About America's Dashboard
A data-driven platform ranking all 50 US states.
What is America's Dashboard?
America's Dashboard is a data-driven platform that ranks and scores all 50 US states across 8 key categories: economy, safety, health, education, fiscal health, growth, affordability, and environment. Every score is calculated from real, publicly available government data — nothing is fabricated or estimated.
Our Mission
To make state-level data accessible, comparable, and understandable. We believe transparency in how states perform helps residents, policymakers, and researchers make better decisions. By standardizing metrics across all 50 states, we aim to cut through noise and deliver clear, actionable insights.
How It Works
Raw data from federal agencies (BLS, Census Bureau, FBI, and more) is collected and normalized to a 0–100 scale using linear interpolation.
Eight category scores are computed from the normalized data and combined into a single composite score using a weighted formula.
States are ranked 1–50 by composite score and assigned letter grades from A+ to F.
Data Accuracy
All data comes from official government sources. We update our data annually as new reports are released. Our current dataset reflects 2024–2025 data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau, FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, America's Health Rankings, WalletHub/NAEP, and the Cook Political Report.