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State Similarity Index
Full List of States compared to New Jersey
| Rank | State | Demo. | Culture | Politics | Infra. | Geo. | Total |
| 1 | Connecticut | 17.7 | 15.9 | 16.8 | 15.2 | 16.1 | 81.7 |
| 2 | New York | 17.3 | 17.2 | 16.3 | 15.8 | 13.8 | 80.4 |
| 3 | Maryland | 16.2 | 14.1 | 16.8 | 16.3 | 16.8 | 80.1 |
| 4 | Massachusetts | 16.4 | 14.9 | 15.3 | 15.6 | 16.2 | 78.4 |
| 5 | Rhode Island | 15.7 | 15.2 | 15.5 | 14.5 | 17.1 | 78 |
| 6 | Delaware | 15.3 | 13.7 | 15.3 | 14.7 | 16.2 | 75.1 |
| 7 | Pennsylvania | 14.9 | 14.6 | 13.8 | 15.6 | 14.1 | 72.9 |
| 8 | Illinois | 16.5 | 15.2 | 15.7 | 14.2 | 11.2 | 72.8 |
| 9 | Virginia | 15.7 | 10.9 | 13.2 | 14.2 | 15.4 | 69.5 |
| 10 | New Hampshire | 14.5 | 13.1 | 14.0 | 12.7 | 12.8 | 67.1 |
| 11 | Michigan | 14.0 | 13.2 | 14.1 | 13.2 | 12.0 | 66.5 |
| 12 | Ohio | 13.5 | 12.8 | 12.0 | 13.3 | 13.3 | 65 |
| 13 | Minnesota | 14.5 | 12.5 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.1 | 64.4 |
| 14 | California | 14.4 | 12.5 | 15.6 | 12.3 | 8.4 | 63.1 |
| 15 | Maine | 12.1 | 12.4 | 14.4 | 10.9 | 13.2 | 62.9 |
| 16 | Vermont | 13.9 | 12.3 | 14.1 | 10.9 | 11.7 | 62.9 |
| 17 | Wisconsin | 13.6 | 12.7 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 11.0 | 62.5 |
| 18 | Washington | 14.3 | 11.8 | 14.3 | 11.8 | 10.2 | 62.4 |
| 19 | North Carolina | 13.4 | 9.9 | 11.2 | 12.5 | 15.4 | 62.2 |
| 20 | Florida | 14.3 | 10.5 | 11.1 | 13.0 | 12.8 | 61.6 |
| 21 | Indiana | 13.2 | 13.2 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 11.8 | 60.9 |
| 22 | Oregon | 13.1 | 10.7 | 14.6 | 11.4 | 9.5 | 59.2 |
| 23 | Georgia | 13.2 | 9.3 | 8.8 | 12.7 | 14.0 | 58 |
| 24 | Hawaii | 12.9 | 10.1 | 15.4 | 12.2 | 6.8 | 57.4 |
| 25 | Tennessee | 12.8 | 8.5 | 10.5 | 12.3 | 13.2 | 57.3 |
| 26 | Missouri | 13.4 | 9.4 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 56.9 |
| 27 | Colorado | 14.8 | 10.0 | 14.0 | 11.0 | 7.1 | 56.9 |
| 28 | South Carolina | 12.8 | 8.8 | 8.4 | 11.5 | 15.2 | 56.8 |
| 29 | Iowa | 12.2 | 11.4 | 12.8 | 10.6 | 8.7 | 55.7 |
| 30 | Kentucky | 11.4 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 11.3 | 12.6 | 55 |
| 31 | West Virginia | 9.9 | 9.3 | 11.2 | 11.8 | 12.4 | 54.7 |
| 32 | Kansas | 13.3 | 11.0 | 9.9 | 10.5 | 8.9 | 53.5 |
| 33 | Louisiana | 12.0 | 8.1 | 9.7 | 11.2 | 12.5 | 53.5 |
| 34 | Nevada | 13.5 | 11.6 | 12.5 | 10.1 | 5.6 | 53.3 |
| 35 | New Mexico | 11.9 | 9.5 | 16.4 | 9.0 | 6.4 | 53.2 |
| 36 | Nebraska | 13.2 | 11.6 | 10.2 | 10.0 | 8.0 | 52.9 |
| 37 | Texas | 13.3 | 9.7 | 9.0 | 11.7 | 8.7 | 52.4 |
| 38 | Alabama | 11.9 | 7.7 | 8.3 | 11.1 | 12.2 | 51.2 |
| 39 | Arizona | 13.6 | 10.0 | 10.9 | 10.3 | 6.0 | 50.8 |
| 40 | Arkansas | 12.0 | 7.4 | 9.6 | 9.2 | 11.8 | 50 |
| 41 | Mississippi | 10.8 | 7.8 | 8.8 | 10.7 | 11.7 | 49.7 |
| 42 | Oklahoma | 12.0 | 7.5 | 9.7 | 10.6 | 8.9 | 48.6 |
| 43 | Alaska | 12.7 | 9.2 | 11.5 | 9.4 | 5.6 | 48.4 |
| 44 | South Dakota | 11.5 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 9.7 | 7.6 | 47.9 |
| 45 | North Dakota | 12.3 | 9.6 | 9.0 | 9.3 | 7.3 | 47.6 |
| 46 | Montana | 11.6 | 9.3 | 11.3 | 8.5 | 6.2 | 46.9 |
| 47 | Utah | 10.9 | 9.1 | 8.7 | 10.5 | 7.0 | 46.3 |
| 48 | Idaho | 11.5 | 9.6 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 7.4 | 45 |
| 49 | Wyoming | 11.7 | 8.2 | 8.8 | 7.1 | 5.7 | 41.5 |