By USDR
With tax season now behind us and National Financial Literacy Month winding down, WalletHub decided to follow up on yesterday’s report on the states with the best taxpayer ROI by analyzing financial education programs and consumer habits in each of the 50 states as well as the District of Columbia in order to determine which areas of the country are most and least financially literate.
You can find a brief overview of our findings below. For the full report, please visit: http://wallethub.com/edu/most-and-least-financially-literate-states/3337/
| Most Financially Literate | Least Financially Literate | ||||
| 1. | New Hampshire | 42. | Michigan | ||
| 2. | Utah | 43. | Arizona | ||
| 3. | Virginia | 44. | Kentucky | ||
| 4. | New Jersey | 45. | Alabama | ||
| 5. | Minnesota | 46. | Rhode Island | ||
| 6. | South Dakota | 47. | New Mexico | ||
| 7. | North Dakota | 48. | Louisiana | ||
| 8. | Maryland | 49. | Nevada | ||
| 9. | Idaho | 50. | Arkansas | ||
| 10. | Massachusetts | 51. | Mississippi | ||
