The States That Are Most Likely To Cheat

As you may have heard, the extramarital affair website, Ashley Madison, has been hacked. User information has been leaked to the public and hundreds of disloyal spouses throughout the country have been caught with their pants down.

Data scientist Jake Popham has analyzed the released data to determine which states in the United States are most likely to cheat. He ranked all 50 states and the District of Columbia by how much each spent on Ashley Madison per capita. Below are the rankings:

51. West Virginia

52. Mississippi

53. Idaho

54. Maine

55. South Dakota

56. Iowa

57. Kentucky

58. New Mexico

59. Montana

60. Louisiana

61. Oregon

62. Wisconsin

63. Vermont

64. Oklahoma

65. Indiana

66. South Carolina

67. North Dakota

68. Missouri

69. Alaska

70. Tennessee

71. Nebraska

72. Ohio

73. Michigan

74. North Carolina

75. Wyoming

76. Kansas

77. Hawaii

78. Arizona

79. Nevada

80. Florida

81. Minnesota

82. Georgia

83. Delaware

84. Utah

85. Texas

86. Pennsylvania

87. Rhode Island

88. Washington

89. California

90. Illinois

91. Maryland

92. Virginia

teakwood/ Flickr Virginia is the tenth most likely state to cheat in the country, followed closely by Maryland, California, Illinois, and Washington.

9. New Hampshire

bark/ Flickr Ashley Madison users in New Hampshire spent just over $3 per capita on the website.

8. New York

michael 7601/ Flickr New Yorkers are slightly more likely to cheat than spouses in New Hampshire.

7. Massachusetts

brett jordan/ Flickr Usage of Ashley Madison leaps from New York to Massachusetts, with the New England state spending just over $3.5 per capita on the website.

6. Arkansas

Harsh Agrawal/ Flickr Arkansas trails behind Connecticut by just a hair.

5. Connecticut

Harsh Agrawal/ Flickr Ashley Madison users in Connecticut spent about $3.6 per capita on the extramarital affair website.

4. New Jersey

know nunsense/ Flickr It appears that many states in the Northeast lead the nation in cheating, including New Jersey among Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.

3. Washington, D.C.

Public Domain Washington, D.C.’s elevated position within this list makes sense considering that many Ashley Madison users were found to be government employees.

2. Colorado

Katie Tegtmeyer/ Flickr Colorado users spent about $4.5 per capita on the site Ashley Madison. It is the state second most likely to cheat, though read on to find out why it might actually be the first.

1. Alabama

SilverK99/ DeviantArt Jake Popham notes that the gargantuan lead Alabama has on all of the other states (over a full dollar per capita more spent on Ashley Madison) may be due to its position as the default state in the drop-down menu when users sign up for the site. In that case, it may be better to look at Colorado as the state most likely to cheat.

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teakwood/ Flickr

Virginia is the tenth most likely state to cheat in the country, followed closely by Maryland, California, Illinois, and Washington.

bark/ Flickr

Ashley Madison users in New Hampshire spent just over $3 per capita on the website.

michael 7601/ Flickr

New Yorkers are slightly more likely to cheat than spouses in New Hampshire.

brett jordan/ Flickr

Usage of Ashley Madison leaps from New York to Massachusetts, with the New England state spending just over $3.5 per capita on the website.

Harsh Agrawal/ Flickr

Arkansas trails behind Connecticut by just a hair.

Ashley Madison users in Connecticut spent about $3.6 per capita on the extramarital affair website.

know nunsense/ Flickr

It appears that many states in the Northeast lead the nation in cheating, including New Jersey among Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.

Public Domain

Washington, D.C.’s elevated position within this list makes sense considering that many Ashley Madison users were found to be government employees.

Katie Tegtmeyer/ Flickr

Colorado users spent about $4.5 per capita on the site Ashley Madison. It is the state second most likely to cheat, though read on to find out why it might actually be the first.

SilverK99/ DeviantArt

Jake Popham notes that the gargantuan lead Alabama has on all of the other states (over a full dollar per capita more spent on Ashley Madison) may be due to its position as the default state in the drop-down menu when users sign up for the site. In that case, it may be better to look at Colorado as the state most likely to cheat.

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