uru99 analyzed six different metrics across each territory: the state's average IQ, graduation rates, the percentage of the population with low literacy rates, average SAT scores, GDP per capita, and percentage of the states that do not have a high school diploma. These different aspects were then given a score out of ten, and combined to result in a total score out of 60. When the individual scores of each state were weighed against one another, it was determined that North Dakota -- as well as several other states from the American Midwest -- are deemed above average in terms of intelligence.