Countries and States Ranked on Intelligence

[He's a Mentalist]

2006 Educational State Rankings

1. VERMONT

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2. MASSACHUSETTS
3. CONNECTICUT
4. NEW JERSEY
5. MAINE
6. VIRGINIA
7. MONTANA
8. WISCONSIN
9. IOWA

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10. PENNSYLVANIA
11. NEBRASKA
12. NEW HAMPSHIRE
13. MINNESOTA
14. RHODE ISLAND
15. KANSAS
16. NEW YORK

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17. SOUTH DAKOTA
18. MARYLAND
19. WYOMING
20. IDAHO


21. NORTH DAKOTA
22. MISSOURI
23. NORTH CAROLINA
24. INDIANA
25. TEXAS

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26. SOUTH CAROLINA
27. COLORADO
28. DELAWARE
29. FLORIDA
30. TENNESSEE
31. KENTUCKY
32. ARKANSAS
33. WASHINGTON

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34. OHIO
35. ILLINOIS
36. OKLAHOMA
37. WEST VIRGINIA
38. UTAH
39. MICHIGAN
40. OREGON
41. GEORGIA
42. HAWAII
43. NEW MEXICO
44. LOUISIANA
45. ALABAMA

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46. ALASKA
47. CALIFORNIA
48. MISSISSIPPI
49. NEVADA
50. ARIZONA

IQ by State: McDaniel's Estimated Average IQ Score by State

1. MASSACHUSETTS..................................... ...104.3 2. NEW HAMPSHIRE......................................... .104.2
3. NORTH DAKOTA............................................ 103.8
4. VERMONT........................................... .........103.8
5. MINNESOTA......................................... ........103.7
6. MONTANA........................................... .........103.4
7. MAINE............................................. ............103.4
8. IOWA.............................................. ............103.2
9. CONNECTICUT....................................... ........103.1
10. WISCONSIN......................................... ........102.9
11. KANSAS............................................ ..........102.8
12. SOUTH DAKOTA............................................ 102.8
13. NEW JERSEY............................................ ....102.8
14. WYOMING........................................... .........102.4
15. NEBRASKA.......................................... ..........102.3
16. WASHINGTON........................................ ........101.9
17. VIRGINIA.......................................... ............101.9
18. OHIO.............................................. .............101.8
19. INDIANA........................................... ............101.7
20. COLORADO.......................................... ..........101.6
21. PENNSYLVANIA...................................... ........101.5
22. IDAHO............................................. .............101.4
23. OREGON............................................ ...........101.2
24. UTAH.............................................. .............101.1
25. MISSOURI.......................................... ............101.0
26. NEW YORK.............................................. .......100.7
27. MICHIGAN.......................................... ............100.5
28. DELAWARE.......................................... ...........100.4
29. NORTH CAROLINA.......................................... ...100.2
30. TEXAS............................................. ..............100.0
31. ILLINOIS.......................................... ................99.9
32. MARYLAND.......................................... .............99.7
33. RHODE ISLAND............................................ ......99.5
34. KENTUCKY.......................................... ..............99.4
35. OKLAHOMA.......................................... .............99.3
36. ALASKA............................................ ................99.0
37. WEST VIRGINIA.......................................... ........98.7
38. SOUTH CAROLINA.......................................... .....98.4
39. FLORIDA........................................... ................98.4
40. GEORGIA........................................... ................98.0
41. TENNESSEE......................................... ..............97.7
42. ARKANSAS.......................................... ...............97.5
43. ARIZONA........................................... ................97.4
44. NEVADA............................................ ................96.5
45. ALABAMA........................................... ................95.7
46. NEW MEXICO............................................ ..........95.7
47. HAWAII............................................ ..................95.6
48. CALIFORNIA........................................ ................95.5
49. LOUISIANA......................................... .................95.3
50. MISSISSIPPI....................................... .................94.2


IQ by country: Ranking by protonorms - October 2008

This table ranks the countries of origin of 1318 scores on high-range intelligence tests designed and scored by Paul Cooijmans. Countries are ranked first by weighted median (http://www.paulcooijmans.com/statistics/explained.html#w_median) protonorm (http://www.paulcooijmans.com/statistics/explained.html#proto) and then by number of scores from that country. The I.Q. (http://www.paulcooijmans.com/statistics/explained.html#iq)s in the table are based on the current (2008) norming of protonorms to I.Q. Countries with two or more scores are included in their own right, and countries with only one score are included in "Remaining countries".
The tests used are mentioned under the table; For each test, the median protonorm scores per country were determined, after which for each country the weighted median across the tests was calculated.
<table border="1" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr> <th>Rank</th> <th>Country</th> <th>Protonorm</th> <th>I.Q.</th> <th># scores</th> </tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>Cambodia</td> <td>500</td> <td>157</td> <td>6</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>Korea, South</td> <td>497</td> <td>156</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>New Zealand</td> <td>491</td> <td>156</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>Slovenia</td> <td>487</td> <td>155</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>Denmark</td> <td>480</td> <td>153</td> <td>10</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>Serbia and Montenegro</td> <td>473</td> <td>152</td> <td>5</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>Canada</td> <td>459</td> <td>150</td> <td>45</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>Germany</td> <td>453</td> <td>149</td> <td>46</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>Iran</td> <td>452</td> <td>149</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>Malta</td> <td>450</td> <td>148</td> <td>12</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>Belgium</td> <td>447</td> <td>147</td> <td>45</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>Poland</td> <td>442</td> <td>147</td> <td>14</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>Portugal</td> <td>440</td> <td>146</td> <td>16</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>Switzerland</td> <td>440</td> <td>146</td> <td>7</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>Israel</td> <td>433</td> <td>145</td> <td>9</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>Austria</td> <td>432</td> <td>145</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>United Kingdom</td> <td>430</td> <td>144</td> <td>73</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>France</td> <td>424</td> <td>143</td> <td>44</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>Australia</td> <td>423</td> <td>143</td> <td>23</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>Remaining countries</td> <td>414</td> <td>142</td> <td>9</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>Spain</td> <td>413</td> <td>141</td> <td>28</td> </tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>Norway</td> <td>413</td> <td>141</td> <td>26</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>Brazil</td> <td>413</td> <td>141</td> <td>14</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>Finland</td> <td>412</td> <td>140</td> <td>76</td> </tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>Sweden</td> <td>412</td> <td>140</td> <td>73</td> </tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td>Luxembourg</td> <td>412</td> <td>140</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td>Greece</td> <td>409</td> <td>140</td> <td>29</td> </tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td>Netherlands</td> <td>403</td> <td>139</td> <td>96</td> </tr> <tr> <td>29</td> <td>United States</td> <td>395</td> <td>139</td> <td>328</td> </tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td>Mexico</td> <td>394</td> <td>139</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>31</td> <td>Yugoslavia</td> <td>393</td> <td>138</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>32</td> <td>Bosnia and Herzegovina</td> <td>392</td> <td>137</td> <td>5</td> </tr> <tr> <td>33</td> <td>Hong Kong</td> <td>389</td> <td>137</td> <td>6</td> </tr> <tr> <td>34</td> <td>Thailand</td> <td>389</td> <td>137</td> <td>4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>35</td> <td>Italy</td> <td>384</td> <td>135</td> <td>17</td> </tr> <tr> <td>36</td> <td>Cyprus</td> <td>380</td> <td>134</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>37</td> <td>Japan</td> <td>374</td> <td>134</td> <td>5</td> </tr> <tr> <td>38</td> <td>Argentina</td> <td>367</td> <td>132</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>39</td> <td>Turkey</td> <td>359</td> <td>130</td> <td>23</td> </tr> <tr> <td>40</td> <td>Lithuania</td> <td>335</td> <td>128</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>41</td> <td>South Africa</td> <td>333</td> <td>128</td> <td>5</td> </tr> <tr> <td>42</td> <td>India</td> <td>308</td> <td>124</td> <td>6</td> </tr> <tr> <td>43</td> <td>Singapore</td> <td>287</td> <td>121</td> <td>11</td></tr></tbody></table>

Looks like those bastard Canadians beat out the US three times on these got damn tests.

Poland was the top in 2006 and then Cambodia came to the top in 2008.

[TW501]

I'm rather doubtful of those statistics. IQ is a pretty difficult thing to measure consistently and accurately in the first place, and on such a large scale...you get what I'm saying. Still, it's interesting.

[Primera-Espada]

As i can see the state in which I currently reside hasn't made it in the top 25, simply sad.

[metalsoup111]

I agree with TW. Not a real believer of IQ testing accuracy in the first place. Plus, I already knew Arkansas was full of morons. lol...

[duck.duck.moose]

I enjoyed reading through the whole deal with norming and whatnot, glad to see at least a little more effort was put in to obtaining slightly more accurate results for this "ranking".

[EspadaNnoitra]

Wow Massachusetts is #2.....go go Mass.

Edit: Though I suppose its debateable how reliable this IQ survey really is...idiots everywhere and all that