ten smartest states in america acoriding to the street (publication)

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the methodology as started by the article. i like stuff like this as casual amusement.

" When writing an article ranking the "smartest" and "dumbest" states in the Union it is important to explain your methodology. This list is based on the level of education a certain percentage of the residents of each state achieves.

According to information compiled by the website infoplease.com, as of 2010 men with a BA make 60% more than their counterparts with a high school diploma -- $40,000 to $64,000 -- while women with BA's make 56.6% more than their counterparts with a lower level of education -- $30,000 to $47,000.

And the gulf is widening. Twenty years ago male college graduates only made 47.5% more than high school grads while female BA holders made 53% more.

For this reason there is some correlation between states with higher percentages of people with Bachelor's and advanced degrees also having fewer people living below the poverty line.

One would think that states with more colleges and universities per capita might do better on this list but that is not necessarily the case. Vermont -- number 8 on the smartest list -- has the most schools per capita with 1 university per 36,545.3 residents, while New Jersey -- number 6 on the smartest list -- has the second lowest number of schools per capita with 1 university per 526,764.8 residents.

Average SAT scores also do not accurately reflect the level of education as certain states with higher average SAT scores have a smaller percentage of students taking the test. North Dakotan students for example had an average SAT score of 1799 in 2013, good for second in the country. However, the state only had a 2% participation rate.

Intuitively states offering better jobs will attract better educated residents. The correlation between states offering better opportunities and the number of college graduates residing there is strong. Maryland -- number 3 on the smartest list -- leads the nation in median household income at $70,004 while Mississippi and West Virginia -- numbers three and one respectively on the dumbest list -- are at the bottom of the median household income list.

Here is a list of the 10 "smartest" and "dumbest" states based on percentage of the population with Bachelor's degrees..."


http://www.thestreet.com/story/1271...=cpc&utm_campaign=tstoutbrain&cm_ven=outbrain
 
how do you think itll go. i like statistics like this, not as some absolute judgement, but its clearly an important topic on the minds of many americans right now. associated presses top national article today was increasing wealth gap hits state tax revenue hard (meaning funding for services necessary to the poor) and its interesting to see the income education unemployment rates all laid out side by side. are they connected? is it better to be an educated person in a quote unquote dumber state? are people insecure about intelligence because its connected to income (if it is at all) or are they just insecure about how people view them and there intelligence? i thought the comments were also somewhat enlightening.
 
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