Ouch! California the 3rd Least Charitable State?

As you’ve been rushing around buying holiday gifts for friends and family, it’s hard to be accused of being stingy. But the personal finance website WalletHub conducted an in-depth analysis of 2015’s Most & Least Charitable States and California did not fare well. Shouldn’t the Zuckerbergs boost our average?

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WalletHub looked at eight key metrics such as volunteer rate, the percentage of taxpayers who donated to charity and growth in charitable giving. California scored in the bottom half of states in nearly category:

Generosity in California (1=Biggest; 25=Avg.)

• 35th – Volunteer Rate
• 36th – % of Donated Income
• 32nd – % of Population Who Claim to Have Donated Time
• 40th – Growth in Charitable Giving (2012 vs. 2006)
• 21st – Number of Volunteering Hours per Capita
• 32nd – Number of Charities per Capita

Other states must be picking up the slack for California because the United States ranked second overall in 2015’s World Giving Index and in the top 10 for two of the three charitable-giving behaviors that are tracked by the index. So, which states are most generous?

Generosity in the US - Top 10 States

1. Utah
2. Maryland
3. Idaho
4. Oregon
5. South Dakota
6. Tennessee
7. Georgia
8. Washington
9. Oklahoma
10. Minnesota

And who joins us at the bottom?

Generosity in the US - Bottom 10 States

41. Wisconsin
42. New Jersey
43. Pennsylvania
44. Michigan
45. New York
46. Kentucky
47. Arizona
48. California
49. Louisiana
50. Rhode Island

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--Image via WalletHub