Check out the top 10 most and least conservative cities below, or look through the Economist âs ranking of all 51 cities. Most Conservative. 1. Mesa, Arizona. 2. Oklahoma City, OK. 3. Virginia Beach, VA. 4. Colorado Springs, CO. 5.
18. Louisiana > Highest paid employee: Les Miles > Position: College football coach > Salary: $4.30 million. Les Miles, head coach of the Louisiana State University Tigers football team, is the highest-paid state employee. Milesâs salary is nearly $3.7 million more than the next highest-paid state employee. Other well compensated employees include university presidents, university system administrators, and assistant head football coaches. 19. Maine
Women fare especially badly in Louisiana, earning only 66% what their male counterparts make. The state's income inequality is among the worst in the U.S. The top 20% outearns the bottom 20% by a factor of 18. As of 2015, the unemployment rate in Louisiana, at 6.6%, is 20% higher than the national rate.