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State Similarity Index
Full List of States compared to West Virginia
| Rank | State | Demo. | Culture | Politics | Infra. | Geo. | Total |
| 1 | Kentucky | 17.6 | 15.7 | 15.4 | 15.8 | 17.0 | 81.5 |
| 2 | Tennessee | 16.0 | 14.1 | 13.58 | 14.3 | 16.0 | 74 |
| 3 | Arkansas | 17.0 | 14.1 | 15.3 | 13.3 | 13.9 | 73.5 |
| 4 | Missouri | 15.9 | 13.7 | 14.0 | 14.2 | 14.6 | 72.4 |
| 5 | Alabama | 15.9 | 13.6 | 14.0 | 15.1 | 13.6 | 72.1 |
| 6 | Indiana | 15.8 | 13.0 | 14.2 | 15.4 | 12.9 | 71.4 |
| 7 | Ohio | 15.6 | 13.5 | 14.2 | 14.7 | 13.3 | 71.3 |
| 8 | Pennsylvania | 14.4 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 14.1 | 15.5 | 69.5 |
| 9 | Mississippi | 15.0 | 13.6 | 14.8 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 69.5 |
| 10 | North Carolina | 14.8 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 13.1 | 12.9 | 68.6 |
| 11 | Oklahoma | 15.7 | 13.7 | 14.0 | 13.3 | 11.9 | 68.5 |
| 12 | Virginia | 12.9 | 12.5 | 13.7 | 13.5 | 15.4 | 68.1 |
| 13 | South Carolina | 15.0 | 13.2 | 13.3 | 13.9 | 12.2 | 67.6 |
| 14 | Kansas | 14.2 | 12.8 | 14.1 | 13.5 | 11.9 | 66.4 |
| 15 | Wisconsin | 14.3 | 11.7 | 14.6 | 13.8 | 11.9 | 66.3 |
| 16 | Michigan | 14.9 | 12.2 | 13.7 | 14.1 | 11.3 | 66.2 |
| 17 | Iowa | 15.1 | 12.6 | 13.6 | 13.7 | 11.2 | 66.1 |
| 18 | Georgia | 13.3 | 12.1 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 13.0 | 66.1 |
| 19 | Montana | 15.0 | 11.2 | 16.1 | 13.0 | 9.3 | 64.5 |
| 20 | Louisiana | 13.8 | 12.3 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.3 | 63.7 |
| 21 | Maine | 15.5 | 10.7 | 11.0 | 12.2 | 14.0 | 63.4 |
| 22 | South Dakota | 14.4 | 12.1 | 13.5 | 13.1 | 9.5 | 62.5 |
| 23 | Nebraska | 13.8 | 11.6 | 12.8 | 13.1 | 10.7 | 61.8 |
| 24 | Vermont | 14.3 | 9.5 | 9.9 | 11.9 | 16.3 | 61.8 |
| 25 | Wyoming | 14.4 | 11.5 | 14.0 | 12.5 | 9.5 | 61.8 |
| 26 | New Hampshire | 13.3 | 9.2 | 12.4 | 11.4 | 15.2 | 61.5 |
| 27 | Delaware | 13.1 | 11.8 | 11.5 | 13.8 | 11.2 | 61.4 |
| 28 | Minnesota | 12.8 | 10.9 | 13.1 | 13.6 | 10.9 | 61.3 |
| 29 | North Dakota | 13.3 | 11.6 | 13.4 | 13.6 | 9.4 | 61.2 |
| 30 | Idaho | 14.2 | 10.9 | 13.9 | 11.4 | 10.3 | 60.7 |
| 31 | Maryland | 10.7 | 11.3 | 11.8 | 12.8 | 13.7 | 60.2 |
| 32 | Texas | 11.5 | 12.1 | 13.5 | 12.7 | 10.2 | 60 |
| 33 | Illinois | 12.0 | 10.5 | 12.4 | 12.7 | 11.0 | 58.6 |
| 34 | Oregon | 14.3 | 9.2 | 12.5 | 11.0 | 11.3 | 58.3 |
| 35 | Florida | 13.0 | 10.0 | 13.2 | 11.6 | 8.8 | 56.6 |
| 36 | Colorado | 12.5 | 9.8 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 10.2 | 56.2 |
| 37 | Connecticut | 10.9 | 9.1 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 14.2 | 56.1 |
| 38 | New Mexico | 11.7 | 10.0 | 11.8 | 12.6 | 9.8 | 55.8 |
| 39 | Rhode Island | 11.8 | 8.8 | 10.8 | 10.5 | 13.8 | 55.7 |
| 40 | Washington | 12.8 | 8.7 | 11.8 | 11.0 | 11.2 | 55.5 |
| 41 | Arizona | 12.8 | 10.0 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 9.1 | 55.2 |
| 42 | New Jersey | 9.9 | 9.3 | 11.2 | 11.8 | 12.4 | 54.7 |
| 43 | Utah | 10.5 | 9.7 | 12.3 | 11.9 | 10.0 | 54.4 |
| 44 | New York | 10.0 | 8.4 | 10.2 | 11.2 | 14.6 | 54.4 |
| 45 | Nevada | 12.1 | 9.1 | 12.8 | 10.4 | 9.5 | 53.9 |
| 46 | Massachusetts | 10.2 | 7.9 | 10.2 | 10.5 | 13.5 | 52.3 |
| 47 | Alaska | 11.3 | 8.7 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 7.7 | 51 |
| 48 | California | 9.6 | 7.8 | 10.3 | 10.0 | 9.1 | 46.7 |
| 49 | Hawaii | 9.6 | 7.6 | 10.3 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 43.3 |