With the 4th of July this Saturday we should all be thinking about patriotism and those people that have given so much so that we can live in this great country of ours.

You would think that we would be living in a very patriotic time, wouldn't you?  Well it appears that patriotism has been waning in recent years. While 38% of Americans said the U.S. was the best country in the world in 2011, that number fell to 28% in 2014.

It appears that South Dakota is kinda in the middle of the pack of most Patriotic States.  According to Wallethub.com this is how the states rank as far as 'Patriotism':

1 Virginia

2 Washington

3 Colorado

4 Idaho

5 Alaska

6 Maine

7 North Carolina

8 New Hampshire

9 South Carolina

10 Georgia

11 Missouri

12 Montana

13 Alabama

14 Florida

15 Oregon

16 Nebraska

17 Ohio

18 Maryland

19 Wyoming

20 Wisconsin

21 Oklahoma

22 Kansas

23 South Dakota

24 Hawaii

25 Mississippi

26 New Mexico

27 Delaware

28 Michigan

29 Tennessee

30 Arizona

31 Vermont

32 Iowa

33 Texas

34 Minnesota

35 California

T-36 Indiana

T-36 North Dakota

38 Kentucky

39 Nevada

40 Massachusetts

41 Pennsylvania

42 Louisiana

43 Illinois

44 Connecticut

45 Arkansas

46 West Virginia

47 Utah

48 Rhode Island

49 New Jersey

50 New York

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