We first gauged how gorgeous the 50 states are based on how much land in each state is dedicated to national and state parks. While some states had hundreds of pristine parks, others had very few. The park acreage was compared to the total acreage of the state to come up with our first ugliness indicator: The lower the percentage of parkland, the worse the state was ranked in terms of looks. Then, we used Wallethub’s greenest states ranking to factor in the air and water quality as well as how eco-friendly the average household is in each state. To balance those picturesque traits out, we pulled data from the Environmental Protection Agency’s Landfill Methane Outreach Program to see how much space in each state contains landfills and how many tons of trash is produced per capita in every state. After compiling the metrics into a custom algorithm, we created a final score to set the record straight on which states embody those “purple mountain majesties” and which states are just plain ugly. And we’re sorry to say, some Midwest, South, and Mid-Atlantic states didn’t fare so well. The state that was deemed the ugliest, however, might not seem like the first place that would come to mind when you think “ugly.” Though it does have a solid score on its air and water quality, it’s covered with landfills, has a relatively high production of trash, and low coverage of national and state parks, making it the not-so-fairest of them all. To see where your home state stacks up in our ranking from the prettiest to the most hideous states, read on, and for more places people dislike, check out The Most Hated State in America. Percentage of the state that is parkland: 9.1 percent WalletHub green score: 49.41 Percentage of the state that is a landfill: 0 percent Amount of trash per capita: 30.1 tons Ugly Score: 0.13 And for more areas that aren’t pretty or clean, This Is the Dirtiest State in the U.S. Percentage of the state that is parkland: 9.41 percent WalletHub green score: 62.4 Percentage of the state that is a landfill: 0.006 percent Amount of trash per capita: 28.6 tons Ugly Score: 0.77 Percentage of the state that is parkland: 7.41 percent WalletHub green score: 73.89 Percentage of the state that is a landfill: 0.0111 percent Amount of trash per capita: 8.7 tons Ugly Score: 0.81 And for more places you may want to avoid for the moment, This Is the Worst State to Live in Right Now. Percentage of the state that is parkland: 7.49 percent WalletHub green score: 69.4 Percentage of the state that is a landfill: 0.0153 percent Amount of trash per capita: 47.8 tons Ugly Score: 2.50 Percentage of the state that is parkland: 3.59 percent WalletHub green score: 66.73 Percentage of the state that is a landfill: 0.0013 percent Amount of trash per capita: 21.9 tons Ugly Score: 4.98 Percentage of the state that is parkland: 3.93 percent WalletHub green score: 65.77 Percentage of the state that is a landfill: 0.0038 percent Amount of trash per capita: 28.3 tons Ugly Score: 5.42 Percentage of the state that is parkland: 4.09 percent WalletHub green score: 36.91 Percentage of the state that is a landfill: 0.0004 percent Amount of trash per capita: 16.6 tons Ugly Score: 8.76 And if you want more state guides to read, sign up for our daily newsletter. Percentage of the state that is parkland: 6.63 percent WalletHub green score: 50.15 Percentage of the state that is a landfill: 0.0166 percent Amount of trash per capita: 25.1 tons Ugly Score: 11.43 Percentage of the state that is parkland: 1.8 percent WalletHub green score: 53.27 Percentage of the state that is a landfill: 0.0019 percent Amount of trash per capita: 27.8 tons Ugly Score: 16.75 Percentage of the state that is parkland: 0.77 percent WalletHub green score: 68.45 Percentage of the state that is a landfill: 0.0007 percent Amount of trash per capita: 21.4 tons Ugly Score: 17.67 Percentage of the state that is parkland: 0.84 percent WalletHub green score: 76.35 Percentage of the state that is a landfill: 0.0026 percent Amount of trash per capita: 21.8 tons Ugly Score: 17.70 Percentage of the state that is parkland: 0.89 percent WalletHub green score: 73.13 Percentage of the state that is a landfill: 0.0028 percent Amount of trash per capita: 16.7 tons Ugly Score: 17.98 Percentage of the state that is parkland: 2.16 percent WalletHub green score: 54.33 Percentage of the state that is a landfill: 0.0038 percent Amount of trash per capita: 33.9 tons Ugly Score: 18.41 Percentage of the state that is parkland: 4.23 percent WalletHub green score: 72.53 Percentage of the state that is a landfill: 0.0205 percent Amount of trash per capita: 16.2 tons Ugly Score: 21.55 Percentage of the state that is parkland: 1.2 percent WalletHub green score: 52.44 Percentage of the state that is a landfill: 0.0004 percent Amount of trash per capita: 26 tons Ugly Score: 21.71 Percentage of the state that is parkland: 1.95 percent WalletHub green score: 67.79 Percentage of the state that is a landfill: 0.0058 percent Amount of trash per capita: 47 tons Ugly Score: 23.97 Percentage of the state that is parkland: 0.46 percent WalletHub green score: 75.24 Percentage of the state that is a landfill: 0.0019 percent Amount of trash per capita: 37 tons Ugly Score: 27.51 Percentage of the state that is parkland: 2.23 percent WalletHub green score: 63.65 Percentage of the state that is a landfill: 0.0079 percent Amount of trash per capita: 62.4 tons Ugly Score: 34.20 Percentage of the state that is parkland: 0.16 percent WalletHub green score: 58.48 Percentage of the state that is a landfill: 0.0008 percent Amount of trash per capita: 19.7 tons Ugly Score: 34.25 Percentage of the state that is parkland: 1.02 percent WalletHub green score: 59.57 Percentage of the state that is a landfill: 0.0039 percent Amount of trash per capita: 44.6 tons Ugly Score: 37.82 Percentage of the state that is parkland: 0.3 percent WalletHub green score: 65.63 Percentage of the state that is a landfill: 0.0016 percent Amount of trash per capita: 45.7 tons Ugly Score: 38.48 Percentage of the state that is parkland: 1.35 percent WalletHub green score: 67.79 Percentage of the state that is a landfill: 0.0079 percent Amount of trash per capita: 40.9 tons Ugly Score: 38.94 Percentage of the state that is parkland: 0.18 percent WalletHub green score: 51.18 Percentage of the state that is a landfill: 0.0013 percent Amount of trash per capita: 33.3 tons Ugly Score: 44.98 Percentage of the state that is parkland: 0.31 percent WalletHub green score: 50.53 Percentage of the state that is a landfill: 0.0016 percent Amount of trash per capita: 37.6 tons Ugly Score: 45.68 Percentage of the state that is parkland: 1.68 percent WalletHub green score: 54.71 Percentage of the state that is a landfill: 0.0095 percent Amount of trash per capita: 36.8 tons Ugly Score: 46.13 Percentage of the state that is parkland: 0.21 percent WalletHub green score: 37.9 Percentage of the state that is a landfill: 0.0007 percent Amount of trash per capita: 20.3 tons Ugly Score: 47.00 Percentage of the state that is parkland: 0.34 percent WalletHub green score: 57.94 Percentage of the state that is a landfill: 0.0046 percent Amount of trash per capita: 30.1 tons Ugly Score: 47.74 Percentage of the state that is parkland: 1.45 percent WalletHub green score: 60.32 Percentage of the state that is a landfill: 0.0119 percent Amount of trash per capita: 27.5 tons Ugly Score: 51.12 Percentage of the state that is parkland: 7.28 percent WalletHub green score: 65.25 Percentage of the state that is a landfill: 0.0421 percent Amount of trash per capita: 29 tons Ugly Score: 51.83 Percentage of the state that is parkland: 0.21 percent WalletHub green score: 52.88 Percentage of the state that is a landfill: 0.0045 percent Amount of trash per capita: 27.4 tons Ugly Score: 52.05 Percentage of the state that is parkland: 1.09 percent WalletHub green score: 75.49 Percentage of the state that is a landfill: 0.0146 percent Amount of trash per capita: 24.5 tons Ugly Score: 55.01 Percentage of the state that is parkland: 0.06 percent WalletHub green score: 50.36 Percentage of the state that is a landfill: 0.0032 percent Amount of trash per capita: 40.6 tons Ugly Score: 56.29 Percentage of the state that is parkland: 0.18 percent WalletHub green score: 40.09 Percentage of the state that is a landfill: 0.0035 percent Amount of trash per capita: 26 tons Ugly Score: 57.27 Percentage of the state that is parkland: 0.13 percent WalletHub green score: 42.8 Percentage of the state that is a landfill: 0.0034 percent Amount of trash per capita: 34.4 tons Ugly Score: 58.77 Percentage of the state that is parkland: 0.95 percent WalletHub green score: 46.67 Percentage of the state that is a landfill: 0.0083 percent Amount of trash per capita: 36.7 tons Ugly Score: 59.62 Percentage of the state that is parkland: 1.72 percent WalletHub green score: 32.23 Percentage of the state that is a landfill: 0.0086 percent Amount of trash per capita: 43.9 tons Ugly Score: 59.81 Percentage of the state that is parkland: 0.07 percent WalletHub green score: 42.69 Percentage of the state that is a landfill: 0.0035 percent Amount of trash per capita: 35.3 tons Ugly Score: 60.47 Percentage of the state that is parkland: 0.95 percent WalletHub green score: 28.77 Percentage of the state that is a landfill: 0.0067 percent Amount of trash per capita: 29.9 tons Ugly Score: 63.95 Percentage of the state that is parkland: 0.53 percent WalletHub green score: 57.39 Percentage of the state that is a landfill: 0.0105 percent Amount of trash per capita: 32.6 tons Ugly Score: 65.44 Percentage of the state that is parkland: 0.14 percentae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb WalletHub green score: 39.99 Percentage of the state that is a landfill: 0.0058 percent Amount of trash per capita: 37.7 tons Ugly Score: 69.57 Percentage of the state that is parkland: 0.98 percent WalletHub green score: 55.22 Percentage of the state that is a landfill: 0.0136 percent Amount of trash per capita: 40.3 tons Ugly Score: 72.29 Percentage of the state that is parkland: 1.39 percent WalletHub green score: 59.51 Percentage of the state that is a landfill: 0.016 percent Amount of trash per capita: 52.4 tons Ugly Score: 74.63 Percentage of the state that is parkland: 0.23 percent WalletHub green score: 53.89 Percentage of the state that is a landfill: 0.0122 percent Amount of trash per capita: 33.7 tons Ugly Score: 78.81 Percentage of the state that is parkland: 0.1 percent WalletHub green score: 23.96 Percentage of the state that is a landfill: 0.0072 percent Amount of trash per capita: 38.7 tons Ugly Score: 85.93 Percentage of the state that is parkland: 0.77 percent WalletHub green score: 50.87 Percentage of the state that is a landfill: 0.0165 percent Amount of trash per capita: 48.8 tons Ugly Score: 91.19 Percentage of the state that is parkland: 1.02 percent WalletHub green score: 58.08 Percentage of the state that is a landfill: 0.0191 percent Amount of trash per capita: 52.3 tons Ugly Score: 92.05 Percentage of the state that is parkland: 1.28 percent WalletHub green score: 66.6 Percentage of the state that is a landfill: 0.0263 percent Amount of trash per capita: 20.9 tons Ugly Score: 95.57 Percentage of the state that is parkland: 0.81 percent WalletHub green score: 49.18 Percentage of the state that is a landfill: 0.0174 percent Amount of trash per capita: 56.1 tons Ugly Score: 97.08 Percentage of the state that is parkland: 1.69 percent WalletHub green score: 63.19 Percentage of the state that is a landfill: 0.0399 percent Amount of trash per capita: 33.7 tons Ugly Score: 98.61 Percentage of the state that is parkland: 0.84 percent WalletHub green score: 69 Percentage of the state that is a landfill: 0.0375 percent Amount of trash per capita: 37.2 tons Ugly Score: 99.07 And for the states that are ugly on the inside, find out which is The Unfriendliest State in the U.S.
