes paid 🔴 South Carolina : $3.42 per $1 in taxes paid States least reliant on the federal government (per dollar) 🔵 New Jersey : $0.35 per $1 in taxes paid 🔵 California : $0.50 per $1 in taxes paid 🔵 Minnesota : $0.58 per $1 in taxes paid 🔵 Massachusetts : $0.41 per $1 in taxes paid 🔵 Illinois : $0.60 per $1 in taxes paid States with the most domestic violence arrests 🔴 Nevada 🔴 Oklahoma 🔴 Missouri 🔴 Kentucky 🔴 Florida States with the lowest domestic violence arrests per capita 🔴 North Dakota 🔵 New York 🔵 Rhode Island 🔵 Vermont 🔵 Massachusetts Lowest GDP per capita 🔴 Mississippi : $53,061 🔴 Arkansas $60,276 🔴 West Virginia $60,783 🔴 South Carolina $61,616 🔴 Alabama $65,889 Highest GDP per capita 🔵 New York : $117,332 🔵 Massachusetts : $110,551 🔵 Washington : $108,468 🔵 California : $104,481 🔵 Connecticut : $99,035 States with the highest incarceration rates 🔴 Louisiana : 775 🔴 Mississippi : 717 🔴 Arkansas : 614 🔴 Oklahoma : 598 🔴 Texas : 563 States with the lowest incarceration rates 🔵 Massachusetts : 116 🔵 Maine : 130 🔵 Rhode Island : 152 🔵 Vermont : 153 🔵 New Hampshire : 165 highest obesity rates 🔴 West Virginia : 41.2% 🔴 Mississippi : 40.1% 🔴 Arkansas : 40.0% 🔴 Lousiana : 39.9% 🔴 Alabama : 39.3% lowest obesity rates 🔵 District of Columbia : 23.5% 🔵 Colorado : 24.9% 🔵 Hawaii : 26.1% 🔵 Massachusetts : 27.4% 🔵 California : 27.4% States with the worst public transportation: 🔴 Mississippi 🔴 Nebraska 🔴 Wyoming 🔴 North Dakota 🔴 Alaska States with the best public transportation 🔵 New York 🔵 Massachusetts 🔵 Washington 🔵 New Jersey 🔵 Illinois States with the lowest college graduation rates 🔵 New Mexico 🔴 Nevada 🔴 Idaho 🔴 Oklahoma 🔴 Alaska States with the highest college graduation rates 🔵 Massachusetts 🔵 New Jersey 🔵 Connecticut 🔵 New Hampshire 🔴 Virginia highest sex crime rate 🔴 Alaska : 118.4 per 100k 🔴 South Dakota : 72.6 per 100k 🔴 Nevada : 70.2 per 100k 🔴 Arkansas : 52.0 per 100k 🔵 Michigan 72.4 per 100k lowest sex crime rate 🔵 New Jersey : 15.1 per 100k 🔵 Connecticut: 18.2 per 100k 🔵 New Hampshire : 19 per 100k 🔵 Maine : 21.3 per 100k 🔵 New York : 22.7 most teen pregnancy 🔴 Mississippi : 26.4 🔴 Arkansas : 24.5 🔴 Louisiana : 23.8 🔴 Oklahoma : 22.9 🔴 Alabama : 22.0 lowest amount of teen pregnancy 🔵 Massachusetts : 6.1 🔵 New Hampshire : 6.6 🔵 Connecticut : 7.6 🔵 Vermont : 7.8 🔵 New Jersey : 8.3