I know this may seem odd but some debt is relative because different states have different economical levels. Like California was last I looked 7th largest economy in the world like companies to countries. This is the thing it may have changed but likely not as much if did. So if you have a large economy the. Your debt load may seem higher then other states but is not as much of a factor by percentage is the thing vs the others. This is done by dollars… although important I believe to correctly display this it needs to have both. This is like lying with statistics or well miss leading.
In something like this relative other data is valuable like tax levels and tax income for the state.
Meaning what is the tax levels sells tax to income to what ever tax. Then you see amount coming in. It does not matter what type of tax as long as enough is coming in so to speak. This where states like Florida and Texas are business friendly and can encourage business and also personal growth of well of people or retirees with not income taxes.
So as much as this is a thing to show it does. It show what is needed other factors like population of area is also important as well.
Last but not lest I did not see some numbers for states like Hawaii so on this where like they have 2 senate seats and 2 house seats but they are a state and I believe in the future will become more important as time goes on with population growth. Alaska is similar in this way so to speak with important and growth ability but it is so much larger and has so much more potential is all.
So I give this an “F” it was miss leading. This how I judge things like this and this why I do not read things most the time as well. If I see something like this it is a waste of time normally to even look at or read attached articles. The only value it may have is evaluation the the spin or if something is there that may not be seen such as like well a very weird author or something.
Lol maybe other besides this maybe worth looking into more so on