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State Similarity Index
Full List of States compared to Massachusetts
| Rank | State | Demo. | Culture | Politics | Infra. | Geo. | Total |
| 1 | Rhode Island | 17.1 | 16.2 | 17.2 | 16.5 | 17.6 | 84.5 |
| 2 | Connecticut | 17.3 | 16.2 | 14.8 | 16.4 | 18.8 | 83.5 |
| 3 | New York | 16.5 | 15.7 | 14.7 | 15.9 | 16.5 | 79.2 |
| 4 | New Jersey | 16.4 | 14.9 | 15.3 | 15.6 | 16.2 | 78.4 |
| 5 | New Hampshire | 15.4 | 15.7 | 14.2 | 13.8 | 16.3 | 75.3 |
| 6 | Maryland | 15.8 | 12.6 | 15.7 | 15.3 | 15.7 | 75.1 |
| 7 | Maine | 13.0 | 15.2 | 14.8 | 12.9 | 16.7 | 72.6 |
| 8 | Vermont | 15.1 | 14.7 | 14.3 | 13.1 | 14.9 | 72.1 |
| 9 | Pennsylvania | 15.2 | 12.8 | 12.6 | 14.8 | 16.3 | 71.7 |
| 10 | Delaware | 15.1 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.5 | 13.0 | 67.7 |
| 11 | Illinois | 15.2 | 13.0 | 13.8 | 13.9 | 11.3 | 67.2 |
| 12 | Virginia | 14.9 | 10.3 | 11.6 | 14.0 | 15.2 | 66.1 |
| 13 | Michigan | 14.4 | 11.9 | 12.3 | 13.0 | 12.7 | 64.2 |
| 14 | Ohio | 13.7 | 11.4 | 11.7 | 13.4 | 13.9 | 64.2 |
| 15 | Wisconsin | 13.8 | 12.0 | 11.8 | 13.1 | 12.1 | 62.9 |
| 16 | Minnesota | 14.3 | 11.4 | 13.4 | 13.2 | 10.5 | 62.7 |
| 17 | Washington | 14.1 | 11.6 | 13.2 | 12.3 | 10.2 | 61.4 |
| 18 | California | 13.2 | 12.0 | 15.1 | 13.3 | 7.6 | 61.2 |
| 19 | Oregon | 13.6 | 11.1 | 13.0 | 12.0 | 9.1 | 58.7 |
| 20 | North Carolina | 12.7 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 12.8 | 13.6 | 58.5 |
| 21 | Indiana | 13.0 | 11.2 | 9.4 | 11.4 | 11.8 | 56.9 |
| 22 | Colorado | 14.2 | 10.2 | 13.4 | 11.6 | 7.3 | 56.7 |
| 23 | Florida | 13.4 | 9.1 | 10.0 | 13.5 | 10.3 | 56.3 |
| 24 | Georgia | 12.4 | 8.4 | 8.9 | 13.3 | 12.8 | 55.8 |
| 25 | Hawaii | 11.9 | 9.7 | 14.6 | 12.3 | 7.2 | 55.7 |
| 26 | Missouri | 13.4 | 8.6 | 10.0 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 55.6 |
| 27 | Iowa | 12.6 | 10.6 | 11.3 | 10.9 | 9.0 | 54.4 |
| 28 | South Carolina | 12.9 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 12.2 | 13.0 | 54.4 |
| 29 | Tennessee | 12.4 | 7.3 | 9.3 | 12.6 | 12.5 | 54.1 |
| 30 | Kentucky | 11.6 | 8.6 | 9.4 | 11.3 | 12.2 | 53 |
| 31 | West Virginia | 10.2 | 7.9 | 10.2 | 10.5 | 13.5 | 52.3 |
| 32 | Nevada | 12.3 | 10.6 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 6.0 | 52.2 |
| 33 | Nebraska | 13.3 | 10.4 | 9.7 | 10.7 | 8.2 | 52.2 |
| 34 | Kansas | 13.3 | 9.9 | 9.5 | 10.6 | 7.5 | 50.7 |
| 35 | New Mexico | 11.0 | 8.8 | 14.2 | 9.7 | 6.0 | 49.7 |
| 36 | Alaska | 12.6 | 9.3 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 7.3 | 49.6 |
| 37 | Arizona | 12.8 | 9.0 | 10.9 | 11.2 | 5.7 | 49.5 |
| 38 | Alabama | 11.8 | 6.3 | 8.7 | 11.1 | 11.2 | 49 |
| 39 | Louisiana | 11.7 | 7.2 | 9.3 | 10.8 | 9.7 | 48.7 |
| 40 | South Dakota | 11.7 | 8.8 | 9.4 | 10.5 | 7.9 | 48.3 |
| 41 | North Dakota | 12.3 | 9.4 | 8.9 | 9.8 | 7.4 | 47.7 |
| 42 | Montana | 12.1 | 8.9 | 11.3 | 8.4 | 6.7 | 47.5 |
| 43 | Arkansas | 11.8 | 6.3 | 9.3 | 9.7 | 10.2 | 47.2 |
| 44 | Utah | 10.8 | 8.5 | 8.9 | 10.6 | 7.8 | 46.7 |
| 45 | Texas | 11.7 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 11.1 | 7.7 | 46.4 |
| 46 | Idaho | 11.6 | 9.4 | 7.6 | 8.9 | 8.4 | 45.9 |
| 47 | Oklahoma | 11.7 | 6.2 | 8.6 | 10.9 | 7.7 | 45.2 |
| 48 | Mississippi | 10.4 | 6.5 | 8.5 | 10.4 | 9.4 | 45.1 |
| 49 | Wyoming | 12.1 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 42.2 |