These 10 international locations have the worst infrastructure in America in America in 2025

The America's infrastructure, long of the joke and the topic of political distribution that didn't seem to go anywhere, has just received its best class in the annual infrastructure report for the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Unfortunately, this grade is still only a C.

This mediocre grade takes place despite the trillion dollars that have been thrown on the streets, bridges, ports and airports in America in recent years. In many states to build a list of “shoveling” locations to attract shops, far -reaching efforts are made. Decades of neglect do not simply disappear overnight. And in some states that are listed below, they have hardly designed their infrastructure problems.

According to CNBC 2025 America's Top federal studies, the infrastructure is one of the most important aspects of a state's competitiveness of a state. According to the alleged strength of the state economy, it is the second most common sales argument in marketing places in state economic development.

In order to measure how the states deliver on their infrastructure states, the CNBC study takes into account the condition of roads, bridges and water systems and the reliability of the power grid. We also rate ports, airports and rail lines. We measure broadband connectivity and computing power, the availability of shoveling locations for development, sustainability and – because so many states announce their central location – the population within 500 miles.

According to this year's methodology, the category of infrastructure is worth 16.2% of the total value of a state.

In these ten states, the infrastructure remains the weakest in the nation.

10. Arkansa

A look at the area after the Tornado, which covered a dozens of dozens of miles long, caused serious damage to Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.

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The susceptibility of the natural state for storms -like a spring -tornado outbreak in 2023, the recent full year of the available GRID reliability data -does not help the already stained record of the Arkansas Grid. The average customer of Arkansas was longer than 15 hours without electricity, the nation's most third -party record.

2025 infrastructure assessment: 170 out of 405 points (top states degree: D)

US population within 500 miles: 81.107.152

Streets in an unacceptable condition: 11.3%

Bridges in poor condition: 5.4%

Power failures per year: 15.2 hours

Affordable broadband access: 66.7%

Data centers: 4

9. Wyoming

Construction of a new bridge over the Yellowstone River on the Northeast Road on March 2, 2025 in Yellowstone National Park.

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Part of the attraction of the cowboy state is its border character. However, this is not much help for companies that are looking for both physical and virtual connectivity. The streets of Wyoming may be the best in the nation, but it is the fifth state of the Union in relation to the population within a day. According to BreiteBnow research, broadband access is the most third -party talent in the nation, which has found that more than a third of Wyoming's residents have no access to an affordable plan.

2025 infrastructure assessment: 166 out of 405 points (Top -States Note: D)

US population within 500 miles: 14.187.922

Streets in an unacceptable condition: 3.9%

Bridges in poor condition: 6.5%

Power failures per year: 1.99 hours

Affordable broadband access: 61%

Data centers: 11

8. West Virginia

Spring on the Potomac River in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.

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According to the non -profit First Street Foundation, the Mountain State has the second highest risk of flood in Louisiana. West Virginians have already endured several floods this year. According to the ownership data company Cotality, West Virginia may have contributed little to protect itself from this risk. According to the data booking compiled for CNBC, the state occupies the 47th place.

2025 infrastructure assessment: 164 out of 405 points (Top -States Grade: D)

US population within 500 miles: 139,907.862

Streets in an unacceptable condition: 13.3%

Bridges in poor condition: 18.6%

Power failures per year: 12.52 hours

Affordable broadband access: 62.6%

Data centers: 6

7. Mississippi

Tylertown, Mississippi, Tornado damage in South -Sississippi, part of a series of 90 tornados that swept in the south and middle west in March 2025.

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Like its neighbors of the golf coast, the Magnolia nation confronts increased risks from storms, including hurricanes and storms, and it deserves bad grades when it was measured by the instrument of Cotality and mortgage. The Georgetown Climate Center notes that some local governments in the state have developed strategies to withstand weather risks, but Mississippi has not adopted a nationwide plan.

2025 infrastructure assessment: 155 out of 405 points (Top -States Note: D–)

US population within 500 miles: 77.291.910

Streets in an unacceptable condition: 14.5%

Bridges in poor condition: 6%

Power failures per year: 13.4 hours

Affordable broadband access: 72.3%

Data centers: 6

6. Montana

Housing is in Missoula, Mt.

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It may be a big sky country, but Montana doesn't have much space on site to develop. A search for lists at the beginning of July only achieved 22 free commercial or industrial locations of 15 hectares or larger in a state of 147,000 square miles. Montana is also the second worst state overall for broadband access. Breibandenow found that the speeds were slow and less than half of the Montanans have access to an affordable plan.

2025 infrastructure assessment: 153 out of 405 points (Top -States Note: D–)

US population within 500 miles: 9.052.768

Streets in an unacceptable condition: 6.1%

Bridges in poor condition: 6.8%

Power failures per year: 1.98 hours

Affordable broadband access: 49.7%

Data centers: 3

5. Louisiana

A damaged power line hangs after the hurricane Francine was swept around on September 12, 2024 in Houma, Louisiana.

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In 2024, the Pelican state landed a sought -after project on economic development that requires a strong infrastructure – Meta'S massive Artificial Intelligence Data Center, under construction at a 2,250 hectare location in the rural municipality of Richland.

But that does not mean that Louisiana healed his long -term infrastructure problems. His location in the hurricane Alley makes the state susceptible to storm damage. The state's power grid is for reliability No. 40. A watchdog group has warned that the META project could tighten the problem, even though the utility that serves the center. ENGY Louisiana requests approval to build three power plants in North -Louisiana. While their main purpose is to serve the meta facility, the supply company claims that the entire state will benefit from it.

2025 infrastructure assessment: 152 out of 405 points (Top -States Note: D–)

US population within 500 miles: 63.132.744

Streets in an unacceptable condition: 26.4%

Bridges in poor condition: 11.5%

Power failures per year: 9.74 hours

Affordable broadband access: 76.6%

Data centers: 13

4. New Hampshire

Members of the press are led as two members of the Secret Service at the asphalt at Manchester Airport in Manchester, NH.

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The old trope New England, “you can't get there from here” is a real thing when it comes to flying from the granite. New Hampshire has two commercial airports in Manchester and Portsmouth. However, the service is limited because direct flights are only led to destinations along the east coast and in Florida. The New Hampshire power grid is 41. For reliability.

2025 infrastructure assessment: 138 out of 405 points (Top -States Note: F)

US population within 500 miles: 64,972.846

Streets in an unacceptable condition: 6.1%

Bridges in poor condition: 7.5%

Power failures per year: 10.76 hours

Affordable broadband access: 91.5%

Data centers: 10

3. Hawaii

A photo shows the Tephra, which covers part of the Crater Rim Drive on the summit of Kilauea, which is located on December 26, 2024 in the closed area of Hawaii Vulcanoes National Park in Hawaii.

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The infrastructure of the Aloha State has some inevitable disadvantages if they are measured according to the same standards as that of the 48 trendy conditions. Hawaii does not have a freight railway service, and the only population within 500 miles from Big Island is the population of the rest of the state. However, there is no similar excuse for some of his other defects, such as some of the worst streets in the nation and a less than reliable power grid.

2025 infrastructure assessment: 126 out of 405 points (Top -States Note: F)

US population within 500 miles: 1.282.377

Streets in an unacceptable condition: 36.2%

Bridges in poor condition: 6.5%

Power failures per year: 8.2 hours

Affordable broadband access: 93.2%

Data centers: 9

2. Alaska

A look at Mertarvik, Alaska from the window of a Bush aircraft on April 19, 2025.

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The last border has many of the same inherent problems as Hawaii. But a problem that Alaska has is his bad connectivity. Breisbandnow defines an affordable internet plan than one of $ 60 per month or less. In every respect, this does not exist in Alaska, where less than 2% of people can access the type of connectivity that most of us take for granted. America's largest state in the area with more than 663,000 square kilometers has only six free commercial locations of 15 hectares or larger.

2025 infrastructure assessment: 120 out of 405 points (Top -States Note: F)

US population within 500 miles: 615.878

Streets in an unacceptable condition: 22.1%

Bridges in poor condition: 3%

Power failures per year: 6.25 hours

Affordable broadband access: 1.7%

Data centers: 2

1. Maine

A central -Main -power team works on a power line from all Avenue in Portland.

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The pine state has the least reliable power grid of America, a long -term problem that is tightened by Main's hard climate. Officials have planned plans to remedy the power supply system for years. In 2023, voters defeated a plan to replace the state's energy companies with a public system in order to be known as Pine Tree Power. This year the Democratic government signed Janet Mill's laws to create an energy Ministry at the cabinet level in order to tackle the problem once and for all.

“This new department will enable the state to establish a long -term approach to the energy requirement of Maine, to react quickly to emerging challenges and to strengthen regional and national energy partnerships to help our people and our economy,” said Mills on July 2.

But for the time being, Maine America's worst all-round infrastructure.

2025 infrastructure assessment: 119 out of 405 points (Top -States Note: F)

US population within 500 miles: 46,971.188

Streets in an unacceptable condition: 8%

Bridges in poor condition: 15.4%

Power failures per year: 31 hours

Affordable broadband access: 82.8%

Data centers: 7