Say What? Texas Ranked Among Least Patriotic States

Didn’t see this one coming.

I served alongside a whole lotta Texans in the Navy. Most of my fellow Texan sailors were like me in that they were an American first and a Texan second. But I know there are a lot of people from the Lone Star State who are just the opposite. I don’t know about you, but my parents instilled a lot of Texas pride in me growing up.

So, with that being said, I guess it kind of makes sense that a recent study by the financial website WalletHub found that Texas was among the least patriotic states.

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While Texas was ranked #4 in highest average number of military enlistees, the state was ranked #49 in civic engagement, which dragged our ranking way down.

Other factors they used to reach their conclusions were the average number of veterans per capita, number of peace corps volunteers per capita, percentage of adults who voted in the 2020 presidential election and volunteer rate.

The study found that red states are slightly more patriotic than blue states. The average rank of blue states was 25.68% versus 25.32% in red states (the smaller number represents a more patriotic state).

Top 20 Most Patriotic States

Montana
Alaska
Maryland
Vermont
New Hampshire
North Dakota
Wyoming
Minnesota
Oregon
Virginia
Utah
Idaho
Wisconsin
Washington
Arizona
Iowa
Kentucky
Missouri
South Carolina
Colorado

You can get the full results of the study at this location.

LOOK: Here is the richest town in each state

Just saying the names of these towns immediately conjures up images of grand mansions, luxury cars, and ritzy restaurants. Read on to see which town in your home state took the title of the richest location and which place had the highest median income in the country. Who knows—your hometown might even be on this list.

LOOK: Here are the 50 best beach towns in America

Every beach town has its share of pluses and minuses, which got us thinking about what makes a beach town the best one to live in. To find out, Stacker consulted data from WalletHub, released June 17, 2020, that compares U.S. beach towns. Ratings are based on six categories: affordability, weather, safety, economy, education and health, and quality of life. The cities ranged in population from 10,000 to 150,000, but they had to have at least one local beach listed on TripAdvisor. Read the full methodology here. From those rankings, we selected the top 50. Readers who live in California and Florida will be unsurprised to learn that many of towns featured here are in one of those two states.

Keep reading to see if your favorite beach town made the cut.

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