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State Similarity Index
Full List of States compared to Kentucky
| Rank | State | Demo. | Culture | Politics | Infra. | Geo. | Total |
| 1 | Tennessee | 18.1 | 16.6 | 15.8 | 16.6 | 18.4 | 85.5 |
| 2 | West Virginia | 17.6 | 15.7 | 15.4 | 15.8 | 17.0 | 81.5 |
| 3 | Missouri | 17.6 | 15.2 | 15.0 | 15.9 | 16.7 | 80.4 |
| 4 | Arkansas | 18.2 | 15.6 | 16.2 | 15.1 | 15.2 | 80.2 |
| 5 | Alabama | 17.6 | 15.8 | 14.9 | 17.1 | 14.6 | 80 |
| 6 | Indiana | 17.3 | 14.6 | 14.9 | 16.2 | 14.4 | 77.4 |
| 7 | Mississippi | 15.6 | 15.8 | 16.1 | 15.2 | 13.5 | 76.1 |
| 8 | Oklahoma | 17.0 | 14.4 | 15.9 | 14.9 | 13.8 | 76 |
| 9 | North Carolina | 16.6 | 15.2 | 14.7 | 15.1 | 13.7 | 75.2 |
| 10 | Ohio | 17.0 | 13.8 | 14.7 | 14.9 | 14.8 | 75.2 |
| 11 | Georgia | 15.3 | 14.9 | 15.3 | 16.1 | 13.2 | 74.8 |
| 12 | South Carolina | 16.5 | 15.3 | 14.4 | 15.6 | 12.8 | 74.6 |
| 13 | Virginia | 14.5 | 14.3 | 12.7 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 72.6 |
| 14 | Kansas | 15.7 | 13.1 | 15.7 | 14.4 | 13.1 | 71.9 |
| 15 | Wisconsin | 15.4 | 12.4 | 14.9 | 15.1 | 13.6 | 71.4 |
| 16 | Louisiana | 14.7 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 13.9 | 11.7 | 70.3 |
| 17 | Pennsylvania | 15.6 | 12.1 | 13.8 | 13.4 | 15.3 | 70.2 |
| 18 | Michigan | 16.2 | 13.2 | 13.0 | 14.6 | 12.2 | 69.2 |
| 19 | Iowa | 15.9 | 12.2 | 13.1 | 14.5 | 12.4 | 68 |
| 20 | Texas | 13.3 | 13.2 | 15.1 | 14.1 | 12.3 | 68 |
| 21 | South Dakota | 15.5 | 12.3 | 14.0 | 13.6 | 11.1 | 66.4 |
| 22 | Nebraska | 15.2 | 11.9 | 13.2 | 14.0 | 11.9 | 66.1 |
| 23 | Minnesota | 14.0 | 11.2 | 12.3 | 14.8 | 12.5 | 64.9 |
| 24 | Illinois | 13.7 | 12.1 | 10.8 | 14.3 | 13.0 | 64 |
| 25 | Idaho | 15.2 | 10.3 | 15.3 | 12.4 | 10.4 | 63.6 |
| 26 | Florida | 13.9 | 12.4 | 14.2 | 13.3 | 9.7 | 63.5 |
| 27 | Montana | 15.4 | 10.8 | 14.0 | 12.9 | 10.3 | 63.4 |
| 28 | North Dakota | 14.1 | 11.3 | 13.4 | 13.7 | 10.9 | 63.3 |
| 29 | Delaware | 14.2 | 12.5 | 10.4 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 63.1 |
| 30 | Maryland | 12.4 | 11.9 | 10.9 | 12.9 | 14.6 | 62.8 |
| 31 | Wyoming | 15.5 | 11.1 | 14.5 | 11.9 | 9.7 | 62.6 |
| 32 | Maine | 15.1 | 10.3 | 10.7 | 12.3 | 12.4 | 60.9 |
| 33 | Arizona | 14.0 | 10.5 | 14.0 | 12.0 | 9.8 | 60.2 |
| 34 | Oregon | 15.2 | 9.4 | 11.0 | 12.6 | 11.7 | 59.8 |
| 35 | New Hampshire | 13.2 | 9.3 | 10.8 | 11.8 | 13.8 | 58.9 |
| 36 | Vermont | 13.7 | 9.2 | 8.9 | 12.3 | 14.5 | 58.6 |
| 37 | Colorado | 13.4 | 9.7 | 11.0 | 12.7 | 10.9 | 57.7 |
| 38 | Utah | 11.7 | 9.5 | 13.8 | 12.6 | 10.1 | 57.6 |
| 39 | Washington | 14.0 | 8.7 | 9.7 | 13.1 | 11.8 | 57.3 |
| 40 | New Mexico | 12.5 | 10.2 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 10.6 | 57.3 |
| 41 | Connecticut | 12.2 | 9.6 | 10.1 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 56.9 |
| 42 | Nevada | 13.3 | 9.6 | 12.1 | 11.8 | 8.7 | 55.5 |
| 43 | New York | 11.5 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 11.6 | 13.9 | 55.4 |
| 44 | New Jersey | 11.4 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 11.3 | 12.6 | 55 |
| 45 | Rhode Island | 12.9 | 9.0 | 9.4 | 10.9 | 12.5 | 54.8 |
| 46 | Massachusetts | 11.6 | 8.6 | 9.4 | 11.3 | 12.2 | 53 |
| 47 | Alaska | 12.3 | 8.5 | 12.9 | 11.7 | 7.5 | 52.8 |
| 48 | California | 10.9 | 7.9 | 9.8 | 11.5 | 10.0 | 50.1 |
| 49 | Hawaii | 10.2 | 7.4 | 8.6 | 9.5 | 7.9 | 43.5 |