October 22, 2006

Average IQ by State: Honest Numbers at Last

[Red States voted for Bush, Blue States for Kerry]


State	McDaniel's Estimated Average IQ	Bush 2004 Share of Vote	Hoax IQ Claim
Massachusetts	104.3	36.8%	111
New Hampshire	104.2	48.9%	105
North Dakota	103.8	62.9%	92
Vermont	103.8	38.8%	102
Minnesota	103.7	47.6%	102
Montana	103.4	59.1%	90
Maine	103.4	44.6%	100
Iowa	103.2	49.9%	99
Connecticut	103.1	43.9%	113
Wisconsin	102.9	49.3%	100
Kansas	102.8	62.0%	96
South Dakota	102.8	59.9%	90
New Jersey	102.8	46.2%	111
Wyoming	102.4	68.7%	89
Nebraska	102.3	65.9%	95
Washington	101.9	45.6%	102
Virginia	101.9	53.7%	100
Ohio	101.8	50.8%	99
Indiana	101.7	59.9%	94
Colorado	101.6	51.7%	99
Pennsylvania	101.5	48.5%	101
Idaho	101.4	68.4%	87
Oregon	101.2	47.2%	99
Utah	101.1	71.5%	87
Missouri	101.0	53.3%	98
New York	100.7	40.1%	109
Michigan	100.5	47.8%	99
Delaware	100.4	45.8%	103
North Carolina	100.2	56.0%	93
Texas	100.0	61.1%	92
Illinois	99.9	44.5%	104
Maryland	99.7	43.0%	105
Rhode Island	99.5	38.7%	107
Kentucky	99.4	59.6%	92
Oklahoma	99.3	65.6%	90
Alaska	99.0	61.1%	98
West Virginia	98.7	56.1%	93
South Carolina	98.4	57.9%	89
Florida	98.4	52.1%	98
Georgia	98.0	58.0%	92
Tennessee	97.7	56.8%	94
Arkansas	97.5	54.3%	92
Arizona	97.4	54.9%	94
Nevada	96.5	50.5%	99
Alabama	95.7	62.5%	90
New Mexico	95.7	49.8%	92
Hawaii	95.6	45.3%	106
California	95.5	44.4%	101
Louisiana	95.3	56.7%	90
Mississippi	94.2	59.5%	85

[Steve Sailer [email him] is founder of the Human Biodiversity Institute and movie critic for The American Conservative. His website www.iSteve.blogspot.com features his daily blog.]