The chart that explains it all for you: A state by state tabulation of the average
IQ, income and winning presidential candidate in the 2000 election, according to the Ravens Advanced Progressive Matrices. The
matrices are a product of The Test Agency, a well-known British publisher and
distributor of psychometric tests, testing software and management training.
——————AVG IQ—AVG Income——-’00
(1)
Connecticut………113………$26,979……….Gore
(2)
Massachusetts…..111………$24,059……….Gore
(3) New
Jersey……….111………$26,457……….Gore
(4) New
York………….109………$23,534……….Gore
(5) Rhode
Island………107………$20,299……….Gore
(6)
Hawaii……………..106………$21,218……….Gore
(7)
Maryland…………..105………$22,974……….Gore
(8) New
Hampshire……105………$22,934……….Bush
(9)
Illinois………………104………$21,608……….Gore
(10)
Delaware………….103………$21,451……….Gore
(11)
Minnesota…………102………$20,049………Gore
(12)
Vermont…………..102………$18,834……….Gore
(13)
Washington……….102………$20,398……….Gore
(14)
California………….101………$21,278……….Gore
(15)
Pennsylvania……..101………$20,253……….Gore
(16)
Maine……………..100………$18,226……….Gore
(17)
Virginia……………100………$20,629……….Bush
(18)
Wisconsin…………100………$18,727………Gore
(19)
Colorado……………99………$20,124………Bush
(20)
Iowa………………..99………$18,287………Gore
(21)
Michigan……………99………$19,508………Gore
(22)
Nevada……………..99………$20,266………Bush
(23)
Ohio…………………99………$18,624………Bush
(24)
Oregon………………99………$18,202………Gore
(25)
Alaska……………….98………$21,603………Bush
(26)
Florida……………….98………$19,397………Bush
(27)
Missouri……………..98………$18,835………Bush
(28)
Kansas………………96………$19,376………Bush
(29)
Nebraska……………95………$19,084………Bush
(30)
Arizona……………..94………$17,119………Bush
(31)
Indiana……………..94………$18,043………Bush
(32)
Tennessee…………94………$17,341……….Bush
(33) North
Carolina……..93………$17,667………Bush
(34) West
Virginia………93………$15,065……….Bush
(35)
Arkansas……………92………$15,439………Bush
(36)
Georgia……………..92………$18,130………Bush
(37)
Kentucky……………92………$16,534……..Bush
(38) New
Mexico…………92………$15,353………Gore
(39) North
Dakota……….92………$16,854………Bush
(40)
Texas………………..92………$17,892………Bush
(41)
Alabama……………..90………$16,220………Bush
(42)
Louisiana…………….90………$15,712………Bush
(43)
Montana……………..90………$16,062……..Bush
(44)
Oklahoma…………….90………$16,198……..Bush
(45) South
Dakota………..90………$16,558……..Bush
(46) South
Carolina……….89………$15,989……..Bush
(47)
Wyoming……………..89………$17,423……..Bush
(48)
Idaho………………….87………$16,067……..Bush
(49)
Utah…………………..87………$15,325……..Bush
(50)
Mississippi…………….85………$14,088……..Bush
This could be a joke. If so, it’s a good one. No worse, certainly, than the outcome of the 2000
election.
Postscript: And a joke it is.
