https://www.siliconvalley.com/2021/10/01/california-gets-an-f-on-its-fiscal-health-report-card-ranks-42nd-in-nation-study-says/ > California gets a big, fat “F.” > Louisiana is fiscally fitter. So are Mississippi, Alabama, West Virginia and South Carolina — the poorest states in the nation, according to the latest “State of the States” analysis by the nonprofit Truth In Accounting.