Who has the lowest IQ in the United States?

Mississippi
The state with the lowest IQ score turns out to be Mississippi, with the IQ score of residents coming to about 94.2 on average. There is a difference of 10.1 IQ points between Mississippi and Massachusetts, which is not as drastic of a discrepancy as you might predict there’d be among fifty states.

What is the country with the lowest IQ?

Countries by IQ – Average IQ by Country

Rank	Country	IQ
1	Japan	106.48
2	Taiwan	106.47
3	Singapore	105.89
4	Hong Kong	105.37

Do Canadians have higher IQS than Americans?

Canadians are just slightly smarter than Americans with an average IQ of 99 (versus a 98 average in the US).

Which states have the lowest IQs?

The state with the lowest IQ score turns out to be Mississippi, with the IQ score of residents coming to about 94.2 on average. There is a difference of 10.1 IQ points between Mississippi and Massachusetts, which is not as drastic of a discrepancy as you might predict there’d be among fifty states.

What is the average IQ in the United States?

How We Figured This Out Rank State Average IQ 47 Hawaii 95.6 48 California 95.5 49 Louisiana 95.3 50 Mississippi 94.2

Why is the IQ of Americans dropping?

Some environmental factor — or collection of factors — is causing a drop in the IQ scores of parents and their own children, and older kids and their younger siblings. One leading explanation is that the rise of lower-skill service jobs has made work less intellectually demanding, leaving IQs to atrophy as people flex their brains less.

Does widening immigration bring lower IQs?

Alternatively, widening immigration might be bringing less-intelligent newcomers to societies with otherwise higher IQs. However, a 2018 study of Norway has punctured these theories by showing that IQs are dropping not just across societies but within families.