North Carolina ranks 15th out of 50 states in Mercatus’ latest freedom rankings. Not surprisingly, New “Live Free or Die” Hampshire ranks No. 1. Also not surprisingly, New York ranks 50th, which explains why even illegal immigrants are fleeing that benighted state.

Here’s the list. The only surprise to me is Oregon in the top ten. How that PC-obsessed state with it’s nanny-state congressmen ranks that high is a mystery to me. Here’s the list:

1. New Hampshire
2. South Dakota
3. Indiana
4. Idaho
5. Missouri
6. Nevada
7. Colorado
8. Oregon
9. Virginia
10. North Dakota
11. Florida
12. Oklahoma
13. Iowa
14. Texas
15. Georgia
16. Tennessee
17. Kansas
18. North Carolina
19. Alabama
20. Utah
21. Wyoming
22. Arizona
23. Nebraska
24. Mississippi
25. Wisconsin
26. South Carolina
27. Michigan
28. Arkansas
29. Montana
30. Vermont
31. Pennsylvania
32. Kentucky
33. Maine
34. Minnesota
35. Louisiana
36. West Virginia
37. New Mexico
38. Connecticut
39. Delaware
40. Washington
41. Illinois
42. Ohio
43. Maryland
44. Alaska
45. Rhode Island
46. Massachusetts
47. Hawaii
48. California
49. New Jersey
50. New York