Government Data Sources
All rankings computed from publicly available federal and state government datasets. No proprietary, synthetic, or estimated data is used.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, LAUS (Dec 2025) · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 · FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, 2024 · America's Health Rankings, 2025 · WalletHub/NAEP, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 · Cook Political Report, PVI 2024 · Tax Foundation, Facts & Figures 2025 · ALEC Rich States Poor States, 2025 · WalletHub Tax Burden Study, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau / FHFA, 2025 · BEA Regional Price Parities, 2023 · EPA AirData, Median AQI by County 2024 · EIA State Electricity Profiles, 2024 · FEMA National Risk Index v1.20, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau, Net Domestic Migration 2024 · FCC / BroadbandNow, Broadband Access 2025 · National Park Service API, 2024 · USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US), 2024 · U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2023 (Commuting) · FHWA Highway Statistics, 2023 · U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022 · EIA State Electricity Profiles, 2024 · EIA Natural Gas Prices, 2024 · DOL National Database of Childcare Prices, 2023 · BEA Regional Price Parities (Food), 2023 · NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), 2023-24 · EDFacts ACGR Graduation Rates, 2021-22 · NCES School District Finance Survey (F-33), 2022-23 · BEA GDP by State (SAGDP9), 2023 · NASBO Fiscal Survey of States, FY2023 · Census Bureau State Government Finances, FY2022 · Pew Charitable Trusts Fiscal 50, FY2023 · Pew Charitable Trusts, FY2022 · S&P/Moody's via Ballotpedia, 2025 · Bureau of Labor Statistics, OES (May 2023) · IRS Statistics of Income, Migration Data 2021-2022