Minnesota's Surprising Ranking As The Ninth Most Patriotic State

Here's something to celebrate: Minnesota just made a list very fitting ahead of the Fourth of July holiday. This will give you an extra reason to celebrate come July.

Ahead of the Fourth, WalletHub has released a list of the most patriotic states in the country. You may not think of Minnesota as patriotic but it actually cracked the top ten, which is pretty impressive if you ask me.

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WalletHub released the list and more insight into how they came up with this ranking. I definitely don't think of Minnesota as being overly patriotic but I am sure glad we made this list.

So which state was named the most patriotic and why did Minnesota do so well here? Let's look a little deeper into this study.

WalletHub Ranks The Most Patriotic States In America - Here's How

To determine their ranking, WalletHub analysts looked at a bunch of different factors, including the average number of military enlistees per capita, veterans per capita, peace corps volunteers per capita and more.

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They also looked at how many people voted in the last election and the volunteer rate. Using all of these factors, they carefully crafted their list of the most patriotic states in the country.

Minnesota Makes Top Ten List Of Most Patriotic States In America

Minnesota came in at number nine, making it one of the most patriotic states in the country. While Minnesota is cited as having one of the lowest averages when it comes to military enlistees, we made up for it with our high volunteer rate.

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As for the most patriotic state there is? That would be Virginia, which makes sense. Montana came in at number two, while Arkansas and New York round out the bottom two on this list. I would have thought New York would be near the top.

American flag for Memorial Day or 4th of July. — Nednapa

Better luck next year, I guess. By the way, Wisconsin came in at number 25, right in the middle. I guess Wisconsin also has some work to do to become a little bit more patriotic. Sigh.

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