List of U.S. states ranked per five-factor model personality trait

This article contains a table of the 50 U.S. states and the U.S. District of Columbia listed by each personality trait as defined by the five-factor model of personality.

Five-factor model

The five-factor model is a taxonomy that attempts to classify personality types via a basis of five key personality dimensions. These dimensions were chosen based on commonly used verbal descriptions of personalities in such a way that tries to describe personalities without using commonly correlated descriptors.[1] The dimensions used in this model are extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness to experience.

Several studies have identified multiple confounding traits to geographic variance which correlate to each of the above personality traits, such as a negative correlation between criminality and agreeableness.[2]

Methodology

The data in this article are sourced from a 2008 APS study which utilized data collected from 1999 to 2005 during a separate personality study involving online participants, as well as multiple secondary data sources to capture population, crime, and occupation statistics.[2] The 2008 study compiled and normalized the data to correct for duplicate responses and underrepresented populations.[2]

Personality dimensions by State

Extraversion per U.S. state and District of Columbia.
Agreeableness per U.S. state and District of Columbia.
Conscientiousness per U.S. state and District of Columbia.
Neuroticism per U.S. state and District of Columbia.
Openness to experience per U.S. state and District of Columbia.
Five-factor model personality dimensions (U.S. states and District of Columbia)[2]
ExtraversionAgreeablenessConscientiousnessNeuroticismOpenness
StateRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreSample size
 Alabama200.2236−0.2736−0.5330−0.2648−1.3211,985
 Alaska49−1.6351−4.3351−3.0047−1.2049−1.374,317
 Arizona24−0.0331−0.0691.0645−1.0931−0.0212,570
 Arkansas31−0.2141−0.5337−0.54101.01270.064,424
 California38−0.57280.0427−0.1337−0.5361.0571,873
 Colorado28−0.19290.03150.6950−1.9780.9711,446
 Connecticut33−0.3643−0.7246−1.11150.54120.656,836
 Delaware210.1537−0.2934−0.48190.2142−0.931,881
 District of Columbia31.7350−2.1340−0.6131−0.3513.262,155
 Florida100.65140.5581.1136−0.50130.5927,424
 Georgia61.2280.8731.4333−0.39200.1918,807
 Hawaii39−0.58240.1749−1.5740−0.7446−1.282,940
 Idaho46−1.2239−0.4526−0.0932−0.3630−0.023,178
 Illinois90.80260.07110.90200.21210.1727,739
 Indiana34−0.36190.38140.71130.8834−0.1813,515
 Iowa150.45150.5433−0.44220.1543−0.976,514
 Kansas130.56170.4751.2434−0.4438−0.526,976
 Kentucky36−0.41210.22190.3771.1745−1.107,827
 Louisiana30−0.20130.5530−0.2481.1429−0.016,519
 Maine110.6446−0.8650−1.64120.9035−0.223,540
 Maryland51−1.9938−0.4235−0.51170.45100.7412,286
 Massachusetts42−0.8140−0.5143−0.75110.9841.2016,154
 Michigan170.37110.69210.2126−0.0936−0.3021,938
 Minnesota51.2921.41220.1441−0.8040−0.6714,532
 Mississippi190.3431.39120.7941.5041−0.803,609
 Missouri180.35160.51100.9725−0.0932−0.0412,565
 Montana43−0.9442−0.7129−0.2439−0.71160.431,945
 Nebraska41.71100.7471.1544−1.0044−1.074,410
 Nevada37−0.5548−1.4124−0.0642−0.8390.943,531
 New Hampshire50−1.8730−0.0544−0.82140.70140.583,255
 New Jersey140.5434−0.1745−1.0351.47150.4916,580
 New Mexico220.1533−0.1712.4029−0.20230.144,077
 New York32−0.3147−1.1742−0.6731.5521.3232,602
 North Carolina35−0.3970.9821.6524−0.0633−0.1816,432
 North Dakota13.0811.60230.1343−0.8451−3.122,372
 Ohio25−0.05270.0438−0.5691.10240.1224,018
 Oklahoma27−0.1490.8661.1627−0.1537−0.468,095
 Oregon44−1.10180.4231−0.3148−1.2731.2610,211
 Pennsylvania120.6035−0.2128−0.1961.22250.0925,915
 Rhode Island40−0.6145−0.8448−1.5521.61280.042,021
 South Carolina26−0.07200.36160.66160.53260.095,918
 South Dakota70.97230.19170.6549−1.6839−0.611,572
 Tennessee29−0.1961.08130.72230.11190.1910,662
 Texas160.42250.12180.4228−0.17170.4045,432
 Utah80.8941.3641.3651−2.52180.288,368
 Vermont47−1.22120.5541−0.66180.4370.991,637
 Virginia45−1.1644−0.8039−0.58210.18110.7118,093
 Washington48−1.37220.1925−0.0746−1.1051.2017,890
 West Virginia230.0632−0.1532−0.4112.36220.153,412
 Wisconsin22.1451.32200.2935−0.4547−1.3115,863
 Wyoming41−0.7849−1.4447−1.4638−0.5950−1.801,536

See also

References

  1. Goldberg LR (January 1993). "The structure of phenotypic personality traits". American Psychologist. 48 (1): 26–34. doi:10.1037/0003-066x.48.1.26. PMID 8427480.
  2. Rentfrow, Peter J.; Gosling, Samuel D.; Potter, Jeff (September 2008). "A Theory of the Emergence, Persistence, and Expression of Geographic Variation in Psychological Characteristics". Perspectives on Psychological Science. 3 (5): 339–369. doi:10.1111/j.1745-6924.2008.00084.x. PMID 26158954.
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