Maine near bottom of sports loving states

 SmileHub today released new reports on the Best Charities for Sports & Recreation and the Best States for Sports Lovers in 2025.  To highlight the most sports-loving states, SmileHub compared each of the 50 states based on 20 key metrics. The data set ranges from the number of sports charities per capita to the number of professional team championship wins to revenue from sports betting per capita.



Least Sports-Loving States


  41. West Virginia

  42. Georgia

  43. Arkansas

  44. Maine

  45. Alabama

  46. Idaho

  47. Oklahoma

  48. New Mexico

  49. Alaska


50. Hawaii

 The full report