Although the Fourth of July is meant to celebrate America's independence, some areas are not as self-sufficient as others. That includes Georgia, because it has been one of the least independent states by WalletHub.
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The personal finance site determined its results by analyzing the 50 states using 32 metrics including median credit score, share of government employees and industry variety.
Those indicators were filtered into “five sources of dependency”: consumer finances, the government, the job market, international trade and personal vices.
Georgia was No. 41, overall, and Colorado and Utah placed first and second, respectively.
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Although The Peach State earned the No. 15 spot on the job-market dependency list, it ranked low in the other four major categories.
It also fell to the bottom of the pack for the lowest median credit score ranking, tying with Alabama at No. 48. And it was No. 47 for lowest percentage of households with rainy-day and emergency funds.
Georgia wasn’t the only Southern state to earn low scores, overall. Mississippi was No. 47, Kentucky was No. 49 and Louisiana was No. 50.
Want to know how other places fared? Take a look at the map of findings below.
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