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Table I: Fiscal Policy Ranking
1. New Hampshire 0.28
2. South Dakota 0.26
3. Tennessee 0.25
4. Texas 0.22
5. Colorado 0.21
6. Missouri 0.19
7. North Dakota 0.15
8. Montana 0.13
9. Georgia 0.13
10. Idaho 0.12
11. Oklahoma 0.11
12. Alabama 0.11
13. Nevada 0.11
14. Virginia 0.11
15. Arizona 0.09
16. Maryland 0.06
17. Wyoming 0.06
18. Illinois 0.05
19. Iowa 0.04
20. Utah 0.04
21. North Carolina 0.03
22. Mississippi 0.02
23. Massachusetts 0.02
24. Indiana 0.01
25. Florida 0.00
26. Connecticut -0.01
27. Oregon -0.01
28. Kansas -0.02
29. Louisiana -0.02
30. Delaware -0.02
31. Michigan -0.03
32. Pennsylvania -0.03
33. Arkansas -0.04
34. South Carolina -0.04
35. Minnesota -0.04
36. Kentucky -0.05
37. Washington -0.06
38. Nebraska -0.07
39. West Virginia -0.07
40. Ohio -0.07
41. Rhode Island -0.10
42. Wisconsin -0.13
43. New Jersey -0.17
44. California -0.19
45. New Mexico -0.19
46. Hawaii -0.21
47. Vermont -0.21
48. Maine -0.23
49. Alaska -0.35
50. New York -0.44

Table II: Regulatory Policy Ranking
1. Michigan 0.19
2. North Dakota 0.16
3. Pennsylvania 0.15
4. Kansas 0.15
5. Indiana 0.14
6. Idaho 0.14
7. Iowa 0.13
8. South Dakota 0.13
9. Utah 0.13
10. Georgia 0.13
11. Colorado 0.12
12. South Carolina 0.11
13. Nebraska 0.10
14. Arizona 0.10
15. Alabama 0.09
16. Delaware 0.07
17. Virginia 0.07
18. New Hampshire 0.06
19. Florida 0.05
20. Wyoming 0.04
21. Oklahoma 0.03
22. Missouri 0.02
23. Wisconsin 0.02
24. Alaska 0.01
25. Louisiana 0.01
26. North Carolina 0.01
27. Texas 0.00
28. Tennessee -0.01
29. Ohio -0.01
30. Minnesota -0.03
31. Montana -0.04
32. Kentucky -0.04
33. Nevada -0.05
34. Mississippi -0.05
35. Illinois -0.07
36. Hawaii -0.09
37. New Mexico -0.10
38. Oregon -0.10
39. Vermont -0.10
40. West Virginia -0.11
41. Arkansas -0.11
42. Connecticut -0.14
43. Massachusetts -0.15
44. New York -0.16
45. Washington -0.16
46. California -0.16
47. Maryland -0.17
48. Rhode Island -0.17
49. New Jersey -0.17
50. Maine -0.18

Table III: Economic Freedom Ranking
1. South Dakota 0.385
2. New Hampshire 0.345
3. Colorado 0.337
4. North Dakota 0.315
5. Idaho 0.257
6. Georgia 0.253
7. Texas 0.225
8. Tennessee 0.225
9. Missouri 0.210
10. Alabama 0.200
11. Arizona 0.190
12. Iowa 0.177
13. Virginia 0.175
14. Utah 0.164
15. Michigan 0.161
16. Indiana 0.159
17. Oklahoma 0.144
18. Kansas 0.126
19. Pennsylvania 0.120
20. Wyoming 0.098
21. Montana 0.096
22. South Carolina 0.062
23. Nevada 0.058
24. Delaware 0.052
25. Florida 0.047
26. North Carolina 0.041
27. Nebraska 0.036
28. Louisiana -0.012
29. Illinois -0.025
30. Mississippi -0.032
31. Minnesota -0.075
32. Ohio -0.081
33. Kentucky -0.086
34. Maryland -0.110
35. Wisconsin -0.111
36. Oregon -0.113
37. Massachusetts -0.133
38. Connecticut -0.142
39. Arkansas -0.148
40. West Virginia -0.177
41. Washington -0.219
42. Rhode Island -0.267
43. New Mexico -0.288
44. Hawaii -0.295
45. Vermont -0.310
46. New Jersey -0.337
47. Alaska -0.343
48. California -0.351
49. Maine -0.406
50. New York -0.596

Table IV: Personal Freedom Ranking
1. Alaska 0.272
2. Maine 0.193
3. New Mexico 0.138
4. Arkansas 0.125
5. Texas 0.121
6. Missouri 0.110
7. Oregon 0.104
8. Idaho 0.100
9. Virginia 0.100
10. Wyoming 0.095
11. Vermont 0.093
12. Arizona 0.089
13. New Hampshire 0.087
14. Utah 0.086
15. Kansas 0.085
16. Colorado 0.084
17. West Virginia 0.080
18. Tennessee 0.059
19. Indiana 0.049
20. Michigan 0.045
21. Montana 0.029
22. Mississippi 0.027
23. Florida 0.022
24. South Dakota 0.007
25. Iowa 0.006
26. Kentucky 0.003
27. Oklahoma -0.002
28. Hawaii -0.009
29. Pennsylvania -0.018
30. North Carolina -0.022
31. Minnesota -0.036
32. Nevada -0.045
33. North Dakota -0.047
34. Nebraska -0.055
35. Washington -0.055
36. Delaware -0.060
37. California -0.063
38. Connecticut -0.082
39. Wisconsin -0.089
40. Louisiana -0.098
41. South Carolina -0.102
42. Georgia -0.106
43. Alabama -0.107
44. Massachusetts -0.109
45. New Jersey -0.120
46. Ohio -0.124
47. Rhode Island -0.163
48. New York -0.188
49. Illinois -0.213
50. Maryland -0.294

Table V: Overall Freedom Ranking
1. New Hampshire 0.432
2. Colorado 0.421
3. South Dakota 0.392
4. Idaho 0.356
5. Texas 0.346
6. Missouri 0.320
7. Tennessee 0.284
8. Arizona 0.279
9. Virginia 0.275
10. North Dakota 0.268
11. Utah 0.250
12. Kansas 0.210
13. Indiana 0.208
14. Michigan 0.206
15. Wyoming 0.193
16. Iowa 0.183
17. Georgia 0.146
18. Oklahoma 0.143
19. Montana 0.125
20. Pennsylvania 0.102
21. Alabama 0.092
22. Florida 0.068
23. North Carolina 0.019
24. Nevada 0.013
25. Mississippi -0.004
26. Delaware -0.008
27. Oregon -0.009
28. Nebraska -0.018
29. Arkansas -0.023
30. South Carolina -0.040
31. Alaska -0.071
32. Kentucky -0.082
33. West Virginia -0.097
34. Louisiana -0.110
35. Minnesota -0.111
36. New Mexico -0.150
37. Wisconsin -0.199
38. Ohio -0.205
39. Maine -0.214
40. Vermont -0.217
41. Connecticut -0.225
42. Illinois -0.238
43. Massachusetts -0.242
44. Washington -0.275
45. Hawaii -0.304
46. Maryland -0.405
47. California -0.413
48. Rhode Island -0.430
49. New Jersey -0.457
50. New York -0.784