Giving as a percentage of adjusted gross income ranged from under 2 to more than 6 percent in 2012, with residents of Millard County, Utah, giving the most.
RankStateRate of givingMost generous countyPresidential vote in 2012 1 Utah 6.56% Millard Mitt Romney 2 Miss. 4.99% Noxubee Mitt Romney 3 Ala. 4.81% Perry Mitt Romney 4 Tenn. 4.45% Obion Mitt Romney 5 Ga. 4.20% Floyd Mitt Romney 6 S.C. 4.13% Hampton Mitt Romney 7 Idaho 4.09% Madison Mitt Romney 8 Okla. 3.94% Cimarron Mitt Romney 9 Ark. 3.91% Dallas Mitt Romney 10 N.C. 3.63% Anson Mitt Romney 11 Kans. 3.45% Chase Mitt Romney 12 Tex. 3.42% Lipscomb Mitt Romney 13 S.D. 3.35% Jones Mitt Romney 14 Ky. 3.29% Carlisle Mitt Romney 15 La. 3.29% Bienville Mitt Romney 16 Nebr. 3.27% Perkins Mitt Romney 17 Ind. 3.26% Wells Mitt Romney 18 Fla. 3.22% Lafayette Barack Obama 19 Mo. 3.18% Taney Mitt Romney 20 D.C. 3.15% District of Columbia Barack Obama 21 Wyo. 3.09% Lincoln Mitt Romney 22 Md. 3.07% Prince George’s Barack Obama 23 Mich. 3.01% Kalamazoo Barack Obama 24 Ariz. 3.00% Graham Mitt Romney 25 N.M. 2.92% Roosevelt Barack Obama 26 Iowa 2.89% Sioux Barack Obama 27 Mont. 2.89% Carter Mitt Romney 28 N.Y. 2.86% New York Barack Obama 29 Ore. 2.77% Malheur Barack Obama 30 Va. 2.76% Martinsville City Barack Obama 31 Colo. 2.73% Cheyenne Barack Obama 32 Ohio 2.72% Holmes Barack Obama 33 Wash. 2.70% Adams Barack Obama 34 W.Va. 2.70% Mingo Mitt Romney 35 Ill. 2.69% Pulaski Barack Obama 36 Nev. 2.68% Lincoln Barack Obama 37 Del. 2.67% Kent Barack Obama 38 Alaska 2.65% Southeast Fairbanks Mitt Romney 39 Minn. 2.64% Stevens Barack Obama 40 Calif. 2.56% Siskiyou Barack Obama 41 Penn. 2.55% Juniata Barack Obama 42 Hawaii 2.47% Maui Barack Obama 43 Wis. 2.44% Door Barack Obama 44 N.D. 2.37% Golden Valley Mitt Romney 45 Conn. 2.34% Fairfield Barack Obama 46 Mass. 2.19% Suffolk Barack Obama 47 R.I. 2.07% Bristol Barack Obama 48 N.J. 2.01% Mercer Barack Obama 49 Vt. 2.00% Lamoille Barack Obama 50 Maine 1.95% Lincoln Barack Obama 51 N.H. 1.74% Grafton Barack Obama