State rankings
Biden Approval Rating by State
California has the highest Approval Rating (54.0%), followed by Hawaii (53.0%) and Maryland (52.0%). North Dakota has the lowest (25.0%).
50 of 51 states
Approval Rating
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Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one state; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Median
40.0%
Middle half 34.0% – 44.8%
Average
39.7%
50 states
Highest
54.0%
California
Lowest
25.0%
North Dakota
Data
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50 states · # = rank by Approval Rating
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  California | 54.0% | 42.0% |
| 2 |  Hawaii | 53.0% | 44.0% |
| 3 |  Maryland | 52.0% | 44.0% |
| 4 |  Vermont | 51.0% | 44.0% |
| 5 |  New York | 50.0% | 47.0% |
| 5 |  Massachusetts | 50.0% | 46.0% |
| 7 |  Illinois | 49.0% | 48.0% |
| 7 |  Washington | 49.0% | 48.0% |
| 7 |  Connecticut | 49.0% | 48.0% |
| 10 |  Rhode Island | 48.0% | 48.0% |
| 11 |  Oregon | 46.0% | 51.0% |
| 11 |  Delaware | 46.0% | 50.0% |
| 13 |  New Jersey | 45.0% | 51.0% |
| 14 |  Virginia | 44.0% | 53.0% |
| 14 |  New Mexico | 44.0% | 52.0% |
| 16 |  Georgia | 43.0% | 54.0% |
| 16 |  Colorado | 43.0% | 54.0% |
| 16 |  Minnesota | 43.0% | 54.0% |
| 16 |  Alaska | 43.0% | 52.0% |
| 20 |  Wisconsin | 42.0% | 55.0% |
| 20 |  New Hampshire | 42.0% | 57.0% |
| 22 |  Pennsylvania | 41.0% | 56.0% |
| 22 |  Michigan | 41.0% | 56.0% |
| 22 |  Nevada | 41.0% | 55.0% |
| 25 |  Arizona | 40.0% | 57.0% |
| 25 |  Maine | 40.0% | 57.0% |
| 27 |  Florida | 39.0% | 57.0% |
| 27 |  North Carolina | 39.0% | 58.0% |
| 29 |  Texas | 38.0% | 58.0% |
| 29 |  Montana | 38.0% | 59.0% |
| 31 |  Ohio | 37.0% | 60.0% |
| 31 |  South Carolina | 37.0% | 60.0% |
| 31 |  Louisiana | 37.0% | 59.0% |
| 34 |  Kansas | 35.0% | 62.0% |
| 34 |  Mississippi | 35.0% | 61.0% |
| 36 |  Tennessee | 34.0% | 63.0% |
| 36 |  Indiana | 34.0% | 63.0% |
| 36 |  Missouri | 34.0% | 62.0% |
| 39 |  Iowa | 33.0% | 64.0% |
| 39 |  Idaho | 33.0% | 65.0% |
| 39 |  South Dakota | 33.0% | 65.0% |
| 42 |  Utah | 32.0% | 65.0% |
| 43 |  Alabama | 31.0% | 66.0% |
| 43 |  Kentucky | 31.0% | 66.0% |
| 43 |  Nebraska | 31.0% | 67.0% |
| 46 |  Oklahoma | 30.0% | 67.0% |
| 47 |  Arkansas | 29.0% | 67.0% |
| 48 |  Wyoming | 27.0% | 71.0% |
| 49 |  West Virginia | 25.0% | 73.0% |
| 49 |  North Dakota | 25.0% | 71.0% |
What correlates with Approval Rating?
Pearson r against 2,112 other state metrics sharing at least 30 states. Correlation is not causation.
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- Presidential Margin (Republican minus Democratic, Points)Presidential Election Results by State, 2016–2024Plotr = −0.95 · very strong · n = 50
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Quick answers
- Which state has the highest Approval Rating?
- California has the highest Approval Rating, at 54.0%, followed by Hawaii (53.0%) and Maryland (52.0%).
- Which state has the lowest Approval Rating?
- North Dakota has the lowest Approval Rating, at 25.0%.
- What is the median Approval Rating across US states?
- The median is 40.0% across the 50 US states with data.
- Where does this biden approval rating by state data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Biden's Approval Rating in Every State - 24/7 Wall St..