States Ranked by Personal Freedom (2023)

  • A report from the premier libertarian think-tank in the US, the Cato Institute. They rank Nevada at #1 and Texas at #50 for personal freedom.

    Interestingly, 7 of the top 10 are blue states or swing states and 9 of the bottom 10 are red states. This goes against the conventional wisdom that Republican-led states support personal freedom. They do perform better in the "economic freedom" index, but I found this more interesting/counter-intuitive.