State Rankings

We have documented the remotest location of 40 states thus far. Here is how they rank (miles from a road) from most remote to least remote:

  1. WY – 21.6
  2. MT – 18
  3. ID – 17.6
  4. WI – 17.2
  5. FL (Mainland) – 17
  6. MN – 14.3
  7. NM – 11.5
  8. UT – 9.5
  9. CO – 8.8
  10. VA – 8.3
  11. AL – 8.2
  12. MA – 8.2
  13. MD – 7.6
  14. OR – 7.6
  15. GA – 7.0
  16. SC – 6.7
  17. TX – 6.6
  18. ME (Mainland) – 6.0
  19. NC – 5.5
  20. NY – 5.3
  21. NH – 4.4
  22. TN – 4.2
  23. NJ – 3.3
  24. SD – 3.3
  25. DE – 3.2
  26. WV – 3.2
  27. OK – 2.7
  28. PA – 2.7
  29. ND – 2.6
  30. VT – 2.6
  31. AR – 25
  32. MO – 2.2
  33. NE – 2.2
  34. KY – 1.9
  35. RI – 1.8
  36. IA – 1.5
  37. IL – 1.4
  38. OH – 1.2
  39. CT (Mainland) – 1.1
  40. KS – 0.8