there's all sorts of ways to rank states. what if you wanted to rank the smartest states? states where citizens are the most educated, that's the subject of today's big breakdown. the kaufman foundation looksed at percentages of advanced degrees and some college education. the resulting map shows the ten states with the most brain hour. how do they rank among each other. there it is, new jersey often gets ribbed by comedians but it's home to princeton and according to the rankings the nation's tenth smartest state. in ninth place, the state of washington home to microsoft and ear high-tech companies, 10% of washington residents have advanced degrees, 64% attended some college. minnesota is next, number eight. 9.9% of minnesotans have advanced degrees. 63% spent time in college. in seventh place, virginia where