Minnesota’s population is among the most trusting of its state government and is the largest state to have a confidence rate of more than 66%, according to a recent Gallup poll. There is a strong positive relationship between residents' ratings of their state's economy and their confidence in state government. Certainly an unemployment rate of 4.0%, among the lowest in the nation, is an important factor in Minnesotan’s high confidence in their state government.

1. Minneapolis–St. Paul
Minnesota residents trust their state
government more than most Americans
Chart of the week: November 7, 2016
Sources: JLL Research, Gallup
• Minnesota’s population is among the most trusting of its state government and is the largest state to
have a confidence rate of more than 66%, according to a recent Gallup poll.
• There is a strong positive relationship between residents' ratings of their state's economy and their
confidence in state government. Certainly an unemployment rate of 4.0%, among the lowest in the
nation, is an important factor in Minnesotan’s high confidence in their state government.
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States that are most confident in their state government, 2016