California is shown to have the most hate groups followed by Florida and Texas. All states except Hawaii have at least one. These are also the first, second, and fourth most populous states in the US. There is a highly significant correlation between the number of groups and the population in that state (r=0.885, p<.001) as seen in the above graph.
When the number of hate groups in each state is adjusted for the states' population (by dividing the # of groups by the population and multiplying by one million), a different picture emerges. The US average is 2.99 groups per million persons. The rankings for the states plus DC are listed below. Florida is almost exactly at the national average at 3.00 while Texas and California are below with 2.15 and 2.02 groups per million respectively. A cubic plot was added to the graph below and was significantly different from zero (r=.281, p=.045).
The states with the top number of groups per million have one outlier, Washington, DC. With 15 groups for its 632,323 citizens, there are 23.72 groups per million which is almost three times higher than the next highest state, Arkansas. It could be argued that the district is not really a State and is more of a city. By comparison New York City has 22 hate groups for it's 8,336,697 citizens giving it a rate of 2.64. Nearby Baltimore, MD has 7 groups for it's 621,342 citizens giving it a rate of 11.27. My hometown, Pittsburgh, PA has 2 groups for it's 306,211 citizens giving it a rate of 6.53. Of DC's 15 groups, four are Black Separatist (including the Nation of Islam), 3 each of White Nationalist (with names like the Center for Economic Studies), Anti-LGBT, and; General Hate, and one each of Anti Immigrant and Anti-Muslim.
The extreme value for DC is similar to it's being an outlier for income and life expectancy. In my most read post, I showed that it has the highest per capita income but the lowest life expectancy (2009 data). The life expectancy of DC has since improved from 51st to 46th while the income ranking has fallen from 1st to a tie for 4th which would still make it an outlier. I am not a sociologist so I'm not going to speculate as to the reasons for DC's high rate beyond what the data says.
The states that follow DC can be seen in the table below. 28 states are above the national average. These are mostly in the south, west and midwest. Vermont (at 6.39) and New Hampshire (at 5.30) are the only eastern states above the national average. My home state, Pennsylvania is slightly ahead of the national average at 3.21.
Rank
|
state
|
pop2012
|
Hate groups
|
Groups
per million
|
|
1
|
District of Columbia
|
632323
|
15
|
23.72
|
|
2
|
Arkansas
|
2949131
|
24
|
8.14
|
|
3
|
Montana
|
1005141
|
8
|
7.96
|
|
4
|
Mississippi
|
2984926
|
22
|
7.37
|
|
5
|
Vermont
|
626011
|
4
|
6.39
|
|
6
|
Tennessee
|
6456243
|
37
|
5.73
|
|
7
|
Idaho
|
1595728
|
9
|
5.64
|
|
8
|
West Virginia
|
1855413
|
10
|
5.39
|
|
9
|
New Hampshire
|
1320718
|
7
|
5.30
|
|
10
|
Georgia
|
9919945
|
50
|
5.04
|
|
11
|
New Jersey
|
8864590
|
44
|
4.96
|
|
12
|
Nebraska
|
1855525
|
9
|
4.85
|
|
13
|
Alabama
|
4822023
|
22
|
4.56
|
|
14
|
Oklahoma
|
3814820
|
17
|
4.46
|
|
15
|
Delaware
|
917092
|
4
|
4.36
|
|
16
|
Louisiana
|
4601893
|
20
|
4.35
|
|
17
|
South Carolina
|
4723723
|
20
|
4.23
|
|
18
|
Indiana
|
6537334
|
26
|
3.98
|
|
19
|
Missouri
|
6021988
|
23
|
3.82
|
|
20
|
South Dakota
|
833354
|
3
|
3.60
|
|
21
|
Wyoming
|
576412
|
2
|
3.47
|
|
22
|
Kentucky
|
4380415
|
15
|
3.42
|
|
23
|
North Carolina
|
9752073
|
33
|
3.38
|
|
24
|
Colorado
|
5187582
|
17
|
3.28
|
|
25
|
Pennsylvania
|
12763536
|
41
|
3.21
|
|
26
|
Virginia
|
8185867
|
26
|
3.18
|
|
27
|
Arizona
|
6553255
|
20
|
3.05
|
|
28
|
Florida
|
19317568
|
58
|
3.00
|
|
29
|
Nevada
|
2758931
|
8
|
2.90
|
|
30
|
New Mexico
|
2085538
|
6
|
2.88
|
|
31
|
Rhode Island
|
1050292
|
3
|
2.86
|
|
32
|
Ohio
|
11544225
|
31
|
2.69
|
|
33
|
Maryland
|
5884563
|
15
|
2.55
|
|
34
|
Oregon
|
3899353
|
9
|
2.31
|
|
35
|
Texas
|
26059203
|
57
|
2.19
|
|
36
|
New York
|
19570261
|
42
|
2.15
|
|
37
|
Utah
|
2855287
|
6
|
2.10
|
|
38
|
California
|
38041430
|
77
|
2.02
|
|
39
|
Michigan
|
9883360
|
18
|
1.82
|
|
40
|
Massachusetts
|
6646144
|
12
|
1.81
|
|
41
|
Illinois
|
12875255
|
23
|
1.79
|
|
42
|
Wisconsin
|
5726398
|
10
|
1.75
|
|
43
|
Kansas
|
2885905
|
5
|
1.73
|
|
44
|
Iowa
|
3074186
|
5
|
1.63
|
|
45
|
Maine
|
1329192
|
2
|
1.50
|
|
46
|
Minnesota
|
5379139
|
8
|
1.49
|
|
47
|
Washington
|
6897012
|
10
|
1.45
|
|
48
|
North Dakota
|
699628
|
1
|
1.43
|
|
49
|
Connecticut
|
3590347
|
5
|
1.39
|
|
50
|
Alaska
|
731449
|
1
|
1.37
|
|
51
|
Hawaii
|
1392313
|
0
|
.00
|
|
Total
|
N
|
51
|
51
|
50
|
51
|
a. Limited to first 100 cases.
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**Update**
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