We all like to pride ourselves on what we’re best at, but every U.S. State has to be last at something. Here’s the Hall of Shame from this morning’s Jeff & Jer Showgram

1. Alabama: highest rate of stroke (3.8 percent) (tied with Oklahoma)
2. Alaska: highest suicide rate (23.6 suicides per 100,000 people in 2004)
3. Arizona: highest rate of alcoholism
4. Arkansas: worst average credit score (636)
5. California: most air pollution (15.2 micrograms per cubic meter)
6. Colorado: highest rate of cocaine use per capita (3.9 percent total population)
7. Connecticut: highest rate of breast cancer
8. Delaware: highest abortion rate (27 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 44)
9. Florida: highest rate of identity theft (122.3 reports per 100,000 people)
10. Georgia: sickly based on highest rate of influenza
11. Hawaii –highest cost of living (tied with California)
12. Idaho – lowest level of Congressional clout
13. Illinois: highest rate of robbery (284.7 incidences per 100,000 people)
14. Indiana: rated the most environmentally unfriendly by NMI solutions
15. Iowa: highest percentage of people age 85 and older (1.8 percent) (tied with three other states)
16. Kansas: poorest health based on highest average number of limited activity days per month (3.5 days)
17. Kentucky: most cancer deaths (227 per 100,000 people) (BONUS fact: Kentucky also has the highest rate of tobacco smokers – 25.6 percent)
18. Louisiana: highest rate of gonorrhea (264.4 reported cases per 100,000 people)
19. Maine: dumbest state claim based on lowest average SAT score (1389)
20. Maryland: highest rate of AIDS diagnosis (27.6 people per 100,000 people)
21. Massachusetts: worst drivers claim based on highest rate of auto accidents
22. Michigan: highest unemployment rate (13.6 percent)
23. Minnesota: highest number of reported tornadoes (123 in 2010)
24. Mississippi: highest rate of obesity (35.3 percent of total population)
25. Missouri: highest rate of bankruptcy (700 out of every 100,000 people)
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27. Montana: highest rate of drunk driving deaths (1.12 deaths per 100 million miles driven)
28. Nebraska: highest rate of women murdered annually
29. Nevada: highest rate violent crime (702.2 offenses per 100,000 people). BONUS fact: Nevada also has the highest rate of foreclosure (one in 99 houses)
30. New Hampshire: highest rate of corporate taxes
31. New Jersey: highest rate of citizen taxation (11.8 percent)
32. New Mexico: antisocial claim based on lowest ranking in social health policies
33. New York: longest average daily commute (30.6 minutes) http://www.statemaster.com/graph/lab_mea_tra_tim_to_wor-labor-mean-travel-time-work
34. North Carolina: lowest average teacher salary
35. North Dakota: ranked last in ugliest residents report as chosen by The Daily Beast
36. Ohio: nerdiest state claim based on highest number of library visits per capita (6.9)
37. Oklahoma: highest rate of female incarceration
38. Oregon: highest rate of long-term homeless people
39. Pennsylvania: highest rate of arson deaths (55.56 annually)
40. Rhode Island: highest rate of illicit drug use (12.5 percent of population)
41. South Carolina: highest percentage of mobile homes (18.8 percent)
42. South Dakota: highest rate of forcible rape 76.5 per 100,000
43. Tennessee: chosen most corrupt state by The Daily Beast
44. Texas: lowest high school graduation rate (78.3 percent)
45. Utah: highest rate of of online porn subscriptions
46. Vermont: infertility claim based on lowest birth rate of any state (10.6 births per 1,000) (tied with Maine)
47. Virginia: highest number of alcohol-related motorcyle deaths
48. Washington: most cases of bestiality (4 reported in 2010)
49. West Virginia: highest rate of heart attack (6.5 percent of population)
50. Wisconsin: highest rate of binge drinking (23.2 percent of population)
51. Wyoming: highest rate of deadly car crashes (24.6 deaths per 100,000)

Most of these stats were taken from www.americashealthrankings.org and the U.S. Census