This study says Pennsylvania is pretty bad at giving

Yikes.

According to a recent study from personal finance social network WalletHub, Pennsylvania is the 43rd most charitable state in the nation. The good news? We’re not the worst at anything — but the results aren’t good.

Eight sets of metrics were factored into the data analysis:

• Volunteer rate
• Percentage of donated income
• Percentage of population claiming to have donated time
• Percentage of population claiming to have donated money
• Growth in charitable giving from 2006 to 2012
• Number of charities per capita
• Community service requirement for public high schools
• Number of volunteering hours per capita

There’s a bit of a caveat — WalletHub admits that “charitable behavior isn’t limited to donating money to the needy,” and this particular study was aimed at measuring the magnitude of impact via donation per state.