The Most Corrupt States

As money pours into the Gulf, The Daily Beast crunches the numbers, from public embezzlement to private sector fraud, for all 50 states to rank which play dirty—and which have cleaned up their act.

#1, Tennessee

#2, Virginia

#3, Mississippi

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#4, Delaware

#5, North Carolina

#6, Florida

#7, Nevada

#8, Pennsylvania

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#9, South Carolina

#10, Oklahoma

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#11, Georgia

#12, Alabama

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#13, Texas

#14, Arkansas

#15, Missouri

#16, Hawaii

#17, South Dakota

#18, Wisconsin

#19, Louisiana

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#20, Arizona

#21, New Jersey

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#22, Connecticut

#23, Maryland

#24, New York

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#25, Nebraska

#26, North Dakota

#27, Rhode Island

#28, Kentucky

#29, California

#30, Michigan

#31, West Virginia

#32, Ohio

#33, Utah

#34, Minnesota

#35, Oregon

#36, District of Columbia

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#37, Idaho

#38, Washington

#39, Vermont

#40, Colorado

#41, Maine

#42, Alaska

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#43, Iowa

#44, Kansas

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#45, New Mexico

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#46, Massachusetts

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#47, Illinois

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#48, Wyoming

#49, Indiana

#50, Montana

#51, New Hampshire