Utah was the highest-giving state, with 71 percent of residents giving money, 56 percent donating time and 48 percent giving both. Minnesota, Hawaii, South Dakota and New Hampshire rounded out the top five. Except for Hawaii, states that Gallup categorized as “high giving” are located in the northern part of the country.

Kentucky was the least charitable state. Some 56 percent of its residents gave money, 30 percent gave time and 24 percent gave both. Nevada, Arizona, Mississippi and New York made up the rest of the bottom five. Except for New York, states that Gallup categorized as “low giving” are located in the southern part of the country.

Overall, Americans in every state were more likely to give money than time, which the authors of the study said is consistent with other national and global data. A Gallup poll in December 2013 found that 83 percent of Americans donated money and 65 percent donated time, and a Gallup poll from January 2011 found that people all over the world were more likely to donate money than time.

The poll, conducted during the second half of 2013, surveyed people from every state. Part of it read:

The percentage of those donating money and volunteering time was below 30% in 10 states — Nevada, Kentucky, New York, Mississippi, Arizona, Arkansas, North Carolina, West Virginia, Rhode Island, and Louisiana. New York and Rhode Island residents ranked fairly high on donating their money, but fell behind in volunteering their time.

In previous studies, Gallup found that people with higher-well being are more likely to give back to their communities.

States with the lowest charitable giving percentages also generally had lower Gallup-Healthways well-being scores than states with higher-giving averages. Of the most charitable states, all were above the national average for well-being; whereas only two of the least charitable states — Arizona and Nevada — were above the national average.

However, if charitable giving is a marker of community engagement, and people who are happy are often happy with their communities, what does it mean that previous Gallup polls also found that Illinoisans are among the most likely in the country to say their state is one of the “worst” to live in and among the most likely to want to move out of their state?

Ultimately, Gallup did not define whether people who are happy (including with where they live) are more likely to give back, or if people who give back are more likely to be happy (including with where they live).