Arizona is among 2018’s Most Patriotic States in America according to the personal-finance website WalletHub. To determine where Americans have the most red, white and blue pride, WalletHub compared the 50 states across 13 key indicators of patriotism.
The data set ranges from average number of military enlistees to share of adults who voted in the 2016 presidential election to AmeriCorps volunteers per capita.
Most Patriotic States in America
| Overall Rank (1 = Most Patriotic) | State | Total Score | ‘Military Engagement’ Rank | ‘Civic Engagement’ Rank |
| 1 | Virginia | 70.48 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | Alaska | 69.98 | 1 | 34 |
| 3 | Wyoming | 66.28 | 9 | 5 |
| 4 | South Carolina | 64.67 | 3 | 26 |
| 5 | Idaho | 62.99 | 8 | 11 |
| 6 | Colorado | 62.39 | 11 | 9 |
| 7 | Hawaii | 61.18 | 2 | 43 |
| 8 | Washington | 59.57 | 14 | 13 |
| 9 | North Carolina | 58.95 | 6 | 21 |
| 10 | Georgia | 58.76 | 4 | 41 |
| 11 | Maine | 58.02 | 28 | 3 |
| 12 | South Dakota | 56.57 | 21 | 16 |
| 13 | New Hampshire | 55.52 | 30 | 7 |
| 14 | Oklahoma | 55.28 | 7 | 31 |
| 15 | Kansas | 54.00 | 16 | 20 |
| 16 | Maryland | 53.86 | 26 | 12 |
| 17 | Nebraska | 53.80 | 25 | 14 |
| 18 | Arizona | 52.84 | 13 | 29 |
| 19 | Vermont | 52.21 | 40 | 1 |
| 20 | Mississippi | 52.15 | 15 | 28 |
Patriotism in Arizona (1=Most Patriotic; 25=Avg.):
- 6th – Average Number of Military Enlistees per 1,000 Civilian Adults
- 25th – Active-Duty Military Personnel per 100,000 Civilian Adults
- 30th – Peace Corps Volunteers per Capita
- 15th – Veterans per 1,000 Civilian Adults
- 1st – Civics Education Requirement
- 14th – Volunteer Hours per Resident
- 21st – AmeriCorps Volunteers per Capita