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State Similarity Index
Full List of States compared to South Carolina
| Rank | State | Demo. | Culture | Politics | Infra. | Geo. | Total |
| 1 | Georgia | 17.8 | 17.6 | 16.9 | 16.4 | 18.6 | 87.3 |
| 2 | North Carolina | 18.3 | 17.2 | 14.1 | 16.9 | 17.9 | 84.4 |
| 3 | Alabama | 18.4 | 16.7 | 16.3 | 16.1 | 16.1 | 83.6 |
| 4 | Tennessee | 17.8 | 16.4 | 14.7 | 17.2 | 13.9 | 80.1 |
| 5 | Mississippi | 17.1 | 15.7 | 16.0 | 14.8 | 15.3 | 78.9 |
| 6 | Virginia | 15.9 | 16.0 | 13.7 | 15.3 | 16.0 | 76.9 |
| 7 | Arkansas | 17.3 | 15.2 | 14.0 | 13.8 | 15.3 | 75.6 |
| 8 | Louisiana | 16.7 | 15.6 | 13.9 | 12.9 | 15.8 | 74.9 |
| 9 | Kentucky | 16.5 | 15.3 | 14.4 | 15.6 | 12.8 | 74.6 |
| 10 | Florida | 15.2 | 14.3 | 13.8 | 14.3 | 15.0 | 72.5 |
| 11 | Missouri | 17.2 | 13.3 | 13.6 | 14.7 | 11.3 | 70.1 |
| 12 | Oklahoma | 16.6 | 12.8 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 12.1 | 69 |
| 13 | Ohio | 17.2 | 12.6 | 13.3 | 14.0 | 11.9 | 69 |
| 14 | Indiana | 16.7 | 12.5 | 14.4 | 14.1 | 11.2 | 68.9 |
| 15 | West Virginia | 15.0 | 13.2 | 13.3 | 13.9 | 12.2 | 67.6 |
| 16 | Texas | 14.2 | 14.0 | 14.7 | 12.7 | 12.0 | 67.6 |
| 17 | Delaware | 16.6 | 11.9 | 7.8 | 14.4 | 15.0 | 65.6 |
| 18 | Maryland | 15.3 | 11.9 | 9.6 | 13.7 | 15.2 | 65.6 |
| 19 | Pennsylvania | 15.9 | 11.1 | 11.0 | 13.3 | 13.3 | 64.5 |
| 20 | Michigan | 16.8 | 11.4 | 10.4 | 14.2 | 10.7 | 63.4 |
| 21 | Kansas | 15.2 | 11.2 | 13.8 | 13.0 | 8.7 | 61.8 |
| 22 | Wisconsin | 15.3 | 9.9 | 12.4 | 14.3 | 9.8 | 61.7 |
| 23 | Arizona | 15.1 | 10.9 | 12.2 | 13.2 | 8.4 | 59.8 |
| 24 | Idaho | 14.1 | 10.5 | 15.1 | 12.3 | 7.3 | 59.3 |
| 25 | South Dakota | 14.5 | 11.0 | 13.3 | 13.0 | 7.1 | 58.9 |
| 26 | Iowa | 15.0 | 10.5 | 12.2 | 12.7 | 8.1 | 58.5 |
| 27 | Connecticut | 13.7 | 9.0 | 8.4 | 13.4 | 13.4 | 57.8 |
| 28 | Illinois | 15.3 | 10.1 | 8.4 | 13.7 | 10.2 | 57.8 |
| 29 | Nebraska | 14.8 | 10.7 | 12.1 | 12.3 | 7.5 | 57.4 |
| 30 | Maine | 13.8 | 9.0 | 9.7 | 12.8 | 12.0 | 57.2 |
| 31 | New Jersey | 12.8 | 8.8 | 8.4 | 11.5 | 15.2 | 56.8 |
| 32 | Rhode Island | 13.9 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 11.6 | 13.9 | 56.6 |
| 33 | New Hampshire | 12.2 | 8.6 | 10.0 | 13.3 | 12.2 | 56.2 |
| 34 | Wyoming | 14.1 | 11.0 | 13.7 | 10.8 | 6.3 | 55.8 |
| 35 | Minnesota | 14.2 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 13.4 | 9.1 | 55.6 |
| 36 | North Dakota | 13.6 | 10.1 | 12.0 | 12.4 | 6.7 | 54.8 |
| 37 | Massachusetts | 12.9 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 12.2 | 13.0 | 54.4 |
| 38 | New York | 13.8 | 9.0 | 7.8 | 11.4 | 12.4 | 54.3 |
| 39 | Washington | 14.1 | 8.9 | 7.8 | 12.9 | 9.9 | 53.6 |
| 40 | Oregon | 14.8 | 8.8 | 7.9 | 12.7 | 9.3 | 53.5 |
| 41 | Montana | 14.0 | 10.0 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 6.7 | 53.5 |
| 42 | Vermont | 13.4 | 7.9 | 8.8 | 12.3 | 10.9 | 53.3 |
| 43 | Utah | 11.3 | 9.2 | 13.4 | 11.9 | 7.3 | 53.1 |
| 44 | New Mexico | 13.1 | 9.7 | 9.1 | 12.9 | 7.9 | 52.6 |
| 45 | Colorado | 13.5 | 9.6 | 9.3 | 12.5 | 7.5 | 52.3 |
| 46 | Nevada | 13.9 | 9.6 | 10.1 | 11.6 | 6.5 | 51.7 |
| 47 | Alaska | 13.5 | 8.8 | 11.7 | 10.6 | 6.2 | 50.9 |
| 48 | California | 12.3 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 11.5 | 10.4 | 49.5 |
| 49 | Hawaii | 10.9 | 9.0 | 8.2 | 9.9 | 9.2 | 47.1 |