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South Carolina Ranked As 2020’s 5th Most Rule-Defiant State in America

December 15, 2020

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We’ve all heard that “rules are meant to be broken,” but some of us take that aphorism too far.

In a year of excessive disobedience — people refusing to wear masks and even presidential candidates ignoring debate protocols, for example — it’s fair to wonder where Americans flout the rules more than others.

As we look ahead to 2021 with an eye toward positive change, the website LawnStarter compiled a list of 2020’s Most Rule-Defiant States.

They compared the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia across 31 key indicators of rule-breaking behavior, from underage drinking to illegal gambling to the prevalence of COVID-19.

South Carolina ranked as the 5th most ‘rule-defiant’ state in the nation, while North Carolina was shown to be much more compliant, coming in at 39th:


1	Alaska	49.36	1	1	15
2	Montana	42.41	2	7	16
3	New Mexico	42.36	4	2	28
4	Illinois	38.90	19	15	1
5	South Carolina	38.61	24	4	20
6	Louisiana	38.19	10	5	40
7	Wisconsin	37.99	26	11	3
8	Tennessee	37.43	22	9	10
9	District of Columbia	35.65	13	3	50
10	Michigan	35.61	7	27	17
11	Mississippi	35.36	35	6	11
12	South Dakota	35.35	23	16	6
13	Arkansas	35.04	11	12	31
14	North Dakota	34.95	30	10	8
15	New Hampshire	34.23	6	39	14
16	West Virginia	33.67	3	29	35
17	Nevada	33.61	31	28	4
18	Pennsylvania	33.14	38	34	2
19	Arizona	32.90	27	17	12
20	Missouri	32.78	29	13	21
21	Oregon	31.86	32	19	13
22	Kentucky	31.60	18	24	29
23	Alabama	31.23	16	8	51
24	California	30.92	5	38	41
25	Colorado	30.80	34	33	5
26	Maryland	30.44	9	37	37
27	Kansas	29.86	25	14	45
28	Rhode Island	29.34	17	51	7
29	Vermont	28.77	20	44	22
30	Nebraska	28.71	15	46	27
31	Maine	28.48	14	48	26
32	Delaware	28.20	47	18	19
33	Idaho	27.86	8	42	47
34	Iowa	27.83	12	45	34
35	Florida	27.49	36	26	36
36	Texas	27.28	45	20	25
37	Connecticut	27.26	28	43	18
38	Wyoming	26.49	43	21	38
39	North Carolina	26.48	33	30	43
40	Utah	26.24	39	35	32
41	Oklahoma	26.23	37	22	49
42	Indiana	25.49	51	23	9
43	Massachusetts	24.73	21	49	42
44	Ohio	24.66	46	32	30
45	Georgia	24.63	48	25	39
46	New York	24.49	40	47	23
47	Washington	23.58	42	40	33
48	Virginia	23.24	44	36	46
49	New Jersey	20.74	41	50	44
50	Minnesota	20.16	50	41	24
51	Hawaii	20.03	49	31	48

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