States, scored

One number per state, 0 to 100, from five parts that are each shown beside it: how free the state's laws leave your personal life and your livelihood, how hard it is for police to keep your property, how many of the state's quiz takers hold libertarian positions, and how many of its voters chose the Libertarian candidate. Sort any column. Every state has its own page.

The quiz column comes from January to October 2024, the last window in which the quiz recorded a ZIP code with every completion: 394,795 quiz takers placed in a state by ZIP. Completions since January 2026 carry no location, so the current series cannot be shown by state until ZIP capture resumes. Among those 2024 quiz takers, the libertarian share runs only from about 15% to 22% because the quiz-taking crowd looks alike everywhere; the margin beside each figure shows how much of the difference is noise. The score weights it a quarter. How the score is made.


33	Alabama	43.6	42	28	D	20.2% ±1.1	1.08%
6	Alaska	67.3	17	17	D	19.8% ±2.3	2.47%
4	Arizona	74.9	2	11	D	19.5% ±0.8	1.52%
31	Arkansas	44.2	44	21	D	20.0% ±1.4	1.08%
41	California	34.5	11	48	C	17.6% ±0.4	1.07%
5	Colorado	67.6	24	19	C	20.9% ±0.9	1.61%
28	Connecticut	45.8	16	33	C	19.1% ±1.5	0%
48	Delaware	27.5	43	42	D	19.1% ±2.4	0.99%
—	District of Columbia	not ranked	—	—	B	16.4% ±1.1	0.6%
8	Florida	65	22	2	C	19.8% ±0.5	0.64%
9	Georgia	64.7	38	5	D	21.7% ±0.7	1.24%
49	Hawaii	18.7	39	49	D	16.1% ±3.1	0.96%
36	Idaho	42.5	49	7	D	17.4% ±1.3	1.89%
29	Illinois	45.3	18	39	D	19.0% ±0.5	1.1%
13	Indiana	58.9	23	13	D	18.5% ±0.8	1.94%
42	Iowa	34.2	25	31	D	16.7% ±0.9	1.16%
25	Kansas	47.8	37	25	D	18.8% ±1.2	2.23%
45	Kentucky	30.6	47	20	D	17.2% ±1	1.23%
47	Louisiana	28.2	36	30	D	17.4% ±1.1	1.01%
12	Maine	60.8	3	45	A	18.7% ±3.2	1.73%
40	Maryland	39.2	27	44	B	18.5% ±0.9	1.1%
32	Massachusetts	43.9	9	32	F	17.4% ±1.1	1.29%
27	Michigan	46.9	19	10	D	17.4% ±0.6	1.09%
38	Minnesota	40.8	20	40	D	18.9% ±0.7	1.07%
43	Mississippi	32.1	45	36	C	19.4% ±1.7	0.61%
3	Missouri	76.5	8	15	B	19.9% ±0.9	1.36%
19	Montana	52.8	7	29	D	16.0% ±2.4	2.53%
35	Nebraska	43.4	40	34	C	18.7% ±1.2	2.12%
2	Nevada	76.7	1	8	D	21.5% ±1.4	1.05%
1	New Hampshire	83.3	4	1	D	21.2% ±2.7	1.64%
46	New Jersey	29.9	35	46	D	19.3% ±1.1	0.7%
11	New Mexico	62.4	5	41	A	19.3% ±1.7	1.36%
50	New York	18.2	30	50	C	16.8% ±0.5	0.7%
37	North Carolina	41.2	33	26	B	18.4% ±0.8	0.88%
24	North Dakota	48.3	31	12	D	15.7% ±1.9	2.6%
17	Ohio	53.8	29	22	D	19.8% ±0.7	1.14%
20	Oklahoma	52.3	32	24	D	19.4% ±1.2	1.58%
34	Oregon	43.6	14	47	C	17.7% ±1	1.75%
18	Pennsylvania	53.6	34	16	D	19.6% ±0.5	1.15%
22	Rhode Island	49.1	15	37	D	22.2% ±3.3	0%
44	South Carolina	31.2	46	27	D	18.1% ±1	1.11%
10	South Dakota	62.7	21	3	D	17.1% ±1.9	2.63%
14	Tennessee	57.8	41	4	D	21.8% ±0.9	0.98%
16	Texas	53.9	50	6	D	20.2% ±0.4	1.12%
7	Utah	66.1	26	23	D	21.0% ±1	2.58%
39	Vermont	40.1	6	43	C	14.9% ±3.5	0.98%
15	Virginia	57.6	12	18	D	18.3% ±0.7	1.45%
23	Washington	49.1	13	38	D	18.2% ±0.7	1.97%
21	West Virginia	49.6	10	35	D	18.2% ±1.7	1.34%
26	Wisconsin	47.6	28	14	A	15.9% ±0.9	1.17%
30	Wyoming	45.3	48	9	D	16.8% ±2.9	2.08%

Nationally, 18.9% of 394,795 quiz takers with a ZIP code scored libertarian in the same 2024 window. The District of Columbia has no score because Cato ranks the fifty states only. A dash means the publisher did not rate the state.