Rarest US State — All 50 Answers Ranked by Rarity

50 answers are accepted for “Name a US state”. North Dakota is the rarest US state in this ranking, with 450,364 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary). South Dakota is the second-rarest with 479,433 monthly Wikipedia views, 1.06× the figure for North Dakota. Hawaii is the most common US state in this ranking, with 2,618,155 monthly Wikipedia views, 5.81× the figure for the rarest. Combined monthly Wikipedia views across the 50 answers: 47,713,925. North Dakota is 0.9% of that total. 10 answers are Epic or Legendary: North Dakota (Legendary), South Dakota (Legendary), Nebraska (Legendary), and 7 more.

Quick answer

Monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10).

Ranked answers

50 answers to “Name a US state”, rarest first. A rarity of 1 is the rarest answer in this prompt.
Rank	Answer	Tier	Rarity	Monthly Wikipedia views
1	North Dakota on Wikipedia	Legendary	1.000	450,364
2	South Dakota on Wikipedia	Legendary	0.980	479,433
3	Nebraska on Wikipedia	Legendary	0.959	590,202
4	Idaho on Wikipedia	Legendary	0.939	612,551
5	Iowa on Wikipedia	Epic	0.918	616,663
6	Nevada on Wikipedia	Epic	0.898	643,526
7	Delaware on Wikipedia	Epic	0.878	644,123
8	Arkansas on Wikipedia	Epic	0.857	651,769
9	Vermont on Wikipedia	Epic	0.837	681,950
10	South Carolina on Wikipedia	Epic	0.816	687,047
11	West Virginia on Wikipedia	Rare	0.796	699,315
12	Mississippi on Wikipedia	Rare	0.776	705,276
13	Kansas on Wikipedia	Rare	0.755	709,139
14	New Hampshire on Wikipedia	Rare	0.735	722,760
15	Kentucky on Wikipedia	Rare	0.714	729,443
16	Indiana on Wikipedia	Rare	0.694	756,900
17	Oregon on Wikipedia	Rare	0.673	758,483
18	Alabama on Wikipedia	Rare	0.653	791,203
19	Louisiana on Wikipedia	Rare	0.633	809,764
20	Oklahoma on Wikipedia	Rare	0.612	814,565
21	Wisconsin on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.592	823,437
22	Connecticut on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.571	834,259
23	Montana on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.551	843,580
24	Maine on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.531	843,747
25	Illinois on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.510	845,173
26	Maryland on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.490	850,461
27	Arizona on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.469	851,184
28	Rhode Island on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.449	852,202
29	Tennessee on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.429	853,692
30	Utah on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.408	872,064
31	Colorado on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.388	881,704
32	Wyoming on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.367	891,604
33	Missouri on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.347	893,640
34	New Mexico on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.327	932,185
35	Michigan on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.306	979,151
36	Ohio on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.286	1,006,703
37	North Carolina on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.265	1,017,567
38	Georgia on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.245	1,026,931
39	Washington on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.224	1,047,890
40	Virginia on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.204	1,051,922
41	New Jersey on Wikipedia	Common	0.184	1,126,325
42	Massachusetts on Wikipedia	Common	0.163	1,163,808
43	Pennsylvania on Wikipedia	Common	0.143	1,269,585
44	Minnesota on Wikipedia	Common	0.122	1,321,616
45	Florida on Wikipedia	Common	0.102	1,333,480
46	New York on Wikipedia	Common	0.082	1,352,129
47	Alaska on Wikipedia	Common	0.061	1,628,254
48	Texas on Wikipedia	Common	0.041	1,727,170
49	California on Wikipedia	Common	0.020	2,419,831
50	Hawaii on Wikipedia	Common	0.000	2,618,155

FAQ

What is the rarest US state?

North Dakota is the rarest US state in this ranking, with 450,364 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary).

How many US states are there?

There are 50 US states in this ranking, from North Dakota (rarest) to Hawaii (most common).

What is the most common US state?

Hawaii is the most common US state in this ranking, with 2,618,155 monthly Wikipedia views (Common).

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Recorded source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10). The answer list is compiled from Wikidata (CC0), and the view counts are monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Rarity is the percentile of the popularity figure inside this prompt: 1 is the rarest and 0 is the most common. Linked names open the English Wikipedia article stored on that answer.