Table III.
Rankings of states based on overall stringency scores
| Rank | State | Overall stringency |
Minors’ access stringency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oregon | 79.00 | 1.00 |
| 2 | Illinois | 76.00 | 2.00 |
| 3 | South Carolina | 75.00 | 1.00 |
| 4 | Florida | 74.00 | 2.00 |
| 5 | Indiana | 73.00 | 2.00 |
| 6 | Iowa | 72.00 | .00 |
| 7 | Rhode Island | 71.00 | 1.00 |
| 8 | Ohio | 68.00 | 1.00 |
| 9 | Massachusetts | 66.00 | 2.00 |
| 10 | Texas | 64.00 | 3.00 |
| 11 | Arizona | 60.00 | 1.00 |
| 11 | Louisiana | 60.00 | 2.00 |
| 12 | Wisconsin | 57.00 | 1.00 |
| 13 | Kansas | 55.00 | .00 |
| 13 | Maine | 55.00 | 1.00 |
| 14 | California | 52.00 | 2.00 |
| 15 | Colorado | 51.00 | .00 |
| 16 | Mississippi | 48.00 | 1.00 |
| 17 | New Hampshire | 47.00 | 3.00 |
| 18 | Minnesota | 40.00 | 1.00 |
| 19 | North Carolina | 37.00 | 2.00 |
| 20 | Georgia | 34.00 | 1.00 |
| 21 | Virginia | 32.00 | .00 |
| 22 | Tennessee | 31.00 | 2.00 |
| 23 | New Jersey | 27.00 | .00 |
| 24 | New York | 20.00 | .00 |
| 25 | Michigan | 4.00 | 2.00 |
| 26 | Pennsylvania | .00 | .00 |
| - | Alabama | .00 | .00 |
| - | Alaska | .00 | .00 |
| - | Arkansas | .00 | .00 |
| - | Connecticut | .00 | .00 |
| - | Delaware | .00 | .00 |
| - | District of Columbia | .00 | .00 |
| - | Hawaii | .00 | .00 |
| - | Idaho | .00 | .00 |
| - | Kentucky | .00 | .00 |
| - | Maryland | .00 | .00 |
| - | Missouri | .00 | .00 |
| - | Montana | .00 | .00 |
| - | Nebraska | .00 | .00 |
| - | Nevada | .00 | .00 |
| - | New Mexico | .00 | .00 |
| - | North Dakota | .00 | .00 |
| - | Oklahoma | .00 | .00 |
| - | South Dakota | .00 | .00 |
| - | Utah | .00 | .00 |
| - | Vermont | .00 | .00 |
| - | Washington | .00 | .00 |
| - | West Virginia | .00 | .00 |
| - | Wyoming | .00 | .00 |
Includes District of Columbia.