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High-need states (by ACS poverty, zero-vehicle, and disability shares), ordered by the share of their feeds on a D or F grade. This is where weak data lands on riders with the fewest alternatives.

Need tier: High needModerate needLower needNo tracked feeds

High-need states

State	D/F share	Agencies	Median score
Louisiana	100.0%	3	46.2
New Mexico	90.0%	20	57.9
Mississippi	50.0%	4	58.2

Every state

The need tier and low-grade share for every state we track, the same figures the map encodes.

State	Need tier	D/F share	Agencies	Median score
Louisiana	High need	100.0%	3	46.2
New Mexico	High need	90.0%	20	57.9
Mississippi	High need	50.0%	4	58.2
Arkansas	Moderate need	100.0%	3	39.7
District of Columbia	Moderate need	100.0%	6	42.9
Maine	Moderate need	85.7%	7	46.6
Tennessee	Moderate need	81.8%	11	56.8
New York	Moderate need	78.2%	87	55.5
Kentucky	Moderate need	75.0%	8	64.5
Oklahoma	Moderate need	75.0%	4	55.3
Alabama	Moderate need	60.0%	10	52.0
West Virginia	Moderate need	0.0%	1	85.6
Delaware	Lower need	100.0%	1	48.0
Hawaii	Lower need	100.0%	3	40.6
Kansas	Lower need	100.0%	6	45.5
South Dakota	Lower need	100.0%	2	50.0
Utah	Lower need	100.0%	5	49.8
Georgia	Lower need	94.4%	18	42.4
South Carolina	Lower need	85.7%	7	46.6
Florida	Lower need	80.8%	52	50.7
Nebraska	Lower need	80.0%	5	52.1
Maryland	Lower need	77.8%	36	51.0
Minnesota	Lower need	77.8%	9	63.4
Illinois	Lower need	76.5%	17	48.2
North Carolina	Lower need	75.0%	36	50.2
Pennsylvania	Lower need	75.0%	16	50.2
Texas	Lower need	70.6%	17	53.2
California	Lower need	70.4%	199	53.5
Arizona	Lower need	70.0%	30	56.3
Michigan	Lower need	68.2%	22	56.1
Missouri	Lower need	66.7%	6	43.7
Montana	Lower need	66.7%	9	49.9
Nevada	Lower need	66.7%	9	69.0
New Hampshire	Lower need	66.7%	3	42.3
North Dakota	Lower need	66.7%	3	44.3
Virginia	Lower need	64.0%	75	66.0
Ohio	Lower need	61.9%	21	57.6
Connecticut	Lower need	60.0%	15	58.3
New Jersey	Lower need	57.1%	7	52.9
Massachusetts	Lower need	55.2%	67	62.1
Wisconsin	Lower need	54.5%	22	63.1
Idaho	Lower need	50.0%	4	60.0
Oregon	Lower need	50.0%	92	70.0
Indiana	Lower need	46.2%	13	75.3
Colorado	Lower need	43.7%	126	73.6
Vermont	Lower need	42.9%	28	73.7
Washington	Lower need	38.9%	95	75.5
Alaska	Lower need	33.3%	9	81.3
Rhode Island	Lower need	20.0%	5	76.5
Iowa	Lower need	17.6%	34	76.3

In plain words: this highlights states where many weak feeds overlap with riders who most depend on transit, so help can go where it matters most. It never changes any agency's grade.

Need tiers come from Census ACS (poverty, zero-vehicle households, disability share), joined to agencies by state. They prioritize data-quality help; they never change a grade. The same data is at the equity API (equity.json). State outlines: public-domain simplified geometry (docs/decisions/0022-equity-choropleth.md). State-level is a first cut; a tract-level refinement is in progress.