Louisiana Most Corrupt State in the Nation, According to Corporate Crime Reporter

[Lobster Martini]

(LM: Bugger, we just can’t win anything.)

Louisiana Most Corrupt State in the Nation, Mississippi Second, Illinois Sixth, New Jersey Ninth
21 Corporate Crime Reporter 40, October 8, 2007

Louisiana is the most corrupt state in the nation.

That’s according to an analysis of government data released today by Corporate Crime Reporter.

Louisiana (1), Mississippi (2), Kentucky (3), Alabama (4) and Ohio (5) are the top five most corrupt states in the country, according to the analysis.

Rounding out the top ten are Illinois (6), Pennsylvania (7), Florida (8), New Jersey (9), and New York (10).

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Here are the 35 most populous states ranked by their corruption rate (Note from LM—the corruption rate is defined as “the total number of public corruption convictions from 1997 to 2006 per 100,000 residents.”):

Louisiana (1)(7.67), Mississippi (2)(6.66), Kentucky (3)(5.18), Alabama (4)(4.76), Ohio (5)(4.69), Illinois (6)(4.68), Pennsylvania (7)(4.55), Florida (8)(4.47), New Jersey (9)(4.32), New York (10)(3.95).

Tennessee (11)(3.68), Virginia (12)(3.64), Oklahoma (13)(2.96), Connecticut (14)(2.80), Missouri (15)(2.79), Arkansas (16)(2.74), Massachusetts (17)(2.66), Texas (18)(2.44), Maryland (19)(2.31), Michigan (20)(2.14).

Georgia (21)(2.13), Wisconsin (22)(2.09), California (23)(2.07), North Carolina (24)(1.96), Arizona (25)(1.88), Indiana (26)(1.85), South Carolina (27)(1.74), Nevada (28) (1.72), Colorado (29)(1.56), Washington (30)(1.52).

Utah (31)(1.4117), Kansas (32)(1.4109), Minnesota (33)(1.24), Iowa (34)(0.91), Oregon (35)(0.68).

(Link: http://www.corporatecrimereporter.com/corrupt100807.htm)

[Blue_In_AK]

1. Alaska will soon top them all.

We have two corrupt republicans down (former legislators Tom Anderson and Pete Kott), two more coming up for trial within the next month, and a rumored 26 separate federal corruption investigations going on here, including Ted Stevens and Don Young.

[Yukari Yakumo]

8. No it won't it never will (at least for a long while)

Look at the conditional they placed on the list. It's not in the top 35 in terms of population.

Otherwise I'd think it should already be there.

[Blue_In_AK]

10. Population, schmopulation

We'll put it this way -- per capita, Alaskans have elected more crooks, and, boy, aren't we proud!! :sarcasm: :rofl:

[midlife_mo_Jo]

2. Yep!

I grew up listening to my dad talk about the corruption, and believe me, the folks in New Orleans never had a chance of getting help with such corruption at the federal, state, and local levels.

I grew up with one-party democratic rule, with some of the most corrupt politicians you can imagine. But, boy, they can be so charming - think Edwin Edwards - and the voters would vote for them every time.

(Just told me husband about this, "HA HA! And somebody needed a study to figure that out!" :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: )

[cobalt1999]

9. That's what I said too.

Most corrupt state...Louisiana, of course. Anyone else that thinks their state is a contender, hasn't spent time around Louisiana politicians, judges, hell, even the local dogcatcher!

[midlife_mo_Jo]

11. How about the parish sheriff?

The sheriff - for some reason that I still don't understand since I left La - had a lot of power in the parish.

Our parish sheriff was a CROOK who regularly took bribes.

[Adsos Letter]

3. Still?

[BurningDog]

4. No, we're only in the lead of corrupt officials who've been caught.

"the corruption rate is defined as “the total number of public corruption convictions from 1997 to 2006 per 100,000 residents."

I love how literally every candidate we have running for governor is on a "no more corruption" platform.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

5. It's my contention that the states with the smallest populations are the most corrupt

That's why you don't see Alaska listed. Big fish in small ponds are usually more corrupt than average or small fish in big ponds.

Rhode Island seems to be leading one member of the State House out in shackles per week.

[Booster]

6. I would have thought it would be Wash DC.

[slampoet]

7. What a BS report!! They didn't even Bother to include 15 states!!

As a poster above said, If then included all the states I'm sure Rhode Island would have made the top 3. Maybe even the top spot.

Also What is the BS about only including Convictions?

Here is Rhode Island we even have Judges going to jail for corruption. How do you measure the corruption of public officials like judges?


BTW - Have you noticed that by not including the low population states this study gets to nail the states with high Black populations and get to ignore the states with high Anglo-White (WY, AK), Hispanic (NM, AZ) and Italian (RI) populations?