Minneapolis–St. Paul

Minnesota residents trust their state government more than most Americans

Chart of the week: November 7, 2016

Sources: JLL Research, Gallup

• Minnesota’s population is among the most trusting of its state government and is the largest state to have a confidence rate of more than 66%, according to a recent Gallup poll.

• There is a strong positive relationship between residents' ratings of their state's economy and their confidence in state government. Certainly an unemployment rate of 4.0%, among the lowest in the nation, is an important factor in Minnesotan’s high confidence in their state government.

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States that are most confident in their state government, 2016