State scorecard
Missouri in the US Political Rank
Every place Missouri holds across our state rankings, in one scorecard. Economy, taxes, education, crime, healthcare, and more, each measured the same way for all 50 states and each linked to the full cited ranking.
#12
of 25 on States Ranked by Housing Affordability
#42
of 50 on States Ranked by Violent Crime Rate
55.8%
Governor Mike Kehoe performance score, rank 11 of 50
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state rankings that score Missouri
Governor
Missouri's governor, Mike Kehoe (Republican), holds performance rank 11 of 50 at 55.8% this week in the Governor Performance Rankings, scored on 263 metrics and updated every Monday.
| Ranking | Missouri's place | Score |
|---|---|---|
| States Ranked by Housing AffordabilityKansas City and St. Louis both price well under national metro norms, holding the state ratio near 3 (Best Interest research, 2026), with positive domestic migration (Census Bureau, Vintage 2025). | #12 of 25 | 86.1 |
| Voting With Their Feet: States Ranked by Migration and Population GrowthPositive net domestic migration in the Vintage 2025 estimates, another beneficiary of the affordability-driven Midwest gains documented in the 2025 data (Census Bureau, Vintage 2025; NAR, 2026). | #14 of 50 | 77.2 |
| States Ranked by Dependence on Federal MoneyHome to major federal facilities and a favorable per-capita balance of payments in the Rockefeller series (Rockefeller Institute, 2025). | #17 of 50 | 79.2 |
| States Ranked by Total Tax BurdenBelow-average tax collections per capita in the Tax Foundation series (Tax Foundation, FY2023), part of a low-cost Midwest that drew positive net domestic migration in 2025 (Census Bureau, Vintage 2025). | #18 of 50 | 77.3 |
| States Ranked by K-12 Education OutcomesAt or just below the national average across the 2024 assessments (NCES, NAEP 2024). | #25 of 50 | 79.4 |
| Ranking the 50 State Economies of 2026Positive net domestic migration in the Vintage 2025 estimates (Census Bureau, 2025) and unemployment under the national rate (BLS LAUS, 2026). A steady, affordability-driven Midwest economy. | #29 of 50 | 70.0 |
| States Ranked by Health Care OutcomesBelow-average life expectancy and an above-average uninsured rate; its voter-approved Medicaid expansion took effect only in 2021 (Commonwealth Fund, 2025; CDC NCHS, 2023). | #39 of 50 | 65.6 |
| States Ranked by Violent Crime Rate462.0 per 100,000 with a murder rate of 7.8, driven substantially by concentrated violence in its two major metropolitan areas (FBI Crime Data Explorer, 2024). | #42 of 50 | 462.0 |
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