Smartest State Prior Years' Rankings

Prior Years' Rankings (#1 Ranking is "Smartest"). Because the factors used to determine the Smartest State Award have changed through the years, caution is advised when comparing annual rankings.

STATE	06-07	05-06	04-05	03-04	02-03
Alabama	45	43	44	46	41
Alaska	46	44	45	23	25
Arizona	50	50	48	45	44
Arkansas	32	37	36	38	38
California	47	46	43	44	29
Colorado	27	23	21	35	27
Connecticut	3	2	2	3	1
Delaware	28	25	27	19	43
Florida	29	36	39	40	47
Georgia	41	40	38	36	40
Hawaii	42	42	42	43	45
Idaho	20	28	29	30	22
Illinois	35	32	24	27	33
Indiana	24	26	17	13	9
Iowa	9	14	8	8	11
Kansas	15	13	15	15	14
Kentucky	31	35	37	37	28
Louisiana	44	45	46	47	49
Maine	5	5	11	6	5
Maryland	18	19	18	18	30
Massachusetts	2	3	1	1	7
Michigan	39	27	31	20	20
Minnesota	13	6	7	12	12
Mississippi	48	49	47	48	48
Missouri	22	21	26	28	31
Montana	7	9	10	4	3
Nebraska	11	12	13	11	13
Nevada	49	47	49	49	46
New Hampshire	12	15	14	26	19
New Jersey	4	4	4	5	4
New Mexico	43	48	50	50	50
New York	16	10	6	10	26
North Carolina	23	22	25	21	24
North Dakota	21	20	19	24	21
Ohio	34	31	20	22	41
Oklahoma	36	39	40	39	32
Oregon	40	38	35	32	23
Pennsylvania	10	11	9	7	15
Rhode Island	14	16	23	16	10
South Carolina	26	29	32	41	36
South Dakota	17	18	22	31	34
Tennessee	30	41	41	42	39
Texas	25	24	33	34	16
Utah	38	33	28	25	17
Vermont	1	1	3	2	2
Virginia	6	7	12	17	37
Washington	33	30	30	33	35
West Virginia	37	34	33	29	18
Wisconsin	8	8	5	8	6
Wyoming	19	17	16	14	8

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Prior Years' Rankings