INDIANAPOLIS –’Tis the season for giving so just how charitable are Hoosiers compared to other states?
Personal finance website Wallet Hub conducted a survey of the most and least charitable states in 2014.
Wallet Hub analyzed volunteer rates, percentage of the population who donated money, and the median contribution to charity.
Indiana ranks 16th most generous in the survey.
The website ranks the five most charitable states as Utah, South Dakota, Idaho, Kansas, and Nebraska.
States featured on the bottom of the list include Nevada, West Virginia, Kentucky, New Jersey and Arizona.
According to Wallet Hub, the U.S. was the only nation to rank in the top 10 for each of the three charitable giving behaviors that are measured. It leads in “helping strangers,” jointly ranks fifth with three other countries in “volunteering time” and places ninth in “donating money.”
