The Bible tells us that we are all sinners and fall short of God’s glory. So, when WalletHub recently conducted a study regarding “2022’s Most Sinful States in America,” it wasn’t a question of whether people sin but how much—and, in this case, which U.S. state ranked the worst.
The report based its rankings on seven sinful categories, which included anger and hatred, jealousy, excesses and vices, greed, lust, vanity, and laziness.
Out of the 50 states in America, Nevada, which is the home of Las Vegas (often referred to as “Sin City”), was ranked number one overall as the most sinful state, with California, Texas, Florida, and Louisiana rounding out the top five.
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Idaho ranked as the least sinful state, while New Hampshire, Iowa, South Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming weren’t far behind in WalletHub’s rankings.
According to WalletHub’s findings, over $300 billion per year is spent on smoking in America and nearly $5 billion on gambling—temptations that have been heightened by the stresses of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The report used 47 key indicators of immoral or illicit behavior to determine in its rankings. Important data regarding violent crimes per capita to excessive drinking and gambling disorders were all used as metrics.
For instance, in WalletHub’s metric of anger and hate, which looked at violent crimes, they additionally reviewed bullying rates, teen dating violence, road rage, mass shootings, and sex offenders, to mention a few.
Alaska, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, and Tennessee were five states that tied for the states with the most violent crimes. WalletHub reported that Maine is the least violent.
While Mississippi, Hawaii, and Arkansas were found to be the states who spend the least amount of time on adult entertainment sites, Rhode Island was number one—followed by Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut.
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In the sloth category, or as WalletHub labeled it, laziness, Kentucky ranked as number one, with the highest number of adults who don’t exercise. Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma were named in the next four spots, while Utah recorded the lowest number in that category.
Wisconsin was named the state with the most excessive drinkers of alcohol and Utah has the least.
View the entire results here, or click on the interactive map to see how your states fair according to WalletHub’s sin findings.
