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		Scores						Affordability Category					Climate Category			Legal Category				Safety Category		Outhoor Category
State	Overall Ranking	Overall Off- Grid Score	Affordability Category Score	Climate Category Score	Legal Category Score	Safety Category Score	Outhoor Category Score	Cost of Living ( $ )	Pasture Average Value per Acre ( $ )	Cropland Average Value per Acre ( $ )	Farm Real Estate Average Value per Acre ( $ )	Incentives for Renewable Energy	Annual Average Sunlight (kJ/m2)	Annual Average Rain (inches)	Average Temperature (°F)	Off-Grid Living Legal Status	Rainwater Collection Legality	Zoning Regulations Spreading Across State	Livestock and Animal Protection Regulations	Crime Rate	Weather&Climate Disasters	Organic Farms	Water Areas (square miles)	Forest Coverage	National Parks	State Parks
New Mexico	1	75.37	75.88	73.45	100.00	57.16	18.81	$34,501	600	2,000	700	41	4,258	11.70	55.50	Legal	Encouraged	Low	Weak regulations	696	38	33	292	31.99%	2	35
South Carolina	2	74.43	66.08	88.89	100.00	43.48	28.53	$34,826	4,150	3,800	4,500	39	3,804	51.41	64.20	Legal	Encouraged	Low	Weak regulations	466	101	7	1,960	68.19%	1	37
Missouri	3	73.00	70.13	80.53	100.00	37.02	22.17	$35,338	2,650	4,910	4,800	58	3,887	42.08	56.50	Legal	Encouraged	Low	Weak regulations	453	120	15	965	35.16%	1	55
Mississippi	4	72.74	66.70	91.06	82.50	55.61	24.71	$32,336	3,120	3,880	3,490	23	3,723	60.07	65.60	Legal	Legal	Medium	Weak regulations	111	108	2	1,509	65.07%	0	25
Washington	5	72.61	76.05	65.98	80.00	72.07	49.74	$47,231	940	3,410	3,620	83	3,012	41.86	48.00	Legal	Legal	Low	Strong regulations	354	36	82	4,842	52.74%	3	142
Alabama	6	72.53	65.16	91.65	90.00	42.51	26.07	$33,654	3,330	4,440	4,000	21	3,765	59.77	64.80	Legal	Legal	Low	Weak regulations	356	116	7	1,775	70.57%	0	21
Kentucky	7	71.92	63.54	86.71	90.00	56.82	22.95	$35,508	3,770	6,220	5,300	33	4,170	51.29	57.50	Legal	Legal	Low	Weak regulations	224	92	10	921	49.35%	1	38
Minnesota	8	71.80	77.12	56.08	95.00	66.34	26.04	$41,498	2,210	6,540	6,450	131	2,900	25.70	43.20	Legal	Encouraged	Low	Moderate regulations	261	62	20	7,309	34.08%	1	65
New York	9	71.77	74.77	66.84	87.50	49.01	55.14	$49,623	1,910	3,850	4,150	95	3,044	43.95	47.90	Legal	Encouraged	Medium	Moderate regulations	386	95	55	7,429	62.88%	0	164
Oklahoma	10	71.59	71.25	84.91	85.00	40.52	16.22	$33,966	2,000	2,310	2,400	31	4,179	35.14	61.50	Legal	Legal	Low	Moderate regulations	413	115	3	1,304	28.80%	0	38
Florida	11	70.83	57.41	86.38	90.00	57.58	50.21	$40,512	7,100	10,170	8,300	76	3,996	55.88	72.80	Legal	Encouraged	Low	Strong regulations	188	94	24	12,133	50.68%	3	158
Indiana	12	70.74	66.50	78.13	95.00	50.19	11.68	$36,207	2,670	7,870	8,510	61	3,902	41.16	53.70	Legal	Encouraged	Low	Moderate regulations	313	100	11	593	21.06%	1	23
West Virginia	13	70.47	65.85	79.20	77.50	72.82	30.99	$34,861	2,250	4,050	3,420	8	3,857	45.57	53.80	Legal	Legal	Medium	Moderate regulations	238	47	9	192	79.01%	1	35
Maine	14	70.37	69.89	62.78	80.00	88.73	36.88	$39,899	1,498	3,245	3,260	30	2,873	45.48	44.10	Legal	Legal	Low	Strong regulations	103	19	36	4,537	89.46%	1	32
Virginia	15	70.26	61.29	86.06	90.00	47.48	29.67	$43,067	5,090	5,930	5,850	45	4,280	46.92	57.20	Legal	Encouraged	Low	Strong regulations	236	116	29	3,285	62.93%	1	41
Wyoming	16	69.85	72.10	58.06	90.00	80.83	8.20	$37,550	740	1,960	975	18	3,550	14.60	42.90	Legal	Legal	Low	Weak regulations	178	32	1	720	18.42%	2	11
North Dakota	17	69.67	70.61	52.90	100.00	80.26	3.61	$35,707	1,050	2,600	2,260	16	2,952	16.64	42.20	Legal	Encouraged	Low	Weak regulations	263	24	0	1,698	1.72%	1	13
Michigan	18	69.60	66.99	62.45	95.00	59.41	45.03	$37,111	2,970	5,870	6,310	51	2,982	33.74	47.10	Legal	Encouraged	Low	Moderate regulations	446	60	19	40,175	55.62%	1	77
Montana	19	69.55	73.64	55.31	92.50	68.22	18.92	$37,328	890	1,280	1,200	28	3,096	16.99	43.50	Legal	Encouraged	Medium	Weak regulations	438	37	20	1,494	27.45%	2	46
Georgia	20	69.36	63.63	90.22	80.00	38.08	30.82	$38,747	4,700	4,330	4,500	37	3,806	54.32	65.30	Legal	Legal (with restrictions)	Low	Weak regulations	303	134	15	1,912	67.28%	0	49
Texas	21	69.31	80.49	81.17	70.00	13.30	29.73	$37,582	2,200	2,570	2,800	115	3,964	25.92	67.20	Legal	Legal (with restrictions)	Low	Strong regulations	403	190	27	7,365	37.33%	2	76
Nebraska	22	69.21	65.98	66.90	95.00	68.85	4.24	$37,519	1,400	6,540	4,080	19	3,626	20.74	50.70	Legal	Encouraged	Low	Moderate regulations	165	66	0	524	3.20%	0	17
Vermont	23	69.20	68.75	63.60	77.50	84.34	37.36	$43,927	2,861	6,197	4,350	70	2,881	45.07	45.20	Legal	Legal	Medium	Moderate regulations	209	19	51	400	77.81%	0	56
Utah	24	68.91	67.38	67.24	80.00	81.38	20.16	$40,586	1,800	5,040	3,300	28	4,033	11.98	50.10	Legal	Legal (with restrictions)	Low	Weak regulations	227	25	5	2,727	34.48%	5	42
Arkansas	25	68.85	66.59	89.86	72.50	39.07	26.78	$32,979	3,270	3,600	4,110	25	4,004	54.52	62.00	Legal	Legal (with restrictions)	Medium	Weak regulations	608	97	13	1,143	56.31%	1	46
Maryland	26	68.79	57.30	82.58	95.00	51.12	22.23	$48,235	6,580	8,770	9,470	72	4,044	43.19	56.90	Legal	Encouraged	Low	Moderate regulations	424	85	11	2,699	39.36%	0	48
Pennsylvania	27	68.72	61.92	72.45	95.00	47.52	41.68	$40,066	4,160	9,270	8,160	61	3,375	44.40	51.10	Legal	Encouraged	Low	Moderate regulations	253	114	14	1,312	58.60%	0	124
Oregon	28	68.42	77.47	64.98	62.50	71.43	30.87	$46,193	1,050	4,350	3,720	101	3,244	30.41	48.70	Legal	Legal (with restrictions)	Medium	Strong regulations	325	41	77	2,391	48.51%	1	54
Arizona	29	68.14	69.28	77.65	65.00	72.43	15.39	$39,856	920	8,000	4,000	51	4,209	10.41	61.80	Legal	Legal	High	Strong regulations	363	34	24	396	25.64%	3	29
Louisiana	30	67.95	66.19	89.39	70.00	39.57	23.49	$35,576	3,360	3,480	3,720	25	3,754	60.75	68.30	Legal	Legal (with restrictions)	Low	Strong regulations	516	106	11	9,174	53.20%	0	21
North Carolina	31	67.69	65.31	90.56	67.50	40.01	28.50	$36,702	5,810	5,120	5,190	71	4,282	52.52	60.60	Legal	Legal (with restrictions)	Medium	Moderate regulations	372	121	38	5,201	59.73%	1	33
New Hampshire	32	67.59	62.12	64.97	80.00	88.04	33.93	$45,575	3,466	7,508	6,250	43	2,870	47.18	46.20	Legal	Encouraged	High	Moderate regulations	102	21	9	397	84.32%	0	43
California	33	66.51	63.52	79.76	62.50	61.92	49.39	$53,171	3,930	17,330	13,400	158	4,289	19.72	59.90	Legal	Legal (with restrictions)	Medium	Strong regulations	510	46	140	7,916	32.71%	9	139
Kansas	34	66.45	67.38	76.15	77.50	45.97	7.15	$35,185	2,100	3,300	2,970	12	4,019	25.46	56.10	Legal	Legal	Medium	Moderate regulations	397	102	6	520	4.78%	0	28
South Dakota	35	66.36	68.81	59.14	82.50	73.19	4.62	$36,864	1,270	4,350	2,780	20	3,151	18.74	47.00	Legal	Legal	Medium	Weak regulations	327	36	4	1,305	3.93%	2	13
Wisconsin	36	66.29	65.64	60.31	85.00	64.94	29.21	$37,374	3,200	6,800	6,120	50	2,922	32.69	45.50	Legal	Legal	Low	Moderate regulations	286	63	30	11,339	48.98%	0	48
Tennessee	37	66.27	59.07	90.29	77.50	31.28	28.78	$34,742	5,360	5,610	5,710	17	4,219	56.23	59.50	Legal	Legal	Medium	Moderate regulations	627	116	31	909	52.83%	1	56
Delaware	38	66.27	49.64	84.78	87.50	71.40	11.46	$44,389	8,047	9,230	9,520	31	4,225	43.87	57.40	Legal	Encouraged	Medium	Moderate regulations	379	35	0	540	27.26%	0	17
Colorado	39	66.25	79.40	68.46	55.00	52.61	22.28	$45,931	1,100	2,810	2,200	102	4,299	16.83	46.80	Legal	Legal (with restrictions)	High	Strong regulations	468	76	45	452	34.42%	4	43
Nevada	40	65.42	71.91	67.64	60.00	72.94	9.11	$41,630	619	2,550	1,150	25	4,021	9.26	51.80	Legal	Legal (with restrictions)	High	Moderate regulations	413	27	1	791	15.89%	2	20
Iowa	41	65.29	61.13	65.92	90.00	57.21	12.75	$35,871	3,500	9,800	9,420	46	3,265	30.26	49.70	Legal	Legal	Low	Weak regulations	268	86	3	416	8.43%	0	54
Idaho	42	65.06	66.67	60.43	72.50	78.60	18.58	$37,658	2,310	5,820	4,390	34	3,412	21.93	44.50	Legal	Legal (with restrictions)	Medium	Weak regulations	232	32	14	926	40.55%	1	27
Ohio	43	63.44	59.73	73.12	75.00	49.96	25.39	$35,932	4,000	9,270	8,760	37	3,411	39.95	53.30	Legal	Legal (with restrictions)	Low	Moderate regulations	274	105	16	3,965	30.92%	1	74
Connecticut	44	61.58	46.79	73.37	75.00	77.21	35.95	$46,912	6,865	14,872	14,300	46	3,213	50.34	51.70	Legal	Encouraged	High	Strong regulations	150	45	7	701	55.24%	0	102
Hawaii	45	61.28	26.58	96.00	80.00	93.38	26.28	$55,491	9,942	21,537	29,327	30	4,557	63.70	70.00	Legal	Encouraged	High	Moderate regulations	142	2	113	4,509	42.53%	2	20
Illinois	46	61.23	62.63	75.72	62.50	40.99	12.92	$41,395	3,970	9,550	8,700	69	3,682	39.11	53.90	Legal	Legal (with restrictions)	Medium	Strong regulations	286	128	8	2,395	13.64%	0	41
Alaska	47	60.01	60.19	44.79	77.50	67.05	50.59	$48,670	2,389	5,176	12,082	16	2,490	39.92	28.00	Legal	Legal	Medium	Moderate regulations	724	8	33	94,743	35.16%	8	34
Massachusetts	48	56.72	38.41	71.29	75.00	70.74	29.32	$53,860	10,192	22,079	14,300	88	3,088	49.24	50.90	Legal	Encouraged	High	Strong regulations	306	45	21	2,754	60.57%	0	48
New Jersey	49	54.96	29.73	79.07	80.00	63.83	18.46	$49,511	15,000	16,300	16,200	50	3,655	46.97	55.30	Legal	Legal	Low	Strong regulations	206	75	8	1,368	41.72%	0	27
Rhode Island	50	48.92	8.53	73.86	90.00	80.92	19.11	$44,481	16,029	34,722	22,000	32	3,180	51.03	52.40	Legal	Encouraged	Low	Strong regulations	167	33	1	511	54.38%	0	14

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