How State IQ relates to income and politics

The data below is the most accurate available, in contrast to the Internet hoax that Democrats are smarter. These IQ's are calculated from state SAT and ACT scores, adjusted downward about 10 points to get to average. Experts say SAT and IQ tests both measure intelligence.

*Income per person in 2003 is from http://www.bea.doc.gov The income pattern follows the conclusion in IQ and the Wealth of Nations that higher IQ's usually mean higher incomes. As with nations, there are high income exceptions (like Connecticut and the District of Columbia).

The purpose of this webpage is to provide better state IQ data than what had been available - not politics. These IQ's follow elementary school test results. The most likely reason for the lower IQ's in southern states is the high proportion of Blacks in those states. African-Americans consistently test at an average 85 IQ level. Since Blacks overwhelmingly vote Democrat, it is difficult to find an IQ-political spin in the chart above. Also on southern states a viewer has provided government data on mental retardation rates being higher there. See also government data on state minority percentages, in response to a professor's reaction to this paragraph. Also see Gallup/ CNN data showing that Bush got the vote of a majority of college grads.

Another viewer has weighted the above results by population, producing a definite increased IQ/ Democrat correlation. A different viewer has analyzed the same results by looking at the actual percent Rep/Dem voting results in each state, and he concludes from his colorful charts that. "the IQ trendline is agnostic about the candidate." Perhaps all this is evidence that statistics can be massaged to produce a variety of conclusions! The best voter IQ picture may be from an analysis including population and voting by ethnic groups.

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