States with fewest restrictions

 While all states have at least partially reopened non-essential businesses that were closed for months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. is still far from a full reopening. Many states have put a temporary pause on moving to the next stage of reopening, or have even reversed course and closed certain businesses again due to surges in the disease. In order to determine the states with the fewest coronavirus restrictions, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 17 key metrics. Our data set ranges from whether restaurants are opened to whether the state has required face masks in public and workplace temperature screenings. Read on for the state ranking, additional insight from a panel of experts and a full description of our methodology.

Source: WalletHub

States with the Fewest COVID-19 Restrictions

Overall Rank	State	Total Score
1	South Dakota	83.93
2	Idaho	81.40
3	Utah	80.09
4	Oklahoma	75.89
5	Iowa	75.48
6	Wisconsin	70.71
7	Wyoming	70.42
8	Missouri	69.64
9	North Dakota	69.52
10	Arkansas	68.16
11	Florida	67.86
12	Alaska	66.85
13	Georgia	66.79
14	Alabama	63.39
15	Indiana	62.38
16	Ohio	61.96
17	Kansas	60.60
18	Tennessee	60.42
19	South Carolina	59.08
20	Nevada	57.92
21	Nebraska	57.59
22	Mississippi	57.32
23	Illinois	49.91
24	Maryland	48.10
25	Louisiana	47.02
26	New Hampshire	44.94
27	West Virginia	41.76
28	Montana	41.67
29	Rhode Island	39.05
30	Michigan	39.02
31	Delaware	38.72
32	Minnesota	38.45
33	North Carolina	38.33
34	New Mexico	37.71
35	Texas	37.68
36	Washington	37.53
37	Kentucky	35.77
38	New York	35.54
39	Connecticut	34.88
40	Virginia	34.82
41	Vermont	34.76
42	Pennsylvania	34.17
43	District of Columbia	33.93
44	Oregon	32.92
45	Arizona	30.98
46	Colorado	30.71
47	New Jersey	29.85
48	Maine	29.35
49	Massachusetts	24.88
50	California	21.73
51	Hawaii	17.92

Note: Rankings are based on data available as of 12:30 p.m. ET on Monday, October 5, 2020.