Pennsylvania is among the most sinful states in America, according to a new report from WalletHub.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n
On Monday, WalletHub released its “Most Sinful States in America<\/a>” list, with the Keystone State coming in at No. 15. Last year, Pennsylvania was the eighth-most sinful state, so it appears Pennsylvanians have toned down their vices, focusing on virtues instead. Pennsylvania<\/a> was the ninth-most sinful state in 2024.<\/p>\n Most sinful states ranked<\/p>\n Nevada is the most sinful state, according to WalletHub. California, Louisiana, Florida and Texas rounded out the Top 5.\u00a0<\/p>\n Least sinful states ranked\u00a0<\/p>\n WalletHub says Wyoming is the least sinful state, with New Hampshire, Idaho, Vermont and Maine coming in at Nos. 49, 48, 47, and 46, respectively.\u00a0<\/p>\n Wallethub’s methodology<\/p>\n WalletHub said it determined its rankings by comparing the 50 states across seven sinful behaviors: anger and hatred; jealousy; excesses and vices; greed; lust; vanity; and laziness. Those sins were compared across 54 “key indicators of immoral or illicit behavior,” including hate groups per capita, thefts per capita, volunteer rate and beauty salons per capita.\u00a0<\/p>\n All that data was then used to create the “vice index,” which ranks the states based on the weighted averages across all the metrics.\u00a0<\/p>\n Explaining Pennsylvania’s results<\/p>\n Pennsylvania’s “vice index” was 44.85. Here’s how the state ranked according to the seven sinful behaviors: vanity (No. 5), lust (No. 10), jealousy (No. 18), anger and hatred (No. 25), laziness (No. 26), greed (No. 27), and excesses and vices (No. 43).\u00a0<\/p>\n \n More from CBS News\n <\/p>\n