2021’s Most Patriotic States in America

by Author Contribution 06/24/2021

written by Author Contribution 06/24/2021

WalletHub

Americans may feel their patriotism dampened this year amid the recent surge in racial injustice, including police brutality and a rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans. Many people may find it hard to celebrate a country in which racist incidents persist. However, an expression of love for fellow citizens is patriotic in itself.

Red states are more patriotic, with an average ranking of 25.32, compared with 25.68 for blue states (1 = Best).

These troubles come on the heels of another crisis that has made it difficult to have big displays of patriotism: the COVID-19 pandemic. However, we can be proud of the researchers who made the vaccine possible. In addition, most people should have a lot more freedom to attend events on July 4th this year compared to last year, when celebrations were largely canceled.

In order to determine where Americans have the most red, white and blue pride, WalletHub compared the states across 13 key indicators of patriotism. Our data set ranges from the state’s military enlistees and veterans to the share of adults who voted in the 2020 presidential election to AmeriCorps volunteers per capita.

• New Jersey has the highest share of adults who voted in the 2020 presidential election

Most Patriotic States in the U.S.

Overall Rank	State	Total Score	Military Engagement	Civic Engagement
1	Montana	61.91	22	1
2	Alaska	56.64	1	19
3	Maryland	56.12	24	5
4	Vermont	55.29	42	2
5	New Hampshire	53.55	32	4
6	North Dakota	53.28	20	8
7	Wyoming	53.01	8	11
8	Minnesota	51.42	47	3
9	Oregon	50.07	34	6
10	Virginia	49.61	3	22
11	Utah	47.81	38	9
12	Idaho	46.79	16	12
13	Wisconsin	46.57	43	7
14	Washington	46.25	9	16
15	Arizona	44.22	17	18
16	Iowa	44.09	41	10
17	Kentucky	43.47	21	17
18	Missouri	43.33	26	15
19	South Carolina	42.76	4	34
20	Colorado	41.53	11	25
21	Delaware	41.49	25	20
22	Maine	41.19	35	13
23	Hawaii	40.79	2	47
24	Ohio	40.72	33	14
25	North Carolina	40.56	6	33
26	Nevada	40.11	18	28
27	Nebraska	38.83	27	24
28	New Mexico	36.95	13	31
29	Georgia	36.05	5	46
30	Tennessee	35.75	30	30
31	Kansas	35.50	14	40
32	Oklahoma	35.42	7	42
33	Indiana	35.22	37	26
34	Alabama	34.96	12	41
35	Pennsylvania	34.67	44	21
36	South Dakota	34.03	23	35
37	Louisiana	33.43	28	32
38	Rhode Island	33.19	40	27
39	Massachusetts	31.49	50	23
40	Mississippi	30.67	15	48
41	Texas	29.96	9	49
42	West Virginia	29.82	36	38
43	Arkansas	29.76	29	43
44	New Jersey	29.63	48	29
45	Illinois	28.53	39	36
46	California	27.75	31	44
47	Michigan	26.81	45	39
48	Connecticut	26.68	46	37
49	Florida	23.17	19	50
50	New York	21.64	49	45

Note: With the exception of “Total Score,” all of the columns in the table above depict the relative rank of that state, where a rank of 1 represents the best conditions for that metric category.