DOOMSDAY, USA: THE BEST AND WORST STATES FOR SURVIVING A ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE

 


To find out where the best place to survive a zombie apocalypse was, we looked at the population density in each state, the gross receipts of farms per capita, and the state’s electricity percentage from solar.

Get ready to bug out—we’re taking a look at which hills you should head for in the event of an undead uprising.


  • For the best potential farming, you should find your way to North and South Dakota, which have the highest gross receipts of farms per capita (followed by Nebraska, Iowa, and Kansas). However, the Dakotas had the worst percentages of solar power provided across the nation—so bring your own solar panels!
  • Although California has the 10th highest population per square mile, it has better than average farmability per capita, and it’s the best in the nation for solar power. Make sure to avoid the major metros where more monsters will be mashing and mawing away.

  • New Jersey folks are nearly 14 times less likely to survive the zombie apocalypse as those in North Dakota.
  • The population density in the worst 10 states, which are all east of the Mississippi River, is roughly 550 per square mile—that’s a lot of potential people to ward off or keep supplied and sane.
  • These states pull in only an average of $0.49 of farming money per capita—and most of that comes from Delaware and Maryland. Compared to the national median of $1.25 per capita, the eastern farms will likely go hungry when they’re not busy feeding the horde.

Our ranking rationale? More (undead) people, more problems. You’ll need farms for food and trading with other tribes. And you might want to get some electric juice from a stable source like the sun, instead of the usual electric plants possibly overrun by cannibalistic corpses.

  • Population density (45% of score): A lower value positively impacts the score.
  • Gross receipts of farms per capita (35% of score): A higher value positively impacts the score.
  • Percentage of state’s electricity from solar (20% score): A higher value positively impacts the score.
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