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US states, ranked by the ZipVitals Score

Every state's Score is a population-weighted average of its own ZIP codes — never a state-level figure relabeled. Pick a state for its full ZIP-by-ZIP picture.

62.27Highest stateDistrict of Columbia
39.28Lowest stateWest Virginia
23.00Top-to-bottom gappoints between District of Columbia & West Virginia
64.98Widest in-state spreadKentucky, highest to lowest ZIP
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  1. 1District of Columbia28 of 45 ZIPs scored62.27
  2. 2New Jersey583 of 593 ZIPs scored60.47
  3. 3Hawaii92 of 94 ZIPs scored59.80
  4. 4New Hampshire243 of 245 ZIPs scored59.28
  5. 5Maryland458 of 465 ZIPs scored59.16
  6. 6Connecticut277 of 280 ZIPs scored59.08
  7. 7Massachusetts527 of 532 ZIPs scored58.33
  8. 8Colorado502 of 520 ZIPs scored58.25
  9. 9New York1,730 of 1,785 ZIPs scored58.20
  10. 10Vermont249 of 253 ZIPs scored57.87
  11. 11Minnesota866 of 876 ZIPs scored57.75
  12. 12Washington581 of 595 ZIPs scored57.62
  13. 13Utah284 of 289 ZIPs scored57.56
  14. 14Virginia873 of 883 ZIPs scored57.12
  15. 15Nebraska566 of 580 ZIPs scored56.66
  16. 16Rhode Island77 of 77 ZIPs scored56.47
  17. 17North Dakota371 of 383 ZIPs scored55.95
  18. 18Wisconsin763 of 769 ZIPs scored55.05
  19. 19California1,719 of 1,756 ZIPs scored54.89
  20. 20Illinois1,368 of 1,381 ZIPs scored54.64
  21. 21South Dakota360 of 370 ZIPs scored54.27
  22. 22Delaware64 of 67 ZIPs scored54.15
  23. 23Iowa922 of 933 ZIPs scored54.06
  24. 24North Carolina793 of 806 ZIPs scored53.58
  25. 25Florida974 of 981 ZIPs scored53.47
  26. 26Wyoming155 of 173 ZIPs scored53.19
  27. 27Idaho268 of 278 ZIPs scored52.92
  28. 28Arizona394 of 404 ZIPs scored52.87
  29. 29Georgia711 of 730 ZIPs scored52.77
  30. 30Kansas682 of 696 ZIPs scored52.74
  31. 31Oregon407 of 417 ZIPs scored52.34
  32. 32Michigan973 of 979 ZIPs scored52.02
  33. 33South Carolina417 of 420 ZIPs scored51.80
  34. 34Alaska211 of 237 ZIPs scored51.67
  35. 35Montana341 of 360 ZIPs scored51.50
  36. 36Maine408 of 425 ZIPs scored51.38
  37. 37Pennsylvania1,748 of 1,780 ZIPs scored50.80
  38. 38Texas1,868 of 1,924 ZIPs scored50.03
  39. 39New Mexico337 of 365 ZIPs scored49.82
  40. 40Indiana757 of 774 ZIPs scored49.13
  41. 41Ohio1,176 of 1,190 ZIPs scored49.08
  42. 42Nevada166 of 173 ZIPs scored48.69
  43. 43Missouri993 of 1,018 ZIPs scored48.27
  44. 44Alabama619 of 637 ZIPs scored47.11
  45. 45Tennessee616 of 627 ZIPs scored45.69
  46. 46Mississippi406 of 416 ZIPs scored44.33
  47. 47Arkansas562 of 586 ZIPs scored43.69
  48. 48Oklahoma634 of 648 ZIPs scored43.68
  49. 49Louisiana508 of 514 ZIPs scored42.27
  50. 50Kentucky741 of 759 ZIPs scored41.87
  51. 51West Virginia697 of 705 ZIPs scored39.28

All 51 geographies with a published ZipVitals Score, on this page. Puerto Rico is not among them: no ZIP-level ZipVitals Score is published for its ZIP codes at this data release, so it cannot be ranked. Each Score is a population-weighted average of the state’s scored ZIP codes; ZIPs without enough measured coverage are held out, never filled from coarser data. Rank # is always the Score rank. How state averages are built →

How to read this ranking

The number of ZIP codes a state has cannot move its Score. Every Score here is a population-weighted average of that geography’s own ZIP codes, and a weighted average does not care how many pieces it is built from. Measured across the 51 ranked geographies on 30 July 2026, Score and scored-ZIP count move together at just −0.14 — close to nothing — while Score and median household income move together at +0.85. The order tracks income and education, not size.

Size does not decide the order, but it is not unrelated either. A geography with fewer scored ZIP codes has less internal averaging, so it swings wider in both directions: the quarter with the fewest scored ZIPs spans ranks 1 through 42, and it does hold the best average rank of the four, while the quarter with the most spans only 9 through 43. Across the four quarters the average rank does not climb or fall in step, and the current top ten includes New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Maryland.

The District of Columbia is a city, not a state. It has no rural areas to average in, which is why it leads a table where every other row carries a hinterland. Measured as a metro area instead, Washington–Arlington– Alexandria scores higher than the District does on its own, and two further metro areas above a million residents — San Jose and San Francisco — outscore it as well.