| What is the... | State | Notes |
| State with the highest tax revenue as a percentage of average personal income | |
| Largest state at the end of the American Revolutionary War | |
| Most populous state without a university in U.S. News and World Report's Top 100 | |
| Last state to repeal Prohibition | |
| State with the most U.S. congressional districts | |
| State with the longest constitutional name | |
| First state to ratify the U.S. Constitution | |
| Smallest state between the Mississippi River and the Pacific coast | |
| State with the lowest peak elevation | |
| State with the highest percentage of its population to self-identify as having 'American ancestry' | |
| State with the longest average commute | |
| First state to elect a woman governor | |
| Last state created via separation from another state | |
| Only state that has had its two-letter postal abbreviation changed | |
| Only state with no natural lakes | |