Rankings by Key Elements
Table 15: Scientific and Technical Evidence
| STATE | ELEMENT RANKING | STATE | ELEMENT RANKING |
| Delaware | 1 | Pennsylvania | 26 |
| Minnesota | 2 | Texas | 27 |
| New York | 3 | Georgia | 28 |
| Massachusetts | 4 | Vermont | 29 |
| Virginia | 5 | California | 30 |
| Tennessee | 6 | New Hampshire | 31 |
| Colorado | 7 | Nevada | 32 |
| Connecticut | 8 | North Dakota | 33 |
| Oregon | 9 | Missouri | 34 |
| Nebraska | 10 | Idaho | 35 |
| Iowa | 11 | Florida | 36 |
| Michigan | 12 | New Mexico | 37 |
| New Jersey | 13 | Rhode Island | 38 |
| Washington | 14 | Kentucky | 39 |
| Utah | 15 | South Carolina | 40 |
| Indiana | 16 | Alaska | 41 |
| Wyoming | 17 | Illinois | 42 |
| Maine | 18 | Oklahoma | 43 |
| South Dakota | 19 | Hawaii | 44 |
| Ohio | 20 | Arkansas | 45 |
| Kansas | 21 | Alabama | 46 |
| Wisconsin | 22 | Louisiana | 47 |
| North Carolina | 23 | Montana | 48 |
| Arizona | 24 | Mississippi | 49 |
| Maryland | 25 | West Virginia | 50 |