Table 1.

State tightness–looseness rankings

Rank	State	Score
1	Mississippi	78.86
2	Alabama	75.45
3	Arkansas	75.03
4	Oklahoma	75.03
5	Tennessee	68.81
6	Texas	67.54
7	Louisiana	65.88
8	Kentucky	63.91
9	South Carolina	61.39
10	North Carolina	60.67
11	Kansas	60.36
12	Georgia	60.26
13	Missouri	59.60
14	Virginia	57.37
15	Indiana	54.57
16	Pennsylvania	52.75
17	West Virginia	52.48
18	Ohio	52.30
19	Wyoming	51.94
20	North Dakota	51.44
21	South Dakota	51.14
22	Delaware	51.02
23	Utah	49.69
24	Nebraska	49.65
25	Florida	49.28
26	Iowa	49.02
27	Michigan	48.93
28	Minnesota	47.84
29	Arizona	47.56
30	Wisconsin	46.91
31	Montana	46.11
32	Illinois	45.95
33	Idaho	45.50
34	Maryland	45.50
35	New Mexico	45.43
36	Rhode Island	43.23
37	Colorado	42.92
38	New Jersey	39.48
39	New York	39.42
40	Alaska	38.43
41	Vermont	37.23
42	New Hampshire	36.97
43	Hawaii	36.49
44	Connecticut	36.37
45	Massachusetts	35.12
46	Maine	34.00
47	Nevada	33.61
48	Washington	31.06
49	Oregon	30.07
50	California	27.37

Higher scores indicate greater tightness.