Most Corrupt States
Texas has the highest Total Convictions 2004-2023 (1,435), followed by California (1,225) and Florida (1,134). New Hampshire has the lowest (13).
7 sources
- Public Corruption by State - Cato Institute
- 2020 S.W.A.M.P Index - Coalition for Integrity
- How does your state rank for integrity? - The Center for Public Integrity
- Ranking The States From Most To Least Corrupt - FiveThirtyEight
- Institute for Corruption - Grease the Wheels
- This Is the Most Corrupt State in America - Best Life
- 2018 S.W.A.M.P Index - Coalition for Integrity
Total Convictions 2004-2023
Green is better, red is worse (lower is better). Click a place to highlight it.
All 50 ranked
Best first.
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.
Data
Click a column to sort, a row to highlight that place on the charts.
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Hampshire | 13 | 88,500 | 0.07 per 10k Government Employees |
| 2 | Vermont | 22 | 53,700 | 0.2 per 10k Government Employees |
| 3 | Wyoming | 26 | 67,000 | 0.19 per 10k Government Employees |
| 4 | Utah | 40 | 231,500 | 0.09 per 10k Government Employees |
| 5 | Rhode Island | 42 | 67,150 | 0.31 per 10k Government Employees |
| 6 | Delaware | 44 | 62,800 | 0.35 per 10k Government Employees |
| 7 | Idaho | 47 | 121,850 | 0.19 per 10k Government Employees |
| 8 | Maine | 49 | 102,500 | 0.24 per 10k Government Employees |
| 8 | North Dakota | 49 | 78,850 | 0.31 per 10k Government Employees |
| 10 | Nevada | 56 | 156,950 | 0.18 per 10k Government Employees |
| 11 | Oregon | 57 | 294,300 | 0.1 per 10k Government Employees |
| 12 | Hawaii | 67 | 121,600 | 0.28 per 10k Government Employees |
| 12 | Alaska | 67 | 79,700 | 0.42 per 10k Government Employees |
| 14 | Colorado | 90 | 414,050 | 0.11 per 10k Government Employees |
| 14 | Iowa | 90 | 253,700 | 0.18 per 10k Government Employees |
| 16 | South Carolina | 92 | 353,050 | 0.13 per 10k Government Employees |
| 17 | New Mexico | 96 | 191,900 | 0.25 per 10k Government Employees |
| 18 | Kansas | 97 | 252,550 | 0.19 per 10k Government Employees |
| 19 | Nebraska | 98 | 167,200 | 0.29 per 10k Government Employees |
| 20 | Minnesota | 105 | 414,800 | 0.13 per 10k Government Employees |
| 21 | Connecticut | 125 | 241,700 | 0.26 per 10k Government Employees |
| 22 | South Dakota | 132 | 78,000 | 0.85 per 10k Government Employees |
| 23 | Washington | 161 | 555,500 | 0.14 per 10k Government Employees |
| 24 | Arkansas | 162 | 205,150 | 0.39 per 10k Government Employees |
| 25 | Montana | 180 | 89,350 | 1.01 per 10k Government Employees |
| 26 | West Virginia | 182 | 147,250 | 0.62 per 10k Government Employees |
| 27 | Wisconsin | 197 | 410,200 | 0.24 per 10k Government Employees |
| 28 | Mississippi | 245 | 239,250 | 0.51 per 10k Government Employees |
| 29 | North Carolina | 278 | 699,450 | 0.2 per 10k Government Employees |
| 30 | Indiana | 295 | 423,300 | 0.35 per 10k Government Employees |
| 31 | Oklahoma | 311 | 335,000 | 0.46 per 10k Government Employees |
| 32 | Missouri | 344 | 428,700 | 0.4 per 10k Government Employees |
| 33 | Massachusetts | 376 | 441,050 | 0.43 per 10k Government Employees |
| 34 | Tennessee | 410 | 429,100 | 0.48 per 10k Government Employees |
| 35 | Michigan | 418 | 641,350 | 0.33 per 10k Government Employees |
| 35 | Alabama | 418 | 383,200 | 0.55 per 10k Government Employees |
| 37 | Arizona | 444 | 412,450 | 0.54 per 10k Government Employees |
| 38 | Kentucky | 449 | 302,500 | 0.74 per 10k Government Employees |
| 39 | Georgia | 548 | 675,300 | 0.41 per 10k Government Employees |
| 40 | Maryland | 559 | 494,850 | 0.56 per 10k Government Employees |
| 41 | Ohio | 607 | 789,950 | 0.38 per 10k Government Employees |
| 42 | New Jersey | 666 | 625,900 | 0.53 per 10k Government Employees |
| 43 | Louisiana | 736 | 351,150 | 1.05 per 10k Government Employees |
| 44 | Pennsylvania | 774 | 719,950 | 0.54 per 10k Government Employees |
| 45 | Virginia | 792 | 692,550 | 0.57 per 10k Government Employees |
| 46 | Illinois | 844 | 828,150 | 0.51 per 10k Government Employees |
| 47 | New York | 920 | 1,468,300 | 0.31 per 10k Government Employees |
| 48 | Florida | 1,134 | 1,097,050 | 0.52 per 10k Government Employees |
| 49 | California | 1,225 | 2,498,900 | 0.25 per 10k Government Employees |
| 50 | Texas | 1,435 | 1,867,350 | 0.38 per 10k Government Employees |
What correlates with Total Convictions 2004-2023?
Pearson r against 2,085 other state metrics sharing at least 30 states. Ranks are read by standing: a better rank counts as higher, whether rank 1 is the best place on a list or the worst. Correlation is not causation.
Higher together
Places that have a higher Total Convictions 2004-2023 tend to score higher on these (or rank better)
Opposite directions
Places that have a higher Total Convictions 2004-2023 tend to score lower on these (or rank worse)
Quick answers
- Which state has the highest Total Convictions 2004-2023?
- Texas has the highest Total Convictions 2004-2023, at 1,435, followed by California (1,225) and Florida (1,134).
- Which state has the lowest Total Convictions 2004-2023?
- New Hampshire has the lowest Total Convictions 2004-2023, at 13.
- What is the median Total Convictions 2004-2023 across US states?
- The median is 181 across the 50 US states with data.
- Where does this most corrupt states data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Public Corruption by State - Cato Institute; 2020 S.W.A.M.P Index - Coalition for Integrity; How does your state rank for integrity? - The Center for Public Integrity; Ranking The States From Most To Least Corrupt - FiveThirtyEight.

















































