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3rd Annual Most Improved State Award

Which State Is The Most Improved?

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"1" is Most Improved

MOST IMPROVED STATE AWARD

3rd Edition

ALPHA ORDER

RANK ORDER

RANK

STATE

SCORE

RANK

STATE

SCORE

36

Alabama

23.58

1

Florida

37.08

43

Alaska

20.10

2

New York

34.17

18

Arizona

28.33

3

Michigan

33.64

25

Arkansas

27.00

4

North Carolina

32.25

20

California

28.08

5

Virginia

31.75

33

Colorado

25.08

6

Texas

31.50

12

Connecticut

29.67

7

Illinois

31.30

11

Delaware

29.92

8

New Jersey

31.25

1

Florida

37.08

9

Louisiana

30.75

17

Georgia

28.58

10

Wyoming

30.42

45

Hawaii

18.36

11

Delaware

29.92

29

Idaho

26.00

12

Connecticut

29.67

7

Illinois

31.30

12

Kansas

29.67

37

Indiana

23.25

14

Nevada

29.00

18

Iowa

28.33

15

Ohio

28.90

12

Kansas

29.67

16

Massachusetts

28.83

39

Kentucky

21.83

17

Georgia

28.58

9

Louisiana

30.75

18

Arizona

28.33

47

Maine

17.50

18

Iowa

28.33

23

Maryland

27.83

20

California

28.08

16

Massachusetts

28.83

20

Pennsylvania

28.08

3

Michigan

33.64

22

Vermont

27.91

26

Minnesota

26.75

23

Maryland

27.83

38

Mississippi

22.67

24

Rhode Island

27.73

39

Missouri

21.83

25

Arkansas

27.00

42

Montana

21.73

26

Minnesota

26.75

29

Nebraska

26.00

27

Tennessee

26.42

14

Nevada

29.00

28

Oregon

26.36

41

New Hampshire

21.82

29

Idaho

26.00

8

New Jersey

31.25

29

Nebraska

26.00

48

New Mexico

17.08

31

Utah

25.75

2

New York

34.17

32

Washington

25.58

4

North Carolina

32.25

33

Colorado

25.08

46

North Dakota

18.33

34

South Carolina

24.08

15

Ohio

28.90

35

West Virginia

24.00

50

Oklahoma

16.30

36

Alabama

23.58

28

Oregon

26.36

37

Indiana

23.25

20

Pennsylvania

28.08

38

Mississippi

22.67

24

Rhode Island

27.73

39

Kentucky

21.83

34

South Carolina

24.08

39

Missouri

21.83

49

South Dakota

17.00

41

New Hampshire

21.82

27

Tennessee

26.42

42

Montana

21.73

6

Texas

31.50

43

Alaska

20.10

31

Utah

25.75

44

Wisconsin

19.83

22

Vermont

27.91

45

Hawaii

18.36

5

Virginia

31.75

46

North Dakota

18.33

32

Washington

25.58

47

Maine

17.50

35

West Virginia

24.00

48

New Mexico

17.08

44

Wisconsin

19.83

49

South Dakota

17.00

10

Wyoming

30.42

50

Oklahoma

16.30

 

METHODOLOGY: To determine a state's Improvement Score, each state's rankings for 12 factors were averaged. The scale is 1 to 50, the higher the number, the better. Data used are for the most recent 10-year period for which comparable numbers are available from most states. All factors were given equal weight. States with no data available for a given category were ranked based only on the remaining factors. In our book, data are listed from highest to lowest. However, for purposes of this award, we inverted rankings for those factors we determined to be "positive." Thus the state with the greatest increase in the percent of its children immunized would be ranked 1st in the book but would be given a number 50 ranking for this award.

The results shown in the table above reflect the improvement in a state, not how a state would rank if current data for the 12 factors were used.

Please note that this award is not comparable to our previous Most Improved State awards as the factors are different.  Our other awards (e.g. Most Livable State) are comparable through the years.  However, the factors reviewed in the annual State Trends publication will change each year in an effort to periodically review as many factors as possible.